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winging it
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Topic: Sailing 'life hacks' Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 4:30pm |
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from beyond the grave.....
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the same, but different...
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yellowwelly
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 4:32pm | |
digging it up (with the other foot of course)
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Er-Indoors
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yellowwelly
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 4:44pm | |
spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch...
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Towergate_Insurance
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Dec 13 at 10:28am | |
Not really a sailing hack. However, yes - all those things are useful to have on you.
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laser193713
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Dec 13 at 2:13pm | |
Well if they had just said that then there wouldn't be a problem. I still maintain that I would rather see my insurance company doing useful work related to my insurance than creating online life hacks guides. I don't think it is a good method of marketing nor does it make any business sense to me. Clearly, this thread hasn't worked for this very reason. My sailing life hack... Tesco bags (other brands are available) to put over your drysuit socks when putting your boots on top. No more tugging and struggling. Once the boots are on always pull the plastic bags out by tearing them so that the boots grip with the drysuit making your footing much more steady. You also look less silly than having two bag handles hanging out of the tops of your boots!
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iGRF
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Dec 13 at 2:40pm | |
Tesco Bags? Can I make another useful suggestion for poor Laser 193713 to help him not look too silly involving a couple of eyeholes?
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yellowwelly
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Dec 13 at 11:04am | |
Surely if sailing is for POPs (Posh Old People) they should be M&S bags- they will confuse youngsters (in their 40s and 50s) by referring to them as 'St Michael'.
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winging it
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Dec 13 at 12:19pm | |
I used to know a DI who wore popsocks insaide his dinghy boots to amek them easier to get on. Knee length ones, worn with shorts, no attempt made to roll them down.
Lidl's epoxy putty is great for instant repairs and way cheaper than you will find anywhere else. |
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the same, but different...
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yellowwelly
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Dec 13 at 2:10pm | |
sounds like the vets from trenches... some used to wear womens stockings to keep their legs warm... they joked it was a good way to ensure you didn't get shot, as no man would want to bleed-out in front of nurses in pantyhose.
back on topic, and a first world problem vaguely linked to the above... wear speedos under your hikers. If you have to get cut out of them by a pretty nurse at A&E following a head trauma or entrapment/drowning, at least your junk will be under control.
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