burgundyben
Well-known member
A little while ago there was a post asking about your cunning little tips, I posted this
"drill a 6.5 mm hole horizontally through both the fitting and the flag pole that your ensign flies from, then, off to the chandlery for a drop nose pin of correct diameter say 6mm so you have a bit of clearance throught the hoel you drilled, the drop- nose pin will have a little hole in the end or a groove, tie a little peice of string to the pin and a wind the string round one of the screws that holds the fitting on the deck or some other useful place then slide the drop nose pin throught the hole, hey presto no more lost flags and poles and no fablon and 50 quid for me"
Well the thing is, its not my idea, I saw it on a friends boat and intended to do it on mine, cept, I never got round to it and today I lost my flag.....
Other than that, boat is brill, now completed two trips to Cowes, everything seems ok, even parking is a sinch, much easier than the other boat.
Film is finished so some fotos will follow in a couple of days, promise.
<hr width=100% size=1>"Who was he?"
"drill a 6.5 mm hole horizontally through both the fitting and the flag pole that your ensign flies from, then, off to the chandlery for a drop nose pin of correct diameter say 6mm so you have a bit of clearance throught the hoel you drilled, the drop- nose pin will have a little hole in the end or a groove, tie a little peice of string to the pin and a wind the string round one of the screws that holds the fitting on the deck or some other useful place then slide the drop nose pin throught the hole, hey presto no more lost flags and poles and no fablon and 50 quid for me"
Well the thing is, its not my idea, I saw it on a friends boat and intended to do it on mine, cept, I never got round to it and today I lost my flag.....
Other than that, boat is brill, now completed two trips to Cowes, everything seems ok, even parking is a sinch, much easier than the other boat.
Film is finished so some fotos will follow in a couple of days, promise.
<hr width=100% size=1>"Who was he?"
