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[Koeketiene]

Re: Not long now

This sounds like so much fun to me!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Can I watch?? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[sailorman]

Re: Not long now

Early Bird n all that /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

some have done it single- handed i belive /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

did u notice the boat with the red stripe /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Koeketiene]

Re: Not long now

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did u notice the boat with the red stripe /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

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Very smart /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
She's Irish now, I have been led to believe.
IRA drug money - allegedly

 

[Oen]

Re: Not long now

Just wondering... Why not stern-to?

 

[Koeketiene]

Stern-to?

Two reasons mainly:

1. Boats tend to fill the space available - you might have to nudge your way in. This tends to go better if you go in "pointy end" first.
2. Privacy: you're right along the main boulevard - don't really like the whole world and his wife looking down into my cockpit.

 

[Oen]

Re: Stern-to?

Understood - I much prefer stern-to, and it would be a great deal easier than bows-to with my present boat, for a variety of reasons. But in this case, bows-to it is...

 

[sailorman]

Re: Not long now

us with Mabs & no suger scoop & stickie out transoms have no choice /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Re: Not long now

Here here..... long live the MAB!

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Re: Not long now

2 more boats now expressing interest, weather depending.....

 

[Koeketiene]

Re: Not long now

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weather depending.....

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Ah, that good old escape clause again.

If on Saturday night there are more than five Scuttlebut boats there, I'll
a. be very surprised
b. buy every skipper a beer

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Re: Not long now

well, I'll be there for any forecast below 7..... 7's or above, and i'm not heading across the Nth sea!

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Re: Not long now

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If on Saturday night there are more than five Scuttlebut boats there, I'll
a. be very surprised
b. buy every skipper a beer

[/ QUOTE ]What a pessimist!

 

[Koeketiene]

Re: Not long now

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What a pessimist!

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Pessimist: the term an optimist uses to describe a realist.

Prove me wrong, and I'll gladly buy you a beer.

 

[Koeketiene]

Dictionary at the ready?!

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well, I'll be there for any forecast below 7..... 7's or above, and i'm not heading across the Nth sea!

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We're crossing on Thursday (25/06) - mind you, still 5 days to go.

Donderdag zijn er eerst opklaringen, maar later wordt het betrokken met perioden van regen en buien. Goed zicht, later matig zicht. Maxima rond 13 graden. Vrij krachtige tot krachtige wind (5/6) uit ZW; krimpend naar Z en toenemend tot hard à stormachtig (7/8).

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Re: Dictionary at the ready?!

Rather lovely translation from an on line site....!/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Thursday there are becomes first opklaringen, but later on the concerned with periods of rain and showers. Good view, later on moderate view. Maximums around 13 degrees. Freely powerful till powerful wind (5/6) from ZW; shrinking to Z and increasing till hard to tempestuous (7/8).

I especially like the last line!

 

[Koeketiene]

Re: Dictionary at the ready?!

Pretty crap translation - has got Brigitte in stitches.

Opklaringen = sunny spells
Betrokken = overcast and NOT concerned (well, it can mean concerned, but in a different context).

 

[sailorman]

Re: Not long now

Mine` s a Duval then/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Koeketiene]

Re: Not long now

No change there then?! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Koeketiene]

Outlook improving

Will try to post the CINCFLEET long-term forecast tomorrow.

In the mean time:

Donderdag: betrokken met regen, overgaand in wisselende bewolking met in eerste instantie nog kans op een bui. Maxima rond 14 graden en het zicht is goed, behalve tijdens de neerslag. De wind waait krachtig (6) uit ZW, krimpend naar Z en afnemend naar matig (3 à 4).

Vrijdag: zwaarbewolkte perioden met kans op een buitje. Maxima rond 16 graden en het zicht is overwegend goed. De wind waait vrij krachtig (5) uit ZW tot ZZW, toenemend naar krachtig (6).

Over to you, Neil!

 

[sailorman]

Re: Not long now

Mel said does the Crew got a Duval as well?????? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif