CPD
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.... Oostende ?
Did the panel ever make a decision about ....
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sailorman
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one expects to go the Voor Anker w/e & not the bank holiday w/e in June
Koeketiene
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Wunja
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As I've bailed out of the JAC, its looking very likely that Wunja will be there.
Sixpence
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sailorman
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Decision ?
ECF ?
Jolly bad form old chap
you have to excuse a non East Coaster
Sixpence
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Did hear a rumour he had migrated 
Softie Southerners don't like it up em
Softie Southerners don't like it up em
Phoenix of Hamble
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Its OK.... now he's in the Solent he won't want to come to Oostende when he discovers that the bar doesn't serve chilled Chablis
CPD
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One is miffed .....
MoodySabre
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One is not going. I shall enjoy some East coast places that have been overlooked of late.
ChattingLil
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me and my feeble crew are going to attempt another channel crossing, but we taking it easy and going to hop from Ramsgate to Gravelines. anyone want to join?
Rivers & creeks
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We love Gravelines, no problem persuading the family to go there! When are you thinking of going?
dabsolute470
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we have decidied ...weather permitting... to take a slow cruise to the channel islands leaving fambridge 3rd june.
anyone else going CI ?
anyone else going CI ?
benw
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At the risk of stirring things up.... It appears from all the threads re red diesel that the majority of seasoned nth sea crossing folk are re thinking plans for the season ahead regards Belgium, Holland and France. I may have got the wrong handle on this but apart from the recent commotion between GB and near continent officials, RYA and jolly boater folk like us the EU ruling was in place last year?...
As I have stated before in previous posts we were boarded by the Douanes in Blankenberge during August last year and they were not at all interested in diesel receipts etc, I had just filled up from their fuel pontoon so this may have made a difference. But seriously more focus was placed on qualifications, serial numbers of safety gear including liferaft, flares, make and models of VHF etc. We had three weeks in the area and not one issue seen or heard of up as far as Yserke. A few weeks prior we made the crossing to Oostende in the wake of the Nth Sea yacht race and again no issues in Zeebrugge.
Am I to take it that Belgium Holland and France is now seriously consigned to memory for the near future for folk. Is there anyone out there who may be able to respond re being fined in France?
As I have stated before in previous posts we were boarded by the Douanes in Blankenberge during August last year and they were not at all interested in diesel receipts etc, I had just filled up from their fuel pontoon so this may have made a difference. But seriously more focus was placed on qualifications, serial numbers of safety gear including liferaft, flares, make and models of VHF etc. We had three weeks in the area and not one issue seen or heard of up as far as Yserke. A few weeks prior we made the crossing to Oostende in the wake of the Nth Sea yacht race and again no issues in Zeebrugge.
Am I to take it that Belgium Holland and France is now seriously consigned to memory for the near future for folk. Is there anyone out there who may be able to respond re being fined in France?
Koeketiene
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Weather permitting, we intend to stop there on the way to/from Brittany.
Or we may just head for Norway.
Plans are what they are, till they change.
Captain Haddock
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Gravlines
We are looking at Gravlines too! Mid August is our plan other than that we'll be exploring the East Coast this season.
We are looking at Gravlines too! Mid August is our plan other than that we'll be exploring the East Coast this season.
sailorman
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we plan that way too at that time,departure will be tide / weather dependent
Athene V30
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I am off to Calais for the BH weekend to join in with the Little Ship Club rally but have been thinking of going to Gravelines on Sunday 3rd or Monday 4th maybe, weather permitting of course. Got the rest of the week off work but ought to spend some of it at home!
benw
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I seem to recall reading that the Little Ships trip was in some doubt, possibly from the RYA website... I will try and find a link to the article.
benw
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Found it in Yachting Monthly Feb issue,
The Little Ship Club campaign to get HMRC to rethink its red diesel proposals is gathering momentum with Yachting Monthly posting a story today (29 February 2012) on its website headlined, "Cameron told: 'sort out red diesel''.
The Yachting Monthly post outlines the LSC decision to cancel its rally to Belgium this year and relocate to the Solent due to the Belgian authorities fining visiting yachtsmen up to £750 for having even a trace of dyed diesel in their tanks.
The Little Ship Club campaign to get HMRC to rethink its red diesel proposals is gathering momentum with Yachting Monthly posting a story today (29 February 2012) on its website headlined, "Cameron told: 'sort out red diesel''.
The Yachting Monthly post outlines the LSC decision to cancel its rally to Belgium this year and relocate to the Solent due to the Belgian authorities fining visiting yachtsmen up to £750 for having even a trace of dyed diesel in their tanks.
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