starboard
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No problem...was thinking of a pedalo myself........but then again maybe not....dont want to be another RNLI statistic!!!
Gurnsey to Plymouth weekend sail - Update
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starboard
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We went over every thing in great detail before we left, and I was more than satisfied that she was up to it. I think one has an instinct on going on a boat as to whether you are happy with it.....
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Yes I agree and no problem....we must all evaluate the info we can find and use that info in coming to a correct and sensible decision.....my own views were that I would not have sailed....your views were to go and everything worked out fine.......so based on that well done.....and if you ask yourself one question it would have to be given the same set of circumstances would you make the same decision again.........every day we put to sail we learn something new, it is this constant learning over the years that hopefully keeps us safe....good luck, fairwinds....now I must dask, a nice pint of "Old Specled Hen" awaits on the bar!!
We went over every thing in great detail before we left, and I was more than satisfied that she was up to it. I think one has an instinct on going on a boat as to whether you are happy with it.....
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Yes I agree and no problem....we must all evaluate the info we can find and use that info in coming to a correct and sensible decision.....my own views were that I would not have sailed....your views were to go and everything worked out fine.......so based on that well done.....and if you ask yourself one question it would have to be given the same set of circumstances would you make the same decision again.........every day we put to sail we learn something new, it is this constant learning over the years that hopefully keeps us safe....good luck, fairwinds....now I must dask, a nice pint of "Old Specled Hen" awaits on the bar!!
Chris_Robb
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Starboard - thanks for your observations. Just a small correction, I did not ask for advice - more about the consensus on what the weather would bring. And I have seen all those weather sites which I use regularly. At the time there was a substantial difference between them. My own reading of the Brackenell weather chart showed a feature forming on the SW flank of the low, that I thought would develop for Sunday - it did. But we were not intending to be out that long.
If the forecast on Saturday Morning had been forecasting a Gale within the next 12 hours we would NOT have gone. As it was they were forecasteing S to SW 20 to 25 knots. Ok it did get up a bit more but well within ours and the boats capabilities, and when the lunch time forecast came in, we took the decision to go to the nearest port - Brixham, so we had pleanty of plan B's open to us under a sheltered headland.
I take offence at your comment of boasting. It is normal etiquette on this board to give a follow up to a posting. I do not see how you could interpret that as boasting. If you would not go to sea where a crew had been expensively flown in, when the forecast was only 20 to 25 knots then perhaps the narrow boat comment was a suitable tongue in cheek reply!!!!!! To be sure, I am sure that that is not the case
If the forecast on Saturday Morning had been forecasting a Gale within the next 12 hours we would NOT have gone. As it was they were forecasteing S to SW 20 to 25 knots. Ok it did get up a bit more but well within ours and the boats capabilities, and when the lunch time forecast came in, we took the decision to go to the nearest port - Brixham, so we had pleanty of plan B's open to us under a sheltered headland.
I take offence at your comment of boasting. It is normal etiquette on this board to give a follow up to a posting. I do not see how you could interpret that as boasting. If you would not go to sea where a crew had been expensively flown in, when the forecast was only 20 to 25 knots then perhaps the narrow boat comment was a suitable tongue in cheek reply!!!!!! To be sure, I am sure that that is not the case
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Having done a few deliveries I am with Chris on this, I would have gone. I do think your comments to Chris are a tad patronising. I had the pleasure a few years back of lunching with Chris and he is not exactly a risk taker, more considered in approach.
starboard
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Having done a few deliveries I am with Chris on this, I would have gone. I do think your comments to Chris are a tad patronising. I had the pleasure a few years back of lunching with Chris and he is not exactly a risk taker, more considered in approach.
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My oh my....you guys get upset at the slightest thing, come on dont throw the toys out of the cot....was only making my views as I had offered some met advice to the original poster's post.....as for a tad patronising I think not...............one thing in the favour of this passage was the boat being delivered....the Contessa 32 probably one of the best boats around for being ou in a blow......its a fact that in many cases its the boat that will be the deciding factor....look at the 79 fastnet.........must dash and get a copy of boats and outboards and see if I can find a canal boat that may suit my experiance as previously advised!!!.
Having done a few deliveries I am with Chris on this, I would have gone. I do think your comments to Chris are a tad patronising. I had the pleasure a few years back of lunching with Chris and he is not exactly a risk taker, more considered in approach.
