Noise pollution gripe.

[Rabbie]

I've been saving this up for ages!. Never having been a racing type, dinghy or otherwise, can anyone explain to me why dinghy race club boats insist on using air-horns to signal whatever it is to their racers, completely destroying a quiet afternoon. Is there no other method by which they can tell they are over the finishing line or whatever, like using their eyes?. Chichester Harbour has more than its fair share of dinghy racers and at times its like a Dutch football match out there. I would have thought that perhaps the first 3 'past the post' would be all that is required, but of late, it seems to go on forever on race days. And the season has barely started!. Anyone got any ideas?. (Not earplugs please - I've tried them).

<hr width=100% size=1>A day not spent on my boat is a day in my life wasted.

 

[boatless]

Never really thought about it before (and I do race).

First thought - it's quite cheering to get acknowledgement of finishing, especially when you've sailed like a baboon...

Second thought - you're quite right, it is an unpleasant noise. Most of the time a fag would do just as well. (chequered perhaps?)

EDIT - should I leave it like that? Meant flag, but a cigar does it just as well for me!<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by boatless on 14/05/2004 21:12 (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[Cornishman]

Better than firing a gun!

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[Rabbie]

I really felt like using one weekend before last in Emsworth!.

<hr width=100% size=1>A day not spent on my boat is a day in my life wasted.

 

[graham]

I am allways unpopular on arriving in a peacefull harbour .The fuel in my 2 stroke outboards carburettor has to be used before shutting down for the night so it runs on noisily for a good 5 minutes after we have moored up.

If I know that mooring will be straight forward I disconnect the fuel line as we approach the berth ideally it then conks out just after we have made fast.There is of course the potential for a cock up in this method!

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[webcraft]

The fuel in my 2 stroke outboards carburettor has to be used before shutting down for the night

Why?

Please don't come into any anchorages near me.

- Nick

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[Dominic]

Chequered Fag ?

Perhaps all races should be marked by putting Peter Mandelson up a pole -

[ or a pole.....]
[or a Brazilian...]


He would count as a chequered fag.


(Now I will be zapped from the forum for being non-PC)

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[marina95]

>I really felt like using one weekend before last in Emsworth!.

What? a fag??????

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[VicS]

Yes why?

I always use up the fuel before leaving the boat on its mooring and before stowing the dinghy outboard, be it on board or in the car boot, but not every night

<hr width=100% size=1><font color=purple>Ne te confundant illegitimi.</font color=purple>

 

[graham]

After too many decades of outboard auxillaries I find it keeps the carb clean.Maybe its not absolutely essential every night but there we go .

At least my antisocial habit is over in 5 minutes,as for the floating lager louts who ,at 1am ,think the whole harbour will be amused by their recounts of recent exploits in the pub .....

Any real outboard experts out there with an opinion??