I'm not sure it would have been possible without you guys

D3B

D3B

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I\'m not sure it would have been possible without you guys

I will post this on MOBO too..

I have been trying to go to sleep...
all I can think about is the support i have received from you guys after my adventure. and I cannot come down from the high......
I sat out in Neuiwpoort waiting for the wind to abate....and it didnt...and as i have done many times when i was at Lowestoft decided to poke my nose out and try it....
I had forecasts coming out of me ears...i include those that indicate wave height...and some were not being kind....
on leaving the entrance I managed to get to my comfortable speed of 20 kts with a sea that was not comfortable. but with no slamming i kept going...20 miles off....the sea started to go flat.....there must have been a good shower to fill those holes....and it stayed flat ALL the way across......i was a little concerned at the fog to my south but i seemed to be beating it....
my plan, as you know was to cross using slack water as much as possible.....
It worked....FLAT seas for most of the journey home.

top that with getting to Harwich....deciding that i would have a beer to celebrate.....many of you know my opinion on drinking at sea.......as i was getting the beer my mobile rang.....CliveG asking my whereabouts......now i have someone who will collect my lines at Ipswich...

in fact the phone didnt stop ringing....Mr FC, Andy ( a Chelsea buddy) a friend at home who I had given my plans to....


I am so high on having done all of this single handed....i should be speachless....look out anyone that meets me in the next few weeks....i WILL BORE you....

I just wish i hadnt screwed up with that filler cap


and a MEGA MEGA thanks to all that sent constructive messages...you know who you are.....without you i would have got the train home and left Still Dunno where she was....and that brings me to think of my good friend Northshore without whom I might have given up boating...(god rest his soul)....I KNOW he would have been proud of what I have achieved...

a MASSIVE thanks to ALL....well there might be one...
cant be bovvered...... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif


I took some pics on the way back....to follow.....
 
Re: I\'m not sure it would have been possible without you guys

Doug, you're back and safe, that''s what counts
Stuff the filler cap cockup, it may be a surprise to some but I've cocked up like that myself in the past, oh alright, maybe it isn't such a surprise /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
As it turned out it was not the weather for a mobo to make the return trip anyway, so maybe someone jumped in to make sure you didn't go for it. Must admit we were more than a little concerned when I picked up your mayday when it was relayed. We were being hit by a F5 gusting to F7 and it wasn't exactly planing weather, so maybe himself jumped in and said this isn't a good day for you to go. Who knows.
Glad to see you back here and maybe in time someone will take that armchair commodore out and show him what the sea looks like, but I doubt it
Hope this reply isn't just a load of waffle, been on the phone since early yesterday working on the Bren' situation so I'm a little knackered now /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
Re: I\'m not sure it would have been possible without you guys

Well done Doug, J.B was a tip below when we got back so rough Mel didn't even sleep /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif.
he reckoned the trip home was worth it just for a ride on "Still Dunno" (strange chap]
were back this arvo with the grand kids Stone Pt a strong possibility
 
Re: I\'m not sure it would have been possible without you guys

Well done mate! fancy a sail this weekend? Will be in Ipswich Sat morning,

Pete /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Re: I\'m not sure it would have been possible without you guys

Home at last .. Home is the sailor home from the sea .. etc .. etc .. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Re: I\'m not sure it would have been possible without you guys

Well done Dougie. I was out today and it certainly looked more like better Mobo weather than Monday/Tuesday.
Glad you got back safe.
 
Re: I\'m not sure it would have been possible without you guys

Well done mate, takes bigggggg love spuds to put out alone after your scare earlier in the week.

I bet your hearing was straining and your heart skipping beats at every squeak, rattle and knock.

Slayed the dragon and the worlds your oyster now no excuses

/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
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