Brambles Bank

[jimi]

Yesterday and today there were yachts stuck aground on the Brambles .. has it moved or something?

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[Barr Avel]

Or perhaps they just didn't realise that the post is on holiday !

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[LadyInBed]

Re: Stuck Fast

Chugging back up to Wareham on Monday, we saw a MoBo stuck hard and fast in a shallow creek just before the start of the R Frome. Looks like he had taken a wrong turn at speed. /forums/images/icons/blush.gif LOL

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[Mike21]

Thought it was just a convenient place where lot of raggies stop for lunch/forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[Aardee]

A bit like the Sunsail high & dry just outside the Port Solent approach channel on Monday.

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[A_7]

Many years ago we were high and dry on the bank. The hovercraft (for these were the days when it ran out of Cowes) stopped next to us on the sand, opened the door in the bows, and asked if anyone wanted a lift ashore!

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[powerskipper]

Now Jimi.
This is not your way of telling us that you ran agound, is it /forums/images/icons/wink.gif
and you were trying to find out if you had been seen????

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[Fill]

Which of the following

would convince you they had done it deliberately:-

- cleaning up the hull;
- checking the seacocks and greasing same;
- replacing the anodes;
- polishing the propellor;
- picnic with table and chairs;
- removing the dodgers with the boat's name on them;
- hiding below?

Any others carry real conviction?


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[jimi]

Re: Which of the following

Think they both wer ebeyond that! Bladrunner was trying to tow off the Thursday one and the Calshott lifeboat was haling off the Friday yin!

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[Peppermint]

Re:Tales of the Brambles Bank

Normally only the haunt of poor old YM candidates. Many moons ago I had a lifting keel 17ft cruiser called a "Pirate" which drew about 2ft with the board up.
We cut in real close to the bank on one outing. Just ghosting along. We touched once but a quick hop over the side and a shove and we're off. The Moody 40 odd, that motored past us, cockpit full of happily quaffing males in pink trousers and breton caps, didn't have that option. They went from 6 knots to zero in about a yard and a half. Much falling over and spilling of drinks and much dismay. One of the crew thought it was our fault. I doubt they got of before dark.

I once landed on the bank and ended up waist deep in water when a high speed red thing went past. He also moved my boat about three metres inland which gave me something to do for about two hours, trying to drag the thing back into deeper water.

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[jimi]

Re:Tales of the Brambles Bank

Actually think that the wee green buoy is seriously misleading .. it tend to tempt the unwary too close to the shallowest part.

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