MoodySabre
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20m! Ain't got one that long. Shall scoot to cheap rope shop beforehand.
Lonely Planet: Ostend
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eastcoastbernie
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I bought some more rope specially. Alladdins Cave doing deals at the mo if you buy it as a 50m or 100 m length. Since I needed new mooring lines anyhow I bought 50m. Will slice of a couple of 12 and a halfs for mooring and keep 25 m in one piece for Ostend unless anyone tells me different.
Phoenix of Hamble
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Sounds sensible to me.... having a long line on board is no bad thing anyway for those unexpected moments!
sailorman
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Get 30 Mts /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
CPD
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Happy birthday Bernie. Does your diesel policy mean I have to leave my Brut and old spice behind ???
Phoenix of Hamble
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I'm led to believe that Brut can used as a cold start assistance fuel.....
CPD
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And Old Spice is good for cleaning the heads. xcweather is now showing happy NE'lies Thurs pm / Friday am /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
FullCircle
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<<<Get 30 Mts >>>
I am not shortening my lines just for Oostende. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
With new lazyjacks, I am now well over 1km of rope onboard.
I am not shortening my lines just for Oostende. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
With new lazyjacks, I am now well over 1km of rope onboard.
Phoenix of Hamble
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That'll be handy.... if there isn't a stern buoy free, you can use West Hinder..... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Marmalade
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Forgive what will seem an obvious question to many...
When using the buoy to keep off the wall do you need to get a line through the ring on the buoy as you pass it? How is this done?
How do you get ashore (presumably over the bow) Is it better to come in stern to?
Haven't executed this particular manouevre before so hope it's OK to pick the collective brains
Simon
When using the buoy to keep off the wall do you need to get a line through the ring on the buoy as you pass it? How is this done?
How do you get ashore (presumably over the bow) Is it better to come in stern to?
Haven't executed this particular manouevre before so hope it's OK to pick the collective brains
Simon
Koeketiene
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When using the buoy to keep off the wall do you need to get a line through the ring on the buoy as you pass it?
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Yes
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How is this done?
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When with crew - one holds buoy in place using a boat hook - other slips line through the eye.
In view of single/short-handed sailing I've gotten me this ( http://www.compass24.com/watersports/abnetshop.pl?ARTNR=117510 ).
Tried it 3 weeks ago - works a charm.
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How do you get ashore (presumably over the bow) Is it better to come in stern to?
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Bow to - use anchor as step.
Stern to is possible too - if you don't mind the world and his wife looking down straight into your cockpit.
When using the buoy to keep off the wall do you need to get a line through the ring on the buoy as you pass it?
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Yes
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How is this done?
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When with crew - one holds buoy in place using a boat hook - other slips line through the eye.
In view of single/short-handed sailing I've gotten me this ( http://www.compass24.com/watersports/abnetshop.pl?ARTNR=117510 ).
Tried it 3 weeks ago - works a charm.
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How do you get ashore (presumably over the bow) Is it better to come in stern to?
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Bow to - use anchor as step.
Stern to is possible too - if you don't mind the world and his wife looking down straight into your cockpit.
Phoenix of Hamble
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Yes... come alongside the buoy and pass a line through it... (they have a ring on top of around 3" diameter), and then motor gently into the pontoon, either bow or stern too as required...
The buoys are a good long way from the pontoon (60'?), so its a lot easier than it sounds.....
My technique when going bows too was to put the bouy alongside just behind the bow, reach down and feed a line through (the buoys are conical and the eye on top is a good 18" to 2' above the waterline), take the slack out of the line and then use this (under the control of a crew member) to control progress in.... the line below the buoys are weighted, so they fall straight down and therefore no fouling risk....
This year, I intend to try stern in, so I'll follow the process in reverse, and hope that my steerage remains good enough! and that a gap exists, and i've not got to force my way in, otherwise it'll be bows too!
i'd never done it before when I first visted Oostende 3 years ago, and found it really quite easy.... (thats guaranteed a complete mess of its this year then /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif)
The buoys are a good long way from the pontoon (60'?), so its a lot easier than it sounds.....
My technique when going bows too was to put the bouy alongside just behind the bow, reach down and feed a line through (the buoys are conical and the eye on top is a good 18" to 2' above the waterline), take the slack out of the line and then use this (under the control of a crew member) to control progress in.... the line below the buoys are weighted, so they fall straight down and therefore no fouling risk....
This year, I intend to try stern in, so I'll follow the process in reverse, and hope that my steerage remains good enough! and that a gap exists, and i've not got to force my way in, otherwise it'll be bows too!
i'd never done it before when I first visted Oostende 3 years ago, and found it really quite easy.... (thats guaranteed a complete mess of its this year then /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif)
Sixpence
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thats guaranteed a complete mess of its this year then
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Total certainty with me aboard /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
thats guaranteed a complete mess of its this year then
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Total certainty with me aboard /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Jomo
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Top notch update, thanks very much.
I look forward to providing good entertainment for the Oostende voor anker crowds near enough to watch my mooring techniques!
Re red diesel - I haven't refueled since top up at wintering, bar a couple of litres from reserve jerrycan, so no receipts. I presume if its in my fuel tank & I leave my reserve can behind that'll be ok.
I look forward to providing good entertainment for the Oostende voor anker crowds near enough to watch my mooring techniques!
Re red diesel - I haven't refueled since top up at wintering, bar a couple of litres from reserve jerrycan, so no receipts. I presume if its in my fuel tank & I leave my reserve can behind that'll be ok.
eastcoastbernie
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I'm in the same boat - pardon the pun - I haven't refueled since winter top up either.
I was planning to get fuel in cans so I had a receipt. So I guess it's get fuel before leaving, top up somewhere in the N. Sea. Take a view on what to do about anything left in the cans. If the forum forecasters are correct, we'll be motoring there anyhow so I'll use up most of my tank just getting there, meaning I'll need to take about 15 litres in reserve cans for the trip home.
If they charge me duty on 15 litres, then so be it. If they march me off to the cashpoint to pay a huge fine, that's another matter. But would they really due that? 15 litres of red diesel would hardly make me an arch criminal would it?
I was planning to get fuel in cans so I had a receipt. So I guess it's get fuel before leaving, top up somewhere in the N. Sea. Take a view on what to do about anything left in the cans. If the forum forecasters are correct, we'll be motoring there anyhow so I'll use up most of my tank just getting there, meaning I'll need to take about 15 litres in reserve cans for the trip home.
If they charge me duty on 15 litres, then so be it. If they march me off to the cashpoint to pay a huge fine, that's another matter. But would they really due that? 15 litres of red diesel would hardly make me an arch criminal would it?
Stork_III
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I took white diesel in my cans last year to Holland, red in tank. Customs seems to accept it when we were boarded in Flushing.
Jomo
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Not a bad plan! I think I'll do that
eastcoastbernie
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A cunning plan Pete. Might be the best option.
Koeketiene
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Cunning, very cunning... with one 'fatal' flaw.
UK white diesel £1.25 - BE white diesel €1.40
€1.40 = £1.12
So, why would you want to take expensive UK white diesel in cans to somewhere where white diesel is cheaper? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
UK white diesel £1.25 - BE white diesel €1.40
€1.40 = £1.12
So, why would you want to take expensive UK white diesel in cans to somewhere where white diesel is cheaper? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Jomo
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Local knowledge is a wonderful thing /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Another change in plan then! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Another change in plan then! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif