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Bi111ion said:
I have a Beta 50 like them and it was new in this summer. ironically I got overheating alarm coming out of Lowestoft too. It was down to hose clamps on new hoses working loose and loss of coolant. I don't expect that was their problem as according to the brokerage sites it looks like the engine was new with the boat. Also they said they were waiting for a part. So most likely just an impeller kit.
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no skipper should ever go to sea with out spares, but then again, he is a "Professional"
 
Old Harry said:
no skipper should ever go to sea with out spares, but then again, he is a "Professional"
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They did not go in to detail but of course it could be exactly that. He had one spare that he used, and was not going to sea without replacing the spare. Fortunately Lowestoft is a good place to obtain spares. ASAP's head office is a short taxi ride away, as well as a good chandeler's Jeckells & Son Ltd up river.
 
Bi111ion said:
They did not go in to detail but of course it could be exactly that. He had one spare that he used, and was not going to sea without replacing the spare. Fortunately Lowestoft is a good place to obtain spares. ASAP's head office is a short taxi ride away, as well as a good chandeler's Jeckells & Son Ltd up river.
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So in thats case why was the yacht ( allegedly ) towed to to East Mersea
 
As to the practical aspects, when engine alarm went off would most people simply not set sail, engine off (possibly engine off first in such good conditions) and look at problem as they sailed?
Mungo left engine on for ages.
He did not seem the calm type of skipper that I am used to.
"Emergency, engine failure..." Emergency ?!
"Get that anchor down quickly now". But the tone he used...
To lady crew " on the stern now, please" but in an almost panic tone. Not sure he even said please.
 
Sailingsaves said:
As to the practical aspects, when engine alarm went off would most people simply not set sail, engine off (possibly engine off first in such good conditions) and look at problem as they sailed?
Mungo left engine on for ages.
He did not seem the calm type of skipper that I am used to.
"Emergency, engine failure..." Emergency ?!
"Get that anchor down quickly now". But the tone he used...
To lady crew " on the stern now, please" but in an almost panic tone. Not sure he even said please.
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Seemed somewhat staged. Didn't sound like he was talking to Lowestoft Harbour really on the hand held VHF. They had the rib alongside for filming anyway. I did detect a certain note of panic when he wanted Stella on the aft deck, I was thinking he needed that fender there to protect the nice varnish on the stern.
 
well it passed an hour. It might have helped that I've never sailed the East coast so wasn't aware of the howlers that the locals picked up.

I did wonder how he got away with telling the harbour master he was dropping anchor in the middle of the harbour entrance, they must be laid back on the East coast. I can imagine the reply if the tried that in the Solent, probably along the lines of 'no you're f###ing not!'

I also want his technique that parks a boat stern-to with just an anchor and no engine. Hand brake turn?

Laughed out loud where Sargent asks if they can put the engine on as they are only doing 1.5 knots and skipper suggest shaking the reef out instead.

They need an editor that can sail, the deck shots are interspersed with aerial shots that keep showing the opposite tack which is irritating.
 
Jungle Jim said:
I also want his technique that parks a boat stern-to with just an anchor and no engine. Hand brake turn?
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Long warp ashore with the dinghy
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(No idea in the context of the programme, which I haven't watched, but that's the - or a - straight answer to your question :) )

Pete
 
Bi111ion said:
It was a coast hopping trip Grimsby, Wells, Lowestoft, Southwald, RIver Deben, Rivers Orwell and Stour, Brightlingsea, Burnham then back (dodging named storms in September). Grimsby, Humber Cruising Association is a great place to keep the boat, friendly safe and economical,
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The YC in Grimsby was extremely friendly, granted. But my walk to the high street encountered a pair fighting, a bloke chucking his partners shopping across the road & 2 neighbours having a screaming match. When I got past the wrecked buildings & the concrete structures & over the 1950's bridge i found boarded shops open for business but looking as though a riot had just taken place. People lounging about looking as if they were desperately waiting for the drug dealer to pass by on his morning run. The whole place looked awful as did the crumbling dock.

Do we reckon they will show that on the film. Will make for interesting, contentious viewing. Different world from how to sup oysters- how to inject coke, or whatever one does with it.
Well it has to make the programme interesting for a wider audience & i expect that the film crew might be a bit more experienced at that than they are at sailing.:ambivalence:
 
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It was a crass programme that I won't be following. I do wonder, though, why they always use such odd boats for these programmes? The series with Griff Rhys-Jones and mates and that with David Bumblebee also showed boats that were far from what most of us sail. This new programme showed the public almost nothing of the coast and nothing about what it means to go coastal sailing as it is normally experienced. It also needs a better script-writer.
 
What a load of rubbish--------I don`t think I would want any one of them on board ( except perhaps the rather nice young lady who seemed to just get get on with it As for the "skipper". no thanks.
 
Daydream believer said:
The YC in Grimsby was extremely friendly, granted. But my walk to the high street encountered a pair fighting, a bloke chucking his partners shopping across the road & 2 neighbours having a screaming match. When I got past the wrecked buildings & the concrete structures & over the 1950's bridge i found boarded shops open for business but looking as though a riot had just taken place. People lounging about looking as if they were desperately waiting for the drug dealer to pass by on his morning run. The whole place looked awful as did the crumbling dock.
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So fairly similar to Essex then....... :p
 
chrishscorp said:
So fairly similar to Essex then....... :p
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No ! did you not watch the programme? We have cafes that sell locally farmed oysters.Posh Docks. Low lying coasts. Marinas at the end of quaint twisting short creeks. "Green" windfarms on our sandbanks. Beautifully flat water with warm light winds.


I will not mention Jaywick, but then nobody stops there anyway, so it does not count.
 
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