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Marmaris Yacht Marina Ladies & Gents Open Monday to Saturday Mens haircut and shave. Ladies cut and colour. Manicure, pedicure and a range of other beauty treatments.
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Every evening in the yacht club gentlemens-only bar I hear my fellow yachtsmen discussing their latest electrickery. Being decidedly old-school, I have always resisted the urge to gear-up my traditional sloop. Last Monday I had a rush of blood to the brain and purchased a value-for-money, plug-and-play, no-extras-needed, entry-level lap-top computer. All for only 500. Oh joy! I plumbed the accursed machine into the yacht and added a dongle for the spare GPS, an NMEA connection for the main GPS, a keyboard, a flat screen, a mouse, a camera for Skype, speakers, headphones, a |
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WiFi aerial up the mast, a radio aerial on the bulkhead, a TV aerial on the quay and connected the whole shooting match to the SSB for weatherfax. I took a course with Kevin and signed up for a download site, by Thursday I had downloaded an entire feature film, only 4 days, not too shabby. It took a little patience to watch because the cameraman had positioned himself behind a lady with a big hat and I only saw half the screen. Whilst all this was going on I noticed a considerable loss of amps in the ships power supply and deduced that a certain degree of upgrading would |
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be necessary. I had a gantry fabricated, fitted 2 solar panels and a wind generator along with an increased capacity alternator. My value lap-top has cost me 7,432. I cannot get on or off the yacht due to the spiders web of wiring (453 yards of the stuff). I cannot leave the marina because someone will steal the TV aerial and my water line has disappeared forever. But at least I have internet access.
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