Most Useless sailing tip??

[ctelfer38]

If you can tolerate this Guys and gals. What was the most useless sailing tip ever seriously offered to you? Keep it clean!! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[fireball]

Waxing the shrouds on an International 420 ... to make it go faster ... it would've helped if the chap had learnt to sail first though ... thrashed him in a boat that was 20 years older than his ... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[smeaks]

keep your beer cool in a plstic bag over the side when at anchor... tried it went off in the dinghy climbed back on.. bag split... beer escaped ... back in the dinghy got 1 can back! .. smeaks went thirsty and bought a cool box!

 

[weaver_fish]

"Try feathering her up in the gusts"

(F8 Irish Sea)

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

You wife will love it.

 

[DanTribe]

Thos Foulkes, chandlers, used to sell army surplus goggles " for use when sailing in dusty conditions"

 

[Evadne]

"Ooh, you really shouldn't have done it that way."

 

[smth448]

Buy a boat. Its a great investment!

 

[iangrant]

you know mrs - these things can tip right over!

 

[Davy_S]

The further out to sea you go, the safer it is!

 

[vyv_cox]

To get to the Isle of Man - just leave the Menai Strait and sail north for ten hours.

 

[Rabbie]

"Always remember Bob - 'One hand for the ship and one hand for yourself'". "Bob?..... Bob?.......BOB?"

 

[LittleShip]

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To get to the Isle of Man - just leave the Menai Strait and sail north for ten hours.

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AND................ seems fair to me! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Tom

 

[ShipsWoofy]

Wearing a lifejacket makes you a pansy!

 

[misterg]

Unless you want to pay the crew's bar bill, don't be the last one to stand when the traditional toast of "Gybe-ho!" is called. Such is the competition, that others may well try and wrestle you down. Don't let them win!

hth.

Andy.

 

[narooma]

Quote:-The further out to sea you go, the safer it is!
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Funny how people look at things differently. I would put this nearer the best rather that worst end of a list.

 

[vyv_cox]

As a general strategy, I agree. As serious navigational advice to a newbie (me) about to buy their first cruising boat, not so good. This was a long time ago, well before GPS and the boat in question didn't even have Decca. Having done that trip countless times since, I know just how wrong it was. With strong cross-tides and the island very often shrouded in fog it is surprisingly easy to miss it altogether.