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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • louisboscoL
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      awesome work!  🙂

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

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      • weftyarnW
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        Congrats you two! This may sound cringy, but it's truly heartwarming to see how excited you are about this all.

        Use it or lose it.

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        • TinManT
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          I am so excited for two of you!!

          Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

          Now, I have an IRONHEART!!

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          • GilesG
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            Two rather fine bits of Iroko from eBay, that me and a mate will fashion into tender chocks….

            "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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            • GilesG
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              Been at the Dyneema soft shackles again…..

              "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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              • goosehdG
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                Still have the Pilgrim?  When’s the turnover?

                "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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                • GilesG
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                  We give Pilgrim to the new owners on 31st March.  @Madame Buttonfly are off to Poole for the night tomorrow, We reckon it's about 5 hours each way.

                  After we pass The Needles….

                  We'll be 5 plus miles offshore for a while, so plenty of time to practise what we learned last week…

                  "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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                  • AetasA
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                    @Giles:

                    Been at the Dyneema soft shackles again…..

                    Fantastic and saves a lot of money 😁.

                    What about adding a thin line which helps to quickly open the shackle.

                    See

                    , start at 05:30 min.

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                    • goosehdG
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                      Looks like a place where you don’t want to break the needle…

                      "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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                      • GilesG
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                        I am not at home at the moment, I'll take some photos when I get home, but my version is more complex than that one and increases the breaking strength massively.  If you look carefully, you will see that my loop has 2 legs", the one in the D-Splicer video, has just the one…The D-Splicer version is what I would call the "standard soft shackle and uses a diamond knot (which basically has 2 loose ends), my ends are buried.  Because I have 2 legs, it is really easy to open the shackle.

                        See vid here:

                        "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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                        • AetasA
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                          Plausibel with the two legs!
                          Your version is definitely improved!
                          Enjoy your trip!

                          I use this in the woods and without the thin line it wouldn’t function. Now I’ll think about a change, thanks G.  8).

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                          • goosehdG
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                            @Aetas I’m intrigued.  Do you use them for climbing (anchor points)?

                            "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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                            • GilesG
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                              Some detailed shots….

                              I like your chafe guard, I may retro fir them to mine…..

                              "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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                              • AetasA
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                                @goosehd
                                As a simple and soft connection to a towrope and pulling and dragging stucked cars or trailers.

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                                • goosehdG
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                                  Very cool!  I just watched a video of them being used for that purpose.

                                  "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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                                  • GilesG
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                                    @Aetas:

                                    @goosehd
                                    As a simple and soft connection to a towrope and pulling and dragging stucked cars or trailers.

                                    Any towing shit breaks at some point, when mine fails, I'd rather have Dyneema bouncing off the Gelcoat and/or my family than steel…. 🙂 🙂

                                    "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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                                    • AetasA
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                                      @Giles:

                                      I like your chafe guard, I may retro fir them to mine…..

                                      Make it to an outstanding feature.
                                      Use the most abrasion-resistant IH denim you can get your hands on.
                                      Or it is time to convince H. to make a kevlar interwoven denim for motorcyclists and boat owners  8).

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        And we are away…..

                                        "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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                                        • goosehdG
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                                          Safe travels and make sure you’re flying the “Jack”…

                                          "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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                                          • GilesG
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                                            It's not up.  I forgot, and I don't want to go out there and put it up.  It's rougher out here than I expected…..

                                            "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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