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Old 10-06-2006, 09:58 PM   #1
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Worst Rigging in the World volume 1

I reckon this is about as bad as it gets.

It's a triple engine 'Nordic'. 40 odd foot, Arneson drives.

Centre drive shaft wasn't fitted at this point, but you can just see the rear end of the centre motor at the bottom of the pic.

Truely shocking.
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Old 12-06-2006, 09:49 AM   #2
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Kinnel, and I thought mine was a mess!

I am going to experiment with lightweight newsprint rocker covers though!

If that works, I'll move on to tank tape battery boxes!
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Old 12-06-2006, 10:12 AM   #3
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Re: Worst Rigging in the World volume 1

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I reckon this is about as bad as it gets.

Truely shocking.
Remind me never to let you look round my boat!!!! My biggest sponsor is "Duck tape".
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Old 14-06-2006, 08:14 PM   #4
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Looks like something out of The Matrix.
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Re: Re: Worst Rigging in the World volume 1

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Remind me never to let you look round my boat!!!! My biggest sponsor is "Duck tape".
shhh you'll give phantoms a bad name
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Old 14-06-2006, 10:41 PM   #6
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This was a bit of rigging on my boat. The white pipe was sikaflexed into the black pipe and jubille clips done up. It came apart just by pulling gently on the white pipe. I can't believe the boat hadn't sunk!! Also the white plastic skin fitting - a minor impact with any floating debris woulda ripped it straight out.
Both are replaced with the proper job now!

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This was a bit of rigging on my boat. The white pipe was sikaflexed into the black pipe and jubille clips done up. It came apart just by pulling gently on the white pipe. I can't believe the boat hadn't sunk!! Also the white plastic skin fitting - a minor impact with any floating debris woulda ripped it straight out.
Both are replaced with the proper job now!

.... what was the white pipe for?
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Old 14-06-2006, 10:51 PM   #8
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Small one is water for the cludger, large one carries the mocking birds out.
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good to see ur mocking birds are on the way out then
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Old 14-06-2006, 11:04 PM   #10
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[B I can't believe the boat hadn't sunk!! [/B]
nor can i with the previous owners. if i see em on slip with current boat i always set up camp for a laugh. once they went off side edge of slip with old boat and nearly tipped the range rover over when arse sunk in seabed. then theyres the time they tried to get DR up the slip by using the boat to push the rangey that couldnt lift her out the green...

lets hope ur new name doesnt bring her bad luck dude, i liked distant rumble ( so distinct) but i think boats need ur own personal touch... happy petrol station filling
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lets hope ur new name doesnt bring her bad luck dude
i said that, his responce was "thats only true if you believe it"
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I heard some of that history. So now I've spent a vast amount of time, and a fair bit of cash getting the boat mechanically sorted, I thought it was time to distance the boat from some of it's history.
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I heard some of that history........ I thought it was time to distance the boat from some of it's history.
I know the feeling
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Couldn't be the same bloke could it??
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Old 21-09-2006, 11:11 PM   #18
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..lets hope ur new name doesnt bring her bad luck dude..
Matt, I've obviously missed something. What have you renamed it?
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Matt, I've obviously missed something. What have you renamed it?
"Fornicator"......
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Old 22-09-2006, 01:03 PM   #20
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