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  • Diver
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    Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
    Just get a trawler, you'll catch more fish
    Shh! I longline

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  • Moscow Mule
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    Originally posted by Diver View Post
    I stop when I get to the deeps just off the welsh hook.
    Just get a trawler, you'll catch more fish

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by Marina View Post
    A Gordian knot - What the PM has himself well and truly trussed up in!
    But who will play the part of Alexander the Great?

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  • Diver
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    Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
    You're not going to catch many fish going at 18 knots - unless it's a trawler...
    I stop when I get to the deeps just off the welsh hook.

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  • Marina
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    A Gordian knot - What the PM has himself well and truly trussed up in!

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  • Diver
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    Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
    Indeed, I never understood all of that "rabbit running round the tree and back down the hole" nonsense.

    Lay the running part over, twist wrist, jobs a good-un.
    and the most commonly used knot by seamen and divers too. coz it's easy to undo.

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  • Moscow Mule
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    Originally posted by Diver View Post
    That would increase fuel consumption. It's a fishing boat.
    You're not going to catch many fish going at 18 knots - unless it's a trawler...

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by Diver View Post
    That would increase fuel consumption. It's a fishing boat.
    There is a reason why God invented 10cylinder marine diesel engines...

    They're fun, especially in pairs.

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  • Moscow Mule
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    Originally posted by Diver View Post
    Which is easy to do one handed.
    Indeed, I never understood all of that "rabbit running round the tree and back down the hole" nonsense.

    Lay the running part over, twist wrist, jobs a good-un.

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  • Diver
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    Originally posted by Churchill View Post
    You need more horsepower my friend.
    That would increase fuel consumption. It's a fishing boat.

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  • Diver
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    Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
    Bowline on a bight

    Or a bowline tied one handed, now there's a lovely knot.
    Which is easy to do one handed.

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  • Moscow Mule
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    Bowline on a bight

    Or a bowline tied one handed, now there's a lovely knot.

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by Diver View Post
    About 18 up the Bristol channel
    You need more horsepower my friend.

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  • HRH
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    Originally posted by realityhack View Post
    A Hangman's Noose - here, try it out for size...
    ooh its a bit tight isn't it.....

    **choking.

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  • Diver
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    About 18 up the Bristol channel

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