dylanwinter
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help or hindrance ?
Mud boots
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Boomshanka
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I would think a mini-hovercraft would be useful there!
dylanwinter
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can you imagine
any spectators would get completely spattered with wonderful humber mud
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any spectators would get completely spattered with wonderful humber mud
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Lakesailor
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They seem designed to collect a fair amount of mud in the flange.
I was doing site progress shots in York at one time and the site became so mudbound that I became stuck - imoblile - with just my wellies on. (No. I didn't say with only my wellies on!)
I can't imagine what trying to lift those up with a few kilos of mud stuck in them would be like.
Time for a re-think.
I was doing site progress shots in York at one time and the site became so mudbound that I became stuck - imoblile - with just my wellies on. (No. I didn't say with only my wellies on!)
I can't imagine what trying to lift those up with a few kilos of mud stuck in them would be like.
Time for a re-think.
bammylovechops
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For info they are called "Mudders", not a bad piece of kit, have used them myself.
http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/View_Catalog_Page.asp?mi=3551
http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/View_Catalog_Page.asp?mi=3551
DanTribe
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Mastodon footprints from Secret Water?
Fantasie 19
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trapezeartist
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Of course they're a hindrance. That's why the coastguard wear them. It wouldn't be much fun otherwise.
(Really they're very good. Not the be all and end all, but a lot better than not wearing them.)
Cantata
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They are indeed 'Mudders' and are standard issue kit to HMCG mud rescue teams including the one that I am a member of. They work very well indeed, we can literally stroll across mud that would otherwise simply swallow you up.
dylanwinter
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bless you
I for one am very pleased that you are out there practicing
Given that I will be winter sailing on the Humber and given how quickly an old bloke like me gets cold when wet and covered in mud
my guess is that should I find myself over the side and up my waste in mud I would be jolly glad to see the coast guard guys turning up with a van full of gear and a head full of expertise
Dylan
I for one am very pleased that you are out there practicing
Given that I will be winter sailing on the Humber and given how quickly an old bloke like me gets cold when wet and covered in mud
my guess is that should I find myself over the side and up my waste in mud I would be jolly glad to see the coast guard guys turning up with a van full of gear and a head full of expertise
Dylan
Seajet
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I knew someone who got into big trouble when he borrowed a pair of mud shoes; these were merely plywood bits with foot straps.
It should be pointed out that this was Denis's first try, and he was rather 'stout', ie the opposite of a racing snake...
He was going out to work on his mooring at low water, pushing a tender with tools & chain etc.
He soon managed to get one shoe edge-on, and that went in; as he tried to pull his leg up, he ratcheted himself in deeper.
He thought 'OK I'll just wait for the tide and go up with the dingy' - he'd still be there now !
Dennis waved to his wife on shore, meaning 'I'm fine', but she rather wisely took it as 'help !'
To cut a long story short, the CG helo lifted him rather painfully and plonked him ashore.
The chap who'd loaned him the mud shoes said " Oh come back to my place and I'll fix you up ! "
Dennis thought 'great a whisky and a hot bath ! '
What he actually got was being stood on the lawn and hosed down, 'there you go !'...
It should be pointed out that this was Denis's first try, and he was rather 'stout', ie the opposite of a racing snake...
He was going out to work on his mooring at low water, pushing a tender with tools & chain etc.
He soon managed to get one shoe edge-on, and that went in; as he tried to pull his leg up, he ratcheted himself in deeper.
He thought 'OK I'll just wait for the tide and go up with the dingy' - he'd still be there now !
Dennis waved to his wife on shore, meaning 'I'm fine', but she rather wisely took it as 'help !'
To cut a long story short, the CG helo lifted him rather painfully and plonked him ashore.
The chap who'd loaned him the mud shoes said " Oh come back to my place and I'll fix you up ! "
Dennis thought 'great a whisky and a hot bath ! '
What he actually got was being stood on the lawn and hosed down, 'there you go !'...
Cantata
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Hmmm.
That's why we practice.
And it's why, whenever we go on the mud, everyone is attached to a line back to the shore, with the means on shore to pull us back to safety.
That's why we practice.
And it's why, whenever we go on the mud, everyone is attached to a line back to the shore, with the means on shore to pull us back to safety.
Seajet
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Sounds eminently sensible to me, I've watched the CG do exercises on the mud there a few times and been impressed.
I decided long ago that going out on the mud alone is plain stupid but I still see people do it who should know better.
If going out on a moorings working party ( min groups of 3 ) I take among other things a waterproof handheld VHF, bright torch - even in daytime, in case things happen and time drags on, ditto a lifejacket - and a mobile in a tupperware box.
I've also found neoprene waders useless to the point of dangerous, they just stretch and the foot stays deep in; by far the best is a drysuit, or if funds don't allow that then simple nylon non stretchy waders.
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FistralG
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Your local "expert" needs to get his facts straight. It was Roger Moore in For Your Eyes Only, in the climb up to St Cyril's, who used his shoe laces to tie prussiks onto the climbing rope after he'd been knocked off the rock face by the guard. [/pedant] 
Seajet
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FistralG,
err, are we both talking about the same thread ?!
err, are we both talking about the same thread ?!
dylanwinter
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we are
the bloke mentioned the knot used by bond when he escaped from some unlikely situation using his shoe laces
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FistralG,
err, are we both talking about the same thread ?!
the bloke mentioned the knot used by bond when he escaped from some unlikely situation using his shoe laces
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Lakesailor
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It's all true. I saw it on the telly.
FistralG
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FistralG,
err, are we both talking about the same thread ?!
Sorry for the thread drift, but having watched the video the comment jarred on me as being wrong but wasn't worthy of a whole new topic.
Meanwhile back on topic, I know bu99er all about mud boots!
