Oscarpop
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Just trying to decide on where to stay tomorrow night.
Anyone got an opinion. At the moment, Brixham has it by a nose
Anyone got an opinion. At the moment, Brixham has it by a nose
Brixham or Torquay?
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AIDY
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Neither go to Dartmouth. Music festival at the moment.
http://dartmusicfestival.co.uk
Wurzles on stage at 4pm on Sunday......
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johnalison
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Or the yacht club pontoon in Brixham.
laika
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Where are you going from/to and in what?
The crazy golf is better in Torquay. Open til 10pm according to google.
The crazy golf is better in Torquay. Open til 10pm according to google.
AIDY
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The tat in Paignton is better. You could buy a fake set of oakleys and a Rolex, and maybe get a teddy out of the grabbing machine in the arcade.
DickB
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Brixham any day... Torquay is tacky! Watch out, the Mdl marina is mega pricey! Stay on the town pontoon instead, although there is no power I think...
laika
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Wow you're right! This looks like it might be at least as good as Torquay's Jungle Journey Adventure Golf and open til 11pm:
http://www.piratesbaygolf.co.uk
Plus one could get a steam train to Dartmouth to see the Wurzles: what's not to like?
Well...possibly drying out but maybe the OP has something that easily takes the ground (hence question in previous post)
Seajet
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Take this seriously from someone who's been to both, one time I spent a happy week in Brixham waiting for a chum to turn up, I wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes in Torquay without knuckle dusters and a bazooka ! 
Part 1 is the best,a true classic having been there in earlier happier days - I'd take the police propaganda stuff with a huge pinch of salt, but it's a fact Torquay is not a place to stroll around late at night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mawObchMnCE
Part 1 is the best,a true classic having been there in earlier happier days - I'd take the police propaganda stuff with a huge pinch of salt, but it's a fact Torquay is not a place to stroll around late at night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mawObchMnCE
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Wansworth
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theres good secure anchorage just north of the harbour at Brixham if the wind is in the west..
Skylark
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...........I wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes in Torquay without knuckle dusters and a bazooka !
That's a bit unfair.....after all, they only wanted to take a closer look at a legendary Anderson 22
Seajet
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That's a bit unfair.....after all, they only wanted to take a closer look at a legendary Anderson 22
You haven't been there have you ? I am of course used to hordes of adoring groupies wanting to sleep with me for my autograph - but I draw the line at Torquay which is more like the original proper Mad Max crossed with The Walking Dead.
Robin
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Dartmouth unless you really want to see Brixham or Torquay
Seajet
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Brixham is the best destination if heading West, and the best hopping off point if heading East.
If going East across Lyme Bay I'd strongly suggest one goes 6 miles off the Portland lighthouse - it will still be uncormftable in anyything but a calm* - then forget Weymouth and Portland, go for Studland anchorage to rest or if keen South Deep in Poole Harbour.
* The film sequences of ' The Cruel Sea ' with the corvette half out of the water were filmed off Portland.
The place puts the willies up me, and is to be taken seriously !
If going East across Lyme Bay I'd strongly suggest one goes 6 miles off the Portland lighthouse - it will still be uncormftable in anyything but a calm* - then forget Weymouth and Portland, go for Studland anchorage to rest or if keen South Deep in Poole Harbour.
* The film sequences of ' The Cruel Sea ' with the corvette half out of the water were filmed off Portland.
The place puts the willies up me, and is to be taken seriously !
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Wansworth
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Don't forget the overalls off Anvil Point if going to Swanage
Seajet
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The rough bits were filmed in Portland Race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUDAD3GB3g
For what it's worth, I don't think any British Skipper would have dropped depth charges, that was just theatrical bullshit !
However, take note of The Race - it takes no prisoners.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUDAD3GB3g
For what it's worth, I don't think any British Skipper would have dropped depth charges, that was just theatrical bullshit !
However, take note of The Race - it takes no prisoners.
LadyInBed
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You should base yourself in Weymouth for s season, going round PB and back is nice day when the tides are right :encouragement:
Seajet
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I've been around Portland Bill when it was a flat calm and my crew said ' what's all the fuss about ?
I have also been there in F6 growing to 8, " beam me up Scottie "
I have also been there in F6 growing to 8, " beam me up Scottie "
Skylark
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I've been around Portland Bill when it was a flat calm and my crew said ' what's all the fuss about ?
I have also been there in F6 growing to 8, " beam me up Scottie "
Taking my new Beneteau (sadly they'd sold out of Anderson 22s) from Hamble to north Wales we did Portland to Brixham and, fortunately, the race was a pussy cat. Quite liked Brixham, by the way. We arrived around midnight and the marina duty manager came out in a tender to lead us through the maze to a berth.
Seajet
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It's sad when one has to ' settle ' ; I did that with a wife once and it didn't work, no way I'd try it with something as important as a boat.
LadyInBed
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I've been around Portland Bill when it was a flat calm and my crew said ' what's all the fuss about ?
I have also been there in F6 growing to 8, " beam me up Scottie "
Bet you weren't using the inner passage
