Black Dog Jack
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Able Seaman · 36 pts
Ashton under Lyne, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Member since Oct 2016
Last online 3 years ago
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Last posted 3 years ago
Question of the Day?Mayflower♥ 21 likes285 viewsBoat retrievalWe had a very similar system, but used a tennis ball on the end of the line. It works very well. We found that the fishermen amongst us were called in at this point as they were usually more accurate. I’m not …407 viewsPuzzledI was a Petty Office last year. Now I find that I am rated Able Seaman. It’s probably something to do with Brexit. Everything seems to be these days.☹️♥ 1 like443 viewsAmati chrome plated ships wheel - Help!Doug, when I get back home in a weeks time, if the wheel has not fallen off again, I will take some pics and post them. Regards Jack.352 viewsAmati chrome plated ships wheel - Help!Fleet Admiral Onetenor, Sir! Well, I’ll go to the foot of our stairs! That is a very good suggestion and blindingly obvious when you point it out. Luckily for me - and my dear little ships wheel - everything w…352 viewsAmati chrome plated ships wheel - Help!Let me bring you all up to date. I called a meeting with me and the now famous wheel and noticed there was a lot of flash that had not been cleaned off the castings, so I started filing it off. it was not easy…352 viewsAmati chrome plated ships wheel - Help!Looking at your “helping hands”, which I think will be my next purchase, it occurred to me just how many “Labour saving” devices and techniques I have accumulated in some 40 years of building model boats. I do…313 viewsAmati chrome plated ships wheel - Help!I got it from the excellent Cornwall Model Boats. Look in Amati model boat fittings on their website and select “ships wheels”. it’s the last one on the list and looks like it came of my Dad’s old Ford Pop. it…313 viewsAmati chrome plated ships wheel - Help!I have just taken delivery of an Amati 40mm did chrome plated ships wheel. It comes in three separate, very slippery parts which need to be secured together, but with no directions how to do it. Can anyone rec…17 replies1,499 viewshuntsman planNow you mention it, I might have got carried away there! I now think I must have sent off for the plans after reading the two articles. Apologies guys. (Sulks and shuffles off, head down).316 views