Why is it?

Nostrodamus

Nostrodamus

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Why is it?

That the weekend I arrange to have the boat hauled out for anti fouling and cleaning it is snowing, the water has been turned off to prevent the pipes cracking and the main electricity fuse on the pontoon has blown! :eek:

Got any more why is its?
 
Why is it people even contemplate cleaning and antifouling a boat in winter? I only do it in summer, when the weather's nice, and when the marina only charges a fraction of the normal liftout rates. It's much quicker, easier and cheaper.
 
pvb said:
Why is it people even contemplate cleaning and antifouling a boat in winter? I only do it in summer, when the weather's nice, and when the marina only charges a fraction of the normal liftout rates. It's much quicker, easier and cheaper.
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450 euros in and out before March, 900 euros from 1st March!
 
Whys is it?

The one bolt I need to take off the engine (usually the last bolt) has got a rounded end and it is stuck fast!

I think I will cancel today and go back to bed.
 
For my boat in a UK marina, winter liftout/cradle/liftback is about £450, but in Jun/Jul/Aug it's only about £195.
 
Nostrodamus said:
Why is it?

That the weekend I arrange to have the boat hauled out for anti fouling and cleaning it is snowing, the water has been turned off to prevent the pipes cracking and the main electricity fuse on the pontoon has blown! :eek:

Got any more why is its?
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Ahh, so it's your fault is it?
 
pvb said:
Why is it people even contemplate cleaning and antifouling a boat in winter? I only do it in summer, when the weather's nice, and when the marina only charges a fraction of the normal liftout rates. It's much quicker, easier and cheaper.
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Cos in summer, I'd rather be sailing :)

Pete
 
pvb said:
For my boat in a UK marina, winter liftout/cradle/liftback is about £450, but in Jun/Jul/Aug it's only about £195.
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Give us a clue where? and do you have to be berthed in the marina? or can us outsiders get a similar good deal?
 
February is the coldest month. Been that way for some time.

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A new dawn, a new day.

Why is it?

OK, so yesterday was a bad day but today I jumped out of bed with renewed energy and determination to get the rounded bolt off, after a cup of tea of course.

That's when it all started again.

Firstly I tripped over the computer power lead bringing it crashing onto the cabin sole. Luckily the computer is a tough book, unluckily the floor isn't and I now have a nice new dent.

Next thing was morning ablutions. I decided to go ashore over the snow and ice covered pontoons rather than wake everyone up. Going up the gang plank off the pontoon is when I found that the grip on sailing shoes is non existent on ice. Maybe it should be included when they next test shoes. Anyway two falls wasn't bad considering.

Next thing was that I had been comfortably seated for a while when he sensors on the lights decided that I had enough time. Well excuse me but I decide when I finish, not some mindless sensor. So in pitch black I had to open the door with my trousers round my ankles and wave my arms around. Well I got pretty close to a bit of bottom anti fouling before they would comply.

So all in all I have been up an hour, damaged myself and the boat an haven't even worked out if Volvo use metric or A/F. I think I will go back to bed and consider my options.

Someone please tell me they are having a worse day!!
 
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good day

Nostrodamus said:
Why is it?

OK, so yesterday was a bad day but today I jumped out of bed with renewed energy and determination to get the rounded bolt off, after a cup of tea of course.

That's when it all started again.

Firstly I tripped over the computer power lead bringing it crashing onto the cabin sole. Luckily the computer is a tough book, unluckily the floor isn't and I now have a nice new dent.

Next thing was morning ablutions. I decided to go ashore over the snow and ice covered pontoons rather than wake everyone up. Going up the gang plank off the pontoon is when I found that the grip on sailing shoes is non existent on ice. Maybe it should be included when they next test shoes. Anyway two falls wasn't bad considering.

Next thing was that I had been comfortably seated for a while when he sensors on the lights decided that I had enough time. Well excuse me but I decide when I finish, not some mindless sensor. So in pitch black I had to open the door with my trousers round my ankles and wave my arms around. Well I got pretty close to a bit of bottom anti fouling before they would comply.

So all in all I have been up an hour, damaged myself and the boat an haven't even worked out if Volvo use metric or A/F. I think I will go back to bed and consider my options.

Someone please tell me they are having a worse day!!
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What a great start to the day eh. Sorry cant match that, had a great day in Troon, sun shinning i was outside in t'shirt doing odd jobs on deck. Oh dear the problems we have.
 
Today someone sent me this and within a minute life got so much better.

WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER !!

"And we never had a whole Mars bar until 1993"!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70’s
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank Sherry while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos...
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, bread and dripping, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.
Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nandos.
Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on a Sunday, somehow we didn't starve to death!
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers and Bubble Gum.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter,milk from the cow,and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because.....
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O..K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY ,
no video/dvd films, or colour TV
no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
Lawsuits from these accidents.

Only girls had pierced ears!


You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time....

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet because we didn't need to keep up with the Jones's!

Not everyone made the rugby/football/cricket/netball team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on
MERIT

Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and throw the blackboard rubber at us if they thought we weren't concentrating ..
We can string sentences together and spell and have proper conversations because of a good, solid three R's education.
Our parents would tell us to ask a stranger to help us cross the road.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!

Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla'

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL !


And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were
PS -The big type is because your eyes are not too good at your age anymore
 
Nostrodamus said:
Why is it?

So all in all I have been up an hour, damaged myself and the boat an haven't even worked out if Volvo use metric or A/F. I think I will go back to bed and consider my options.

Someone please tell me they are having a worse day!!
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let me make it worse.
If you had found that out in the first place , maybe the bolt wouldn't be rounded...
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quickly runs for cover..
 
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Had to take two alternators,one bracket and a bedding plate off just to be able to get at the bolt. After a day I now have the bolt off and replaced.
Now I just have everything to put back.
Guess what I am doing tomorrow.

The good news was I found that a fan belt was split and I would never have found it without taking the belts off.
I also decided whilst I have the alternators off I am going to clean the engine and re spray a couple of rusty bits. One can of Volvo green spray paint... 26 euros.

The fan belt really surprised me as it looked bran new but could have gone at any time. :eek::eek:
 
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