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Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    And the anodes are looking pretty shot 🙂

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    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      jordanscollected
      啓蒙家
      Joined: 13 Nov 2018

      @Giles you seem like a feverish researcher and detail man, and I'm sure the boating experience is no exception. What has surprised you or caught you off guard the most about owning Sakura?

      world tours:
      888 Fat guy chocolate WT
      Mad Red x2
      Wabidashery

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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        @jordanscollected
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        @jordanscollected said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

        you seem like a feverish researcher and detail man

        Guilty as charged.

        Ooh, that'll take some thought.....I will respond soon.

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          But here is a quick one. I had to hold for about 20 minutes waiting to come into the hoist bay. The wind was blowing from starboard, but at only 5-6 knots. The way that the bow was being continually blown to port was amazing. It took a lot of thought and concentration to keep her pointing where I wanted her to point......

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          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            But, I did not need 6 tugs like this loser does......

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            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              jordanscollected
              啓蒙家
              @Giles
              Joined: 13 Nov 2018

              @Giles yeah, but if you and Paula got tired of each other on that ship there'd be enough elbow room to separate for a bit.

              world tours:
              888 Fat guy chocolate WT
              Mad Red x2
              Wabidashery

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                goosehd
                Mod Squad
                @Giles
                Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                @Giles …so you’re saying that the sea is a moody mistress who can be a lot of fun when she’s in a great mood, but if you let your guard down can kill you?

                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                  louisbosco
                  啓蒙家
                  @Giles
                  Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                  @Giles mans got 6 tugs. can't be that bad.

                  "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

                  • Harvey Specter
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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    @goosehd
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    @goosehd said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

                    @Giles …so you’re saying that the sea is a moody mistress who can be a lot of fun when she’s in a great mood, but if you let your guard down can kill you?

                    Yeah, sort of 🙂 The sea scares me, floating on it, diving under it, at times standing next to it. I treat it with great respect, everything is fun until it isn't.....

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      goosehd
                      Mod Squad
                      @Giles
                      Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                      @Giles It's the fear and respect that keeps us alive...and makes us realize how small and insignificant we really are 🙂

                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        @goosehd
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        @goosehd said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

                        how small and insignificant we really are

                        You talking about me 😂

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                          I guess my head was touching the hull as I applied ant-foul yesterday. Trophy cap...

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                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            There are many schools of thought as to how you should treat a boats running gear (props, rudders, shafts, brackets etc). SAKURA came from the factory with it all anti-fouled, last time we anti-fouled the hull, we slapped another coat onto the running gear. It does protect those parts, but it gets gnarly with time. So I have decided, that because we use the boat a lot, protection is less important than have clean polished surfaces. I'm persuaded that nice polished surfaces will improve fuel consumption and performance. So todays job is to remove all the old shit. It is going to be a long, nasty job 🙂

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                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              IH-GARY
                              Haraki san Student
                              @Giles
                              Joined: 3 Jan 2017

                              @Giles Crikey, someone's gonna have achey arms this evening! Good Luck!

                              My contribution, to urban blues…

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                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                Let's get started.....

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                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  louisbosco
                                  啓蒙家
                                  @Giles
                                  Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                                  @Giles why don't you get @Alex on the job when he gets back from Japan

                                  "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

                                  • Harvey Specter
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                                    Alex
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                                    If it was in the water, maybe. Out the water - not my comfort zone

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                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      This really is a labour of love......

                                      Starboard rudder, props and shaft, not yet attacked....

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                                      Port - done (really want to do the P bracket (but it does not move, so is not essential, but it would look pretty)....

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                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        louisbosco
                                        啓蒙家
                                        @Alex
                                        Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                                        @Alex I guess now that it's out of the water, it's different. but I thought that these stuff were preventive maintenance that is usually done time to time in the water?

                                        "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

                                        • Harvey Specter
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                                          Giles
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                          We can swap anodes and clean the hull, when she is in the water. But stripping, grinding, painting, putting in or modifying through-hull fittings etc etc , she needs to be out.

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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