Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure
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We are often short-handed - just Paula and me. And the way we moor, we need to get a stern-line over a shore-side cleat very quickly, and then get to the bow of the boat to secure the bow-line. I noticed when we were out on Christmas day, that it was taking ages to tie the existing mooring warp to the cleat, so I have made a specific warp, which I hope will make things a lot simpler…..We're going to the boat in a min,to see if I made it the right length, I have a feeling I haven't......
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And, in any other news. I was confirming the insurance quote we had for SAKURA with the insurers. They came back to me and asked whether getting our coastal skipper/yacht master theory done over the winter was still going to happen. I'd forgotten, that in a telephone conversation I had with them in September, I had glibly said that our plans were to do the theory over the winter and then do the practical on SAKURA later in the year. Unbeknown to me, that had become a condition of the offer…....
So, we have booked the 6-day theory course for the last week of January.....
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Your last warps (?, not sure of the item name, the black ones) look perfectly symmetrical on each end. Much more so than the previous ones you posted. Is that a good sign of your ‘warping’ progress/prowess?
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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
