totopalm
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Good grief i thought you were replying to what
Sailorman and I said!!you being in bed and all that!!
Sailorman and I said!!you being in bed and all that!!
Washboards up - when sailing
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bilbobaggins
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"Shields up, Mr Data!"
"She'll no tak'it, Captain!"
At the Padstow May Day ( no, not another DSC post...) Festival, when you can walk across the harbour on the discarded fish'n chip cartons, I usually keep the washboards in all the time - so the 'dancing queens' on the quayside cannot lob their Big Macs and Double Cheeseburgers down the hatch.
Enjoi!
"She'll no tak'it, Captain!"
At the Padstow May Day ( no, not another DSC post...) Festival, when you can walk across the harbour on the discarded fish'n chip cartons, I usually keep the washboards in all the time - so the 'dancing queens' on the quayside cannot lob their Big Macs and Double Cheeseburgers down the hatch.
Enjoi!
Blueboatman
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Best advice from a hardnut delivery skipper when I was about to head off cross the pond--most Arc types were very anti,boat too small,no ssb etc, while hardnut simply had very practical,positive advice,stay tied on to the boat at all times,etc and the BEST was:
''The only thing between the Atlantic and your *rse are those washboards,buddy''
Advice that has become a habit,at least keeping the lower board locked in at sea at all times.
''The only thing between the Atlantic and your *rse are those washboards,buddy''
Advice that has become a habit,at least keeping the lower board locked in at sea at all times.
damo
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Don't have washboards, I have a door - much easier to close when necessary.
Parsonsheath
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northshore, sailorman, go and wash your mouths out!
iangrant
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Only once - South Biscay - 45 kt winds average, (a bit of a dusting tome called it) we took a couple of bathfulls in the cockpit so shutters down was the only option. In rain, a towel over the hole to protect the stuff around the chart table.. but then she was a center cockpit..
Ian
Ian
totopalm
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S'Custing lot i reckon
Neraida
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Our companionway hatch is closed most of the time as we can even bring a "Redjet" wash tumbling over the deck on a gentle day. Washboard goes in when sailing with the wind anywhere abaft the beam as the cockpit is awash for alot of that time, and we have had a couple of seas head "down below".
One of our less than regular racing crew, who is a First Class 8 sailor, sailed 100 miles in Biscay with a broken autopilot, single handed, and when he got to is destination had about 8" of water in the boat. He didn't have time to let go of the helm and put the WB in!! It was he that convinced us to put it in early.. bit like reefing...
One of our less than regular racing crew, who is a First Class 8 sailor, sailed 100 miles in Biscay with a broken autopilot, single handed, and when he got to is destination had about 8" of water in the boat. He didn't have time to let go of the helm and put the WB in!! It was he that convinced us to put it in early.. bit like reefing...
arthur1808
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Good heavens above - water in the cockpit? Wouldn't it dilute the G&T? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif