Pilothouse boats ...

[ParaHandy]

don't be taken in with all this global warming tosh, buy one of these ... and sail in warmth and comfort ........

thanks to Chris Robb ... (only boat i've been in where meals are announced with a lunch gong)

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[Twister_Ken]

I must admit going dead to windward in 25 knots of 4 degrees centigrade wind, while wearing nothing waterproof does have it's attractions.

Also the first time I've been on a boat that sports a funnel for the central heating.

I wonder whether those hudded, oilskinned figures crouched in their cockpits appreciated our cheery, shirt-sleeved waves as we crunched past?

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[ParaHandy]

... even a stinkie which passed thro the submarine gate at portsmuff a couple of minutes afterwards (lunchtime on sunday) and looked to be doing quite well at +20kn. Two of the crew were on the open flybridge (too much water coming over the bows to see from downstairs?) and had usual rictus grin, white knuckles and very wet ....

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[BlueSkyNick]

Previously, when wondering if you guys were a couple of old farts, I'd given you the benefit of the doubt.

Now seems like my judgement was impaired ...

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[Chris_Robb]

Two Storey YOT

We chose the weather well for a demonstration of two storey comfort. Shame we could not use the terrace and the deckchairs - for that we do need global warming.

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[milltech]

Rule 1.
ALWAYS buy a boat with a shed on deck!

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[Twister_Ken]

Talking of old farts, that is one of the disadvantages of sailing a double-decker.

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[jimi]

Ah .. presume you managed out at the w/e and froze your nuts off?

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[Chris_Robb]

I thougt you were remarkably restrained, I wondered what your regular visits to the poop deck were all about.

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[ccscott49]

Finest wet weather gear ever invented, a wheelhouse and crew!

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[ParaHandy]

less o' the lip .... wiz only ken that availed himself of the stannah stair lift up to the deck ...

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[ParaHandy]

... and a glass (full of course) .. ?!

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[Twister_Ken]

Another advantage of a boat with a poop deck must be the view from the back bedroom picture windows, on waking. Beats breakfast telly.

Not that I got anywhere near the back bedroom of course, that had been baggsied by the time I got there. At least I didn't have to sleep in the cockpit locker, like Parahandy, though.

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[jimi]

Probably the closet he could get to his ususl habitat .. notice you've gone all coy on advising berthingmeister ..

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[Chris_Robb]

well - it was either the cockpit locker or sleeping with you. Perhaps I should have given him the choice!

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[StugeronSteve]

Re: Two Storey YOT

get a patio heater, not only will it hasten global warming but it will keep you warm until it arriaves.

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[ParaHandy]

if this catches on ... it'll be marine chandlers and haberdashery, ready made curtains for the wheelhouse .... !

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[ParaHandy]

he's like a rat up a drainpipe when it comes to grabbing ra best berths, ah've noticed .... but he wuz up against ra seasoned cabin grabbers this time ....

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[jamesjermain]

Why not...

...buy a cat and do all this plus go fast and leave G&Ts on tables without fiddles.

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[Sergeant_Pepper]

You\'ve read the book ... now see the movie!

Chris, Doug, Ken, John: email me humperdinck@zylab.com and I'll send you the video (< 1 MB) ...

I'd never sailed in a pilot house boat before, and now I'll never sail in such cold weather without one. Never. Open cockpits are for masochists in 3 deg C before extreme windchill. That was PURE LUXURY.

I can also vouch for Chris Robb knowing a thing or two about handling long keel boats in close quarters in a wind. That, and I've seen many powerboaters enter slips at slower speeds



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