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Dick Twitchen

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Dick Twitchen last won the day on February 28

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About Dick Twitchen

  • Birthday 19/07/1951

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    Emsworth, Hants
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    GT6 Mk1 (UYA5G)
    Ocean Yachtmaster (Sail & Power)

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  1. Good morning to Norway from a very wet South Coast! It is the 'spring bar' that the quarter bumper/over rider attaches to in order to provide some strength rather than just bolting to the body work. Dick
  2. Common Pete, you remember the seafarers saying "Even old ladies need loving"
  3. They are and through the club shop. Dick
  4. Quicker hit than sniffing it I suppose......!
  5. Pete, I've just logged in and gone to the Club Shop with no problem, straight in. Dick
  6. Aidan, Just had my O/D gearbox off and then back on the engine (thrust washer issue). Engine is on a stand and a chum was able to lift the gearbox by hand whilst I did the alignment and got a couple of bolts in place. If you must do it on your own follow John's advice. Dick
  7. 'Anchors Away' is the march of the USN as opposed to the RN and some other Commonwealth navies who have' Heart of Oak'. When weighing (raising) anchor the sequence is 'anchor aweigh' (off the sea bed), ' anchor clear of the water' (I can see it), 'clear anchor' (nothing entangled, hopefully, like old cable,wire, bits of old cars etc). That really is nautical drifting! Dick
  8. At new/big events I stick a name card in the windscreen and have never found a problem with people not connecting the two.
  9. Easier than the olden times, before me and Pete, Larboard and Starboard. Dick
  10. But Oliver Reed was not able to cope with a matelots run ashore! Dick
  11. For what it's worth following my Resettlement Course at Contour Autocraft some 17 years ago I would recommend re-skinning the doors first then build/fit around those. This is most appropriate when it comes to sills and the B Post. It was too late for me by then! Dick
  12. After six months based there with the RN in 1973, yes and yes. As a lowly Midshipmen from Coventry (born three miles from the Standard) I was sometimes left ashore for the day to sort the Captains MGB, Navigating Officers TR and Gunnery Officers MGA. May explain why I partially failed my Fleet Examination Board shortly thereafter, but career did recover! Dick
  13. Try James Paddock for your spares, they have carb items listed and supplied me very quickly via a phone call. Dick
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