Ode to a Twister

[BlueSkyNick]

I know of a Twister with decks laid in teak,
No doubt you will think this is nothing unique.

She's a lovely old boat, but there's a problem with wood,
It sometimes will not keep in a state which is good

A craftsman's been called - old decks he renews.
The owner has spent hours removing the screws

He has a strong arm (there's lots of thick planking)
It must be the practise from doing all that writing

I hope that, for his sake, the work rate is slick
And she is back in the water in a time that is quick

When the job is all done she'll head to France in a blow,
But I doubt that old Nicho will be aboard Indigo !

(I'm sorry for the poor grammar in this silly rhyme
Its been done in a tea break which doesn't take much time!)



<hr width=100% size=1>I like work - it fascinates me. I could sit and look at it for hours!<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by BIGNICK on 26/01/2004 16:42 (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[mickshep]

Excellent, but the maritime equivelant of lighting blue touch paper before retiring perhaps? I'm looking forward to seeing how this thread developes. Chuckle D

<hr width=100% size=1>"Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me."

 

[Twister_Ken]

A treatise on screwing

Unscrewing that is.

1. Remove teak cap from screw by using old flat head screwdriver as chisel. Sometimes the cap pops off just like that, other times the screwdriver has to be used as a chisel to clean out remnants of cap. More often the latter.

2. Use end of spike on sailing knife to clear glue that held cap in place, from head of philips screw

3. Remove screw with electric screwdriver.

4. Use countersink bit to enlarge top of screw hole.

5. Use vacuuum cleaner to suck shi...detritus out of screw hole

6. Fill screw hole with epoxy filler

7. Sand filler flat to deck.

Approx number of screws to remove and holes to treat - 1000.

Will my next boat have a teak deck? I'd give it the same odds as Bush/Blair finding WMD.


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[nicho]

Nicho's more than happy to go on Indigo, but not necessarily on a GPS calculated 22 hour jaunt across the Channel in a F6/7!! Se you Sunday Nick....!

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[nicho]

Nicho's more than happy to go on Indigo, but not necessarily on a GPS calculated 22 hour jaunt across the Channel in a F6/7!! See you Sunday Nick....!

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[sailbadthesinner]

Re: ode part II

I have seen the same twister
about which you wrote
some rude little scotsman
shouted shitty old boat

your decks are all wooden
your keel is too big
when motoring backwards
you haven't a fig

the boats the wrong colour
it should be all white
the cabin's too small
to house me for the night

thats okay piped the twister
i don't hold with lodgers
but i can make the channell
and go look for your dodgers

<hr width=100% size=1>My wife wanted tender treatment, so i stowed her whilst at sea

 

[Sybarite]

Re: Nothing\'s owed to a Twister...NM

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