Sailing related presents

[jac]

So as that time of year approaches again, what have you seen that would be a great present for someone with a boaty mind. To take it from the sublime to the ridiculous, let's have answers for best bit of kit for £10 or less and £1000 or over.

Virtual pint (under £10) for the best suggestion.

 

[pvb]

Please, no more caps with "Captain" or "Skipper" embroidered on them!

 

[Sandgrounder]

Nor yet Port and Starboard cufflinks and socks

 

[oldbilbo]

A 'rather special' burgee.....?

 

[Tidewaiter2]

PBO Small Craft Almanac, Support yer local Sherififf Ooooh,ooooh oooooh, Richard, do I get a free one for the product placement:excitement:

 

[nigelmercier]

My choice breaks your rules, and it's my birthday present to myself for next week ...

I've just brought my Canon 8 x 25 Image Stabilising Binoculars back home, where SWMBO is always complaining that we don't have any compact binoculars. I've bought myself a 10 x 30 pair for use on the boat.

http://bit.ly/Canon8x25IS
http://bit.ly/Canon10x30IS

 

[SAWDOC]

My choice breaks your rules, and it's my birthday present to myself for next week ...

I've just brought my Canon 8 x 25 Image Stabilising Binoculars back home, where SWMBO is always complaining that we don't have any compact binoculars. I've bought myself a 10 x 30 pair for use on the boat.

http://bit.ly/Canon8x25IS
http://bit.ly/Canon10x30IS

Is the image quality good enough to justify the hefty price ?

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

My wife will get lots and lots of boaty presents from me; but she is not into sailing that much, so I wonder what she will do with all these goodies; haha

 

[trapezeartist]

Nor yet Port and Starboard cufflinks and socks

Don't knock the port and starboard socks....... I just wish I could remember which foot they each go on.

Port and starboard cufflinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You fly a blue ensign presumably?

 

[sailor211]

Please, no more caps with "Captain" or "Skipper" embroidered on them!

Ok but can I have some with Hop and Jump to make the set

 

[janeK]

on Oldbilbo's comment... just a thought........... is there such a 'scuttlebutt' burgee?

 

[FWB]

on Oldbilbo's comment... just a thought........... is there such a 'scuttlebutt' burgee?

Yep,

Ensign Flag Co. Ltd.
42 Dunes Way
Wellington,
Employment Park
South Liverpool
L5 9RJ

Tel +44 (0)151 298 1007
Fax +44 (0)151 298 1006
Email enquiries@ensignflags.com

 

[prv]

Strictly speaking, the Ensign ones look like this:

There was also an effort on the Mobo forum a few months ago to get them made by yet another supplier. Thanks to a generous forumite putting in the money up-front to have a production run done, they were going to work out cheaper than the on-demand approach from Ensign. But I don't know what the current status of that project is; I'd have expected an announcement in all forums, so I assume they're not (yet) available.

Either way, Ensign are still going, with the details as posted by Foeu. They don't list it on their website, but if you ask them for a YBW Tipsy Mouse they'll know what you mean. The standard size is the 18" version, but you can go bigger or smaller if you like.

Pete

 

[nigelmercier]

...
http://bit.ly/Canon8x25IS
http://bit.ly/Canon10x30IS

Is the image quality good enough to justify the hefty price ?

Hefty? I think they are remarkably cheap. Having Image Stabilisation makes a huge difference on a moving boat.

 

[Halcyon Yachts]

So as that time of year approaches again, what have you seen that would be a great present for someone with a boaty mind. To take it from the sublime to the ridiculous, let's have answers for best bit of kit for £10 or less and £1000 or over.

Virtual pint (under £10) for the best suggestion.

Best present over a £1000 (by quite a lot!):

Best present under £10:

Although, presumably everyone already has both of these.... ;-)

Pete

 

[lustyd]

For kids, get them a Swedish Fid and some rope. Far better for them than a Playstation or Xbox and will probably entertain them longer too. Plus you get custom mooring ropes made by child labour. Win win

 

[Roberto]

Collapsible silicone kitchenware, very practical to stow, they are very handy: funnel, pasta colander, bowls...
Plus they are nicely coloured

 

[nigelmercier]

Collapsible silicone kitchenware, very practical to stow, they are very handy: funnel, pasta colander, bowls...

I like the idea of the colander, the one item that doesn't stow, even at home.

Mixed reviews of some types on Amazon, but this one looks good: http://amzn.to/1rN9cU3

 

[Roberto]

I like the idea of the colander, the one item that doesn't stow, even at home.

Mixed reviews of some types on Amazon, but this one looks good: http://amzn.to/1rN9cU3

FWIW, I have a "Lekue" brand, it was my Christman present 5-6 years ago , we have used it since (2.5 years living aboard) and it shows no wear. Family is half Italian, you get an idea of the amount of pasta we can eat

Otoh, we bought a second, smaller one of unknown brand but the thickness of the silicone was definitely smaller: it did not last long the rubber began breaking from hole to hole.
I suggest if you can try them to the touch: the thin weaker one feels like say holding a thickness of 10 paper sheets, the stronger ones more like 50 sheets (if that makes any sense).

 

[onesea]

Now to sound like a.... Not very nice person, or a real hum bug. One thing I hate about Christmas presents. Being given stuff you don't want or need, and the stuff you do want is either to expensive or people do not understand.
On my boaty list a new spinnaker halyard, stations, antifouling, a new compass, chart table light, led bulbs, a solar panel, forward nav light.
The problem is I know exactly which type I want etc this normally does not happen.

Having tried it before I am not going to use the cheapest anti fouling, a chart table light that cannot flex to the voltmeter guage is no good to me and yes polyester10mm braid on braid not red, blue, green or yellow fleck (I have them, red twice from a previous present) and I know the snap shackle is frigging expensive so if we do it in January we can get the rope cheaper and use the old shackle. So what if I don't have a present on the day I am happy with that!

Do not start me on the house, picture frames call it OCD but I like mine to be of the same style and I don't have space for endless numbers of them. Just bought the pressure cooker we wanted, where passing hard wear store and saw the perfect size 6lts S/S pressure cooker with dual pressure setting. Reduced by over 50% (checked on line could not buy it that cheap there). Checked with person who was going to buy it for us, no they have not bought it yet yes to good to miss. Now what do you want for Christmas instead? FFS is not about the account of money give us the cash and we will be happy. Don't worry about the halyard, octoplat plat stretches to much and we have a new anchor rode.

How long do you have to keep that big (wooden not easily broken) figurine that your mad aunty buys you? For years I had a growing collection of M&S aftershave where I would of been very happy with whenever fees for a sailing regatta.

Granddad got that right mum has continued it. She pays my sailing club membership every year, a perfect present.

SWMBO bought me a jacket last week for my Birthday in it was on sale nice jacket. I got to till to pay and she put her card down and said happy birthday, my birthday is October. I was delighted and wear it most days.

Christmas day she will get sad Christmas jumper or onesie, I will find what she wants later in the year. Actually no she got hers back in August a tablet and KRU life jacket.

Grumble over...

Best present under £10:

Although, presumably everyone already has both of these.... ;-)

Pete

Don't waste your money unless is the one with a torch for me:

You will never go back...

Collapsible silicone kitchenware, very practical to stow, they are very handy: funnel, pasta colander, bowls...
Plus they are nicely coloured

Colander yes superb not tried bouls or funnel but bakeing trays I found useless. Ice trays worked perfect in our last fridge this fridge they are useless...

Oh and for me presents expensive Barograph just cause they look pretty and cheap a day Sail to the beach with my daughter...