A typical Bank holiday Weekend ?

[oldgit]

All sorts of long planned cruises.
Boats going to
Eastbourne
Burnham on Sea, Canvey and other East coast destinations.
Arrived at club to find lots of empty spaces and nice to welcome even few a few visitors.
...........and of course the QJP cruise on the Medway.
On the way down to the starting point of the QJP sailpast in Queenborough on Friday afternoon passed several of the boats who had set out on the above adventures returning back home.
Then spent an interesting night with four other boats on No 3 visitor bouy in the harbour.
The Cam 1 - Web Cams and Weather Station, Sheerness | IOS Sailing Community gave an overnight gust of F7 .
Unfortunately the Pageant sailpast was cancelled, however the after cruise party went ahead as planned.
Must have been a dismal task contacting 90 boats with the cancellation news.

Thanks to Ed Gransden of Welcome to Tiller & Wheel - for the organising, Medway Council and Peel Ports for a little funding.
To the Copper Rivit Distillery for "refreshments" and to the two ladies who sorted the fish and chip supper at the Sun Pier reception..
The only boats whos plans went ahead without a hitch were those who went up to Maidstone and the doughty few who went into Conyer Marina.
Off up to Allington today as a consolation cruise and for hopefully a somewhat more settled nights sleep.
The "New" Sheerness lifeboat off to another problem after previously towing in small Seamaster to the ATL.

 

[TrueBlue]

That's a very smart new sewn Blue that somebody's wearing!
Don't get many of those on my patch...

 

[oldgit]

We had a couple of " sailers" parked next to us on the bouy and in true motorboat spirit we asked them to come aboard and enjoy the spacious warmth of our boat, the heater was on, and offered them some refreshments.
We put the world to rights as one does.
As far as I am aware all you to do the wear a Blue these days is to join the CA who award them to all and sundry.
In RCC, one has to have been a club member for at two years and be able to present an unblemished and unsullied record of good conduct to the interview committee before you will even be considered a suitable person to wear a defaced RCC blue.
Not quite sure if our Lion is Rampant or Extant !
As far as I am aware, we were the last club to be allowed to display a defaced blue in the UK.

 

[TrueBlue]

We had a couple of " sailers" parked next to us on the bouy and in true motorboat spirit we asked them to come aboard and enjoy the spacious warmth of our boat, the heater was on, and offered them some refreshments.
We put the world to rights as one does.
As far as I am aware all you to do the wear a Blue these days is to join the CA who award them to all and sundry.
In RCC, one has to have been a club member for at two years and be able to present an unblemished and unsullied record of good conduct to the interview committee before you will even be considered a suitable person to wear a defaced RCC blue.
Not quite sure if our Lion is Rampant or Extant !
As far as I am aware, we were the last club to be allowed to display a defaced blue in the UK.

It always seems ridiculous to wear an ensign on inland (non-tidal) waterways as there's no need to be identified on a ditch - once you get to brackish (and beyond) waters the rules and needs are different. So being the proud owner - for the time being - of a long and thin bit of tin, I joined a friendly yot club on the south west coast that allowed me to wear a defaced blue - even though the boat has no rag-and-stick assembly. Perhaps reminiscent of that Monty Python sketch (I look up to him...). It's a nice sewn flag and The Management kindly sewed the appropriate defacement in the centre of the cross. We once had a retired 'Rear' to luncheon on board and he was not amused, but said nothing..
Sooo I'm always interested in other minorities - boating wise, if only to wave hello as we pass by or other contact...

 

[Greg2]

Our blue is courtesy of the RNSA. Being a member is all that it takes but to be eligible to join I did have to give what was at the time a significant chunk of my life in the service of ‘er Majesty! Thankfully the sometimes dubious conduct as a lower deck reprobate doesn’t appear to have been a bar so I fly it with pride! ?

 

[oldgit]

Our blue is courtesy of the RNSA. Being a member is all that it takes but to be eligible to join I did have to give what was at the time a significant chunk of my life in the service of ‘er Majesty! Thankfully the sometimes dubious conduct as a lower deck reprobate doesn’t appear to have been a bar so I fly it with pride! ?

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nice pix
Have already been tole that I really need a Hardy 36 ? as my next boat.

 

[The Q]

The Late May bank Holiday, is TMOR, Thurne Mouth open regatta..

Ok this year is was in June..

It always seems ridiculous to wear an ensign on inland (non-tidal) waterways as there's no need to be identified on a ditch - once you get to brackish (and beyond) waters the rules and needs are different. So being the proud owner - for the time being - of a long and thin bit of tin, I joined a friendly yot club on the south west coast that allowed me to wear a defaced blue - even though the boat has no rag-and-stick assembly. Perhaps reminiscent of that Monty Python sketch (I look up to him...). It's a nice sewn flag and The Management kindly sewed the appropriate defacement in the centre of the cross. We once had a retired 'Rear' to luncheon on board and he was not amused, but said nothing..
Sooo I'm always interested in other minorities - boating wise, if only to wave hello as we pass by or other contact...

That means on your theory we can still wear an ensign over most of the Norfolk Broads... and we do..

 

[Greg2]

nice pix
Have already been tole that I really need a Hardy 36 ? as my next boat.

Thanks. You could do a lot worse but beware that speed would diminish to your pre-Princess days!?