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Boating chit chat thread.

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    #1922
    AndyBoBandy
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    neris wrote: »
    :D:D:D tallaght


    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/sports-fan-attacked-man-in-pub-with-baseball-bat-in-row-over-olympic-sailing-36874332.html

    I almost posted that myself earlier, we all love our sailing, but that guy took it to the next level!!


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    #1923
    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Went for a sail in Howth yesterday, haven't been there in a long time.

    'twas nice to see the traditional cheer and reply to the race winner amongst the 17's in the harbour moorings.


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    #1924
    neris
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    Steve wrote: »

    'twas nice to see the traditional cheer and reply to the race winner amongst the 17's in the harbour moorings.

    Cringe...... I fupin hate that hip ray bollix


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    #1925
    Steve
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    neris wrote: »
    Cringe...... I fupin hate that hip ray bollix

    Ah, it reminded me of sailing there as a nipper with my dad... I was the youngest on the boat last weekend and had to explain to the other crew what the shouts were... and I'm not far off 50! :D


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    #1926
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    A couple of lads with far more brain power and concentration than me have worked out that the longest possible uninterrupted passage by sea is Sonmiani, Las Bela, Balochistan, Pakistan (25◦170 N, 66◦400 E) to Karaginsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (58◦370 N, 162◦140 E) (19,939.6 miles)

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    #1927
    neris
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    Be even longer if they passed outside Madagascar


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    #1928
    bilbot79
    Registered Users Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭bilbot79


    Hi Folks,

    Recently got my little cruiser going down the Shannon there but very disappointed in the rope that i bought off Amazon, when i pulled at it too hard at one of the locks it stretched and at one part its gotten mega thin i.e. looks like it could snap. What is the right kind of rope I should be buying to moor/control the boat?

    I also got a telescopic pole from Amazon which is now banjaxed. Lesson learned on buying cheap stuff. Any recommendations there?


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    #1929
    fergal.b
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    bilbot79 wrote: »
    Hi Folks,

    Recently got my little cruiser going down the Shannon there but very disappointed in the rope that i bought off Amazon, when i pulled at it too hard at one of the locks it stretched and at one part its gotten mega thin i.e. looks like it could snap. What is the right kind of rope I should be buying to moor/control the boat?

    I also got a telescopic pole from Amazon which is now banjaxed. Lesson learned on buying cheap stuff. Any recommendations there?

    Any of the marine shops will have good mooring rope https://marineparts.ie/above-deck/rope-rigging-and-splicing/anchor-rope/tiptolest-3-strand-polyester-rope-black-sinks-8mm/ just drop in and tell them the size of your boat and they will sort you out.





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    #1930
    nokiatom
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    bilbot79 wrote: »
    Hi Folks,

    Recently got my little cruiser going down the Shannon there but very disappointed in the rope that i bought off Amazon, when i pulled at it too hard at one of the locks it stretched and at one part its gotten mega thin i.e. looks like it could snap. What is the right kind of rope I should be buying to moor/control the boat?

    I also got a telescopic pole from Amazon which is now banjaxed. Lesson learned on buying cheap stuff. Any recommendations there?
    never buy cheap marine products


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    #1931
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Go visit your local bricks and mortar chandlery and buy some decent rope. It's literally all you have to secure your pride and joy (never mind investment) to the shore. Never skimp on mooring lines and don't use any old stuff lying around or bought cheap.


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    #1932
    AndyBoBandy
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    Tabnabs wrote: »
    Go visit your local bricks and mortar chandlery and buy some decent rope. It's literally all you have to secure your pride and joy (never mind investment) to the shore. Never skimp on mooring lines and don't use any old stuff lying around or bought cheap.

    Absolutely, and whatever amount someone saves by buying cheap marine products, they should donate the difference/savings to the RNLI!


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    #1933
    pedroeibar1
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    THIS is my experience of cheap so-called 'marine' products


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    #1934
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,045 ✭✭✭✭neris


    pedroeibar1 wrote: »
    THIS is my experience of cheap so-called 'marine' products

    wouldnt touch lidl for anyhthing to go on a boat. stuck for money and oilskin bottoms years ago and bought a pair in Lidl. Would have been off having just gone out in the clothes id underneath coz they would have been the level of wetness either way.


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    #1935
    neris
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    Reading the afloat website last while it seems to be becoming one big advertising editorial for north sails & UK sails.


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    #1936
    Tabnabs
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    That escalated quickly...

    https://twitter.com/byachtingswiss/status/996713023594287105


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    #1937
    Steve
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    Tabnabs wrote: »
    That escalated quickly...

    https://twitter.com/byachtingswiss/status/996713023594287105

    That clip is at least 3 years old..


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    #1938
    HeidiHeidi
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    Steve wrote: »
    That clip is at least 3 years old..
    Still give me the willies every time I see even the cover shot:eek:


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    #1939
    Tabnabs
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    Steve wrote: »
    That clip is at least 3 years old..

    Did I say it was live streamed...


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    #1940
    pedroeibar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭pedroeibar1


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    Did I say it was live streamed...

    I think Steve's point is that the clip has been posted by several people in this forum on many occasions over the last few years.:)


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    #1941
    Steve
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    pedroeibar1 wrote: »
    I think Steve's point is that the clip has been posted by several people in this forum on many occasions over the last few years.:)

    Yes, no offence meant. :)


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    #1942
    neris
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    https://twitter.com/NMMIreland/status/998887475522228224


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    #1943
    neris
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ib2OkytCBs


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    #1944
    neris
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    Cracking weekend to be out on a boat around Dublin. Light winds and prefect Short & t-shirt sailing


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    #1945
    spaceHopper
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    Somebody's boats washed ashore in Kerry, lost it's keel too https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2018/0614/970457-yacht/


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    #1946
    neris
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    Was there not a issue before with Hanse yachts keels falling off. She looks in good nick but hate to see what the internal structure & frames are like


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    #1947
    AndyBoBandy
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    neris wrote: »
    Was there not a issue before with Hanse yachts keels falling off. She looks in good nick but hate to see what the internal structure & frames are like

    Someone posted a pic of a Hanse on the Irish Racing FB page a few weeks ago that was lost due to losing its keel en route to Scotland!


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    #1948
    BowWow
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    Cant believe it was so long ago...

    http://www.sail.ie/megawat/megawat_sink.htm


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    #1949
    Conchir
    Registered Users Posts: 960 ✭✭✭Conchir


    The Golden Globe Race starts on the 1st of July, with the fleet currently racing from Falmouth to Les Sables d'Olonne (the GGR start/finish). Our own Gregor McGuckin isn't doing bad at all in this little taster.

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    It'll be very interesting to see how he does when the race proper begins.


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    #1950
    Conchir
    Registered Users Posts: 960 ✭✭✭Conchir


    And a video of Robin Knox-Johnston sailing Suhaili at the start, really impressive given he sailed that boat around the world in 1968.

    https://www.facebook.com/sailandpower/videos/1742512209171634/


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    #1951
    JamesM
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    Conchir wrote: »
    And a video of Robin Knox-Johnston sailing Suhaili at the start, really impressive given he sailed that boat around the world in 1968.

    https://www.facebook.com/sailandpower/videos/1742512209171634/
    Looking great. She's had a couple of re-fits, one recently.
    Robin is a Legend - in the true sense of the word.


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