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Agrestic

@agrestic

Sailor, geek, engineer, motorcyclist and enjoyer of life

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Agrestic
@agrestic May 25, 2018, 12:11 PM UTC

Hunter Rudder - 3rd and final part

I am pretty sure that when the Romans got to the end of building Harian's Wall an officer declared: "Aye, that'll do!" "You said 'aye'!", retorted one of the soldiers "Aye, I did, whit of it?", the o…

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Agrestic
@agrestic May 23, 2018, 11:54 AM UTC

Hunter Rudder - Part 2

The sea is a harsh environment, everything corrodes or degrades in some way, even stainless steel if it is not the right grade. When I was in hospital being rebuilt after my accident I was told that…

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Agrestic
@agrestic May 23, 2018, 11:24 AM UTC

Ruder bush boring

This is the bush being bored out ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

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Agrestic
@agrestic May 23, 2018, 11:18 AM UTC

Rudder bush

Parting off the rudder bush ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

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Agrestic
@agrestic May 21, 2018, 3:16 PM UTC

Hunter Rudder - Part 1

A couple of years ago I foolishly got drunk at my local sailing club. I was more interested in gazing lovingly at the plentiful supply of cleavage on display. However, in a moment of weakness, when o…

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Agrestic
@agrestic May 16, 2018, 2:00 PM UTC

It's official! :: ComedyOpenMic round 13 entry 1

I can make this photo worse. I can add a little more depravity to the level's that I have sunk. What makes this worse, the new low that I am taking you to is this: my wife is blind. Not partially sig…

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Agrestic
@agrestic May 9, 2018, 11:37 AM UTC

Pilates fail :: ComedyOpenMic round 12 entry 1

At the beginning of 2017 I had a massive motorcycle accident. My bike spat me off and smashed everything in the top left hand corner of my body. The bike itself was fine as it landed on my left leg a…

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Agrestic
@agrestic May 8, 2018, 9:14 AM UTC

Shiny things

News travels fairly quickly and word spread of my efforts in resurrecting the autohelm dock, to the point that one of my fellow sailors asked if I could help him out. As I was at a loose end waiting…

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Agrestic
@agrestic May 2, 2018, 9:35 AM UTC

Zen and the Art of Boat Maintenance

If I am totally honest with myself I am not really a creator of art. I can appreciate art and I can even write erudite pieces on it, but I would describe myself as aesthetically challenged. I was onc…

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Agrestic
@agrestic Apr 30, 2018, 10:44 AM UTC

Dick Oil

As I am progressing with my boat restoration I am starting to spot the wee jobs that need done. A pulley here, a block there, a re-rope at the back; the unfortunate thing for me is that I am acutely…

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