Phoenix of Hamble
Active member
Well,
What a weekend!
An early start Saturday, and we arrived at the anchorage to find no one there, other than Vreny hanging off a buoy further up the river. The Anchorage wasn't straight forward, with the wind dominating, and straight across the river, entailing anchoring well into the fairway in order to stay off the shore!... we took a couple of goes to get the right spot, and then watched a series of entertaining attempts by other boats.....
By 10h00, we were beginning to worry that no-one was going to come, but slowly they started to arrive.... one of the first being CentaurPipeDream.... a ship full of pirates, complete with scars and swords sailing by.....
By midday we had a good turn out, (in the end 9 boats turned up)...
We abandonded the trip round the island due to a stiff breeze, hitting 25kts in the gusts... not ideal for kids in a small dinghy round the island... so everyone chilled... visited other boats... and by 17h00, made their way ashore
Full Circle wasn't at this stage yet in attendance, and the mystery was resolved via VHF.... as the boat nominated to tow the small sailing dory Duvel round, he'd had the painter part in the shallows on the way over, and had spent the best part of an hour trying to round her up.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
By the time the kids had noisily chased down their treasure, the BBQ'ing started in earnest...
First we met the delightfully dressed CentaurPipeDream
And just a few minutes later, in a burst of raging BBQ fury (don't put it in a pit next time /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif) we were given a demonstration of his culinary skills...
As it started to get dark, the fire was lit..
And general piratical consumption ruled... or actually, the kids ruled... with EVERY kid dressed as a pirate, it was a treat to see them enjoying themselves... with lots of 'pieces of eight' and 'jim me lads' going on... but this pair of the youngest pirates stole the evening, when they retrieved Jims 'Jolly Roger on a pole', and made a two man attempt to stand it.... lots of ahhhhs.. they were ultimately unsuccessful, but it sure was a grand sight....
And to finish off what had been a fabulous afternoon, the sun decided to treat us to the most spectacular sunset
Everyone stood and looked on in awe.
All that left was for the Rum and Bourbon to be drunk, and much booze fuelled discussion on the important aspect of sailing.... such as what the 'eck is this flag
Sunday events were abandoned as we arose to a cold wind, and fairly steady rain, accompianed by thunder and lightning.... but it didn't matter.... everyone had a fabulous time.....
What a weekend!
An early start Saturday, and we arrived at the anchorage to find no one there, other than Vreny hanging off a buoy further up the river. The Anchorage wasn't straight forward, with the wind dominating, and straight across the river, entailing anchoring well into the fairway in order to stay off the shore!... we took a couple of goes to get the right spot, and then watched a series of entertaining attempts by other boats.....
By 10h00, we were beginning to worry that no-one was going to come, but slowly they started to arrive.... one of the first being CentaurPipeDream.... a ship full of pirates, complete with scars and swords sailing by.....
By midday we had a good turn out, (in the end 9 boats turned up)...
We abandonded the trip round the island due to a stiff breeze, hitting 25kts in the gusts... not ideal for kids in a small dinghy round the island... so everyone chilled... visited other boats... and by 17h00, made their way ashore


Full Circle wasn't at this stage yet in attendance, and the mystery was resolved via VHF.... as the boat nominated to tow the small sailing dory Duvel round, he'd had the painter part in the shallows on the way over, and had spent the best part of an hour trying to round her up.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
By the time the kids had noisily chased down their treasure, the BBQ'ing started in earnest...
First we met the delightfully dressed CentaurPipeDream

And just a few minutes later, in a burst of raging BBQ fury (don't put it in a pit next time /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif) we were given a demonstration of his culinary skills...

As it started to get dark, the fire was lit..

And general piratical consumption ruled... or actually, the kids ruled... with EVERY kid dressed as a pirate, it was a treat to see them enjoying themselves... with lots of 'pieces of eight' and 'jim me lads' going on... but this pair of the youngest pirates stole the evening, when they retrieved Jims 'Jolly Roger on a pole', and made a two man attempt to stand it.... lots of ahhhhs.. they were ultimately unsuccessful, but it sure was a grand sight....

And to finish off what had been a fabulous afternoon, the sun decided to treat us to the most spectacular sunset


Everyone stood and looked on in awe.
All that left was for the Rum and Bourbon to be drunk, and much booze fuelled discussion on the important aspect of sailing.... such as what the 'eck is this flag

Sunday events were abandoned as we arose to a cold wind, and fairly steady rain, accompianed by thunder and lightning.... but it didn't matter.... everyone had a fabulous time.....