Anchors Aweigh!

[rusty69]

13 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

Best not forget your crotch strap either 

Its gone from weird to kinky!

Edited April 5, 2017 by rusty69
edited to add smiley face thing

[Scholar Gypsy]

2 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Its gone from weird to kinky!

 

[Murflynn]

52 minutes ago, Neil2 said:

.........................  almost every cyclist you see these days wears a helmet, even though they make you look a complete wally.

 

let's face it, most cyclists look complete wallies even without a helmet.

[Naughty Cal]

Just now, Murflynn said:

let's face it, most cyclists look complete wallies even without a helmet.

Not a lycra fan?

[rusty69]

7 minutes ago, Scholar Gypsy said:

 

Sorry, I forgot to add the smiley jokey face thing, I know what they are for.

[howardang]

2 hours ago, Neil2 said:

The life jacket thing gives an interesting insight into human nature.  The risk is obvious, yet you rarely see anyone wearing one on the canals, occasionally on rivers you do, but they seem to be almost universally eschewed among narrowboaters.   What puzzles me even more is the number of times you will see a family group and all the kids under a certain age have life jackets or buoyancy aids but none of the adults.  I've seen many adults fall in the canal/river (I really should slow down I suppose..) but never any children. 

I'm sure it's because most boaters have some hangup about being seen wearing a life jacket, but almost every cyclist you see these days wears a helmet, even though they make you look a complete wally.

 

Regarding those who have hang-ups about wearing lifejackets, you could always follow  the compromise route, seen regularly, including on occasions by CRT staff/contractors, where you don the jacket but don't actually fasten it, thereby showing what a hairy ar*** mariner you really are!

Howard

[Murflynn]

2 hours ago, Naughty Cal said:

Not a lycra fan?

certainly not in public.  

[Murflynn]

traditional attitude among the (superstitious or slightly retarded) fishermen in South Devon was that it was considered unlucky to learn to swim, 'cos then you might fall overboard.

[Scholar Gypsy]

2 hours ago, rusty69 said:

Sorry, I forgot to add the smiley jokey face thing, I know what they are for.

Photo of my lifejacket, but not of the crotch strap, here: 

 

[WotEver]

Speaking of crotch straps... did anyone notice the protective gear that Prince Harry & Co wore when examining land mines? It kind of said "You can blow my legs off as long as you save my tackle"...

[rusty69]

7 minutes ago, Scholar Gypsy said:

Photo of my lifejacket, but not of the crotch strap, here: 

 

Its probably a good thing I can't see the picture if you are in the shower

[BargeeSpud]

3 hours ago, Naughty Cal said:

......more then 10' of chain.

10' will be all its getting. End of.

[rusty69]

2 minutes ago, BargeeSpud said:

10' will be all its getting. End of.

Ten foot of chain will probably not be enough

Edited April 5, 2017 by rusty69

[Naughty Cal]

5 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Ten foot of chain will probably not be enough

Unless you want to anchor in 3ft of water max!

[rusty69]

Just now, Naughty Cal said:

Unless you want to anchor in 3ft of water max!

 By which time the boat will probably be sat on the bottom anyway, so wont need an anchor.

[MtB]

42 minutes ago, BargeeSpud said:

10' will be all its getting. End of.

10ft of chain will probably hold the boat perfectly well, even without an anchor of the end...

[Alan de Enfield]

1 hour ago, BargeeSpud said:

10' will be all its getting. End of.

So by the time it has passed over the side of the boat, dropped 2 feet into the water, you probably actually have 7 feet below the Water line.

Not much use in 8 feet of water.

The amount of chain used should be  minimum of 3 times the depth of water (hence NCs suggestion of 3 feet).

 

Will you be adding 100 feet of 15mm rope between chain and the boat? (If using rope then it should be 10x the water depth)

Edited April 5, 2017 by Alan de Enfield

[Naughty Cal]

50 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

10ft of chain will probably hold the boat perfectly well, even without an anchor of the end...

Tied to a post yes.

Dangled over the bow of the boat, no.

[rusty69]

3 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

Tied to a post yes.

Dangled over the bow of the boat, no.

Sounds like my mates stag do. 

[MtB]

6 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

Tied to a post yes.

Dangled over the bow of the boat, no.

 

Lying on the river bed on the end of a 100ft anchor warp, yes.

[bizzard]

I did it my weigh.

Edited April 5, 2017 by bizzard

[Murflynn]

3 hours ago, WotEver said:

Speaking of crotch straps... did anyone notice the protective gear that Prince Harry & Co wore when examining land mines? It kind of said "You can blow my legs off as long as you save my tackle"...

looks like Harry needs a longer one, it's not covering much like that  

[bizzard]

3 hours ago, WotEver said:

Speaking of crotch straps... did anyone notice the protective gear that Prince Harry & Co wore when examining land mines? It kind of said "You can blow my legs off as long as you save my tackle"...

Know what I mean Arry.

[Neil2]

1 hour ago, Naughty Cal said:

Tied to a post yes.

Dangled over the bow of the boat, no.

- Where do you leave your dog while you nip to the shop?

- where would you put a yellow ribbon if no old oak tree was available?

- in an ideal world, where would you place firing squad victims?

- when you say I'll do anything for love but I won't do that, exactly what do you mean?

 

 

 

 

[WotEver]

You took the words right out of my mouth.