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10-10-2011, 17:19
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Location: Philippines in the winters
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Challenge: Things that Don't Work on Boats !
OK, here we go. 
Two burner stoves that only except small pans!
1) sail slides that don't slide
2) water hose nozzles that don't shoot a good straight stream
3) And a lot more stuff I can't think of right now. 
How about you?
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10-10-2011, 17:24
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: ontario canada
Boat: grampian 26
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
The crew?
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10-10-2011, 17:28
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
Quote:
Originally Posted by delmarrey
OK, here we go.
Two burner stoves that only except small pans!
1) sail slides that don't slide
2) water hose nozzles that don't shoot a good straight stream
3) And a lot more stuff I can't think of right now.
How about you? |
Just about anything if you wait a while.
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10-10-2011, 17:32
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Gabriola Island & Victoria, British Columbia
Boat: Cooper 416 Honeysuckle
Posts: 6,933
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
I have a pilot house. The steering pedestal for the ph steering is a beautiful thing made from teak. I'm sure when it was first installed it was a tidy receptical for wiring but over the years things were modified, gauges added and replaced and it is now a wiring nightmare whose new purpose is to make it as difficult as possible to get at the wires or to know where they are going. OF course it matches the wire runs in the rest of the boat which were nicely sealed behind the finished woodworking.
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10-10-2011, 17:50
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: W Florida
Boat: Still have the 33yo Jon boat. But now a CATAMARAN. Nice little 18' Bay Cat.
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
Headliners.
I know they are pretty and all and help with insulation (does that mean it is always wet behind them?) but I would rather see those bolts, nuts and stuff.
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10-10-2011, 17:54
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
pool tables?
rollerskates......
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10-10-2011, 17:55
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: between the devil and the deep blue sea
Boat: a sailing boat
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
Human relationships built around false expectations.
b.
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10-10-2011, 17:59
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Elsewhere on the Water
Posts: 579
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
Hose nozzels that have a trigger on the back of "the gun". When you drop them on the deck, they always squirt directly at you.
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10-10-2011, 18:02
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Moncks Corner Sc
Boat: 44 M/Y gulfstar
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
naked old people lol
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10-10-2011, 18:45
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Nearly an old salt
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Lefkas Marina ,Greece
Boat: Bavaria 36
Posts: 22,801
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
Things that don't work on boats!??
at one time or another, virtually everything
Dave
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10-10-2011, 18:51
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nyack, NY
Boat: Westsail 32
Posts: 1,698
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
Bristol Finish
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10-10-2011, 18:57
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 175
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
My port engine....
My gps...
My galley crew...
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10-10-2011, 19:01
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 3,733
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
My problems all seem to be with adjectives not nouns ----
Stainless
Waterproof
UV Resistant
Inflatable
Chafe resistant
Easy to clean
Washes off
Doesn't wash off
Multi-year
antifoul
reliable
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10-10-2011, 19:10
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
Boat: 14 meter sloop
Posts: 7,260
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Re: Things that don't work on boats!
Weems & Plath clocks.
(It was a gift. I swear.)
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10-10-2011, 19:33
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Wash DC
Boat: PETERSON 44
Posts: 3,165
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Originally Posted by Bash
Weems & Plath clocks.
(It was a gift. I swear.)
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You can have my weems and Plath clock. I think if you have 2 of these clocks and a the correct tables a sextant and know exactly where you are you can figure out what time it is.
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