User talk:Phil Wardle

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"Bu" can mean cloth and spade coins in Chinese. A tortuous etymology has been proposed, but perhaps spade coins were used as a substitute for cloth. Regards, David Hartill 213.122.2.91 (talk) 18:11, 13 June 2008 (UTC)


Thanks for uploading Image:Lindisfarne Bay.jpg. I just wanted to compliment you on the image, and encourage you to continue to upload any useful photos you have. You might also want to consider uploading them to the Commons so that all of the projects can access them. Again, great picture! --Hetar 05:36, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Phil, "the Commons" that I mentioned earlier is what is officialy known as the Wikimedia Commons. It is run by the same non-profit company that runs Wikipedia, and its sole purpose is to host all types of free media (mostly images if I remember correctly). The Commons is useful because once you upload an image there, it can be used on the English Wikipedia, the Spanish Wikipedia, or any other language project, all via the same image name. Here are some links with more info:

Do feel free to let me know if you have other questions or if I can help out in any way. --Hetar 06:09, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Added text and photo

Finally got around to adding some info and a photo. Will endeavour to improve my user page in the coming days.--Phil Wardle 06:40, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pocket cruiser

I just got around to looking at the high res picture of the Nautilus you uploaded, and was really suprised to see that it had an inboard motor. Do you know of any other pocket cruisers like that? scot 22:15, 28 July 2006 (UTC)


--Pocket Cruiser yachts of around 20'LOD that come with an inboard diesel are quite scarce here in Tasmania. Most small yachts here use outboards, even boats of up to 30' often have them. The inboard diesel was a major selling point for me when I bought the Nautilus, as I truly hate outboards of all types and refuse to ever use one again. I love diesels however and my little 8hp Yanmar has powered me through some atrocious weather for hours on end (60knots plus winds) and got me home safely every time, all the while using very little fuel.

There are some pocket yacht designs that use inboard diesels, either as standard, or at request, but they are rare; Selway Fisher designs in the UK feature some small yachts that can be fitted with diesels for instance. I suppose the fact that so many pocket cruisers are designed to be trailerable precludes the extra weight of a diesel in many designer's minds.--Phil Wardle 06:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks for the heads up regarding the newsletter. :-) --Phil Wardle (talk) 00:29, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Biggles

This was rather a red rag to a bull for me, always on the look out for unsourcable trivia as I am. To my surprise I learned a lot about a fascinating story I had been unaware of. Thank you a million for your improvement; I have backed it up with what seem to be a couple of decent references. Cheers, --John (talk) 05:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)