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agrestic (48)in #sailing • 7 years ago
Hunter Rudder - 3rd and final part
I am pretty sure that when the Romans got to the end of building Harian's Wall an officer declared: "Aye, that'll do!" "You said 'aye'!", retorted one of the soldiers "Aye, I…
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agrestic (48)in #sailing • 7 years ago
Hunter Rudder - Part 2
The sea is a harsh environment, everything corrodes or degrades in some way, even stainless steel if it is not the right grade. When I was in hospital being rebuilt after my…
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agrestic (48)in #sailing • 7 years ago
Ruder bush boring
This is the bush being bored out ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS
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agrestic (48)in #sailing • 7 years ago
Rudder bush
Parting off the rudder bush ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS
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agrestic (48)in #knot • 7 years ago
Hunter Rudder - Part 1
A couple of years ago I foolishly got drunk at my local sailing club. I was more interested in gazing lovingly at the plentiful supply of cleavage on display. However, in a…
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agrestic (48)in #comedyopenmic • 7 years ago
It's official! :: ComedyOpenMic round 13 entry 1
I can make this photo worse. I can add a little more depravity to the level's that I have sunk. What makes this worse, the new low that I am taking you to is this: my wife is…
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agrestic (48)in #comedyopenmic • 7 years ago
Pilates fail :: ComedyOpenMic round 12 entry 1
At the beginning of 2017 I had a massive motorcycle accident. My bike spat me off and smashed everything in the top left hand corner of my body. The bike itself was fine as it…
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agrestic (48)in #sailing • 7 years ago
Shiny things
News travels fairly quickly and word spread of my efforts in resurrecting the autohelm dock, to the point that one of my fellow sailors asked if I could help him out. As I was…
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agrestic (48)in #knot • 7 years ago
Zen and the Art of Boat Maintenance
If I am totally honest with myself I am not really a creator of art. I can appreciate art and I can even write erudite pieces on it, but I would describe myself as aesthetically…
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agrestic (48)in #sailing • 7 years ago
Dick Oil
As I am progressing with my boat restoration I am starting to spot the wee jobs that need done. A pulley here, a block there, a re-rope at the back; the unfortunate thing for me…
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agrestic (48)in #life • 7 years ago
A wee dose of reality
Before I begin I should point out that this is written partly with my tongue in my cheek and with a distinctly Scottish lexicon, if you are easily offended piss off now :)…
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agrestic (48)in #sailing • 7 years ago
She was really dirty!
A few things have happened since I last wrote, due in the most part to the brief bout of nice weather I have been enjoying. It took two attempts to re-rope and wire the mast, it…
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agrestic (48)in #lgbt • 7 years ago
Fixing things
The weather where I live has turned into cold, wet, sleet, shitty badness. For the past three weekends I have had plans to fix things on my boat and continue its restoration…
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agrestic (48)in #photography • 7 years ago
Farm boys do "art"
Beech trees are fantastic beasts, they can grow to enormous sizes and the wood they provide is fabulous for burning. My mother had a beast of a beech in the bottom forest that…
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agrestic (48)in #thisismyhobby • 7 years ago
My 2018 - This is my Hobby: Chasing the horizon
I have many outdoor hobbies and it took me a while to merge them under one umbrella, however I am pretty sure that it is "Chasing the Horizon". Now, this can be a fun hobby and…
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agrestic (48)in #wood • 7 years ago
Taking a cherry
Amongst my many pursuits I am pretty handy with a chainsaw. I come from a farm originally, I suppose more of a homestead in modern parlance, and due to this I am able to turn my…
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agrestic (48)in #sailing • 7 years ago
Tall Tale Trite Tutorial
There are many ways to tell a story and I tend towards whimsy rather than purely fact. If I am telling stories around sailing I tend to avoid drenching them in nautical terms…
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agrestic (48)in #sailing • 7 years ago
Sailing Naked: #2 Facing the right way
To my mind the single most important piece of kit you must have on a boat is a compass. With a compass alone you can find your way broadly in the right direction. I have been…
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agrestic (48)in #sailing • 7 years ago
Sailing Naked: Part 1
It is a truism in life that the more skilled you become at something the simpler the kit you require. I remember as a child a "Master Carpenter" was due to turn up at a house my…
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agrestic (48)in #scotland • 7 years ago
We have a mole!
If you take a walk along the Barvick Burn in Crieff, Scotland, you may be lucky enough to spot this entertaining Mole's House. A charming, seemingly idyllic spot on the banks of…
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