Med boaters - will you get to your boat this year?

Bouba said:
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It happens in that Bormes bay , an inversion.
Woke up once and it was a pea souper .Spent the night on the visitors Berth there .Waited , waited etc had to get back to Cannes for a flight .
Saw loadsa locals goi out on day boat etc ( zilch radar ) heard outboards on full chat stood on the sea wall peering into the gloom .
Got my Furuno manual out .A lunch we let slip , kids wearing life jackets etc even found an old brass fog horn .
Within 200 m of the land it was stark bollock blue sky med sun ☀️, with water skiers ( the OB noise )
The fog only effects that bay it’s surrounded by steep hills and warm air relatively to the sea drops down at night as it cools and condensers .

Live n learn .
Thats the only time since 2005 I have to use and been grateful for radar in the med ……all 200 m worth distance wise .

So when it came to moving to an Itama with zero radar arch …..so what ?
 
To those of you not here I wish my photos could convey how it feels to be here


the warmth, the smells, the ambiance, the sun on your face and the taste of the food in the restaurants…you should all come ???
 
Portofino said:
It happens in that Bormes bay , an inversion.
Woke up once and it was a pea souper .Spent the night on the visitors Berth there .Waited , waited etc had to get back to Cannes for a flight .
Saw loadsa locals goi out on day boat etc ( zilch radar ) heard outboards on full chat stood on the sea wall peering into the gloom .
Got my Furuno manual out .A lunch we let slip , kids wearing life jackets etc even found an old brass fog horn .
Within 200 m of the land it was stark bollock blue sky med sun ☀, with water skiers ( the OB noise )
The fog only effects that bay it’s surrounded by steep hills and warm air relatively to the sea drops down at night as it cools and condensers .

Live n learn .
Thats the only time since 2005 I have to use and been grateful for radar in the med ……all 200 m worth distance wise .

So when it came to moving to an Itama with zero radar arch …..so what ?
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In the north sea in my 6m dory/bathtub heading north from Thrumster harbour to Wick harbour racing the fog bank at 30knots, only 5 nautical miles distance and it caught me as I turned into Wick bay, I had been running parallel to the encroaching front and then managed to out distance it when running west away from it, got in to the harbour just as the fog enveloped the boat and my 3 passengers as I slowed off to the 3knts speed limit, it looked like a grey/white wall rolling over a flat calm sea and getting higher as it rolled up between the narrowing cliffs on the north and south heads of the bay.

It had been a beautiful sunny day and I was taking friends out for a picnic and swim in some of the caves to the south of Wick, some of them you can drive the boat right inside, others have a waterfall hiding the entrance but still the caves go in maybe 60 or 70 meters, and of course there is the island, Stack o' Brough*, that has a tunnel right through it that my little boats can easily navigate through, great dive site too :)

*On Navionics it's marked as a dive site "Scorries Island", Scorrie is the local name for a seagull
 
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Apart from a crowded Dept lounge at Stanstead Ryanair got us to Palma no problem .
Medics checking Covid jab proof in airport
Masks requested on public transport.
Mandrago busy.
Cala d Or choc a block weekdays empty on Sunday
A few big boats moving ,lots being spruced up .
Boats.com young ladies very busy.
Porto Petro a quiet refuge from the madding crowd as usual.
Weather now settled down.?
 
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The original question 103 pages ago - answer: not if the airlines have their say!! And we thought Covid was bad. Plane cancelled on return from Greece. 3 options - make your own way back, fly day before or fly day later. Opted for day before. Plane delayed got home at 3 am. Total shit show and the Summer is going to be hell especially if you have guests and changeovers. Brace brace.
 
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