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Gordon 1430 
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Joined: 27 Jun 17 Location: Lee on Solent Online Status: Offline Posts: 310 |
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 Topic: Cheap sailing watchesPosted: 15 Sep 17 at 10:10am |
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I just tend to reset at the next gun and know I am a minute out.
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Gordon
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piglet
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Posted: 15 Sep 17 at 11:16am |
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Set egg timer to 4 mins. This comes 60s after the 5 min so you can prepare yourself.
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Andre01
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Posted: 15 Sep 17 at 11:44am |
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Andre01
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Posted: 15 Sep 17 at 11:48am |
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As above: wrapped around mast under boom
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 15 Sep 17 at 4:45pm |
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I guess Andre01 does as I do and sets the countdown timer to, say, 5 mins then runs it down one or two seconds to allow time to start it if you just miss the 5 min gun. It's pretty easy to count seconds for a couple of seconds and you won't be more than say half a second out which is close enough for me. I have an Optimum Time so I can fine tune it using the sync feature if I miss by more but two secs is usually enough. The real problems arise if you don't hear the gun.......
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
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MerlinMags
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Posted: 19 Sep 17 at 9:39am |
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...or when the gun fires and you're in the middle of a tack.
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 19 Sep 17 at 9:42am |
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Exactly
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 19 Sep 17 at 9:50am |
Just a thought, no need for an expensive case for a 'pound shop' egg timer when a small 'ziploc' plastic bag will work just as well (at a couple of pence each). I'd probably back it up with some gaffa over the seal and also tape it to the boat. At those prices I can afford a couple on each boat and a couple of spares in the car....... The bags (in a larger size) are probably good as an extra line of defence for those supposedly 'waterproof' devices like my GPS and VHF radio which (two of each) haven't lived up to the claim.........
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piglet
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Posted: 09 Oct 17 at 11:11am |
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Club colleague running persuit race from beach yesterday using his Optimum when the thing died half way through starting sequence! Being as I had just synched my Chinese jobby to his, I just thrust it into his hands to carry on.
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 14 Oct 17 at 8:51am |
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For more expensive kit, Decathlon have a waterproof phone case for £5.99. It is made of sturdy vinyl and has triple seals.
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