The cost of aging

[Blueboatman]

Yellow flashing light when manoeuvring boat?

 

[Billjratt]

Doesn't that mean you're flying?

 

[Blueboatman]

And backing up siren alert

 

[Roberto]

And backing up siren alert

with giant-digit visual display and high volume audio repeaters for high precision CPA and TCPA to ARPA targets conveniently placed on the harbour wall

 

[MoodySabre]

Today I bought a mooring line holder to save SWMBO jumping off on to the pontoon.

 

[Downsman]

A handy size waterproof notebook which will enable you to write down the things you're going below for, and also to list before leaving the cockpit, the jobs to be undertaken on the foredeck..

 

[Enya]

+1

 

[toad_oftoadhall]

Why does this thread smell of wee?

 

[davo]

i was talking to a 73 year old at our marina last year he had just bought himself a new boat he said he sold his last one because he thought he was passed it he then went to a meeting at the marinas yacht club and got talking to an 85 year old who was still sailing so he thought "bugger it" if he can still do it so can i

 

[Sybarite]

au Robert Maxwell.

à la (façon), Robert Maxwell...

 

[Monique]

Vibrator for TOTMBO?

 

[Billjratt]

à la (façon), Robert Maxwell...

Eau Robert Maxwell...

 

[Roberto]

oh, I almost forgot: oilies one size larger

 

[mjcoon]

A folding Zimmer Frame!

It took me a while to work out why rails at the mast were called "granny bars" since that is not where they serve stout...

Mike.

 

[reginaldon]

My present costs include knee supports and a more stable dinghy - I don't want to lash out on a marina berth.

 

[Downsman]

I think some sizes, weights and heights have been deliberately changed since I was young. 20 litres of spare diesel is much heavier than the stuff they used to sell and why is the wording and symbols on paper charts smaller? Some bugger has replaced my mast with a taller one too, because last time I hauled myself aloft it was a lot shorter.

 

[blackbeard]

So far (68), so good, I kid myself I can do everything a 20 year old can do, except I need specs for small print. I will carry on until I can't any more. Meanwhile I don't have to go to work any more.
Unfortunately the beard, which used to be black, is now white.
What I can't work out is - why don't I spend ALL my time sailing?

 

[pagoda]

Motor boat . . .

Yes... why not?

In the process of accidentally being able to track down the original owner of my boat, and speak to him, I found out quite a bit.
He bought her from the 1988 LBS - and shipped her to Scotland. He raced her extensively - and did OK. Replaced numerous things in Titanium after breaking them.
He's been obliged to go mobo at the age of 85, down from a large newish Jeanneau DS. He still wants to go sea. Good on him.

Graeme

 

[nevis]

I have to buy a magnifying lens to read the nautical chart, I must be that old.


What other equipment should I consider in the next 5-10 year sailing budget ?

a 20 year old female deckhand

 

[Monocle]

I have got an iPad and have downloaded the Imray app with the charts for the south coast.

I the use this as a chartplotter which you can easily zoom in on.