straight6
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Had one of those moments last Saturday, you know the one - inside you are thinking OH SHIT, but on the outside you are as cool as a cucumber.
Explain...
Organised to bring a client and three of his friends on a trip around Dublin Bay last Saturday. This particular client is VIP to our company so organised hostess, catering, best beverages, boat cleaning etc.
They duly arrived, admired the boat, sampled the food and wine and we set off out of Malahide Estuary at a gentle 6 knots. One of the guests was very interested in wildlife, so I headed for Lambay Island and in particular Seal Hole. Seal Hole is a cove which is 15 to 18m deep. I edged close into the cliff so that we are underneath rock and thousands of birds. The water was flat and the tides was pushing us very gently towards the cliff. So far so good. Everone happy, then the guest says that he cannot hear the gulls above the sound of the engines. I then set us up about 12m from the cliff. Switched of the engines and watched our drift carefully as I did not want to bother anchoring. Slowly we drifted as the guests soaked up the scenery. Everyone very happy. OK we are getting a bit close now, time to start up and pull back. You guessed it... engines don't start. Think, think - try again - no start - don't panic, guests have not noticed - try again - oh no, still no start - lights on dash - call engineer on mobile - no coverage - try again - no start. At this stage we were very close, guests thought that this was all part of the show. Then I noticed what was wrong. The bloody throttles were very and I mean very slightly in gear. Started up and spent the next 3.5 hours cruising which was just about the time I needed to get my pulse back to normal. Another lesson in boating duly noted.
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Explain...
Organised to bring a client and three of his friends on a trip around Dublin Bay last Saturday. This particular client is VIP to our company so organised hostess, catering, best beverages, boat cleaning etc.
They duly arrived, admired the boat, sampled the food and wine and we set off out of Malahide Estuary at a gentle 6 knots. One of the guests was very interested in wildlife, so I headed for Lambay Island and in particular Seal Hole. Seal Hole is a cove which is 15 to 18m deep. I edged close into the cliff so that we are underneath rock and thousands of birds. The water was flat and the tides was pushing us very gently towards the cliff. So far so good. Everone happy, then the guest says that he cannot hear the gulls above the sound of the engines. I then set us up about 12m from the cliff. Switched of the engines and watched our drift carefully as I did not want to bother anchoring. Slowly we drifted as the guests soaked up the scenery. Everyone very happy. OK we are getting a bit close now, time to start up and pull back. You guessed it... engines don't start. Think, think - try again - no start - don't panic, guests have not noticed - try again - oh no, still no start - lights on dash - call engineer on mobile - no coverage - try again - no start. At this stage we were very close, guests thought that this was all part of the show. Then I noticed what was wrong. The bloody throttles were very and I mean very slightly in gear. Started up and spent the next 3.5 hours cruising which was just about the time I needed to get my pulse back to normal. Another lesson in boating duly noted.
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