The Flintstones were the modern Stone Age family. Residing in Bedrock, Fred Flintstone worked an unsatisfying quarry job, but returned home to lovely wife Wilma and eventually daughter Pebbles. Fred, a big fan of golf and bowling, also enjoyed bullying neighbor Barney Rubble, while Barney's saucy wife Betty was best friends with Wilma. During the show's run, Barney and Betty would adopt an unnaturally strong son, Bamm-Bamm, who would become friends with little Pebbles. "The Flintstones," heavily inspired by "The Honeymooners," convinced a generation of children that dinosaurs and humans occupied the planet at the same time.

Pebbles on board are a good deterrent to unwelcome visitors.

cisco said..

Pebbles on board are a good deterrent to unwelcome visitors.

...........as are tacks liberally spread around the deck. I read in his book that's what Joshua Slocum did to discourage the bare footed locals from visiting after dark when he stoped at various anchorages in Tierra Del Frago! Would have loved to have a go pro set up on deck to capture the moment of realization

Guitz said..

cisco said..

Pebbles on board are a good deterrent to unwelcome visitors.

...........as are tacks liberally spread around the deck. I read in his book that's what Joshua Slocum did to discourage the bare footed locals from visiting after dark when he stoped at various anchorages in Tierra Del Frago! Fuego (there, fixed it for ya).

Would have loved to have a go pro set up on deck to capture the moment of realization

You're an evil bugger aren't you?? That is a bit like when Cap'n Nemo electrified the deck on the Nautilus in 2,000 Leagues Under the Sea (if you are old enough to remember the movie like I).

Oooooh, I'm getting out of here.!!!!!

Perhaps I'll be called a Troll for this, but I don't think JayEm was guilty of this.

Quote from Wiki -
In Internet slang, a troll (/'tro?l/, /'tr?l/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.

His very first post was deleted. Not a good start. I saw where frant was trying to go with his post. It just didn't work

MichaelR said..
JayEm, I have a Pebble and I have a couple of apps that are good for tide, speed and CoG etc. It's a good addition to the dedicated technology I have on board as well.

Thanks for sharing the additional apps, which I'll definitely have a look at them.

Ignore the trolls, it's such a shame that there are people who seem to have to belittle another's ideas, just because they don't understand them.

well the misunderstanding on my part was that i thought the original poster had an undisclosed business interest hence what I thought was a numerous response to a situation that is not great for a forum.I took this as the motivation for Frant's and Cisco's reply and I may have been wrong in my assumption re flogging a business interest and if so apologize.
Never the less i feel that the accusation of trolling is over the top and likewise having a go at copy and pasting. SandS as well as MickM the negative comments.....you just may be barking up the wrong tree and being as counterproductive as those at the receiving end of your agro?

Poor JayEm, what an introduction to the forum .

No kidding SandS!

No business interest whatsoever. Just a hobby I thought others might appreciate. I was (mostly) wrong. The original post was deleted by me so I could re-post on the sailing forum without violating the cross-posting rules. I've been active on other forums & seen nothing but constructive responses. I'll stick to them insteadI think.

I race on a budget, so free is good.
I use my (watch) screen outdoors so e-paper is outstandingly readable in full sunshine.
I would like to create custom apps so an open api & online sdk is amazing.

Bottom line - by using Allen's (free) app and my Pebble display, we have moved up the fleet quite a way.

Contribute if you're interested. If all you can do is criticise, go find a forum on the subject.