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To get out to sea.

Well, yep, it takes us, most of the day to drive down. Then we're done in. Next day is spent mending stuff, cleaning, shopping. Then course the dinghy needs bowing up and a new tank of juice for the boat. So it's a good two or maybe three days, before we can get off. Maybe why the weather dont concern me to much. So we might get off tomorrow, or maybe the next day, yes I know the weather is crap. But it's going north and theres always the rivers. May even get down to Falmouth, if we hug the coast.

But there always seems to be a load of jobs, before setting off. Same thing again when we get back.

Still, I'll be surprised if we dont make Fowey and Falmouth, up the Fal and maybe Helford. So a hundred miles or two.

Suppose tuther question, is why no boating in winter. Most have got heating, it only takes a little honda generator, to provide power for the night and the boats far warmer than home.
 
well rain snow s__t or shine winter or summer im out on my boat unless its blowing like a bstard. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
About 6 months, apparently /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Hour or so to Stansted
2 hour wait for check in
couple of hours wait for plane and boarding
2 hour flight
1 hour taxi from toulon
1 hour mechanic checks
1 and a half hours cooking and eating lunch
1 hour slipway launch waiting for french to finish lunch
half hour loading up boat with kit, anchor, tools, lifejackets, people
half an hour for trip up river inc. refuelling

and finally out to sea /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

And that's with a good few weeks planning! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
We use our boat throughout the year, in fact some of our best days have been on cold sunny days with the calm sea all to ourselves. Generally we take about an hour and a half to get down to Brighton and a couple of hours to get everything ready and then were out to sea. But then the boat is only two years old so that helps minimise maintainance I guess.

The only thing we haven't done in the winter period is cruising but when the kids get older we might even do that as well.
 
<u>To get to salt water:</u>
2hr drive to marina from home
1hr prep, provisions, checks, etc
3hr cruise from inland Killaloe to salt water on the estuary

<u>To get out on Lough Derg (large inland sea):</u>
2hr drive to marina from home
15mins to get out on the giant lough and 1hr from about 6 overnight destination options

We usually drive down the evening before and get underway early. We've managed to get to Dingle or Bantry bay same day leaving Derg at 9:30am
 
Option A: (Lazy) Drive for 2 minutes to boat on Marina, 5 minutes to open up get the outboard started and warmed up, 10 minutes to end of 6knt limit - Turn Left for Cork Harbour turn right for Roches Point and the open sea.

Option B: (Smug) Walk for 10 minutes to boat on Marina with lifejacket in hand ( and boatkeys in pocket) - the rest the same as Option A

Option C: (Cheap) Drive 20 minutes to Dinghy, spend 10 minutes getting dinghy into water, spend 20 minutes rowing to boat on mooring and getting ready to leave mooring, now in the Middle of Cork Harbour and 4 (ish) miles to Roches Point!

All of these without the Family - for that add 1 hour at the begining to pack enough to mount an expedition to the North West Passage! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

J
 
HI

5 minute drive to the boat. 10 minutes to row out to the boat. 5 mins to start engine and check temps and pressures, 5 mins to single up and get ready to go. 5 mins to get out of the harbour. say about half an hour.

But of course we usually just go out for the tide. I'd hate to have to drive for hours as some seem to. But even then it's all part of the joy of boating, so keep smilin'

Cheers /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Drew
 
6 hrs door to door to Palma. Arrival day, can't be arsed to go out so laze about. Next day get up late with hangover, attempt to start engines around lunchtime but something will go wrong, call engineer who can't come until next day. So, probably get to sea out about 3 days after leaving house by which time, it's usually time to go home again
 
70 minute drive to the marina, 30 minutes to add fuel to tank (from cans, tightwad, see!) and do checks and then 30-35 mins to end of speed limit at mouth of the Hamble and ?go?
 
Best one ever was about 4 years ago when boat was at home

left work 1700
arrived boat 1710
changed suit into wet weather gear
locked out and cruised 100 nm
arrived in dark

2145-2200

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We stay in all year apart from 2 weeks at the start of the season for preventative maintenance, valet etc.

