What is the worst marine invention, ever?

[chas]

Ebb tides (I don't mind floods)

 

[Nauti Fox]

Snurble Grip-Thribley.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

The marina credit card machine...

 

[Dipper]

Waterproof deck sockets.

I gave up on them years ago. They never even lasted a season without the terminals corroding. (With apologies to the web site this picture came from.)

 

[Heigaro]

Iron ships! Cor, where DO they get these weird ideas from? - and these people actually believe that they can convince folk that they'll FLOAT!!! I ask you...

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[ParaHandy]

ye auld trout .. this magnificent fish's tail is gieing youse ra v sign?!

 

[ChrisE]

stop jumping up and down and give me money yer tight fisted scot...

 

[ParaHandy]

ooohh jings .. ah've spent it ...!!

 

[Searush]

waves

 

[flyingjunior]

any perkins engine built in the past ten years
giant sized heads compartments (too big to wedge your self into whilst in a seaway)
telescopic boat hooks
white or pastal coloured oilskins WHY??
jet skis
sunsail

 

[Lakesailor]

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white or pastal coloured oilskins WHY??


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Oooh. I don't know

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[Oliveoyl]

Why's she wearing her fenders inside her jumper?

 

[Lakesailor]

Unsinkable submarine

 

[Woodlouse]

Volvo Penta.


And from recent events, surely Radar reflectors should be considered as candidates...

 

[Kawasaki]

"Effn fekin b%stard useless crape orrible annoying knuckle busting badly designed green engines.
Swedish sh%t poxy bleedin things.
Marinised mayhem systems.
Mankey Motors are us bleedin Sh&t."
Phew, needed that.
Feel better now!
Fliippen Volvos.
Oh Yeh! and Jelly fish.

 

[Sinbad2222]

Know-all prats on forums with vast numbers of posts who cannot possibly have time for boating and often purport to be computer experts.

 

[savageseadog]

Unsinkable ships eg Titanic

 

[Daedelus]

Inflatable floating anchors

 

[LymingtonPugwash]

I was going to name some makes of yachts! However, due to advancing age I seem to have lost some of my courage and so wimped out rather than taking the chance of stirring up animosity! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Anything for a quiet life these days...........
I must be getting really old! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Well, I'm off for my nap /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[alanporter]

Worst things I've ever seen on a boat are Volvo engines and Naval Officers, not necessarily in that order. In fact, the three most useless things on a boat are lawn mowers, wheel barrows and naval officers. (By the way, I was one, a naval officer, that is, not a lawn mower.) Time I shut up, I suppose.