Redshank Evo26
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The latest from Redshank. You might want to turn your sound down, sorry!
Motoring out of the Teign estuary.
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rbcoomer
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I was expecting a twist there - i.e. as you rounded the bend, a 6' wall of foaming sea over the bar! Have been there, turned around and gone home again... :encouragement:
Rigger Mortice
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May I suggest that you concentrate on the edited highlights?
xyachtdave
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Well that film certainly does what it said on the tin!
Not sure it'll go viral though......
Not sure it'll go viral though......
Redshank Evo26
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That was the edited highlights! lmao
Rigger Mortice
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Perhaps you need to work on the storyline then. Maybe a tack or two, perhaps somebody could go below and make a cuppa, an MoB, somebody could drop a winch handle overboard followed by some jolly quips from the skipper .......anything!
dylanwinter
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I think
I think the films have a touch of the zen to them
I think that they make the Halcyon films look way too frenetic
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Perhaps you need to work on the storyline then. Maybe a tack or two, perhaps somebody could go below and make a cuppa, an MoB, somebody could drop a winch handle overboard followed by some jolly quips from the skipper .......anything!
I think the films have a touch of the zen to them
I think that they make the Halcyon films look way too frenetic
D
rbcoomer
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Perhaps you need to work on the storyline then. Maybe a tack or two, perhaps somebody could go below and make a cuppa, an MoB, somebody could drop a winch handle overboard followed by some jolly quips from the skipper .......anything!
Take II in an Easterly F5 would up the stakes a bit... Moves away a bit from the essence of tranquillity that the o/p was aiming to capture I think though!
chrishelen
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That's 4 mins of my life I'll never get back
Rigger Mortice
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I've done worse on an entrance to Teignmouth. I got the tides wrong once and tried to make an entrance against a very strong ebbing spring tide. For two hours we had the engine running flat out but getting us nowhere. We just sat there stemming the tide. Putting the sails up made no difference; what little wind there was vanished in the lee of the headland.
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clyst
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I'm sorry I don't get where the entertainment is ?. Even the crew ,or was it the helm ,was that bored she was on her phone . sorry ,just saying .
LadyInBed
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Happy memory lane for me.
I learnt to sail a dingy at Shaldon in the 60's
I learnt to sail a dingy at Shaldon in the 60's
Mudisox
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Maybe as a new comer to the forum we should encourage him, or at least give constructive comments. Mine is - try to make it a little more interesting, Teignmouth is not on most folks places to go before they die, mind you they are leaving.
Rigger Mortice
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We quite like the place. !t's true that Teignmouth isn't the prettiest of places but it has a certain something. Shaldon is nice. Overall it's much better than Torquay which is the worst destination on the planet; it's best avoided until you have died.
Redshank Evo26
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Perhaps you need to work on the storyline then. Maybe a tack or two, perhaps somebody could go below and make a cuppa, an MoB, somebody could drop a winch handle overboard followed by some jolly quips from the skipper .......anything!
Be careful what you wish for!! I have at least 10 minutes of trying to get the foresail to stay in the badly worn foil while being hoisted, all whilst tryinmg to stay in a half decent possition for the race start. We ended up starting the race while still struggling with it. I can see a lot of sailing being done with the No2 this year, as its finally on!
Re other comments, I must admit my thinking was that a nice quiet potter was rather pleasant viewing on a wet Sunday afternoon. Also showing a port that many will not visit, partly due to its reputation from the old pilot books. Yes the tide runs fast, yes its nasty in an Easterly with wind against tide, but it is also quite nice, quiet and a little different, with commercial docks, beach and town all close together. If you do come, bring your dinghy, the visitors pontoon is not attached to the shore and there isn't a water taxi service.
Rigger Mortice
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I agree.
The other tip I was given by a local is to always, whatever you think the tide might be doing, always go onto the pontoons heading upstream (I.e. With your stern facing the mouth of the river). Because of eddies when the tide is on the flood it's always worked for us.
longjohnsilver
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Good advice, ebb is always much stronger than the flood.
I rather like Teignmouth, some excellent pubs just a few yards away from the pontoons, and on a sunny evening the sun sets right down the river, quite spectacular. But yes, you do need a dinghy to get ashore, but it's not a problem, maybe 30 yards to the beach.
Redshank Evo26
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Always try to get on the shore side of the pontoon, even if it means rafting up as the fetch down the river, in a westerly, can kick up a nasty chop, which will be slapping against the hull all night if you are the river side.
If Shaldon bridge starts to "sing" the wind is at least 30 knots, at least, as far as my mast head anemometer says anyway. If the bridge "sings" when we are preparing to go out racing my crew now know to put the kettle on, we aint going anywhere!
Redshank Evo26
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If anyone happens to be i Teignmouth on a Wednesday evening, look out for a boat with a Round The Island race sticker on the bow, and sail number on the Stearn quarter of the hull (not dodgers), Give us a wave!
