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katy September 27th 06 03:07 PM

Wire Rigging for Ships
 
DSK wrote:
katysails wrote:
Too bad...the smell of hemp ropes is a nostalgic thing...maybe they can
put it in spray cans so they can spray it around boats fitted with wire
to keep the atmosphere...



Maybe the same folks would like clip-on gaff sails (tanbark of course),
instant baggywrinkle, and scurvy pills (one that give you scurvy, not
cure it). For that old-time deep-sea feeling.


Joe wrote:
I agree, you may be on to a good money making ideal.
I would like several nautical smells put in spray cans.

Cypress Boat Cabin
Oyster Reef at low tide
Spec Trout Water Mellon
Windward shore Mud
Open Ocean Breeze
Crazy Cajan Crab Boil


Don't forget these additions
"Fresh Paint" (available in Topsides or Anti-Fouling)
"Faint Whiff of Reliable & Well-Tuned Engine"
For the West Coasters, "Sea Lion on Nearby Channel Bouy"


And to spray people you hate!

3 day old Failed Freezer Squid
Holding Tank Horror
Poggie Boats of Cameron
And Fish Oil Spray


Gets rid of unwanted guests & mothers-in-law. How about one of my
favorites, "Burnt Wiring"

They already sell CDs of nautical sounds, but clearly there is room for
expansion in this market.

DSK

You
ve hit on another idea there....CD's....we could go back to the rude
anchorage discussion and make a CD called Banging Halyardsn,Choking
Diesel Engine, Bad Carburator Atomic 4, and Seagull Denied....

Martin Baxter September 27th 06 03:30 PM

Wire Rigging for Ships
 
katy wrote:

Too bad...the smell of hemp ropes is a nostalgic thing...maybe they can
put it in spray cans so they can spray it around boats fitted with wire
to keep the atmosphere...


I'll chainsaw the bottom off an old telephone pole for you Katy, you can
cut it into chips and put it in little bags to make creosote sachets!

Cheers
Marty

Joe September 27th 06 03:56 PM

Wire Rigging for Ships
 

katy wrote:
Joe wrote:
katy wrote:

Too bad...the smell of hemp ropes is a nostalgic thing...maybe they can
put it in spray cans so they can spray it around boats fitted with wire
to keep the atmosphere...


I agree, you may be on to a good money making ideal.
I would like several nautical smells put in spray cans.

Cypress Boat Cabin
Oyster Reef at low tide


you must have better smelling oyster reefs than we do...out stink if its
hot...


It's an aquired taste.

Spec Trout Water Mellon


They have melon sprays already but mixed with speckled trout? yech....


No Katy, not many people know this, but a school of speckled trout
smell almost exactly like a watermellon patch. I have no ideal why, but
have smelled it many times.

Windward shore Mud
Open Ocean Breeze
Crazy Cajan Crab Boil

And to spray people you hate!

3 day old Failed Freezer Squid


gag

No doubt...Had 30 pounds go bad in a walk in once..Even after the
clorox scrubbing is was still gaggable.


Holding Tank Horror


been there...that's a bad one...

Poggie Boats of Cameron


never smelled one but I'm assuming it must be pretty bad


You can smell them over the horizon, they grind the poggies to a paste
and the decks are covered with spillage. BTW poggies are the fish used
in cat food, and the oil is extracted. Big biz here they purse sain and
have helos on the boats to spot schools.
A poggie boat Capt can make 2-300K and only work 3 mo a year.


And Fish Oil Spray


but your cat (and every other cat in the neighbothood) will love you...


It's horrid, I had to coat the interior voids of an old workboat with
it to slow down the rust, and it was 110 in the shade. I can still
taste it...uchhhh

joe

Joe



Bart September 27th 06 04:06 PM

Wire Rigging for Ships
 
Good one Doug. lol

DSK wrote:

Gets rid of unwanted guests & mothers-in-law. How about one
of my favorites, "Burnt Wiring"



katy September 27th 06 04:21 PM

Wire Rigging for Ships
 
Martin Baxter wrote:
katy wrote:
Too bad...the smell of hemp ropes is a nostalgic thing...maybe they can
put it in spray cans so they can spray it around boats fitted with wire
to keep the atmosphere...


I'll chainsaw the bottom off an old telephone pole for you Katy, you can
cut it into chips and put it in little bags to make creosote sachets!

Cheers
Marty


mmmm...yum...I like going out to the traintracks and sniffing the
railroad tues....

Joe September 27th 06 04:42 PM

Wire Rigging for Ships
 

katy wrote:
Joe wrote:
katy wrote:

Too bad...the smell of hemp ropes is a nostalgic thing...maybe they can
put it in spray cans so they can spray it around boats fitted with wire
to keep the atmosphere...


I agree, you may be on to a good money making ideal.
I would like several nautical smells put in spray cans.

Cypress Boat Cabin
Oyster Reef at low tide


you must have better smelling oyster reefs than we do...out stink if its
hot...

Spec Trout Water Mellon


They have melon sprays already but mixed with speckled trout? yech....

Windward shore Mud
Open Ocean Breeze
Crazy Cajan Crab Boil

And to spray people you hate!

3 day old Failed Freezer Squid


gag

Holding Tank Horror


been there...that's a bad one...

Poggie Boats of Cameron


never smelled one but I'm assuming it must be pretty bad

And Fish Oil Spray


but your cat (and every other cat in the neighbothood) will love you...

Joe


Oh and one other favorite!

Cresole covered pilons on a hot summer day.

