The idea of relying on superglue to attach a watch to a strap on my wrist isnt appealing, although I can see the rational behind it.......

 

The type of watches in question simply do not have spring bars or for that matter any way of replacing straps & are certainly not in the price bracket of Rolex or Tag Hauer etc. nevertheless keep very accurate time. As for relying on superglue .... even in the highly unlikely event it failed & was lost, am still no worse off wearing it than having it sitting in a drawer.

 

I thought of doing that Jaapie, but as I live in a bad area reasoned that

if someone fancied stealing the watch they would need to cut my hand off at the wrist, then how would I be able to use a rod & reel ???  

I second that. It's about time.

 

To stop the boat rolling backwards off the trailer before the hook is removed. Tie a length of cord to the end of the chain that holds the safety shackle. Put the cord through the shackle hole on the bow, Hold the cord so the boat stays in place and the winch rope loosens so you can remove the winch hook, and let er go.

All eyes on the beach and wharf turned towards the source of a big crunch. 

The two people standing in the boat got a fright, but not as big as the guy reversing down the ramp, who got out of his vehicle quick smart to see their 5-6m fibreglass cuddy high and dry on the concrete.

Ouch.

 

Will not work for Aussie's unfortunately as they only wear jandals that over there they call thongs due to the fact they have trouble pronouncing words of more than one syllable or five letters & they mostly wear them because it requires an IQ of 1 1/2 to tie up laces.

Works well - here's my version. It's only 8mm polyprop, but the friction is plenty to hold a 6m tinny.

Alloy hates stainless, because stainless always wins. You can buy plastic/rubber washers for your stainless nuts & bolts, or if you have access to a wad cutter and can scrounge a bit of butynol, you can easily make your own.

With the handle cut off a small stainless seive from Briscoes solved the problem of my roof drains constantly getting clogged.

Lots of boats with bait boards come with knife holders but not iki holders. Easy fix with a 6mm drill.

 

Anchor swivels shouldn't be attached directly to the stock of the anchor, to avoid damage from a sideways pull if the anchor gets stuck. The dayglo paint gives a bit of warning when the anchor is nearly home, and saves wear & tear on the gear and the nerves.

I've got more of these, but some are Surtees-specific, so I'll let someone else have a go 

PS Bazza - all washing machines and dryers have a tiny shredder hidden inside. That's where lint comes from. I think there's an phone app that lets you change it to target undies or hankies. 

Reminds me of the classic comb-over, which you don't seem to see much these days.