Why didnt I think of that before........

[boatone]

Wots your favourite 'Why didnt I think of that before' hint or tip or wotever?
Ever since getting my P32 last year and a marina berth I have parked bow in and got on and off at the outer end of the pontoon finger which bobs up and down quite violently and is rather narrow so not very good for trolley with all swmbo's gear etc.
This weekend while swmbo was visiting marina facilities (dont allow use of portapotti in home berth!) I decided to have a little fun and turned boat round so's stern in to berth just to see how easy it was to manouever in now Ive got two engines that actually work at the same time......magic....cant believe how much easier it is to get on and off etc etc....Question is after almost a year in the marina.....why didnt I think of it before?

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[tcm]

Fantastic. For years now i have found it necessary to have one crew member in a dinghy, to push the bow from one side and then the other. However, I then decided to use the steering wheel and i must say it's a lot easier.

 

[DavidJ]

Mine is a check list of things that need to be done before setting off. I always used to forget something on every trip (some which were safety critical!)
So I made a checklist and it came to 32 items albeit some very small points. Not surprising really that I always used to forget a few. Why didn't I think of that before?.
David

 

[aztec]

i like the idea of that, where would one source a wheel?

mooring lines, held up on sticks bushed through bouys.. why didn't "I" think of that!.

 

[Dave_Snelson]

Fitting an in-line fuel filter to my Suzi O/B fuel line (see post last week)....after the filter got cr@pped up with the dregs of my tank!.

Now why didn't I think of that before!!

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[Robin2]

What's this about sticks through buoys? (serious question)

 

[jfm]

Re: Fantastic, now you just need

B1 fantastic, I think you should celebrate this by buying yourself a full hydraulic Besenzoni transom passerelle for Christmas, go on you deserve it mate ;-)

 

[boatone]

Re: Fantastic, now you just need

no no no.....mustnt go overboard.......so easy to get carried away......
anyway, only just treated myself to auto engine hatch lifty thingy.........

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[byron]

My one is using the Loo on someone else's boat. Saves emptying mine. Ditto for drinkies, have a jar on their boat saves buying booze myself.

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[aztec]

U know the mooring mate thing.. bouy with weight on the bottom of a pole that holds the end of your mooring line... so you don't have to try and hook it out of the water. bloody good idea... if a little pricey... but then i'm tight!!

someone make one for a tenner aand i'll buy it.

 

[Guest]

You should have paid attention to the master ever seem mine bow too the pontoon ??

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[boatone]

Huh...master indeed.......only seen your boat in the cupboard twice.....first time it had flat batteries and the second time I was distracted by the amazing loos in Chatham Maritime............
Have you given Phil his GPS back yet?.

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[Guest]

You also saw a shiny new fridge (dont waste any time) anyway batteries didnt stop us going did it.
Mind you seen my recent post on our engine work ? still looks like the first time in 20yrs the offending
item had been looked at so not that bad. NO I have'nt and I'm not gonna

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[boatone]

Hadnt forgotten the fridge...how could I seeing as MMS stayed open after hours for you - having previously told me to s*d off...!!!
Come to think of it, must have been one of the last fridges sold by MMS prior to their untimely demise !
And dont forget it was your expat glaswegian friend's travelling companion that led to me employing the Bosun..................


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[ArthurWood]

tcm - why would u use the steering wheel whilst docking stern in? Or did I miss something of your wit, again;-)
Any road up, don't you have a fruster?
Stern to docking is de rigeur in FL; pointy end in is for cissies

 

[Guest]

Glaswegian indeed dont let him hear you say that.

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