Kukri
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I am staggered that so few people fit a cockpit cover.
Sage advice from Tom Cunliffe
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vyv_cox
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We have had one for years but as it requires the hood and frame to be removed and takes about half an hour to put on there is no way we would fit it for a week in a marina.
Seajet
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Cockpit covers are rather harder to set up when the mast is down and the boom is in the cabin; even if one does set up a temporary frame for a cover there's the snag it makes a nice hide for thieves to work under.
I just empty the leaves - and in Spring the ice - from the cockpit drains, well I will hopefully if health allows otherwise chums will do it.
Fallen leaves are only a snag for a brief period which is over now.
I just empty the leaves - and in Spring the ice - from the cockpit drains, well I will hopefully if health allows otherwise chums will do it.
Fallen leaves are only a snag for a brief period which is over now.
Woodlouse
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I'm struggling to imagine what could possibly be of interest to thieves on a laid up Anderson 22.
mjcoon
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Yes, by "real meaning" I meant the literal meaning of the original, not the presumably intended, and opposite, meaning!
Mike.
colind3782
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Would a wire mesh drain cover work over the cockpit drains to keep the leaves from blocking them?
Poignard
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These work well at keeping stuff out of cockpit drains whilst allowing rain water to escape
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Set-of-6-yellow-golf-airflow-practice-balls-/110999166772
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Set-of-6-yellow-golf-airflow-practice-balls-/110999166772
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chrisclin
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The most important item on our list is 'Remember Car Keys'. Bad enough now I'm in a marina berth a long way out but vital when on a mooring!
Babylon
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My boat doesn't have seacocks for its two cockpit drains.
I've never yet given it any thought, but if the hoses (or hose-clips) fail then my boat sinks!
Its not even a question of replacing the skin-fittings with closable cocks, because there's no way to ordinarily get to them aside from hiring a midget or small boy for the task!
Uricanejack
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I realy hate checklists.
I don't like shopping lists iether.
I forget things when I go to the boat. I forget things when I go to the shops. I forget things when I go home.
If I take my wife sailing she bugs me about all the things she claims I always forget. who needs a check list for her to be able to doument all the things she can bug me about.
yes dear
Yes dear
Yes dear
I don't like shopping lists iether.
I forget things when I go to the boat. I forget things when I go to the shops. I forget things when I go home.
If I take my wife sailing she bugs me about all the things she claims I always forget. who needs a check list for her to be able to doument all the things she can bug me about.
yes dear
Yes dear
Yes dear
Puggy
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Here's my list. Logical order. Start on deck, then in the cockpit whilst the good lady is packing the food away. Then I go below, boot everyone out into the cockpit and work from the ends of the boat towards the exit.
Phew - I thought I was the only person anal enough to have a leaving the boat checklist on my iPad, a habit formed from having a private pilots licence.
The one thing I have on my list is "car keys, phone, wallet". How many times have I had to relaunch the dinghy to retrieve one or more of same items...
Simondjuk
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Does he really get paid for writing that banal rubbish?
If there had been just one oft overlooked item in the list, such as, say, 'Ease outhaul', it might just about have been worth publishing.
Why not add, 'Drop sails' and 'Switch off engine', just to patronise the darling reader a little more?
If there had been just one oft overlooked item in the list, such as, say, 'Ease outhaul', it might just about have been worth publishing.
Why not add, 'Drop sails' and 'Switch off engine', just to patronise the darling reader a little more?
JumbleDuck
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I think YM are overusing Mr Cunliffe a tad. In one recent issue I think they had six articles by him.
Seven Spades
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Quote Originally Posted by dom View Post
... you never go home without forgetting something."
Sorry you have changed the meaning his is an observation, yours in an instruction.
... you never go home without forgetting something."
Sorry you have changed the meaning his is an observation, yours in an instruction.
Ex-SolentBoy
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Snap. Us pilots need to stick together.
Vallich
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I clamber on board and immediately change my shoes/boots for clean plimsoles from the locker. Heading back to shore in my tender I have (on occasion), realised that I'm still wearing the said plimsoles so, should I patronise myself and add a reminder to, "change shoes"?
Woodlouse
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I frequently get ashore to find I've forgotten to put shoes on completely. Barefoot feels natural when onboard or in the tender, it's only when you feel the hard ground I realise what I've done.
Simondjuk
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I'm rather getting the impression that some of you chaps would forget your balls if they weren't in a bag.
Bru
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mjcoon
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I've had mine tattooed "L" and "R" to make sure I get them the right way round...
Mike.