Time to Rally round a fellow forum traveller...
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Topic: Time to Rally round a fellow forum traveller...
Posted By: G.R.F.
Subject: Time to Rally round a fellow forum traveller...
Date Posted: 03 Feb 11 at 7:21pm
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With disturbing mental issues.. Our troubled Hero is in crisis, first a violent name change, from the simple yet accurate self description Turn Turtle altered to the absurd "jwlbrace" brand name for some digger manufacturer or surgical assistance company. Then following some extra marital activity which required extraordinary use of his knees, we hear some damage has occurred that results in limiting his ability to control the worlds finest single hander to date. This week comes the news that his beloved Chariot of the Gods is on sale and what's worse in his pain addled and confused mental state he is considering total heresy. I shall not even mention the crafts genre, suffice to say there might well end up being more than one hull supporting our troubled friend. He needs our help. Mere hetracil will not suffice, he is in dire need of swift and violent irony, extreme and total sarcasm. The potential error in his ways needs describing to him. I have tried in a deep and meaningful personal message setting out his future options as a sailing pikey. I may not have done enough. Time to help. Imagine if it were you considering such an act. TT needs you now - mid life is beckoning him/her ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
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Posted By: Xpletive
Date Posted: 03 Feb 11 at 8:19pm
| Someone who names a lump of mass-produced plastic Praestolor is in far more urgent need of help! |
Posted By: Ruscoe
Date Posted: 03 Feb 11 at 8:53pm
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Well f**k me, Jimbo why on earth would you want a cat?? They are horrible creatures. I take it you did mean a feline cat???? you can not seriously be thinking of a water based vessel for those that have poor balance?? I had the stabilisers taken off my bike at 4 years of age. if you do buy one, you need to go the whole hos and have this word tattooed on your forehead ...lame Get yourself a vortex pal, it is almost a cat but not quite half as spasticated.  Only j'king cat sailors, each to their own and all that.------------- |
Posted By: AlexM
Date Posted: 03 Feb 11 at 9:11pm
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if i ever considered a cat it's got to be an A Class ------------- |
Posted By: Skiffybob
Date Posted: 03 Feb 11 at 11:34pm
I've got one you can have, and it's only got 1 hull too. ------------- 12ft Skiff - Gordon Keeble and the Furry Fly-by AC - GBR271 - Whoosh B49 - Island Alchemy |
Posted By: Menace
Date Posted: 04 Feb 11 at 8:00am
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I'm still waiting for my Dakine foot loops for the back of the bus.... Screw it James, get a Shadow. Anyone I've known who had a Vortex got f*cked off with it after a season or two and went and bought a big boys cat. Funny thing is they still sail cats now, after many years, seems the logical progression. Going to be really funny when Graeme realises this and admits he's lame in his own eyes.... |
Posted By: G.R.F.
Date Posted: 04 Feb 11 at 8:44am
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Foot straps they are called, Loops are what you do in the air. It worries me hanging about with all you girley lame boys, in a chat forum on t'internet, if my mother knew... I can't believe I'm even talking on a thread with the words Cat in it. Menace if you need Dakine straps just PM me I'll sort it in an instant, either from here or will point you somewhere more local, albeit risking the name of my fine brand on some sailing 'bus' driver. (It had better not be made of wood.)  ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
Posted By: Contender443
Date Posted: 04 Feb 11 at 9:04am
| Go for it James, whatever keeps you sailing and walking is good. You could also think small keelboat - Illusion, 2.4m or even a FF if you want to find a crew. |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 04 Feb 11 at 9:49am
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Gosh James, I am really sorry you're having to sell. I face the same issue with the contender, having just been referred to physio and having had a steroid injection, all for the shoulder, never mind the busted wrist. I can't see me regaining the strength to work the mainsheet. If I had the dosh I'd be buying your boat like a shot - the sheeting angle off the boom looks more manageable for the bust right limb. As it is, everything is tied up in one fine contender and several lumps of wood. Don't buy a vortex, buy a proper cat, and good luck with it. Nessa x ------------- the same, but different... |
Posted By: Ruscoe
Date Posted: 04 Feb 11 at 9:57am
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Jimbo further to my post in your what Cat thread, i think the Vortex would be a great stop gap for you. They cost Sweet FA and would be a great 'soft' intro back into single handed performance sailing. I am not sure you would want one long term but for a 1000-1500 quid they are cheap fun and for that money you surely can't go wrong. ------------- |
Posted By: Skiffybob
Date Posted: 04 Feb 11 at 12:04pm
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If your issue is not wanting to hike, get a Canoe. ------------- 12ft Skiff - Gordon Keeble and the Furry Fly-by AC - GBR271 - Whoosh B49 - Island Alchemy |
Posted By: Skiffybob
Date Posted: 04 Feb 11 at 4:21pm
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Leadlugging for you then "me old mucker". As an old sailmaker friend of mine once said, "there's nothing wrong with them that walking frame won't cure".------------- 12ft Skiff - Gordon Keeble and the Furry Fly-by AC - GBR271 - Whoosh B49 - Island Alchemy |
Posted By: G.R.F.
Date Posted: 04 Feb 11 at 5:35pm
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Flying Fifteen and Grafhams Home for the Elderly it is then. ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
Posted By: charlie1019
Date Posted: 05 Feb 11 at 10:44am
| Where are you going to be cat sailing then James - Draycote, Thornbury? |
Posted By: AdrianM
Date Posted: 05 Feb 11 at 9:20pm
Thornbury?? Why Thornbury, is it local?
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Posted By: craiggo
Date Posted: 06 Feb 11 at 7:02pm
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It is for you and me Adrian!
James has been sailing on one of the gravel pits up at South Cerney, so we arnt too much further. Charlie, have you had any more thoughs about bringing the canoe to TSC? |
Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 07 Feb 11 at 5:35pm
| Shadow..... especially now they've got a bigger kite, blooming fantastic and a lot, lot, cheaper than A-Class (which I will admit now would be the ultimate single-handed cat from current available) |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 07 Feb 11 at 8:28pm
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what about Grafham James? Nearer to you than Rutland I would have thought? Lots of cats there.
------------- the same, but different... |