dulcibella
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Agree about avoiding half-springs to the centre cleat. They snatch and snub because they are so short, and allow the boat to yaw too much.
Rafting etiquette
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wotayottie
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Yorkies, strong in arm thick in head
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Misquote - it's "Derbyshire born, Derbyshire bred, strong in t'arm, thick in t'head".
Yorkshire people are kind, generous, trustworthy and many other good things. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Yorkies, strong in arm thick in head
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Misquote - it's "Derbyshire born, Derbyshire bred, strong in t'arm, thick in t'head".
Yorkshire people are kind, generous, trustworthy and many other good things. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
l'escargot
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I find in Lymington some school boats are reluctant to put on shore lines. I find sitting and slowly easing a bow or stern line so the whole raft starts to move helps, especially if the end raft. Once it gets to about 45 degrees, they usually get the message. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Refueler
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he still refused to rig fenders
[/ QUOTE ] Surely Nigel if YOU go alongside another boat it is YOUR responsibility to rig adequate fenders !................
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BUT I DID rig adequate fenders ... 3 large sausage fenders nicely spaced ... there was no way they were not enough. If I tie to a visitors pontoon / raft - I always put out a couple fenders offshore side for anyone who is then rafting to me .. I take it as common sense / courtesy. This guy was purposely trying to prevent anyone rafting to him at a time when the pontoons were near full ... only his boat was un-rafted !
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he still refused to rig fenders
[/ QUOTE ] Surely Nigel if YOU go alongside another boat it is YOUR responsibility to rig adequate fenders !................
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BUT I DID rig adequate fenders ... 3 large sausage fenders nicely spaced ... there was no way they were not enough. If I tie to a visitors pontoon / raft - I always put out a couple fenders offshore side for anyone who is then rafting to me .. I take it as common sense / courtesy. This guy was purposely trying to prevent anyone rafting to him at a time when the pontoons were near full ... only his boat was un-rafted !
Severnman
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One of the saddest posts I've read in a long while. This is a pity because the subject of rafting ettiquette is a worthy and relevant one. Alas we are treated to a diatribe of bigotted drivel because the miscreant who caused your problems came from a different part of the planet than yourself. Judge others by their actions by all means but not from origin. Would you have made the same comments if said aggressor flew two tricolours? Would you have judged all Irish people the same way? Or if he were a different skin colour? I am from Cornwall, not a rampant Nationalist to boot! I take exception to your comments re being interbred etc. This forum deserves better and quite frankly the moderator should have pulled it. Rant over!
VicS
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BUT I DID rig adequate fenders
[/ QUOTE ] Fair enough ... didn't understand why you were complaining that he refused to rig fenders. Like you many people do put fenders on the outside but no reason to expect it certainly not demand it. (perhaps he had both of his in use already /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Sometimes fenders on both boats can be a darned nuisance because they get in the way of each other if you want to adjust position fore/aft.
BUT I DID rig adequate fenders
[/ QUOTE ] Fair enough ... didn't understand why you were complaining that he refused to rig fenders. Like you many people do put fenders on the outside but no reason to expect it certainly not demand it. (perhaps he had both of his in use already /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Sometimes fenders on both boats can be a darned nuisance because they get in the way of each other if you want to adjust position fore/aft.
whisper
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Touchy aren't we. I can't find any previous posts that warrant your reaction. Perhaps it's/they've been deleted??
Don't think the OP was in any serious way casting aspertions on Cornishmen/women.
Don't think the OP was in any serious way casting aspertions on Cornishmen/women.
rich
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The Cornwall flagged boat lay along side for about a week but the wind dropped so the lateral movement along my topsides was much less. I wanted to put over our fender skirt but did not dare go near again while he was there because another local skipper who talked to him warned me that apparently you don't reason or tangle with people from down there, he said it was a temprament thing, something to do with inbreeding over centuries.
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Do you need anymore.
The Cornwall flagged boat lay along side for about a week but the wind dropped so the lateral movement along my topsides was much less. I wanted to put over our fender skirt but did not dare go near again while he was there because another local skipper who talked to him warned me that apparently you don't reason or tangle with people from down there, he said it was a temprament thing, something to do with inbreeding over centuries.
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Do you need anymore.
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Chrusty1
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Touchy aren't we. I can't find any previous posts that warrant your reaction. Perhaps it's/they've been deleted??
Don't think the OP was in any serious way casting aspertions on Cornishmen/women.
