Today I acquired...........

[Tinbasherdan]

This one.

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That’ll fair boogie with a 30 on

 

[Hood]

That’ll fair boogie with a 30 on

He is aiming for this.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

I think he will see a bit more than 32kts

 

[Hood]

I think he will see a bit more than 32kts

Aye, as it flips

 

[eSCHEn]

Aye, as it flips

He's got mobile ballast sorry, children hasn't he? I remember my childhood frequented by hanging off ever faster things in the water Loved it

 

[Hood]

He's got mobile ballast sorry, children hasn't he? I remember my childhood frequented by hanging off ever faster things in the water Loved it

I think he would need someone of my build as a bowsprit.

 

[Jim Davey]

I’m all the ballast it needs.

 

[Hood]

I’m all the ballast it needs.

Aye but you will need a besom shaft tied to the handle to get to where the ballast is required

 

[Jim Davey]

Aye but you will need a besom shaft tied to the handle to get to where the ballast is required

Don’t laugh, this is my fag-packet drawing of where the ‘ballast’ will be sat.

 

[Jim Davey]

He's got mobile ballast sorry, children hasn't he? I remember my childhood frequented by hanging off ever faster things in the water Loved it

Like a Zap-Cat co-pilot. To be fair, they put a 50 horse outboard on those so I think I’ll be ok with mine on a 30.

 

[Farside]

Try getting to the centre point on the boat, it helps reduce the pitching/rolling effects if things get choppy, a bit of a gimball effect.

But you probably know this already, so....

Good luck

I always get right down to the lowest lounge in the Irish ferries, when the weather's rough. On one memorable crossing, we were sitting down there snug and comfortable while the decks above were being covered in vomit.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I always get right down to the lowest lounge in the Irish ferries, when the weather's rough. On one memorable crossing, we were sitting down there snug and comfortable while the decks above were being covered in vomit.

Works on the slow boats but the cats on the jersey run are very unpredictable and roll in a very odd motion.

 

[steviec_lj]

Now hiding from the wife

 

[Maker]

Now hiding from the wife

Looks like you're hiding at Spencer's.

 

[Parm]

And, the best part of today, I’ve acquired a paid weekend to Shetland .

Parked near Arbroath tonight awaiting tomorrow when a Scottish haulier is bringing me a sectional phone mast on our short body. Great piece of kit, you drop the trailer then with the crane you lift the body and sit it on 4 twistlock posts, (same as shipping containers sit on), that are part of the subframe for the crane, and it turns the artic unit into a short wheelbase rigid lorry. Superb for accessing very tight sites, makes the rig ultra versatile.

And even better, the installation is on Monday, but Sunday’s overnight ferry from Aberdeen is full, so I’m on tomorrow night’s ferry, which gives me most of Sunday to indulge in birdwatching and whisky drinking. And Monday night’s ferry back to Aberdeen is full, so I get most of Tuesday to play out as well .

Thus, I admit to being a happy chappy today .

If your in Lerwick, go to Captain Flints. It’s the most random place that you will meet folk from all over the world. I met some Russian sailors in there. Swapped a zippo lighter for a Russian hat and belt buckle

 

[Parm]

This will only be my second visit to Shetland.

The first was a couple of years back and was just an “overnighter” when I dropped some kit off at a subbies yard and was back at Lerwick before dinner time, so I’m looking forward to having a bit more time this weekend. Had I have known in advance I’d have put my scuba kit in the truck, but it went in for service and MOT this week and I had to strip all my gear out so they could tilt the cab over safely . Considering I don’t travel light, it’s a bloody awful job that takes well over an hour and fills my van to the roof , and putting it back is even worse .

Thankfully I remembered to put my old walking boots and my binoculars in, so I’ll hopefully get some birdwatching in, and probably be up as it’s coming light tomorrow morning for some cetacean spotting as the ferry approaches Lerwick. And if I’ve offended the Weather Gods, the fridge is full of good food, I have the aforementioned bottle of Tullibardine and I picked up a new Clive Cussler novel last night.

As you say, happy days .

I’ve spent a lot of time on Shetland. Go to the north of the island, its where the Atlantic meets the North Sea, amazing to see the tide coming in from two different directions. Scatsta is where the choppers take off, all round there plenty of oil and gas installation to see (if your interested in that). Sullom Voe is pretty amazing. Amazing scenery particularly this time of year with the weather and rough seas etc

Frankies chippy in Brae is legendary, you will not be disappointed. The library in Lerwick has a very very good Sea food restaurant

See if the zig zag painted flotel is still berthed in the harbour at Lerwick. You’ll not miss it it if it’s still there

 

[arther dailey]

Don’t laugh, this is my fag-packet drawing of where the ‘ballast’ will be sat.

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as a kid my dad had a 15 foot speed boat, he fitted to two galvanized keels underneath about 9" deep to stabalise it )my older brother reckons they were about 1/2" thick,) in power turns, I sat in the back holding the side scared to ****, it turned so far/fast the water rushed along my fingers...that thing was fast with a 35hp gale on the back, he entered a few races in the solent..

 

[God mode restorations]

Looks like you're hiding at Spencer's.

It gets to a point where its impractical to hid stuff now. As another item I acquired today ain't going to be hiding it

 

[God mode restorations]

Today I acquired.
This absolute wonderful pratt and whitney lathe. Complete with change gears and both steadies and taper turning attachment

 

[God mode restorations]