sailorman
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I have never seen anything like this before
A strange sight off Walton today
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MoodySabre
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Saw them in Majorca last year. A bit bling for Walton but fun I should think (for 10 minutes).
Stork_III
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And they are?
sailorman
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Stork_III
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a water powered pogo stick
Better than the louts in jet skis, I suppose. :ambivalence:
sailorman
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the bpump is aboard a speed boat, if you look close to the l/h side if Pogo Joe you can see the supply hose
pvb
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Very Essex!
Tomahawk
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Very Walton...
Would not be allowed in Frinton.
Would not be allowed in Frinton.
Colin K
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Which bit of Walton is that? Looks a bit flat
Happy Sunday
Happy Sunday
nigelm
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Looks like fun to me , be one way of getting ashore at stone point ha ha
PeterWright
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The one I saw a couple of years ago off Lorient had a jetski as the pump - the hose just plugged into the jetski's discharge. This, of course, renders the jetski immobile, probably a good thing from the point of view of the individual on the water pogo. I can't see whether the craft in Sailorman's pic is actually a speedboat or jetski. If it's a speedboat, I suspect it's a jet powered one which comes equipped with a poweful water pump - much favoured by water skiers as they don't feature a limb mincing machine at the aft end.
Incidentally, thanks Sailorman, for posting so many great pics of our home cruising ground.
Peter
Colin K
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Incidentally, thanks Sailorman, for posting so many great pics of our home cruising ground.
Indeed
Indeed
sailorman
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You too can take a camera o/b :encouragement:
Habebty
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Like the 8-9 jet skis that came up the Orwell line abreast at 12-14 knots taking up the whole channel. Got called a wanker for not smiling and waving back though
HHA called up ONS warning that the jet skiers were on their way who promptly despatched "Volunteer" to head them off at the pass. HHA also said they had tracked them on radar from Clacton which isn't bad going for a small craft with no reflector!
sailorman
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HHA use better radar than the Raymarine stuff :encouragement:Like the 8-9 jet skis that came up the Orwell line abreast at 12-14 knots taking up the whole channel. Got called a wanker for not smiling and waving back though
HHA called up ONS warning that the jet skiers were on their way who promptly despatched "Volunteer" to head them off at the pass. HHA also said they had tracked them on radar from Clacton which isn't bad going for a small craft with no reflector!
johnalison
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Nothing wrong with Raymarine radar. Some time I'll show you my picture of a single cormorant flying past I grabbed recently. The picture, not the cormorant.
sailorman
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How far away was it
johnalison
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Not very. I'll dig them out some time.
Gargleblaster
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It looks more like that Russian Submarine to me with someone with binoculars on top of the periscope. Probably checking out if we are taking any old age Ukrainian refugees in.
sailorman
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My God, Sir, i had forgotten about that Sub, My word, i could have been damn torpedoed :disgust:
