Recent content by piratequeen

Re: \"Suhaili\", where is she now? The first and last time I saw her was off the Bishop's Rock lighthouse in April 1969. We were staying on a family holiday in Cornwall and went for a day trip on the Scillonian to the Scilly Isles. My mother was sick all the way from Wolf Rock to the Scillies...

Re: Don\'t tell swmbo He thinks I don't read this when he's out! There may be trouble ahead........

My commiserations - I know exactly what you mean - if it doesn't have a diesel engine (so that counts out the washing machine, hoover & iron) but has a satisfying hum when you switch it on (no haven't got one of those either) then the rest of the world can fend for itself when his lordship is...

Congratulations on having your own log-in now. I did the same a while back but found that when I had the time to access the forum someone else was usually already using the computer, and by the time I chased him off to the pub I was too tired/lost the urge/busy ironing/lying on the sofa with a...

heard from Rich this evening - he's OK and will be back tomorrow. The reason he had to go to England is because the thing they stuck down his throat to have a look is a very specialized one, which has to be used all the time to keep it working, and there isn't the call for it in Jersey...

There won't be any drunken late-night posts from Rich for a few days as he is in hospital in England having possible gall-stones investigated. Anyone based near Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield Middx is welcome to go and visit him as I am stuck in Jersey looking after the smallest crew-member. He...

Re: Guernsey? Pah! It's just a shame you still can't spell CRAPAUD

You're a walnut tree! OK, I was just a sad person who noticed it was the 5001st post on Motor Boat chat. Can I have a prize?

5001 .is it mine?

Re: Guernsey? Pah! About time too! What about Herm, or do you still have to stock up before you order a meal in the White House carvery?

In St Quay marina Rich passed my handbag down to me on the pontoon and my specs fell out into the water. He had a right go at me for being so stupid and not closing the bag properly, until he remembered he had been the last one to open it ..to put in his specs! did I laugh? However further along...

Guernsey? Pah! Guernsey has been shut every time I've been there - you can't even go in a pub on a Sunday!

OK, some poor resident of Jersey has to put in a pennyworth, but at the risk of you being seriosly disappointed can't you cancel for now and come back in the summer? The weather has been crap for weeks and it's cold, wet and windy, and you're not staying in a particularly brilliant hotel. You'll...

Ouch, too true! So how do I forward it then?

Imagine this picture - it's a lovely sunny day in St Aubin's bay, Jersey and the tide is coming up to full. In the foreground we have two fiftyish blokes, scruffy as hell, moving their boats from one mooring to another. In the background we have a lifeboat, dressed overall, the States launch...