Is there anything I forgot ??

[Guest]

(Prompted by the Scuttlebutt brush with French Authorities !!)


So I have a folder prepared with :

a) General Data sheet on Superanne and Sunrider 25.
b) General Layout plan
c) Paravane use and design
d) Solent Tidal Streams per hour.
e) Channel Tidal Streams per hour
f) Instructions to use the Loo
g) Printed Chart packs covering from Chichester Bar to Cherbourg Entrance in 4 different scales - showing waypoints etc.
h) International Code Flag card and Phonetics / meanings
i) Solas V data sheets.
j) Life Saving Signals Sheet
k) Navtex data and instruction sheets

I shall have with me my SSR book.

I shall have with me my Insurance Certificate.

I shall have VHF licence posted inside cabin window.

I shall carry my RT Restricted Licence.

I shall TRY and maintain my Diary style bound Log book .... suitably embossed with Letraset Gold lettering ! (In pen of course - what else ?)

I shall TRY and plot on my charts to back up my Notebook chart system.

I shall TRY and remember that this is a serious business and that French Authorities are serious about us Yachties being safe and responsible people ...

Anything I forgotten ??? Is there room for anything else or time ??

????????

 

[powerskipper]

Gold brimmed hat and red nose /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[BlueSkyNick]

As I have also said on Scuttlebutt - Don't forget your Passports !!

 

[Guest]

Got a Cowboy hat ????

Proper job .... cost me a fortune in good 'ol Texas !!

Second thoughts - I think there are one or two on this rip that may make me regret that !!

 

[LeytonC]

What about the E111 form (think its that) the get-medical-help-in-euro-land thing, another just in case thing (i dont mean to be a doom munger <sp>)

 

[BlueChip]

shorts & sunglasses

 

[Twister_Ken]

Must remember to remember to try and remember where I put my left-over Cherbourg showers token, then remember to take it.

I think my memory glands are shrinking.

 

[Sans Bateau]

Dont forget you will have to ORDER your Euros from the bank, cos although even here in Chichester, where we are nearer to France than Birmingham, the banks only do Euro's to order!

 

[tome]

Why bother, you can get euros from the credit mayonnaise ATM?

 

[tome]

Bloody hell Nigel, are you going on to do a cicumnav?

 

[Guest]

Circum wot ?

How do you circumcise a whale ? Send down 4 skin-divers ....

OK - so I am a bit OTT .... but what the heck ... why not - give the frenchies something to laugh about ....

Someone said Euros .... good point !! Must extract from my local out here !! or maybe at airport ....

 

[Talbot]

Post office - no commission, and they will buy back any not used again with no commission.

 

[Sans Bateau]

But you still have to order them and why would you want to sell them back?

 

[Talbot]

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any not used

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[duncan]

don't think you will be allowed to go that far from the marina/yacht club tome - not without minders anyhow!

 

[graham]

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, and they will buy back any not used (euros)

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Put one or two aside for shower tokens then exchange the rest for beer or wine in Cherbourg.Saves all the hassle of changing them back into real money again /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[graham]

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f) Instructions to use the Loo

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For the benefit of non french speakers Ive had the instructions from the public bogs next to Cherbourg marina translated.

1"Lower trousers"

2"Reverse in "

3"firmly grip handles"

4"Take aim "

5"Fire"

6"Check nothing untoward in trousers.

Best to walk a bit further to the more civilised marina facilities. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[tome]

We've appointed a shore captain this time to keep an eye on self and IanGrant, plus the rest of the Emsworth Bad Boys. Provided he can keep them out of Le Skiff we should eat this year!

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

We should also appoint a 'too-drunk-to-walk-so-getting-a-piggy-back' captain as well.... that should solve your crew management problems Tom....

 

[Talbot]

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Put one or two aside for shower tokens

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Personally prefer to shower onboard, then you dont have to wade through 1/2" of crap on the floor while trying to keep feet clean and dry.