KTL progress report

[Seven Spades]

Coastguard put out a 24 hour inshore waters strong wind warning Wed afternoon , 5-7 poss gale 8 for a while
That is not a long range forecast
Taking refuge in light of that seems sensible to me
Mind you I have little faith in some Met office " predictions" !!!!

That's interesting because XC weather has shown nothing over a F4 today and the BBC said 12-15knts hence my comment.

 

[dylanwinter]

shopping around for forecasts

I think that few of us are immune to the habit of shopping around for forecasts

if you do not like the look of one then see if you can find one that tells a different story

I often do it myself - the more I want to go out the more I look until I find one that offers the lightest and best spin on the weather

I can see no way around the problem

I am a coward - and am sure that we could have survived whatever the weather threw at us - the Centaur is a surprisingly tough and dry boat

however the army helicopter boys were doing ditching excercises this morning - they had chartered a large vessel with a lift up back for a rib and were practicing getting from a one man life raft into the rubber dinghy

they decided that it was too rough to practice out in the north sea so they practiced in the harbour instead while the expensively chartered vessel stayed stuck to the harbour wall

if anyone wants to suggest that I am a wuss and a lightweight for not pushing on then feel free

it bothers me not

D

 

[aquaplane]

Dead classy is Scarborough!

The model ship battle is in Peasholm park, top end of North Bay, almost a separate resort.

Dad always took us in the winter. We would sit and eat fish and chips on the marine drive then play chicken when the waves crashed millions of feet into the air.

If we were lucky we got a Knickerbocker glory from the harbour bar. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Loving the reports BTW.

 

[Tidewaiter2]

arrived too late for any local food - had a shower, a pint in the yacht club, then back to the boat for pitta bread, cheese, baked beans, tinned sausages

tomorrow night though we will dine out somewhere

http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/sailing-around-britain/scarborough/

So, wheres the Scarborough night nosh report then, pints in the YC don't really hit the Gourmet line on the Richter scale-though that breakfast looks like an East Coast version as good as the Ulster Fry we had in Donaghdee one wet morning in 2001

 

[Daydream believer]

A good sport at Scarborough is Seagull culling
I watched some tourists eating fish & chips on the paved area near the docks
The seagulls were making a total nuisance of themselves
A chap threw 3-4 chips 4 ft in front of him & about 6 gulls attacked them
he then repeated throwing 8 ft - same thing happened
He did this several times each time getting nearer the road & each time attracting more gulls
Finally as a car came along he chucked a handfull of chips infront of the car
The thwack as the car hit a gull could be heard for a long way
A big cheer went up - Tourist 1 gulls nill

 

[BrianH]

A good sport at Scarborough is Seagull culling

During my years there the fishermen of Whitby a few miles further north had a more elaborate method, no doubt long stamped out by the RSPB; I once watched it played out by the skipper of a coble sorting his catch in the harbour there.

Fishy bits of some form were tied to both ends of a line and thrown in the air. From the hoard of diving seagulls two would catch the separate bait, swallow it and, unable or unwilling to regurgitate their prize, would fly around in tethered circles until disappearing into the rooftops of the harbour houses. I never did know their fate but it provided much amusement to the local toilers of the sea.

 

[Biggles Wader]

During my years there the fishermen of Whitby a few miles further north had a more elaborate method, no doubt long stamped out by the RSPB; I once watched it played out by the skipper of a coble sorting his catch in the harbour there.

Fishy bits of some form were tied to both ends of a line and thrown in the air. From the hoard of diving seagulls two would catch the separate bait, swallow it and, unable or unwilling to regurgitate their prize, would fly around in tethered circles until disappearing into the rooftops of the harbour houses. I never did know their fate but it provided much amusement to the local toilers of the sea.

I wonder if they still do bear baiting and cock fighting there as well?
You need to go a tad up the coast to see a well hung monkey though

 

[Tidewaiter2]

During my years there the fishermen of Whitby a few miles further north had a more elaborate method, no doubt long stamped out by the RSPB; I once watched it played out by the skipper of a coble sorting his catch in the harbour there.

