Reason Raggies are so grumpy

fireball said:
I motored to Yarmouth last year to meet up with a few mobos - does that help make me part Gin Palace?! ;)

Probably doesn't help that we sailed most of the way back the next day :p
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Coincidentally, I motored all the way to Yarmouth on Wed - just to meet up with a few yachts ('cos the mobos weren't there!)

Ended up 'down below' in a very cosy raggie, with an excellent bar etc etc - if the weather had been more amenable we might have used Phaeton's open cockpit instead!
 
DougH said:
Hey jfm I think he is having a pop at us both.

And him a mere raggie. Obviously does not know his place in society.
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Tee hee. Actually Fireball I think you might be on the fence. You're not actually prepared to defend that teak yourself, are you?

Anyway DougH, having read Gwlyan's post that 260 litres does for the entire season I need to keep my time on this thread to a minimum. The fuel truck delivered this morning and my boat took on its 55,000th litre of the season. It is sort of late-ish August, mind you, and it's done 3000nm.
 
Hopefully I won't end up motoring all the way to Cherbourg this year ... but for anyone that does - everyone tends to run an "open boat" ... so just pitch up and join in ...

If it's anything like the last couple of years we'll try and sink Sailfree's boat in the early evening .... ;)
 
jfm said:
Tee hee. Actually Fireball I think you might be on the fence. You're not actually prepared to defend that teak yourself, are you?
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We had some teak oil applied at the beginning of the season ... not the posh stuff from the chandlers - this was garden furniture stuff from the highstreet ....
problem was, once the boat tipped you noticed just how SLIPPERY the whole lot was .. made even worse when the teak got wet ... :o

Fortunately a few buckets of seawater and a deckbrush has seen to it and we're now back to a grey teak cockpit with a better grip!
 
Firefly625 said:
7knots... that's a Mobo...

I saw this very sensible chap last Sunday, he has taken a very wise move to get rid of all the untidy wires, ropes and big metal stick! I think its quite a good looking boat now. I bet he can even afford a few of those cushions now he hasn't got to worry about sails and the like! :D

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What an inspiration! We have the same boat so I loped our stick thing off last night with a hacksaw. Should have thought of it years ago. All that fussy rope stuff is now gone. Look!

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Tomorrow I'm going to stick one of these on top of the cockpit for real Mobo authenticity. I think its called a flying bridge or something .

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I've stuck me cushions on ebay to pay for some diesel and shall be tearing up and down the Hamble in style tomorrow, knocking all of them miserable raggies flying with me wake whilst swigging from a bottle of gin!!:D:D

Tally ho!
 
fireball said:
We had some teak oil applied at the beginning of the season ... not the posh stuff from the chandlers - this was garden furniture stuff from the highstreet ....
problem was, once the boat tipped you noticed just how SLIPPERY the whole lot was .. made even worse when the teak got wet ... :o

Fortunately a few buckets of seawater and a deckbrush has seen to it and we're now back to a grey teak cockpit with a better grip!
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I took the boat from Poole to Mallorca in May 2009 after collecting it from the factory.

It was my intention to apply Semco (Honey Glow) to all the decks before the trip but was advised to allow sea water to run over the teak before application.

When we reached Mallorca I applied 5 coats to all teak but to my horror the hot sun in the Med returned the teak to its origonal state within 7 days.

After fighting a losing battle for several weeks I gave up and the teak returned to a pleasant straw colour.

fireball I certainly agree that the finish was slightly slippery even when dry, so I would not use any treatment on the teak again.

But, it works a treat on teak garden furniture in the UK.

NOW CAN WE GET BACK TO THE BANTER AND RAGGIE BASHING AND TAKING THE P*SS OUT OF THE CUSHIONS.
 
jonic said:
Tomorrow I'm going to stick one of these on top of the cockpit for real Mobo authenticity. I think its called a flying bridge or something .

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Can I borrow your 'flying bridge' lady as she would match my lady butler perfectly.

Lakesailor I can tell you that she is very miffed that you did not warn her that you was going to post that photo so not giving her time to check her toe nail varnish.
 
DougH said:
NOW CAN WE GET BACK TO THE BANTER AND RAGGIE BASHING AND TAKING THE P*SS OUT OF THE CUSHIONS.
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As long as it's his cushions and you don't bash my rag'n'stick I don't mind!

Ok - cushion count ....
How many non-fixed cushions do you have aboard - I say non-fixed as technically the saloon has quite a number that form the normal furniture.

We have 4 normal domestic square ones, 2 double 'deck' cushions and 4 single 'deck' cushions ...
 
fireball said:
As long as it's his cushions and you don't bash my rag'n'stick I don't mind!

Ok - cushion count ....
How many non-fixed cushions do you have aboard - I say non-fixed as technically the saloon has quite a number that form the normal furniture.

We have 4 normal domestic square ones, 2 double 'deck' cushions and 4 single 'deck' cushions ...
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Cannot possibly say how many sizes or types of cushions we have on board as the answer would only make Kilter even more grumpy.

Sufficient to say we are very comfy.
 
fireball said:
As long as it's his cushions and you don't bash my rag'n'stick I don't mind!

Ok - cushion count ....
How many non-fixed cushions do you have aboard - I say non-fixed as technically the saloon has quite a number that form the normal furniture.

We have 4 normal domestic square ones, 2 double 'deck' cushions and 4 single 'deck' cushions ...
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I used to carry a nice 8ft x 6ft one that went on the front 'deck', but 10 years later I haven't had cause to use it (mainly because of the weather in the UK but a little related to not having a butler) so don't take it along any more (in the vain hope that I have cause to regret leaving it!)
 
jfm said:
Tee hee. Actually Fireball I think you might be on the fence. You're not actually prepared to defend that teak yourself, are you?

Anyway DougH, having read Gwlyan's post that 260 litres does for the entire season I need to keep my time on this thread to a minimum. The fuel truck delivered this morning and my boat took on its 55,000th litre of the season. It is sort of late-ish August, mind you, and it's done 3000nm.
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John you just gave me a scare as I started to add up the fuel costs since May 2009.

For 10 seconds I considered becoming a raggie.
 
fireball said:
We had some teak oil applied at the beginning of the season ... not the posh stuff from the chandlers - this was garden furniture stuff from the highstreet ....
problem was, once the boat tipped you noticed just how SLIPPERY the whole lot was .. made even worse when the teak got wet ... :o

Fortunately a few buckets of seawater and a deckbrush has seen to it and we're now back to a grey teak cockpit with a better grip!
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Now I know you're only trying to wind me up but I'm still going to fall for it H L and S. :-)
Never use oil! Make them straw brown by cleaning them with FRESH water and occasional 2-parting, and sanding every few years. Why is it that no raggies in the Uk understand this? And have kacky grey decks, yuk! Raggies in other countries seem to undersntad this perfectly well

Boat in this picture, one of 1000s I could have posted, is several years old
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