Post your handy hints and tips here - with pix if possible. Lavish prizes may be awarded from time to time.
jim.r
SWS
Posts: 863 Joined: Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:49 pm
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by jim.r » Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:30 pm
.. use spare chocolate in your sailing shoes, it melts down, moulds to your foot thus providing a glove like fit
Nick
Admiral of the Blue
Posts: 5933 Joined: Sun May 12, 2002 4:11 pm
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Location: Oban. Scotland
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by Nick » Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:18 pm
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And it means you have some extra survival rations in the event of having to abandon.
This is definitely our best Easter tip yet . . .
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Nick
Arghiro
Old Salt
Posts: 917 Joined: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:54 pm
Boat Type: Pentland Ketch
Location: Midlands
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by Arghiro » Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:12 pm
jim.r wrote: .. use spare chocolate in your sailing shoes, it melts down, moulds to your foot thus providing a glove like fit
There's no such thing as "spare" chocolate. SWMBO stores our supplies in her belly.
Havant-a-clew
Able Seaman
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by Havant-a-clew » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:27 am
I understand that Brie fullfills much the same function and has the added advantage that it tastes just the same before and after, a quality not shared by chocolate. I stand waiting to be corrected.
For 27 years, I've pretended to be an adult. I wonder when they'll find me out.