Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[Twistlock]

Capt. Two Toe Nomore

[Giles]

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

G Sparrow

Sparrow san - I could live with that......

[goosehd]

The crusty merchant of Goz

[goosehd]

@neph93 I need your help here ^^^^^

[Matt]

Cpt Anchor Wanker or Cpt Drippy Todger or The Dread Pirate Grumpy Pants

[Giles]

@Madame-Buttonfly finds another new place to enjoy the day.......

[neph93]

@goosehd brain is not cooperating today

[goosehd]

@Giles The camera monitoring the bow is awesome and puts a mind at ease. Assuming it’s IR?

[A Former User]

@Giles seems like you both have a nice view!

[mclaincausey]

Cpt. Bootylicious

Get your heads out of the gutter, not THAT kind of booty!

[Giles]

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

Assuming it’s IR?

No, IR was always going to be an upgrade at some point. Recently, a friend sold the idea of a FLIR to Paula with consummate ease (I had not plucked up the courage to cross that particular bridge), so we have bought one, but we did not bring it over here to install because travelling with stuff that sees at night, garners interest from people you don't want to have to explain shit to......

So it will be installed when we get home.....

[goosehd]

@mclaincausey I wonder if this is on the back of his easy shorts?

[Aetas]

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

@Madame-Buttonfly finds another new place to enjoy the day.......

…just after she pulled on eight fender covers?!

North-north-west, Bahia de Palma with its beautiful view into the Serra de Tramuntana. Enjoy Palma!

[Giles]

A few randoms from the trip to Palma.....

[IrishHeart]

@goosehd Captain Padwash ( Brits of a certain age should get the connection)

[Giles]

Left Ibiza at 15:00 yesterday, was not looking forwards to another night of drum and base.... Now 21 hours into our journey to Gibraltar. Weather and seas have been beautiful. @Madame-Buttonfly on her 3rd 2 hour watch.....

[cityofdelusion]

Brilliant. Pure bliss.

[Giles]

Spent a little bit of time completing the anchor bridle....

Stainless steel hard-eye spliced into the centre of 30-metre length of 4mm 8 braid nylon...

Then I had to make the pendant that attaches the anchor chain (or rope) to the bridle...

I basically made a "dog-bone" out of 8mm 12-strand Dyneema and integrated a 64-strand Dyneema chafe-guard at the point where it wraps around the chain (in the image below, it is attached to the anchor rope with a "cats-paw" knot). This then is attached to the bridle with a 10mm 12-strand Dyneema soft-shackle....

[motojobobo]

Beautiful splicing work @Giles .

[Nik]

Looks like a lot of fun