Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure
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I'm definitely getting better, but still not 100% happy with the end result. Interestingly the absolute best vids for splicing on Youtube are by arborists, rock climbers and rope walkers, their lives depend absolutely upon the quality of their splicing, the marine scene is a little less anal about the quality of the splicing….
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Thank you Dennis. Nice tip, but doesn't help us with this particular issue, It is easy to get the stern up against the pontoon, the job of the person manning the warps is to get the stern secured ASAP, and then promptly move to the dock cleat at the the bow and secure the bow-line, so that person needs to be on the dock anyway….
I have made a new one. I have not done the seized whippings yet, because I want to make sure this one fits. It should do, I actually took some care doing the measurements earlier today....
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Mark, the guy who owns the cat in front of us, is always out on the dock to lend a hand when he sees us coming in, I'm 100% convinced he does it not to be helpful, but to give me "useful" advice when I get too close to him…..
We are moving marinas (to Haslar) when we get SAKURA, the agent for Sasga wants her to be at his "home" marina so he can use SAKURA as a sales tool, so we are getting free berthing for a year.
Haslar is a little further away but is a much nicer marina than Premier.....The downside is that they do not currently have a fuel jetty, so I am asking for a discount on out-year mooring fees until such time as they do get a fuel jetty.
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Sorted. When berthing, the bight just needs to be dropped over the dock cleat…
Once things are all under control, then the bight can be inserted through the central tunnel of the cleat and the loops put over the wings…
It is also super easy to reverse the process when leaving the dock and pull the bitter end back into the boat….
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Sorted. When berthing, the bight just needs to be dropped over the dock cleat…
Once things are all under control, then the bight can be inserted through the central tunnel of the cleat and the loops put over the wings...
It is also super easy to reverse the process when leaving the dock and pull the bitter end back into the boat....
Clever boy! And thanks for making life easier for me
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Very nicely done there.If IH was able to improve on 100+ year old denim/jeans tradition….I’m sure sailing paraphernalia can also get a helping hand.
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A friend (and customer) sent me these 2 Titanium marlin spikes as a gift. They are absolutely stunning and so brilliantly thoughtful, they will help with all sorts of ropework around and for the boat. I'm going to splice a Dyneema lanyard onto the smaller of the two today.
Thank you again…..
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A friend (and customer) sent me these 2 Titanium marlin spikes as a gift. They are absolutely stunning and so brilliantly thoughtful, they will help with all sorts of ropework around and for the boat. I'm going to splice a Dyneema lanyard onto the smaller of the two today.
Thank you again…..
Amazing, these are things of great beauty - a wonderful gift
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Those are sick!
You could definitely forestall a disagreement twirling that thing on that Dyneema too.
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have a good time. over.
In any other news, Paula and I passed our VHF radio courses yesterday, and we are off to Menorca for a few days on Tuesday to
piss the boatyard off by being overly anal about everythingcheck on progress of SAKURA -
It looks beautiful @Giles. And I bet the food is great too. It's getting cold and rainy again here in the UK, I'm very jealous of the blue skies and sunshine.
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Looks bloody wonderful.
Roll on spring here in the uk.
