Antipodean Boats Connection

[PeterSibley]

Do you ever get to town on a Friday ?

[WX]

Do you ever get to town on a Friday ?

Don't worry about it this Friday, the logistics are too complex.
I'm thinking about putting a light weight stainless steel arch over the cockpit to stop the sheet from scything the occupants during a gybe. It would a handy support for a cockpit awning as well. The other thing I want to do is move my 2 batteries further forward and under the settee berths.

[PeterSibley]

We will talk and arrange a time .

[WX]

We will talk and arrange a time .

BTW Loved the aerial shot of your house, I didn't recognise it.

[PeterSibley]

I've got 20 minutes of vid from that quadcopter, around and around , around the hills and even in the shed . The young bloke flies it with video goggles and it's amazingly fast and the vid is just scary !

[RFNK]

Bukh Diesel Australia ....... grrrrrrr! Last time I priced a part from them, I ended up buying it for over $100 less in NZ. Yesterday, I stupidly ordered a standard Johnson pump from them, as I wanted to be doubly sure that the pump was compatible with our engine. But today I checked with the Australian Johnson agent who wouldn't give me a price but asked who our local marine supplier is, and rang him with a price. $130 less than BDH!

Never again!

Rick

[Phil Y]

That Phil, while the rest of us, er I mean me, is dreaming about it , he's doing it.

Looks like a fun day on the water Gary and Tom.

Really looking forward to laying eyes on this MG. I had a mate in Perth take a look at it. He says it is immaculate, and he's extremely finicky about cars, so that is very high praise. Apparently it has about 800 miles since a full restoration. You can see in the pic the bolt head holding the front guard on is new. That sort of restoration. All new chrome, rebuilt motor, new interior, bare metal repsray, the whole 9 yards as they say. Needs a tune, apparently, but otherwise good to go. I'm at the Nullarbor Roadhouse (again) tonight.

[RFNK]

Speaking of bolt heads ...... that 'wheel nut' you queried on Masina wasn't an elbow in the water system after all. The nut you could see is actually part of the structure of the fuel filter - the clamp that holds the glass on.

Enjoy the trip - sounds nice!

Rick

[WX]

I've got 20 minutes of vid from that quadcopter, around and around , around the hills and even in the shed . The young bloke flies it with video goggles and it's amazingly fast and the vid is just scary !

Imagine having him on the boat?

[PeterSibley]

It's like having a huge orange and black dragon fly hurtling around !

[suzyj]

Mmmm. Just bought myself a fancy Veritas crosscut saw. Now I know what all the fuss is about.

And in other news, if you sharpen a chisel like it's a lens, going through all the grits of aluminium oxide and finishing with cerium oxide on a strop, you can see your reflection in it. Not sure it cuts wood any better though, and it still goes blunt just as fast.

[Duncan Gibbs]

Better to have a quick method of honing and just sharpen every day you're using them. I use Japanese water stones - an 800 and a 6000 - at the end of the day.

Twice bitten, thrice shy Rick.

Safe driving Phil.

[WX]

For my general purpose chisel I use the belt sander and then a wet stone of unknown pedigree or grit.:-)

[PeterSibley]

A Norton oil stone and WD40 then my Dad's ancient very hard finishing stone of unknown provenance.

[WX]

Picked up a copy of cruising Helmsman today...and there I am.
Kez bought a copy as well so we have two copies.

[PeterSibley]

I'll have a look on Friday !

[RFNK]

Do you think I should show this to Lemonhead and tell him it was taken in the middle of our winter?



Rick

[WX]

Well apart from a couple of signatures I am now qualified crew with Marine Rescue...Gary Pick QC
Did a bit of measuring on the boat today, I'm going to move the house and the cranking batteries further forward to under the settees. Will possibly do that next weekend.

[WX]

Do you think I should show this to Lemonhead and tell him it was taken in the middle of our winter?



Rick

Yes
Where's your LPBC!?

[Phil Y]

Rick that would be cruel. I have to say its nice to escape the Adelaide Hills cold fog and rain for a few days. It's been around 20 and sunny out here. In Kalgoorlie now.

[RFNK]

Oh bugger - I forgot! And I had it on the boat too!

Rick

[RFNK]

Well apart from a couple of signatures I am now qualified crew with Marine Rescue...Gary Pick QC
Did a bit of measuring on the boat today, I'm going to move the house and the cranking batteries further forward to under the settees. Will possibly do that next weekend.

