ChattingLil
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Go Ian!
Apogee looking good in YM
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sailorman
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ChattingLil
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Wouldn't know...i only look at the pictures.
ianfr
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Thanks Lisa
Actually it was Tom Cunliffe who wrote the article.
Look out for the June issue
That was me out on the river last Thursday (28th) sailing up and down the same half mile or so for an hour and a half. Haven't worked as hard as that for years
There is no truth in the rumour that I was aiming at DD in the rib!
Regards
Ian
Actually it was Tom Cunliffe who wrote the article.
Look out for the June issue
That was me out on the river last Thursday (28th) sailing up and down the same half mile or so for an hour and a half. Haven't worked as hard as that for years There is no truth in the rumour that I was aiming at DD in the rib!
Regards
Ian
ChattingLil
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I was asked to write up my Biscay trip (from a first timer's perspective). Not sure I can bothered to stick my neck out for the inevitable beating!
ianfr
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Lisa
Why a beating? Biscay is something most of us have never done, or ever will do!
They will help if you need some considerate editing
I for one, would like to read it.
Write it up and send it to East Coast Sailing? "Plucky East Coast sailor braves REALLY deep water! "
Regards
Ian
Why a beating? Biscay is something most of us have never done, or ever will do!
They will help if you need some considerate editing
I for one, would like to read it.
Write it up and send it to East Coast Sailing? "Plucky East Coast sailor braves REALLY deep water! "
Regards
Ian
ChattingLil
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Lisa
Why a beating? Biscay is something most of us have never done, or ever will do!
They will help if you need some considerate editing
I for one, would like to read it.
Write it up and send it to East Coast Sailing? "Plucky East Coast sailor braves REALLY deep water! "
Regards
Ian
well you know what the readership is like on some of the other sub forums. Seems that some can't do anything with someone telling you how you SHOULD have done it. Or how wrong you are. And I was SO seasick that I'll never willingly do it again.
I like the other idea though! I did have palpitations when depth sounder stopped working and a damn heart attack when I plotted our fix on the chart which showed depths of nearly 5000m !
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Essex Lad
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I'm sure ECS and its readers would be interested in a write up. Especially if you have photos to go with it.
If it's any comfort I've crossed Biscay many times, but I can't remember NOT being horribly seasick.
If it's any comfort I've crossed Biscay many times, but I can't remember NOT being horribly seasick.
FullCircle
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Gon on Lisa, you write yours, and we will write ours.
Gargleblaster
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I also suffer from this strange perspective that there is added risk of drowning or sinking, I'm not sure which at increased depths. My depthsounder reads 'OUT' when the depth is beyond its capability and it always takes me a day or two to get used to it. The first time I crossed from Florida to Cuba the depthsounder read 'DEEP' which was also more concerning as it made me think of monsters from the deep. In 2011 I crossed the Tongan Trench which at 10000 metres is deeper than Everest is tall. I felt as though I was holding my breath all the way. The East Coast is much more reassuring when at times 2.0 metres is comfortable.
Athene V30
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Only long offshore I have done (under sail rather than grey funnel line) was a race from St Malo to Gran Canaria via Eddison Light in a Nicholson 55. Long time ago now but I just remember spending all my off watch time resewing the No1 genoa that my watch (and me as Leader) had put a wave through.
