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[jeffey]

Nice trip to Bologne this weekend.Leaving this morning started the engine and while singling up was approached by a raggie who said i love the smell of your engine this time of the morning 0830 .Told him i was about to leave and i need to start my engine to move .Do they realy sail off there moorings? i dont think so !

 

[rosssavage]

I actually do love the smell of diesel first thing in the morning!

I get it from equipment at work and it reminds me of boats

 

[boatone]

I actually do love the smell of diesel first thing in the morning!
I get it from equipment at work and it reminds me of boats

So when you smell diesel on the boat it reminds you of work ?

 

[Bandit]

So when you smell diesel on the boat it reminds you of work ?

Me too!

 

[SLC]

Nice trip to Bologne this weekend.Leaving this morning started the engine and while singling up was approached by a raggie who said i love the smell of your engine this time of the morning 0830 .Told him i was about to leave and i need to start my engine to move .Do they realy sail off there moorings? i dont think so ![/QUOTE

Or as Judge Rinder(barrister) would have said "I love the smell of stupid in the morning"

 

[Elessar]

Nice trip to Bologne this weekend.Leaving this morning started the engine and while singling up was approached by a raggie who said i love the smell of your engine this time of the morning 0830 .Told him i was about to leave and i need to start my engine to move .Do they realy sail off there moorings? i dont think so !

A raggie stuck her head out of the hatch and showered me with expletives in ocean village a couple of months back. Yes we were close to her and it was late, but i cant row out of the marina!
The swear word shocked me and my hand slipped, such that the engine came out of gear and revved up to its limiter. Oops.

 

[Searush]

Nice trip to Bologne this weekend.Leaving this morning started the engine and while singling up was approached by a raggie who said i love the smell of your engine this time of the morning 0830 .Told him i was about to leave and i need to start my engine to move .Do they realy sail off there moorings? i dont think so !

So what's the problem, just reply, "You're welcome".

 

[jeffey]

What i should of said if you like it that much i will start the other one up.but what i realy meant is where would you like me to stick that plumb you have in your mouth

 

[pks1702]

Visitor in a Broom one up from us fires up his engines ready to depart, starts to untie his ropes. Yottie who had just berthed on the pontoon behind (using his engine) is making fast his lines and shouts out "turn off your diesel", friendly marina except for this kn*b but the glares he got from all and sundry with and without sails made him scurry below until he thought we might have forgotten. :disgust:

 

[rafiki_]

A classic Fairey started up near us yesterday, and the world disappeared. The water was full of carbon. Not sure what the raggies made of this

 

[benjenbav]

Classic raggie quotes, from a rather special sailor, one Blondie Hasler (Cockleshell Heroes; solo sail racing pioneer etc):

On emerging on deck: "Ah, cheap perfume and drains - we must be off Cherbourg"

On being asked what he would do, not having a vhf in an offshore race, in the event of getting into difficulties from which he could not extract himself: "Die like a gentleman"

 

[Searush]

Classic raggie quotes, from a rather special sailor, one Blondie Hasler (Cockleshell Heroes; solo sail racing pioneer etc):

On emerging on deck: "Ah, cheap perfume and drains - we must be off Cherbourg"

On being asked what he would do, not having a vhf in an offshore race, in the event of getting into difficulties from which he could not extract himself: "Die like a gentleman"

One of the founders of the single-handed Transatlantic race (in Jester junk-rigged folkboat, I think) with the clear ethos that there would be NO search & rescue for people in trouble. You sort it out on your own or die like a gentleman. An ethos we largely seem to have lost these days.

 

[omega2]

We got used "Fairy" diesels in ours, our procedure for leaving berth is as follows, switch on batteries, switch on radar, make tea (whilst radar warms up) single up mooring ropes, advance throttles to half way, engage cold start buttons (EXCESS FUEL), Start engines and foxtrot oscar wearing ski masks and breathing equipment. We are considerate though we never complain about wind in the rigging. LOL

 

[Montemar]

We got used "Fairy" diesels in ours, our procedure for leaving berth is as follows, switch on batteries, switch on radar, make tea (whilst radar warms up) single up mooring ropes, advance throttles to half way, engage cold start buttons (EXCESS FUEL), Start engines and foxtrot oscar wearing ski masks and breathing equipment. We are considerate though we never complain about wind in the rigging. LOL

Excellent!

 

[SpottyDog5]

Don't most raggies have diesel engines too? yet to see one sail off a berth, were you expected to drift off your berth?
If truth were told I would expect a yacht to clock up more engine hours in a year than most mobo's, as it takes a long while to get anywhere at 5 knots.

 

[pks1702]

Nice trip to Bologne this weekend.Leaving this morning started the engine and while singling up was approached by a raggie who said i love the smell of your engine this time of the morning 0830 .Told him i was about to leave and i need to start my engine to move .Do they realy sail off there moorings? i dont think so !

He was lucky it could have been Mucky Farter :encouragement:

 

[rafiki_]

We got used "Fairy" diesels in ours, our procedure for leaving berth is as follows, switch on batteries, switch on radar, make tea (whilst radar warms up) single up mooring ropes, advance throttles to half way, engage cold start buttons (EXCESS FUEL), Start engines and foxtrot oscar wearing ski masks and breathing equipment. We are considerate though we never complain about wind in the rigging. LOL