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My oh my....you guys get upset at the slightest thing, come on dont throw the toys out of the cot....was only making my views as I had offered some met advice to the original poster's post.....as for a tad patronising I think not...............one thing in the favour of this passage was the boat being delivered....the Contessa 32 probably one of the best boats around for being ou in a blow......its a fact that in many cases its the boat that will be the deciding factor....look at the 79 fastnet.........must dash and get a copy of boats and outboards and see if I can find a canal boat that may suit my experiance as previously advised!!!.
Chris_Robb
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Starboard - here is one for sale web page
To a certain extent I am with you on this - had the boat been a lighter weight benjebav I would not have sailed, as frankly the motion on them is just too awful in a blow. So despite all the banter - I do see what you mean.
To a certain extent I am with you on this - had the boat been a lighter weight benjebav I would not have sailed, as frankly the motion on them is just too awful in a blow. So despite all the banter - I do see what you mean.
Chris_Robb
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Having done a few deliveries I am with Chris on this, I would have gone. I do think your comments to Chris are a tad patronising. I had the pleasure a few years back of lunching with Chris and he is not exactly a risk taker, more considered in approach.
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Having done a few deliveries I am with Chris on this, I would have gone. I do think your comments to Chris are a tad patronising. I had the pleasure a few years back of lunching with Chris and he is not exactly a risk taker, more considered in approach.
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jimi
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[....its a fact that in many cases its the boat that will be the deciding factor....look at the 79 fastnet.........must dash and get a copy of boats and outboards and see if I can find a canal boat that may suit my experiance as previously advised!!!.
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and thats bollox as well.. virtually all the boats were OK .. it was sticking with the boat that was the crucial lesson
[....its a fact that in many cases its the boat that will be the deciding factor....look at the 79 fastnet.........must dash and get a copy of boats and outboards and see if I can find a canal boat that may suit my experiance as previously advised!!!.
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and thats bollox as well.. virtually all the boats were OK .. it was sticking with the boat that was the crucial lesson
Chris_Robb
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We went over every thing in great detail before we left, and I was more than satisfied that she was up to it. I think one has an instinct on going on a boat as to whether you are happy with it.....
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Yes I agree and no problem....we must all evaluate the info we can find and use that info in coming to a correct and sensible decision.....my own views were that I would not have sailed....your views were to go and everything worked out fine.......so based on that well done.....and if you ask yourself one question it would have to be given the same set of circumstances would you make the same decision again.........every day we put to sail we learn something new, it is this constant learning over the years that hopefully keeps us safe....good luck, fairwinds....now I must dask, a nice pint of "Old Specled Hen" awaits on the bar!!
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Would I make the same decision again.... Yes but... I would not choose to do that kind of uncomfortable sailing, however, having been flown out to do this, if its just a matter of discomfort, but no real danger, then I would make the same decision
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We went over every thing in great detail before we left, and I was more than satisfied that she was up to it. I think one has an instinct on going on a boat as to whether you are happy with it.....
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Yes I agree and no problem....we must all evaluate the info we can find and use that info in coming to a correct and sensible decision.....my own views were that I would not have sailed....your views were to go and everything worked out fine.......so based on that well done.....and if you ask yourself one question it would have to be given the same set of circumstances would you make the same decision again.........every day we put to sail we learn something new, it is this constant learning over the years that hopefully keeps us safe....good luck, fairwinds....now I must dask, a nice pint of "Old Specled Hen" awaits on the bar!!
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Would I make the same decision again.... Yes but... I would not choose to do that kind of uncomfortable sailing, however, having been flown out to do this, if its just a matter of discomfort, but no real danger, then I would make the same decision
jhr
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virtually all the boats were OK .. it was sticking with the boat that was the crucial lesson
[/ QUOTE ] True but - iirc - the report into the race was critical of some of the more extreme, less stable designs that got knocked down repeatedly, maybe causing the crews to think they'd be better off in a liferaft. It was extremely laudatory of Co 32's and the fact that (I think) none of them had to be abandoned.
virtually all the boats were OK .. it was sticking with the boat that was the crucial lesson
[/ QUOTE ] True but - iirc - the report into the race was critical of some of the more extreme, less stable designs that got knocked down repeatedly, maybe causing the crews to think they'd be better off in a liferaft. It was extremely laudatory of Co 32's and the fact that (I think) none of them had to be abandoned.
