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Friggin' With The Riggin'

 Enough with the tap-tap-tapping, OK!
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If you've ever had anything to do with boats, and particularly if you've lived on a yacht (I had a girlfriend who lived on her own trailer-sailer but that's a whole 'nother story) then you'll have some idea of just how goddamned annoying the sounds of the rigging tapping together can be.

FWTR is a suite of countermeasures, designed to keep the litle buggers quiet, from magnetic repulsion for cleats and pulley blocks, to force them away from the magnetically charged mast; to low density foam coatings on metal objects. The pièce de résistance is an active noise cancellation device that can be set up to deal only with the sounds of the rigging or can be extended to neutralise the noise of those ********* seagulls.

Sure, it's expensive (what on yachts isn't?) but how much is your sanity worth?

—UnaBubba, Oct 16 2006

gyroscopic stabilizer http://www.history....n/usnsh-h/ap1-v.htm
since 1917 - scroll to bottom of page [csea, Oct 16 2006]

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       //how much is your sanity worth?//   

       Probably quite a lot, as it's never been used.
—baconbrain, Oct 16 2006
   

       Don't I know it.
—UnaBubba, Oct 16 2006
   

       Oh you poor, poor yacht dweller. My heart bleeds for you.
(-) where's the beef?		   

       Next up: Fockin' With The Rockin', an anti-seasickness gyroscopic stabilizer.
—jutta, Oct 16 2006
   

       I (seriously) love the noise of seagulls.
—po, Oct 16 2006
   

       Magnetic pulley blocks, mast etc. Sounds rusty.
—Texticle, Oct 16 2006
   

       I do so believe that the title of this idea is the same as one of the missions in the infamous Grand Theft Auto series. The PSP version, I believe.
—DesertFox, Oct 16 2006
   

       A bungee cord between halyard and stay will do it.. tying the halyards to the lifeline stanchions will do it. The clanging still isn't necessary.. Wait. Home pest control? Wtf?
—jmvw, Oct 16 2006
   

       As if the wealthy really need another way to enjoy luxuries I'll never even get to imagine. -
—21 Quest, Oct 16 2006
   

       Don’t hate, substantiate.   

       In many parts of the world, living aboard boats is much cheaper than land-dwelling. I know a couple who lived on a yacht for 20 years. The vessel itself cost one tenth that of basic house, and mooring fees were annually one fiftieth.   

       I believe they addressed nuisance rigging noise through the ancient art of knot-tying.
—Texticle, Oct 16 2006
   

       Yep, Home:Pest Control   

       Seemed logical to me.
—UnaBubba, Oct 16 2006
   

       I just want to point out that, although I had to endure the noise of the other boats, I lived on a boat which was an ex-naval pinnace, used for diving. It was 42ft long, one third of which was for the engine room, and the rest berthed 6 people. It was named the "Searcher", but I cannot trace if it was a pinnace to the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Searcher".
—Ling, Oct 17 2006
   

       Sounds like something from "The Great Yacht 'n' Roll Swindle".
—skinflaps, Oct 17 2006
   

       I just reread the annos. I never lived on a yacht (I had a girlfriend who lived on a 28ft boat) but I can guarantee I could get a good boat for what my house is worth.
—UnaBubba, Oct 17 2006
   


 

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