SP2
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Sun in Wales - they really have got the gods on their side, then
Good luck with the rest of the voyage!
Experienced crew wanted Preston-Brighton 10/5/14 ish
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Sun in Wales - they really have got the gods on their side, then
Good luck with the rest of the voyage!
zzyyxx
New member
Sun in Wales - they really have got the gods on their side, then
Good luck with the rest of the voyage!
They'll be needing more umbrellas to ward off the deadly rays.
JumbleDuck
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So that's where Steve Irwin went wrong.
dylanwinter
Active member
umbrella
so many uses on a boat
wind kept away
rain kept off
sun shade
handy modesty screen when birdy bathing in the cockpit in harbours
rain catcher when short of drinking water
ideal for catching bits that might fall in the water when fixing stuff
repelling boarders
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They'll be needing more umbrellas to ward off the deadly rays.
so many uses on a boat
wind kept away
rain kept off
sun shade
handy modesty screen when birdy bathing in the cockpit in harbours
rain catcher when short of drinking water
ideal for catching bits that might fall in the water when fixing stuff
repelling boarders
D
garvellachs
Member
Should be on the way to Fishguard
They should be on the way from Holyhead to Fishguard today. I left them at Holyhead. The boat is very spacious and well-appointed below and sails nicely enough upwind. Like any boat that's just been sold and bought, there are teething troubles but Stan can talk about those when he has time no doubt and they didn't stop us at all. The lack of protection for the cockpit makes for chilly sailing in the Irish Sea. I've just heard from "Jordanbasset" out there, pushing against the tide and the breeze under engine, but it should have turned now.
The photos show the proud owner
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and the Douglas River in prospect
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then setting off at nearly HW
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and into the Ribble off Lytham with very useful advice from the Ribble Cruising Club
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setting off on Day 2 from an anchorage in the Menai Strait
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They should be on the way from Holyhead to Fishguard today. I left them at Holyhead. The boat is very spacious and well-appointed below and sails nicely enough upwind. Like any boat that's just been sold and bought, there are teething troubles but Stan can talk about those when he has time no doubt and they didn't stop us at all. The lack of protection for the cockpit makes for chilly sailing in the Irish Sea. I've just heard from "Jordanbasset" out there, pushing against the tide and the breeze under engine, but it should have turned now.
The photos show the proud owner
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and the Douglas River in prospect
View attachment 42576
then setting off at nearly HW
View attachment 42577
and into the Ribble off Lytham with very useful advice from the Ribble Cruising Club
View attachment 42578
setting off on Day 2 from an anchorage in the Menai Strait
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dylanwinter
Active member
how old is the proud owner then?
goodonim
goodonim
Tintin
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Yikes, this is gonna cost me beers at Falmouth:encouragement:
dslittle
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And a Liferaft!!!
JumbleDuck
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He looks quite young - in fact, he look disturbingly like I did in my twenties - in which case an extra goodonim for not trying to milk it.
Croak
New member
I once put a fire out in a Subaru with mine
jac
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A story that needs to be told I think.
JumbleDuck
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I learned today that "subaru" is the japanese for "pleiades".
Croak
New member
I went to watch the Malcolm Wilson Stages in the forests above Bassenthwaite. I quite often marshall at rallies but was spectating this time with my scooter, 2 wheel push along, not motorised. (bicycles get stopped by marshalls scooters get laughed at and it is a quick way to get round the forests.)
I also had a fold small umbrella in my pocket.
I was standing on a corner and a Subaru came past with flames pouring out the back, we all heard it come to a halt some distance down the stage.
A pack of marshals leaped into action and sped off down the stage with some glee, to return about 20 minuets later to report it was a gonner.
More from rubber necking than any sense that I could help, I sped off down the stage on my scooter to find the co driver sitting in the trees with his head in his hands and the driver with the cup off the top of a small flask, desperately throwing splashes of water at the blazing open boot from a nearby drainage ditch.
I did a quick risk assessment and stock take, opened my umbrella, turned it upside down got the driver to take the other side and scooped up as much water as we could from the drainage ditch, and threw it on the flames. By the third throw the flames were out. The co driver stood up out of his despair the leaped back into the car and they sped off.
dylanwinter
Active member
just to complete the thread drift
I put out a Citroen CX fire with a wellie boot full of water scooped up from a cattle trough
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MrB
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just to complete the thread drift
I put out a Citroen CX fire with a wellie boot full of water scooped up from a cattle trough
The sensible thing to do there was let it burn lol.
So, back on track.....any updates to be had? Where are they now?? Past Milford??
garvellachs
Member
Anchored in Fishguard new harbour last night; no news yet of today but they should be in Milford H Marina.
JumbleDuck
Well-known member
Do they have AIS? We could follow them on Marine Traffic.
If the OP is quick, he might get an article in one of the mags on the adventure of taking his new boat from Preston to Brighton.
dylanwinter
Active member
jolly good
that is excellent progress
I shall attempt to keep you chaps up to date on the journey north for Harmony
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that is excellent progress
I shall attempt to keep you chaps up to date on the journey north for Harmony
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Toutvabien
Member
Splendid, well done chaps! Keep the sails flying, soon be in Cornwall, you can see Brighton from the Lizard (almost).
Uricanejack
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I just did. Wow I have had one for 15 years and 300 k. It never ocured to me the funny little star logo is pleiades. You learn something new every now and then.