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Oh you know what they're like on here sometimes, PC riddled big girls blouses!
Touchy aren't we. I can't find any previous posts that warrant your reaction. Perhaps it's/they've been deleted??
Don't think the OP was in any serious way casting aspertions on Cornishmen/women.
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Oh you know what they're like on here sometimes, PC riddled big girls blouses!
fireball
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Nobody has mentioned doing your Pipe practice - as must be compusory for all scots ....
of course - it isn't just practice - you need to listen to recordings of your contemporaries too /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
of course - it isn't just practice - you need to listen to recordings of your contemporaries too /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Heckler
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Oh! thought they were all the same!
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LittleShip
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I had a similar problem in Douglas IOM.
The wind was blowing onto the pontoon and with four bots outside of me my fenders were flat. My worry was that if the ferry caused any wash when docking I could loose a rubbing strake against the pontoon (battery pier).
I asked the guy (I now know him to be an arrogant git) not to let anybody else tie along side of him. His reply was that he was expecting friends and that I couldn't stop them from rafting. A short conversation later and a threat of cutting his warps, I decided the Harbour master should come down and see the situation.
Harbour master told him not to allow anymore boats along side, to which he repeated that he had friends coming. The HM told him that his friends could lie against the wall and he could Fcku off over there with them......
I love that HM
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Tom
The wind was blowing onto the pontoon and with four bots outside of me my fenders were flat. My worry was that if the ferry caused any wash when docking I could loose a rubbing strake against the pontoon (battery pier).
I asked the guy (I now know him to be an arrogant git) not to let anybody else tie along side of him. His reply was that he was expecting friends and that I couldn't stop them from rafting. A short conversation later and a threat of cutting his warps, I decided the Harbour master should come down and see the situation.
Harbour master told him not to allow anymore boats along side, to which he repeated that he had friends coming. The HM told him that his friends could lie against the wall and he could Fcku off over there with them......
I love that HM
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Tom
snooks
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he said it was a temprament thing, something to do with inbreeding over centuries.
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The Cornish have been interbreeding over the centuries
Interbreeding their livestock that is /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
When I was at school down there I had friends whom I'm sure were still evolving!
Not all Cornish are farmers, and it's wrong to judge a whole county on the experience and interaction with one person. If we all did that we'd have a mixed up view of Londoners!!
he said it was a temprament thing, something to do with inbreeding over centuries.
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The Cornish have been interbreeding over the centuries
Interbreeding their livestock that is /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
When I was at school down there I had friends whom I'm sure were still evolving!
Not all Cornish are farmers, and it's wrong to judge a whole county on the experience and interaction with one person. If we all did that we'd have a mixed up view of Londoners!!
Heckler
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Did he move?
Slight thread drift, wots it like in HH now? Have they solved the bouncing about in Northerlies?
Stu
Slight thread drift, wots it like in HH now? Have they solved the bouncing about in Northerlies?
Stu
LittleShip
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Did he move?
Slight thread drift, wots it like in HH now? Have they solved the bouncing about in Northerlies?
Stu
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No and his friends never turned up!/forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif I never thought he had any, I think it was a ploy to make us think he was liked. Well he wasn't liked on Little Ship that's for sure.
Moved from HH this year as I had some damage in the October storm (65knts wind) so I'm all tucked up in P Dinorwic. I liked HH but I dont think I would feel safe there after last year, in fact I suffered 3 lots of damage in storms albeit one was a boat next to me that caused the first. I dont think LS is suited to being exposed like that but as I said I liked HH and was there for 3 years and this was the only time I suffered.
You will have to keep up at the back there as they (PD lot) have been targeting me since April!
Tom
Did he move?
Slight thread drift, wots it like in HH now? Have they solved the bouncing about in Northerlies?
Stu
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No and his friends never turned up!/forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif I never thought he had any, I think it was a ploy to make us think he was liked. Well he wasn't liked on Little Ship that's for sure.
Moved from HH this year as I had some damage in the October storm (65knts wind) so I'm all tucked up in P Dinorwic. I liked HH but I dont think I would feel safe there after last year, in fact I suffered 3 lots of damage in storms albeit one was a boat next to me that caused the first. I dont think LS is suited to being exposed like that but as I said I liked HH and was there for 3 years and this was the only time I suffered.
You will have to keep up at the back there as they (PD lot) have been targeting me since April!
Tom
