I only went and did it!

[Wunja]

I went out single handed for the first time today.

Leaving the marina had no problems (apart from the police launch that decided to park across the marina entrance so van Plod could get ashore via a step ladder!)

Getting the sails up, tacking and gybing were fine with the help of Kurt the Tiller Pilot.

Getting back into the marina box wasn't as tidy as I had hoped, but the technique seems to work OK, and should be better with more practice.

This means I can sneak off to the boat after work and play! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[CPD]

Fab news Vince. Next stop ........... ?

 

[alan17]

Well done!

Closer to perfection will come.

 

[Athene V30]

Great news /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Getting back into the marina box wasn't as tidy as I had hoped, but the technique seems to work OK, and should be better with more practice.

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Don't think I fancy singlehanded into a box.

Just under 3 years to go and counting!!!!!!!

 

[D3B]

So the next single handed venture will be....across here?

 

[Slow_boat]

It'll take a bit more than 3 hours!

 

[D3B]

I did it yesterday in 5 /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Slow_boat]

It took me 6 1/2 hours to get from Shotley to my mooring up the Crouch yesterday. That was a record run with a spring tide helping!

 

[Sixpence]

Doing better than me then /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Auto helm goes by the name Louise /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Sailing to the pirate weekend ?

 

[Wunja]

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Sailing to the pirate weekend ?

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I want Joe to come and that would mean taking him out of school for 3 days /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[nathanlee]

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I went out single handed for the first time today.

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Now, that is a dangerous game to start playing! You'll end up conjuring some crazy idea sooner or later /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Wunja]

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You'll end up conjuring some crazy idea sooner or later /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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The crazy idea is already in hand... This is one of the (many) steps to fruition - Roll on 2012!

 

[AliM]

Vince,

When we had a few months in Denmark, Vela Rose was in a box mooring and Gordon used to take her out singlehanded in the evenings - he reckoned that the box mooring made it a lot easier than an alongside or pontoon berth.

He rigged heavy lines from the posts to the pontoon, either side of the box and a line on sliding rings on those lines across the box. He'd get the bows between the posts, shut off the engine and stroll forward to pick up the middle of the sliding line, which he looped over the bow roller. Then he was more or less fixed into the box, and could get the stern lines onto the posts at leisure. If there was a strong side wind, then the sliding line stopped the bows being blown off onto the neighbours. To get out, he used to pull her back by hand to sort out the stern lines, then unclip the bow, before reversing the rest of the way out of the box.

Have fun