Need things to hang ropes on

Need things to hang ropes on

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MOTORVATOR

6,993 posts

248 months

Tuesday 12th June 2012
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Oi! I might be Romford navy now but I've done my bit in the string, sheets and blazer brigade before now.

I just choose to chew my oysters and wash 'em down with Guiness now. biggrin

Oh and Simpo you'll be pleased to know the new props (low rake) worked exactly as I said they would and we haven't lost anyone out the back door in weeks now. Apart from the labrador that is but then you know that story. wink

Simpo Two

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85,495 posts

266 months

Tuesday 12th June 2012
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Paddy_N_Murphy said:
(and cleats for fenders? WTF? - gotta give the crew something to do !)
I'd rather not have to, but some of the landing stages are 4' high and others only 4" (I think the EA makes them canoe friendly, forgetting in their taxpayer-funded greeness that there are no canoes, only boats). Hence you often have to adjust the height of the fenders to stop one's shiny new GRP getting scuffed.

Simpo Two

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266 months

Wednesday 13th June 2012
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No crew, cannot leave helm to play with fenders whilst under way...

But then, as I attended my local Jubilee Street Party as an Admiral of the Fleet, I can do what the heck I like biggrin

TTwiggy

11,546 posts

205 months

Thursday 14th June 2012
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MOTORVATOR said:
Gawd's sake, Clappers Chap Clappers!

And they are swung by a lanyard on my vessel to denote first and last dog watch or more correctly the transfer from Gin to Rum.

This is almost as bad as when Simpo came on board for lunch and had the nose off the stilton right in front of Bacardi's eyes. furious
And you know why they are called dog watches? It's because they are curTAILed!

(thumbs up smiley to the first person to get the reference).

Simpo Two

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Thursday 14th June 2012
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Sirius. As in surely you cannot be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_watch


The internet saves having to know anything, which is a pity. But then it saved me a trip upstairs to thumb through a 1939 copy of 'All the World's Fighting Fleets'

TTwiggy

11,546 posts

205 months

Thursday 14th June 2012
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Simpo Two said:
Sirius. As in surely you cannot be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_watch


The internet saves having to know anything, which is a pity. But then it saved me a trip upstairs to thumb through a 1939 copy of 'All the World's Fighting Fleets'
Ah - I was seeking a literary reference...

Simpo Two

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Thursday 14th June 2012
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Literary as in book?

MOTORVATOR

6,993 posts

248 months

Thursday 14th June 2012
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Curtailed - cut short as in two short watches.

Cur as in dog.

Other than that I haven't a clue.

TTwiggy

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205 months

Thursday 14th June 2012
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Patrick O'Brian. Stephen Maturin says it to captain Aubrey in one of the early books, and Aubrey repeats it a few times...

Sorry... Now, where did I leave the rum...

Ayahuasca

27,427 posts

280 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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TTwiggy said:
Patrick O'Brian. Stephen Maturin says it to captain Aubrey in one of the early books, and Aubrey repeats it a few times...

Sorry... Now, where did I leave the rum...
You are completely dished and brought up with a round turn!


Simpo Two

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85,495 posts

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Friday 15th June 2012
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Oh hell, this is turning into a nautical Mornington Crescent...

MOTORVATOR

6,993 posts

248 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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Well before we go too far, what rules?

Riff Raff

5,121 posts

196 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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MOTORVATOR said:
Well before we go too far, what rules?
Trumpington's Variations.

Ayahuasca

27,427 posts

280 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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To wives and sweethearts




may they never meet!

MOTORVATOR

6,993 posts

248 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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Riff Raff said:
MOTORVATOR said:
Well before we go too far, what rules?
Trumpington's Variations.
With or without Admiral Jugs' amendments?