Lads Day Out on the Solent - Ideas please

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Hi all, taking a few friends for a day out on the Solent early next month.

Leaving Mercury around 8am & want to have a fun day around the Solent & taking in some lunch at some stage...

I'd like any ideas or suggestions on what to do & where to go please.

Going to be in a Sports Cruiser......

Many Thanks....
 
Of course I have no experience whatsoever of this, so in true forum fashion, here are my considered suggestions.

Get totally bladdered before you start.

Take a couple of trolley loads of the nearest supermarket's cheapest offers on board with you.

Drive out of the marina striking as many boats as you can on the way & hurling abuse at all around you.

Proceed immediately to the nearest set of moorings or sheltered anchorage & see how quickly each person can race a figure 8 course thro the parked boats with extra points (worth a drink per point) for passing as close as possible to any occupied boats. The stereo needs to be at max volume during this exercise so that the abuse hurled at you does not spoilt your fun.

Once the whole place is up in arms & on the VHF about you, fly off to the next destination. This can be prolonged almost indefinitely if there is no pattern in your progress that will allow any authorities to guess where you will turn up next.

When bored with that, block ch16 with pop music, stupid jokes & swearwords as you head off to some quite waterside pub - preferably somewhere very posh & exclusive where you can go ashore to continue your noisy party.

Finally, head home in the dark at full speed without lights & see how much disturbance you can cause as you arrive back at your marina with any surviving crew.

Was that the sort of thing you had in mind? :D
 
Depends how laddish you want it to be :).

Blast down to Totland Bay, anchor up for breakfast. And beer. You can either juggle frying pans over a single burner stove, or go ashore to the cafe. Then, if the tide's on the ebb and there's a stiff S/SW breeze, head down to the Needles for half an hour or so of being flung about at speed - very blokey. Back to Yarmouth. Elevenses (beer). Either remain in Yarmouth for lunch - and beer - or head for Newtown (barbie on the beach on the W side of the entrance) or Cowes (for the Folly). Prandial and post prandial beers.

Then, if tides are right, head for Bembridge for afternoon tea (beer), pausing only to water ski in the ski zone to the east of Osbourne House.

Head over to Pompey for the evening, for some nightlife. And beer.

Head back to Hamble and clean up the boat whilst downing a couple of beers. Then head for the White Harte for a swift half before closing time, because you'll be feeling thirsty by then :D
 
Depends how laddish you want it to be .

Blast down to Totland Bay, anchor up for breakfast. And beer. You can either juggle frying pans over a single burner stove, or go ashore to the cafe. Then, if the tide's on the ebb and there's a stiff S/SW breeze, head down to the Needles for half an hour or so of being flung about at speed - very blokey. Back to Yarmouth. Elevenses (beer). Either remain in Yarmouth for lunch - and beer - or head for Newtown (barbie on the beach on the W side of the entrance) or Cowes (for the Folly). Prandial and post prandial beers.

Then, if tides are right, head for Bembridge for afternoon tea (beer), pausing only to water ski in the ski zone to the east of Osbourne House.

Head over to Pompey for the evening, for some nightlife. And beer.

Head back to Hamble and clean up the boat whilst downing a couple of beers. Then head for the White Harte for a swift half before closing time, because you'll be feeling thirsty by then
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James - I like your style but I'm awfie glad you're not my party planner. I think I'd need a bit of a kip factored in somewhere to have any chance of getting through to the evening.

Mind you, what was it some witty squaddie said about the nightlife in Basra: you can't get a decent drink and the locals take potshots at you. Just like Portsmouth. :D
 
benjenbav said:
James - I like your style but I'm awfie glad you're not my party planner. I think I'd need a bit of a kip factored in somewhere to have any chance of getting through to the evening.

Mind you, what was it some witty squaddie said about the nightlife in Basra: you can't get a decent drink and the locals take potshots at you. Just like Portsmouth. :D
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Do you think I'm trying to cram in too much? :) As a Saints supporter, I'd be happy to take out the trip to Pompey and - as you observe - night life in Portsmouth can be nasty, brutish and short......

:D
 
i) Meet at Mercury and load up with beer, munchies (pasties, pies, crisps etc)
2)Attach doughnut and select first mate to be towed at speed down the Hamble. (The locals love this, it's free entertainment, especially if he's waving a beer can at the same time)
3) Blast across to Cowes using any passing raggies as a slalom course
4) Select mate 2 for the doughnut ride up to the Folly for beer stop. Mate 2 will probably be sick in the Folly Launch but don't worry, they're used to it.
5) Long stop for beer, greasy food and singing
6) Select mate 3 for the doughnut ride to Cowes. (Ignore the red faced bloke in the rib with harbourmaster written on it, he's got no sense of humour.
7) Tie up at the RYC pontoon and have a pee stop. Sing a few songs to the chaps waving to you from the balcony.
8) Blast across to the Beaulieu river. If you have any mates left throw into the doughnut for the drag up to Bucklers Hard where you can tie up at the pontoon marked "no mooring". Don't worry, it's a spelling mistake.
9) Head for the Master Builders to top up with beer and another sing song. Take over the bbq for a good cook up.
10) Blast back to the Hamble where you can see how quickly you can get back to Mercury, probably nobody capable of hanging on to the doughnut by now so just tow it along behind.
11) Finish with a few more beers and get a lift back from those nice chaps in the car with flashing lights that may be there to meet you. If you're sneaky you might be able to get into the front seat and drive yourself but they do get a bit serious about that :D

Job done :p

PS, ignore any soppy suggestions for girly types about not drinking too much and eating sensibly ;)
 
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Hang on, we may have the wrong sort of lads.

Gentle cruise further up the Hamble above Bursledon Bridge to the rural bits. Anchor up in the shade, put a Rachmaninov piano piece in the player and enjoy a nice light salad lunch with a smoothie and some gentle conversation about relationships.

We are told to be inclusive these days:-)
 
Andrew_Fanner said:
Hang on, we may have the wrong sort of lads.

Gentle cruise further up the Hamble above Bursledon Bridge to the rural bits. Anchor up in the shade, put a Rachmaninov piano piece in the player and enjoy a nice light salad lunch with a smoothie and some gentle conversation about relationships.

We are told to be inclusive these days:-)
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:p

You'll be telling me next they'll be drinking bubbly rosé

This is a sports boat, not a punt:rolleyes:
 
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