the one thing you can never remember

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"Well here's a tip, stand with your back to the beach and observe the tide when it is flowing, it is always going left or right."


I tried it, and with my back to the sea, I couldn't see the tide at all!
A dumbo confesses. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[NealB]

To cross the Thames Estuary with a fair tide, my Dad used to say, "go down North, and up South"......therefore, watch your soundings very carefully when heading North.

What can't I remember? I'm useless at anything to do with vhf (as some of you will have noticed).

 

[Danny]

[ QUOTE ]
...which side of the road to drive on in Jamaica;

[/ QUOTE ]The shady side - but mind the potholes.

 

[BurnitBlue]

Which way to turn the adjustment thing on an adjustable spanner to open or close the jaws.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

hee hee..... yep I can relate to that one!

 

[peterb]

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I can manage North and South, you understand, and I have no difficulty with right and left, or even which way to turn a nut, whether with my right or left hand, upside-down or round the back. But show me a route on a chart or town plan that, say, starts with a South-bound leg, then turns East, and something in me tells me to turn right at the waypoint.

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Particularly on the M25, where you have to relate clockwise to north-going in some places, but south-going in others.

 

[stuey_two]

What was the question?

 

[stevenhumphrey]

i forget to
"think of the money your getting for putting with these fools"

 

[Master_under_Dog]

It's a funny thing. When I am in the UK I have a really good sense of direction. But when in Europe I go haywire. I think it's because I grew up in Lincolnshire close to the coast so when I was pointing north the sea was always on the right hand side. And when I was on the left hand side of the UK it didn't seem to matter because the North Sea was still on the right hand side. But in Europe? Total confusion.

Michael

 

[SirSnoozalot]

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I can never remember which way the tides flow along the channel, or up and down the North sea, and always have to look it up.....

You'll all now post up a series of tips on how to remember, and i'll still need to look it up next time....

So what is the one thing that you can never remember without looking it up, or working it out?

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Apologies to Lakey, but if I fully understand your problem, the answer is TITs.


T ides flow I nto the T hames.

And I keep forgetting when to put the rubbish bags out.

 

[mcframe]

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"Well here's a tip, stand with your back to the beach and observe the tide when it is flowing, it is always going left or right."

That can't be right. It's always going in or out.

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The truth is, the word "tide" as used by sailors at sea means horizontal motion of the water; but when used by landsmen or sailors in port, it means vertical motion of the water.

http://zapatopi.net/kelvin/papers/the_tides.html

http://zapatopi.net/kelvin/papers/on_lighthouse_characteristics.html

http://zapatopi.net/kelvin/

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[damo]

What time the bar closes after returning from France in the summer - I can never remember which time the ship's clock has been set to.

 

[Twister_Ken]

It's umm, errr, hangonaminute, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh bugger.

No, forgotten it again.

 

[fisherman]

[ QUOTE ]
Which way to turn the adjustment thing on an adjustable spanner to open or close the jaws.

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Worse than that, turn your mouse over and try to use it with a finger on the ball.

Oh ha ha ha, you know what I mean.

 

[robp]

Living on the South coast but sailing South UP the Medina!

My memory is becoming sh1te and I have to look it up in a book to remember to bring all the fenders in...

 

[jellyellie]

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Which way to turn nuts to tighten (especially when hanging upside down in the bilge, with the screw facing away); which way to turn when the lower light of a transit is left of the higher one...

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I couldn't remember the tightening thing until my boyfriend told me:
Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey.
Now I never forget it.

And with the transits, that's easy too. Always turn towards the direction of the lower one to get back on transit. For example if the lower, closer one is sticking out to the left of the higher, further transit, turn to the left. If it's sticking out to the right, turn to the right. Easy. Imagine it's sticking out to show you which way to turn. Follow it.

 

[shmoo]

Thanks about the transit. That will save the ritual of my holding up two fingers in front of my nose and moving my head from side to side to work it out each time. I am sure that newcomers sailing with me thought (maybe still think) that this was an essential sailing ritual.

 

[saltwater_gypsy]

I have a really good book titled

"HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY"

Unfortunately I've forgotten where I put it!!

 

[BlueSkyNick]

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So what is the one thing that you can never remember without looking it up, or working it out?

[/ QUOTE ] At the end of a good night out in a foreign port, where did we leave the boat.

The next morning, trying to work out how come the whiskey and port bottles are empty ! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[jhr]

Strange - I had a very similar problem trying to find a boat I was crewing on in St Vaast last September. I ended up on someone else's yacht and was delighted by his offer of free booze; particularly when he said "Drink up lads, I want to find plenty of empty bottles in the cockpit tomorrow morning"! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif