Originally Posted by
John Eacott
Attached clip has a kitchen rudder pinnace: hands up those who have a ticket for one of them
Sir! Sir! Me sir! We called Kitchener Gear, which was wrong as I was invented by a Mr Kitchen
I managed to get one on to the Haslar Ferry pontoon as well. I got quite good at coming alongside at a 45 degree angle and at the critical moment closing the buckets and calling for full power to send a well directed angled thrust that kicked the stern in and took the way off all in one deft move. On the day in question, as the power came on the buckets came off and the boat climbed on to the pontoon, much to the chagrin of the divers I was picking up, who went from walking their gear down to sprinting back up chased by the boat. Apparently, the boat had just come out of refit and the buckets had not been fitted correctly so I got away with it.