Techtalk

[Lakesailor]

What is a sapniel?

 

[Clive_Rigden]

Bit like a retrover but with a docked tail.

 

[Pinnacle]

Dog with characteristics of a SWMBO....... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Becky]

Sorry about my spelling.

My typing isn't as good or as quick as the thought processes I am attempting to transcribe. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

A sapniel is closely related to a spaniel, but can never be filled with food. Has a strong preference for ducks and squirrels /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

See, the trouble is that I have such a VERY light touch, being a dentist an' all, I have difficulty pressing the keys hard enough




Or in the right order /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

[ QUOTE ]

If this does not work - i.e. one ends up like the famous Becken of Cowes picture - the intrepid mariner will simultaneously lengthen the halyard guy and sheet by at least 60m. This is known as lying to a storm sail.

[/ QUOTE ]The only lying that would be involved here, would be to SWMBO....... "Yes dear... it was just a quiet potter around the solent......"

 

[Lakesailor]

Ah. I see. I thought with it having a capital letter and all that it may be a real person. Hadn't occurred to me it may be a mutt.
I too suffer from keyboard dyslexia.

 

[sarabande]

I've got a boat which has pointy bits at both ends.

Yrs, perplexed.

 

[Twister_Ken]

One end should have a waggly bit attached to a stick or a big shiny steering wheel and maybe an underwater fan. That'll be the back side.

 

[capt_courageous]

'attached to a stick' - Do concentrate. It is not a stick it is a handle.

 

[Twister_Ken]

I thought the handle was the bit sailors usually wrap string around when they park their boats. There seems to be a handle on each corner which would be useful if they wanted to lift their boats off of the rocks. Some boats even have two more handles, one each side, more or less in the middle, which would let two extra blokes help with the lifting.