Dave_Snelson
Active member
I had to reflect on the cost and complexity of boating this weekend when I made my usual pilgrimage from Porthmadog to Portmeirion by boat. For those that don't know the area, its only two miles along the estuary and two miles return.
Nope - I didn't take Coney Island, its too sandy and shallow, so I took my little rubber Avon Redcrest with 3.5HP Yamaha. I do this ritual at low water to plot the ever changing channel so that at high springs I can take Coney Island and let everyone marvel at my seamanship and local knowledge, when really all I am doing is playing an expensive game of dot-to-dot on my GPS.
The weather was crystal clear and sunny and the views, as always, were just fabulous with all the trees in leaf and the hillsides awash with bright flowers and rhodedendrons. The great part is when you round a headland and the "village" of Portmeirion comes into sight - its just spectacular and I may have seen it a thousand times but I never tire of it.
So that was an afternoon well spent and what does £330 have to do with it? Well that was the cost of my Avon and Yamaha, both bought second hand.
Oh - how could I forget the enormous fuel costs....1 litre of two-stroke.
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Nope - I didn't take Coney Island, its too sandy and shallow, so I took my little rubber Avon Redcrest with 3.5HP Yamaha. I do this ritual at low water to plot the ever changing channel so that at high springs I can take Coney Island and let everyone marvel at my seamanship and local knowledge, when really all I am doing is playing an expensive game of dot-to-dot on my GPS.
The weather was crystal clear and sunny and the views, as always, were just fabulous with all the trees in leaf and the hillsides awash with bright flowers and rhodedendrons. The great part is when you round a headland and the "village" of Portmeirion comes into sight - its just spectacular and I may have seen it a thousand times but I never tire of it.
So that was an afternoon well spent and what does £330 have to do with it? Well that was the cost of my Avon and Yamaha, both bought second hand.
Oh - how could I forget the enormous fuel costs....1 litre of two-stroke.
<hr width=100% size=1>Madoc Yacht Club
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.madocyachtclub.co.uk>http://www.madocyachtclub.co.uk</A>
