Do people understand almanacs anymore?

[rwoofer]

Have to say that when I did have a VHF, over about 8 years I must have used it less than 10 times. Not only that with the two handhelds I owned the battery went flat and dead (not rechargeable again) before I even got to use them in earnest.

In current circumstances it doesn't even make it on the priority list of things to buy.

 

[rwoofer]

so your boat is unsuitable for where you moor, not the other way around..............

Tell that to the hundreds of other outboard powered sailing boats that moor in Portsmouth

 

[oldgit]

Where exactly does the Solent come in the circles of hell,near the top or bottom ?
Think we should be told.

 

[Seven Spades]

I used to be in Hasler and one of the things that used to annoy me most were boats exiting the harbour not sticking to the right so if you are incoming and you move to the right to pass port to port you out way out of the small boats channel. That however was four years ago, at the beginning of May I cam back for a weekend and `I saw a boat go right up the middle of the main channel, itq was a sailing boat about 37ft.

 

[Elessar]

Tell that to the hundreds of other outboard powered sailing boats that moor in Portsmouth

I suspect it was them blocking the entrance on Sunday.

I used to sail a beneteau first 24 with a 10hp o/b and that was bad enough in any sort of stream. Can you not fit a turbo or something

 

[Elessar]

Where exactly does the Solent come in the circles of hell,near the top or bottom ?
Think we should be told.

it's one of the best places to sail. And the only thing wrong with it is the number of people who agree..........

 

[bedouin]

I got Old Moore's Almanac this year - doesn't mention anything about Portsmouth SBC

Seriously - as far as I am aware there is no defined width of the channel through the harbour itself, and even though technically is says one should not overtake it is not realistic to have 20 boats queue up behind on boat that is just making 0.1 knots SOG

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Where exactly does the Solent come in the circles of hell,near the top or bottom ?
Think we should be told.

Better if it was near the bottom - then it would be permanently frozen, according to Dante!

 

[Iain C]

Agreed...the SBC can be a right clusterf@@k. Usually caused by...

-Sports fishing boats who don't understand you drive on the right
-Impatient people who decide to overtake at the narrowest bit
-People who think you are about to ram them because you've pointed at them and are giving it the beans...where in fact you are trying to avoid beng swept into the middle of the channel and will be absolutely nowhere near them when you pass
-People who haven't done the above bit of pre-emptive steering and suddenly end up in the middle of the channel...leaving you in the quandary of passing port to port or getting in the way of a ferry
-Very good sailors who are immune from wind shadow who clearly can sail this bit...erm...
-People who decide to take the inner swash without looking or signalling
-The editor/proof reader of the Shell Pilot who wants incoming traffic to leave BC outer to Stbd inbound from the Inner Swash
-Car alarms going off on the ferries
-Sunsail (obviously)

Still, all adds to the fun!

 

[boaterbaz]

Every time I meet someone who says they don't like Abba I invariably discover that they know nearly all the words to all their songs.

(With apologies for the thread drift...)

I probably know all the words sung by Abba, just do not know the order they are sung in