Congratulations! The only LPBC wearing VMR on the planet!!!

Rick

[WX]

Had another brain numbingly stupid resident accuse me of something tonight...I tried listening, I tried reason and I tried logic but in the end I told him to F off!

[Larks]

Had another brain numbingly stupid resident accuse me of something tonight...I tried listening, I tried reason and I tried logic but in the end I told him to F off!

I have a mental image of:

Neighbour: Hey Gary! Blah blah mumble grumble grizzle

Gary: Ohhhhh......you don't say

Neighbour: Yeah, and mumble rant rave grumble

Gary: Ohhhh......yeah I hear ya.....

Neighbour: and not only that, blah blah blah rant rant rant

Gary: Ohhhhh........really.......

Neighbour: yep, and blather rant blather rave blather

Gary: Ahhhhhh.......I'm not sure that I understand......

Neighbour: No? Well blah blah blah blah blah blah....

Gary: really?.....I'm listening to you.......but.....

Neighbour: well blah blather blah blather blah......so what have you got to say about that???

Gary: .......hmmm.......how about: FEK OFF!!!

[PeterSibley]

Getting Gary p1ssed off is something not easily achieved .

[Phil Y]

I thought they just shoot each other up that way.

[WX]

I have a mental image of:

Neighbour: Hey Gary! Blah blah mumble grumble grizzle

Gary: Ohhhhh......you don't say

Neighbour: Yeah, and mumble rant rave grumble

Gary: Ohhhh......yeah I hear ya.....

Neighbour: and not only that, blah blah blah rant rant rant

Gary: Ohhhhh........really.......

Neighbour: yep, and blather rant blather rave blather

Gary: Ahhhhhh.......I'm not sure that I understand......

Neighbour: No? Well blah blah blah blah blah blah....

Gary: really?.....I'm listening to you.......but.....

Neighbour: well blah blather blah blather blah......so what have you got to say about that???

Gary: .......hmmm.......how about: FEK OFF!!!

We have a constitution and a set of house rules. Things like no dog and cats. All livestock to be fenced. This moron has 4 useless horses, one of which he persistently lets roam free on the road. Someone finally put a note on the board, unsigned to the effect of fence it or lose it. So he comes up to my house in a huff and accuses me of writing it. When we tell him about the house rules he doesn't believe in rules and we're bullying him! The brits have a name for people like him..it's tosser.
For 38 years I've lived here, just wanting a quiet life but for some reason I have to constantly deal with socially challenged morons...
UGH!
Breathe deep, count to 10...right, rant over.

[WX]

I thought they just shoot each other up that way.

I do believe that there is a place for post-natal birth control but we're not allowed.

[Duncan Gibbs]

Phil...

Did you see tonight's episode?

[Wooden Boat Fittings]

Well, I did, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. What's been bugging me for a while though is whether the Stag that Dennis Waterman drove in 'The Minder' is the same one that he uses in 'New Tricks' -- anybody know? (I believe it's a '73 model, but I don't remember the yellow stripe on it in 'The Minder'.)

And next week it's the Mini -- the real one. Some young tyke a while ago was raving over an apparent remake of 'The Italian Job', using the new pseudo-Minis. When I suggested he might like to see the original Michael Caine version he didn't even know there was one....

Sometimes I think I'm getting old. <sigh>

Mike

[WX]

The new Mini is so very much not a Mini, it's a medium sized family car. I owned one so I know. :-)

[WX]

Well, I did, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. What's been bugging me for a while though is whether the Stag that Dennis Waterman drove in 'The Minder' is the same one that he uses in 'New Tricks' -- anybody know? (I believe it's a '73 model, but I don't remember the yellow stripe on it in 'The Minder'.)

And next week it's the Mini -- the real one. Some young tyke a while ago was raving over an apparent remake of 'The Italian Job', using the new pseudo-Minis. When I suggested he might like to see the original Michael Caine version he didn't even know there was one....

Sometimes I think I'm getting old. <sigh>

Mike

I know exactly what you mean.

[John B]

I wonder what Rick said... something like this perhaps..?

Has there ever been a Triumph Stag owned by someone without a disaster story?

[WX]

My Mini ended in near disaster, I had a head on.

[RFNK]

I wonder what Rick said... something like this perhaps..?

Has there ever been a Triumph Stag owned by someone without a disaster story?

No. I saw a whole family killed in a Mini once, from what should have been a fairly minor prang. Sorry for the fans but I think they were terrible cars.

Rick