Your best on board botch?

[KREW2]

HI all
The best botched jobs are the ones that get you home. Whilst motoring into gulf harbour N Z my wife was down below looking after our 2 young children aged 7 & 5 and asked if there should be water coming up through the cabin sole. Looking into the engine bay I noticed the intake cooling hose had slipped onto the exhaust manifold making a nice hole for the water to pump into the bilges. This was in 1990 and to this day I cannot remember what I used as a temporary patch too busy bailing. The boat was a 32 ft Herresoff very slow but stable, New Zealanders say with a Herresoff you will never drown but are more likely to starve to death, I am glad I proved them right
K W

 

[roger]

I wanted to try out a tiller extension so wandered off out of the marina (in Sweden), found and odd bit of wood, nailed on a loop of strong tape, put the loop on the tiller,twisted the stick until the tape tightened up. I then had a tiller extension I could remove at need. It worked but gave me wrist strain keeping the tape tight. Eventually I bought a nice commercial extendible one.

 

[alahol2]

Head gasket blew on our ancient Volvo, stopping the engine. Anchored for the night, took the head off, filled the waterway in block and head with 'plastic steel'. Put it back together again. Ran for another few months, to the end of the season, when I replaced it with something more modern. I suspect it would probably have run for several more years.

 

[jimboaw]

hows this for "Tight" Only today I needed a box to ship a Walker Knotmaster log I have sold on Ebay to a gentleman in Cornwall. At the local wine store there was a nice Dewers whisky box just the right size. Alas the US postal service will not ship in a box that has booze ads on so I just turned it inside out. BOOM BOOM