If leaving from home:
30 mins drive to the marina. 30 mins to get prepared. 15 mins sloooow run out the channel to warm the engines and away we go. So about 1 1/2 hrs max.

If overnighting:
0 mins to get to the marina, 30 mins to get boat prepared, 2 hours to get Mrs SV prepared, 15 mins sloooow run out the channel to warm the engines and away we go. So about 3 hours max /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
September - boat delivered. Spy parts requiring replacement.

October - new paypacket. Buy the required parts and remove old ones. Spy further bad parts underneath the originals. Bank balance zero.

November - New paypacket. Buy the other parts, remove the old ones and discover more bad parts lurking underneath. Bank balance zero.

December - Payday - fit the parts, discover how much needs doing for the BSS certificate, buy parts, modify the boat to comply and spend nights huddled around a 60w bulb as we cannot afford the central heating anymore. Bank balance zero.

January - Payday - New BSS certificate, further parts ordered / fitted. Trailer brakes / cables found to be congealed rust. Order and fit these. Electrickery cut off, so huddled around a tesco value tealight. Bank balance zero.

February. Payday - Insure boat and send off BW licence fee. Cooking tins of Netto beans on Netto value tealight. Find boating to be remarkably good for the waistline. Bank balance zero.

March. Payday - invoice for marina fees arrive. Bought anchor and ground tackle. Eating at parent's house. Bank account zero.

April 08. payday - Boat to make big splash on the 4th. Cannot afford the daily commute in a car big enough to tow the boat, therefore towing fees to pay and boat fuel tank to fill. Expect to have to fight the dog for the foodbowl (fighting an Irish Wolfhound for food is a daunting prospect). Projected bank balance zero.

May 08. Phonecall to Canvasman in Leeds for scruffy looking camper cover replacing. Projected bank balance into overdraught territory.

June - does anyone think I will actually be able to afford to start the engine for a minute or two?

As for the sea. yeah right, just 6 little numbers is all I need.
 
25 Minutes from home or 5 minutes from work. So all the jobs get done during the week. At the weekend it's just walk on, do the checks (sea cocks etc) stow away the food and off we go (about 20 mins). Coming back is easy. Tie up, switch off, close sea cocks, turn off gas and go home. Washing up and tidying done during the week.
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If overnighting:
0 mins to get to the marina, 30 mins to get boat prepared, 2 hours to get Mrs SV prepared, 15 mins sloooow run out the channel to warm the engines and away we go. So about 3 hours max

If Mrs SVII sees this you are in BIG trouble /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
25 min to the boat, then depending on length of trip, load the boat with food and drinks, eventually leave port and 8 NM to Terneuzen (about 1 hour respecting speed limit on the "sea canal"). Through the lock in Terneuzen and then another half hour on the plane to Breskens / Vlissingen ... finally we're at sea.
 
Four days so far and still not turned the sea cocks on. Mind I think the weathers making us a bit lithargical.

We have got to sea thou, aboard the Tor point ferry. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
10mins to boat park, launch dingy, row to mooring, climb on board, remove cover, fold and stow away, unlock cabin, carry out sea checks, start stb, start port, run at 1000rpm for a while, to get hot water, put kettle on for a brew, by this time built up a bit of a hunger, bacon wedge, sit at cockpit tables eating and drinking said refreshments, switch on radio listen to the light program, wash and wipe up and stow away,if sunny change attire to summer dress of shorts and shades and of course the obligatory tilley hat,

Decided by this time I had got up too early, so have a nap, hour or so later, let go mooring run 100metres to pontoon pick up patiently waiting Mrs one away,with more perishable stores,load said stores and stow away, decide it's too late to go anywhere stay tied to pontoon the rest of the day, boat watching the traffic going to and fro on Southampton water, do a little fishing, hoping to catch a fresh sea bass supper,well feed and watered turn in and worry about it tomorrow.
another day I could be from house to boat to Cowes in under 45 mins. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

boating is more of a culture than a hobby, you've only got one life so live it the way you want, not what the establishment want. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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