Joe





Edgar September 27th 06 06:15 PM

Wire Rigging for Ships
 
Do you refer to the Seagull outboard motor here? Certainly the noise and
smell of one of those would be highly nostalgic. I have one that is more
than 50 years old but I know it will start when I want it.

"katy" wrote in message
...
DSK wrote:
katysails wrote:
Too bad...the smell of hemp ropes is a nostalgic thing...maybe they

can
put it in spray cans so they can spray it around boats fitted with

wire
to keep the atmosphere...


Maybe the same folks would like clip-on gaff sails (tanbark of course),
instant baggywrinkle, and scurvy pills (one that give you scurvy, not
cure it). For that old-time deep-sea feeling.


Joe wrote:
I agree, you may be on to a good money making ideal.
I would like several nautical smells put in spray cans.

Cypress Boat Cabin
Oyster Reef at low tide
Spec Trout Water Mellon
Windward shore Mud
Open Ocean Breeze
Crazy Cajan Crab Boil


Don't forget these additions
"Fresh Paint" (available in Topsides or Anti-Fouling)
"Faint Whiff of Reliable & Well-Tuned Engine"
For the West Coasters, "Sea Lion on Nearby Channel Bouy"


And to spray people you hate!

3 day old Failed Freezer Squid
Holding Tank Horror
Poggie Boats of Cameron
And Fish Oil Spray


Gets rid of unwanted guests & mothers-in-law. How about one of my
favorites, "Burnt Wiring"

They already sell CDs of nautical sounds, but clearly there is room for
expansion in this market.

DSK

You
ve hit on another idea there....CD's....we could go back to the rude
anchorage discussion and make a CD called Banging Halyardsn,Choking
Diesel Engine, Bad Carburator Atomic 4, and Seagull Denied....




katy September 27th 06 06:26 PM

Wire Rigging for Ships
 
Edgar wrote:
Do you refer to the Seagull outboard motor here? Certainly the noise and
smell of one of those would be highly nostalgic. I have one that is more
than 50 years old but I know it will start when I want it.

"katy" wrote in message
...
DSK wrote:
katysails wrote:
Too bad...the smell of hemp ropes is a nostalgic thing...maybe they

can
put it in spray cans so they can spray it around boats fitted with

wire
to keep the atmosphere...
Maybe the same folks would like clip-on gaff sails (tanbark of course),
instant baggywrinkle, and scurvy pills (one that give you scurvy, not
cure it). For that old-time deep-sea feeling.


Joe wrote:
I agree, you may be on to a good money making ideal.
I would like several nautical smells put in spray cans.

Cypress Boat Cabin
Oyster Reef at low tide
Spec Trout Water Mellon
Windward shore Mud
Open Ocean Breeze
Crazy Cajan Crab Boil

Don't forget these additions
"Fresh Paint" (available in Topsides or Anti-Fouling)
"Faint Whiff of Reliable & Well-Tuned Engine"
For the West Coasters, "Sea Lion on Nearby Channel Bouy"


And to spray people you hate!

3 day old Failed Freezer Squid
Holding Tank Horror
Poggie Boats of Cameron
And Fish Oil Spray

Gets rid of unwanted guests & mothers-in-law. How about one of my
favorites, "Burnt Wiring"

They already sell CDs of nautical sounds, but clearly there is room for
expansion in this market.

DSK

You
ve hit on another idea there....CD's....we could go back to the rude
anchorage discussion and make a CD called Banging Halyardsn,Choking
Diesel Engine, Bad Carburator Atomic 4, and Seagull Denied....



I was thinking of a squalling bird, but I do have knowledge of the
engine you're speaking of and yes, that would also fit....

DSK September 27th 06 07:07 PM

Wire Rigging for Ships
 
Edgar wrote:
Do you refer to the Seagull outboard motor here? Certainly the noise and
smell of one of those would be highly nostalgic. I have one that is more
than 50 years old but I know it will start when I want it.


My father had one of these for one of his boats. He really
liked it although it seemed a bit cantankerous at the best
of times... I could rarely get it to run, and after a while,
hated it.

Since then I've sailed with other people who have much the
same results, including two who were expert mechanics and
claimed to know these engines intimately.

Maybe the secret to getting a Br-Seagul to "run when you
want it" is to only want it when it's already running. Or
maybe all the ones I've seen have been under a curse?

DSK


Edgar September 28th 06 12:21 PM

Wire Rigging for Ships
 
Once the motor has run in you need to ignore what they say in the
instruction book and cut back on the amount of oil you put in the mixture.
Otherwise the plugs keep oiling up.
Apart from oiled plugs dirt in the fuel is about the only thing that will
prevent it starting when you want it.
You only need three tools and you can fix any problem without removing the
motor from the boat.
And since the water pump impeller is metal not rubber you can run it up
ashore clamped in a vice if you are really worried whether it will start
sfter being neglected all winter...
"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
Edgar wrote:
Do you refer to the Seagull outboard motor here? Certainly the noise and
smell of one of those would be highly nostalgic. I have one that is more
than 50 years old but I know it will start when I want it.


My father had one of these for one of his boats. He really
liked it although it seemed a bit cantankerous at the best
of times... I could rarely get it to run, and after a while,
hated it.

Since then I've sailed with other people who have much the
same results, including two who were expert mechanics and
claimed to know these engines intimately.

Maybe the secret to getting a Br-Seagul to "run when you
want it" is to only want it when it's already running. Or
maybe all the ones I've seen have been under a curse?

DSK





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