Continual Quiz about the Bristol Channel (4)

[damo]

The place isn't too difficult, but what is the ship?

(And anyone know who was daft enough to be beating down Channel in a F6 against the tide, on 29th August 2004?)

 

[mrbloto]

is the ship the BALMOREL

 

[damo]

Yes, it's the Balmoral coming up to Foreland Point after leaving Ilfracombe, on it's way to Penarth and Clevedon.

I don't know where the yacht was trying to get to, but there was another hour or so of flood, and I was running at 8-10 kn over the ground in a 3m sea. It looked like he was getting a right old bashing /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Over to you MrBloto

 

[mrbloto]

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[mrbloto]

where is this

 

[damo]

Shore at Penarth

Pilot cutter Mascotte?

 

[mrbloto]

to easy what year?

 

[Csail]

ditto

 

[damo]

Pre-1980 rebuild

 

[mrbloto]

keep trying

 

[damo]

One of the following:

1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,
1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,
1987,1988,1989,1990,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,
1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,005,2006,2007

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[mrbloto]

bristol channel pilot cutters race 1997 taken early in morning dont very often see blue water off penarth,we were anchored of porlock weir what a sight to see them all rounding mark with every bit of canvas available flying

 

[graham]

I took this one of the "Olga" racing past Breaksea on the way to Porlock.Cant remember which year it was.

 

[Csail]

Olga reminded me..... Does anyone remember a Russian? MTB hydrafoil based at CBYC a few years ago? and what happened to it? (called Volga)

 

[mrbloto]

it was called penarth motor boat &sailing club then ?

 

[tonybarebones]

What is it? where is it? and whats it's claim to fame? (I refer to the brown lump towards the foreground)

 

[mrbloto]

is it sker point the rocks where the mumbles life boat was burnt after all hands were lost ?

 

[1937rogerdon]

Is it the Bendricks just east of Barry, the claim to fame is the dinasaur foot prints left in the sediment.
Roger

 

[damo]

Harrumph, I got 1997 right. It was my turn again /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[mrbloto]

is the brown lump you are refering to the plaque??