Looking at the FB profile mentioned in #2 above, the guy is apparently living in Barbados, which might complicate matters...... if it's the right person.
Many moons ago, when on a Sadler 29 at the start of the day skipper course, it was my duty to navigate from Poole to Chapmans Pool. My only experience of sailing was a one weekend "introduction", a week crossing the channel doing the competant crew course, and shorebased comp crew and day...
I've just seen this short bit of video on Facebook, which apparently shows the recent accident involving the ship Mazerine.
This short video was taken from aboard the cargo ship Mazarine which floated into Wolf Rock this week. Close encounter 😱 | By Scilly Beds | Facebook
The story is from the Daily Mail, so it might pay to have a pinch or two of salt handy whilst reading, but a couple of the pics are interesting. I wonder if the guys mentioned in the article post here, or are known to anyone?
Shingle bank in the Solent is 'claimed' by two sailors
Saw the green flash once whilst watching the sunset sitting on the cliffs at Tintagel in Cornwall. I doubt I'll ever see it again, but sure as eggs are eggs I'll forget to take a camera....
If it was this one between Cerne Abbas and Charminster (near Dorchester) it's been closed for quite a few years. I'd never been in there to know what the layout was though.
Smiths Arms
Beaten by England yet again, and also by Bouba, also for the first time in history, maybe..... :p
https://forums.ybw.com/index.php?threads/go-north-young-man-to-swanage.589351/
If you read all the comments below this video (you'll have to watch it on youtube) you should find some of the answers you're looking for, posted 4 days ago. You might already have seen them though.....
Just be aware that the K&A has a record of troublesome stag/hen parties hiring canal boats and causing mayhem, with at least two occasions in recent years ending with boats being sunk. :eek:
In the same vein possibly, I went to my local Tesco Extra for the weekly shop this morning. Instead of them playing their normal overly loud pop/rock music through the PA system, it was a much subdued selection of chamber music. It was almost as if the clocks had been put back 70 odd years. Very...