Fishy bits of some form were tied to both ends of a line and thrown in the air. From the hoard of diving seagulls two would catch the separate bait, swallow it and, unable or unwilling to regurgitate their prize, would fly around in tethered circles until disappearing into the rooftops of the harbour houses. I never did know their fate but it provided much amusement to the local toilers of the sea.

An old Andrew version, very non pc rspb, was to put some actelyene inside a lump of bread and throw it to the seagulls-then bet on how long before it went bang.

 

[prv]

An old Andrew version, very non pc rspb, was to put some actelyene inside a lump of bread and throw it to the seagulls-then bet on how long before it went bang.

There's clever - the Navy have gas-tight bread?

Presumably you're thinking of carbide, as used to run acetylene lamps. Drip water onto carbide and you get the gas given off to run the lamp.

I once sailed with a skipper who had spent his early childhood living on one of the last working Thames barges. Apparently this same trick was popular with the boys there - wrap a lump of carbide in old bacon rind or something, throw it up to the gulls, and try to get the gull to explode over your mate's barge

Pete

 

[Tidewaiter2]

There's clever - the Navy have gas-tight bread?

Presumably you're thinking of carbide, as used to run acetylene lamps. Drip water onto carbide and you get the gas given off to run the lamp.

I once sailed with a skipper who had spent his early childhood living on one of the last working Thames barges. Apparently this same trick was popular with the boys there - wrap a lump of carbide in old bacon rind or something, throw it up to the gulls, and try to get the gull to explode over your mate's barge

Pete

Dead Right, Pete, I was always hopeless at chemistry! That's wot I meant alright. No wonder I never got it to work, but some of the bread I have eaten could well have been gastight, so @£$%& hard

 

[Daydream believer]

I hope Dylan does mind his thread ending up with discussions on best ways to blow up seagulls
But every bit as informative

Get it on video Dylan - a film of a seagull exploding with feathers, blood & guts flying everywhere would go viral I am sure
Especially if it has the dawn breaking in the background

 

[DJE]

I hope Dylan does mind his thread ending up with discussions on best ways to blow up seagulls
But every bit as informative

Anybody know a good way of blowing up wedding photographers?

 

[alahol2]

We all know Dylan hates seagulls but I think some have got the wrong end of the stick. Could be an amazing video though.

 

[Daydream believer]

Much better fun than a 12 bore!!!! & far better subject for youtube

 

[Gordonmc]

Dead Right, Pete, I was always hopeless at chemistry! That's wot I meant alright. No wonder I never got it to work, but some of the bread I have eaten could well have been gastight, so @£$%& hard

The way I heard it was to wrap an alka-seltzer in the bread.
The flying rats can neither fart nor burp.

 

[jac]

The way I heard it was to wrap an alka-seltzer in the bread.
The flying rats can neither fart nor burp.

That would take ages though wouldn't it and would probably be far less impressive.

 

[Kintail]

Never mind the seagulls, what about the oil in the bilges? No update on the blog, anyone hear anything?

 

[JumbleDuck]

Anybody know a good way of blowing up wedding photographers?

You don't need to. They blow up themselves.

 

[Daydream believer]

Never mind the seagulls, what about the oil in the bilges? No update on the blog, anyone hear anything?

Nothing heard!!!
Better get the coastguard to check out Scarborough harbour
get a plane up to check for oil slicks
Lousy job -but anyone nearby offer to check the chippies, pubs & fleshspots?

 

[dylanwinter]

left at 11.00 after topping up gear box oil

did n ot lose much at all - but looked a lot

seems fine

v rough - 2m waves - some bigger remaining from previous nights storn

one reef in main, full genoa

symphony of grey

one long fetch north

by dark a scrap of genoa and deep reefed main

sturgeron consumed

long night

grey morning

logging lobster pots at 45 m

14 miles from the Farnes - four knots against the tide - Centaur yomping along nicely

aiming for 3 am arrival in anstruther

D


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