Great sweetness, indeed...when it goes right. When it goes wrong, the pain...the pain. However, nothing ventured, nothing gained. It is all part of getting to know a vessel. I've rigged up a nice simple reefing system, which steps the loose-footed main down to a very manageable size, but she still holds her shape....How sweet it is...
What was the outcome?Carrera said:I wrote a polite, business like letter just informing the authorities my boat failed its test. There isn't really a lot I can do about it as I'm not really willing to just keep throwing out more and more money.
My suspicion is the examiners sometimes use this situation to get work for handymen or engineers they may know personally, maybe for a backhander. Of course, I may be wrong.
It now depends on what reply I get to the letter. If it's a no compromise reply it may well be my boating days are over and I'll turn my hand to messing about with bike mechanics which is far less complicated.
Now we'll just have to wait and see.
Sorry to hear that you're having this trouble. I've never had anything like this stolen before. My youngest brother has a Peugeot bike that he bought at a thrift store for about $35. At one point, he lived in a part of town with a high crime rate. He befriended some of the neighborhood children, and one day was outside when one of them came up and told him they had just seen someone stealing his bike, and also told him where the thief was going.Carrera said:"Actually Carrera, you could have even cracked his skull and get away with it cuz he would have had lock cutters.."
The ideal would be to wait till the thief is on the bike and just started to pedal off. It would then be a matter of grabbing the rear fork and throwing the bike over so the thief hits the floor hard.
After that, you just keep him there and have someone call the Police.
At any rate, I've had no calls from the Police yet so it seems maybe they've not analysed the security tapes. In reality, this case should be a cakewalk. Any city camera should pick up a guy carrying bolt croppers who meets the description we already have.
EoinC said:So, what's it gonna be, Carrera? Are you keeping the boat?
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