Greenheart
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Must be almost in the shadow of the Shard.
Its a unique time to go down through London on the Thames...
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The beauty of going small is being able to get unusual points of view. Its a frame from a video. I had a Gopro 9 in a navisafe mount on the bow of the SIB capturing the whole trip in 5K. I'll stick a link on when I put all 6 hours of it on youtube. Just need to colour grade and cut out all our inane chatter from the audio first. I'll put markers to different locations to skip to as I doubt anyone will want to watch the whole thing unless on serious medication.
Zing
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Sexuality too, not just beauty. Let‘s celebrate that and ignore the PC, sanctimonious prudes who just want to make us miserable and ethically tortured and as guilt ridden as they are.
oldgit
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Not when you are in the autumn of your life its not .
It might help a little if I point out on most of my trips though the centre of "The Smoke" that my " crew" frequently consists of a wife, daughter and a grandaughter.
All of which I rule with rod of Iron.
During that rather dull bit of the river between Teddington and the Houses of Parliament , the only break in the monotony, apart from being shouted at rowers, is for my good lady of nearly 50 years and I to try and spot anybody jogging on the riverbank of any gender , without a pony tail !
Raybans are optional.
Getting back to boating, on our trips round from the Medway to Gods Own River, the bit from the Barrier to Chelsea is frequently the worst part of the journey.
We even sometimes have to lay down the 50" widescreen on the floor to prevent damage and have to drain the wine glasses to prevent spillage.
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Stemar
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You do know that you're not supposed to fill them up again immediately, don't you?
Adios
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How else is he going to drain the bottle to prevent spillage?
penfold
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Should put the wine in those giant sippy cups that the joggers use, no spills then.
Adios
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Don't put those joggers in our filthy perverted minds again! Verboten under the new regimeShould put the wine in those giant sippy cups that the joggers use, no spills then.
oldgit
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Personally find that a straw straight into the bottle solves most problems.
Greenheart
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Is that some disgusting euphemism? ?
RupertW
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It’s a lovely trip we do often by fast ferry as it’s the easiest way into town from home at Greenwich. The lack of other boats has been very noticeable but we are now seeing far more sailing dinghies and rowing boats out which is great. Plus a few fast ribs churning up the water.
Greenheart
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How do sailing dinghies deal with those standing waves? Purely by avoiding the times of tide when they occur?
I used to see National 12s and similar little boats sailing from Putney in the 'nineties. It always looked interesting but I didn't envy them the fight against the current or potentially taking a dip...although I heard lately it's among the cleanest of the rivers that flow through capital cities, globally.
I used to see National 12s and similar little boats sailing from Putney in the 'nineties. It always looked interesting but I didn't envy them the fight against the current or potentially taking a dip...although I heard lately it's among the cleanest of the rivers that flow through capital cities, globally.
RupertW
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You learn - I had a dinghy when I was about 13 and the second or third time out on it I hit standing waves between Barnes Bridge and Chiswick and the dinghy basically pitchpoled very slowly (no buoyancy bag in the front where there should have been one) leaving us with a capsized dinghy and the oars, rudder and centreboard floating away down the Thames. After that we got good at getting our weight aft and having proper bow bouyancy when heading into them.