Csail
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CLUE....AN ISLAND
Continual quiz about The Bristol Channel?
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bluedragon
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I'm sure this is Carmarthen Bay... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif OK let's try Ferryside and the River Towy Yacht Club ashore?
graham
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OK let's try Ferryside and the River Towy Yacht Club ashore?
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Spot on /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Think up a stinker.
OK let's try Ferryside and the River Towy Yacht Club ashore?
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Spot on /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Think up a stinker.
bluedragon
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A stinker eh... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Well, let's try this one. It would take THE most intrepid Bristol Channeler to have ever got this far...and been daft enough to have gone in (well...Graham might have).
Some clues...a last refuge in the outer reaches where the water is blue and if we go any further we fall off the edge of the world, or get eaten by sea serpents, or seduced by mermaids !!! It's still within our inshore waters forecast area..and the national flag ain't black and white!!
For a "perfect 10" answer, a glass of wine at the CBYC New Year bash if you're there (otherwise I'll drink it)...
Well, let's try this one. It would take THE most intrepid Bristol Channeler to have ever got this far...and been daft enough to have gone in (well...Graham might have).
Some clues...a last refuge in the outer reaches where the water is blue and if we go any further we fall off the edge of the world, or get eaten by sea serpents, or seduced by mermaids !!! It's still within our inshore waters forecast area..and the national flag ain't black and white!!
For a "perfect 10" answer, a glass of wine at the CBYC New Year bash if you're there (otherwise I'll drink it)...
tonybarebones
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HI Blue dragon, might it be Porth Claise? cheers.
bluedragon
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Bugger!! That was quick Mr.Bones...is there ANYWHERE you haven't been???
I'd better get that extra bottle of wine on order /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Anybody actually sailed into Porth Clais? The last haven before being by sucked into Ramsey Sound, shredded by the Bitches and swallowed by the whirlpools (and that's on a good day). This was a "recce" visit by land, just in case summer 2008 turns out to be a scorcher, with light winds, flat calm and nice slack tides...
I'd better get that extra bottle of wine on order /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Anybody actually sailed into Porth Clais? The last haven before being by sucked into Ramsey Sound, shredded by the Bitches and swallowed by the whirlpools (and that's on a good day). This was a "recce" visit by land, just in case summer 2008 turns out to be a scorcher, with light winds, flat calm and nice slack tides...
Csail
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My mate and i went there many years ago by accident! Also went through the bitches 'by accident' (not by yacht but in a motor boat)
Csail
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Another top tip is don't anchor at Nolton Haven......we did and the surf just brewed up instantly. Good pub/hotel there though.The cottages opposite are great to stay in if you want a good base for trailer sailing or a speedboat/mobo
Great for fishing and the scenery is stunning.
Great for fishing and the scenery is stunning.
Csail
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Cmon Tony....your turn!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
damo
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OK Andy - while we are waiting, here's one:
You are standing on the end of Portishead pier, at night. To the left is a Fl(2)G and beyond that a north cardinal. Ahead is 1Q.G, to the right are lots of confusing port entrance lights, and three pairs of 2F.R(hor).
Which direction is the wind coming from?
You are standing on the end of Portishead pier, at night. To the left is a Fl(2)G and beyond that a north cardinal. Ahead is 1Q.G, to the right are lots of confusing port entrance lights, and three pairs of 2F.R(hor).
Which direction is the wind coming from?
Csail
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East
damo
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I am hoping that wasn't just a lucky guess! Would you care to give your reasoning? (I should have specified that the question would apply at any time, not just the current conditions)
graham
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You had me stumped there,never been to Port Claise ,looks interesting though..,.
tonybarebones
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I'm sorry for the delay guys but some of us have proper lives as well did you know! No Pics I afraid but here are a few little teasers, I hope... Many yachts from the Bristol Channel encounter “The Chops of The Channel”, what and where are they? I olden days sailing vessels used to employ a method called dredging in the |Bristol Channel to get places what is it? What is a “Tarpaulin Muster”?
graham
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The Chops of The Channel”,
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Morning Tony your questions seem to be on a pork theme lately. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Re dredging or drudging ,of the three the only one I know, is dragging your anchor deliberately up a river to slow you down and give some control as water is flowing past the rudder as the tide will be quicker than the boat.
I have read this method was used by trading ketches ets making their way up the River Axe probably other places as well.
The Chops of The Channel”,
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Morning Tony your questions seem to be on a pork theme lately. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Re dredging or drudging ,of the three the only one I know, is dragging your anchor deliberately up a river to slow you down and give some control as water is flowing past the rudder as the tide will be quicker than the boat.
I have read this method was used by trading ketches ets making their way up the River Axe probably other places as well.
Csail
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Aboard ship, when financial assistance was called for a distressed member of the crew, arising from an accident or other cause, each crew member was asked to place his contribution on the tarpaulin which covered the timber hatch covers enclosing the top of the ship’s hold. A crew member would stand by to remind the seamen of the need to make a contribution, and when completed the "tarpaulin muster" would be handed to the affected member or his family. In other industries, someone would take round the hat and, in later developments, someone would take up a list, with paper and pencil to record the names and amounts contributed.
graham
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Or even later his mates could fill in an online direct debit form /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
So thats two answered its all down to the pork question again. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
So thats two answered its all down to the pork question again. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
damo
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Fro the Google Book of Nautical Lore:
E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Chops of the Channel.
The short broken motion of the waves, experienced in crossing the English Channel; also the place where such motion occurs.
(And I have taken the quote marks off, just like csail did /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif )
E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Chops of the Channel.
The short broken motion of the waves, experienced in crossing the English Channel; also the place where such motion occurs.
(And I have taken the quote marks off, just like csail did /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif )
damo
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So it looks like it's just down to the four of us again today!
Praps we should just take turns.
But I am learning some new stuff - thanks Tony /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Praps we should just take turns.
But I am learning some new stuff - thanks Tony /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
bluedragon
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Fro the Google Book of Nautical Lore:
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Ooh...that's the secret. And I just thought you chaps had mega-sized brains!! Still waiting for Csail to tell us "why" on the wind at Portishead question. Don't let him get away with this...
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Fro the Google Book of Nautical Lore:
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Ooh...that's the secret. And I just thought you chaps had mega-sized brains!! Still waiting for Csail to tell us "why" on the wind at Portishead question. Don't let him get away with this...
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