Moving from Brighton to the Med - we're off!

[STEVEDUNSTABLE]

The 37kts was not WOT john. It's just what we were cruising at . There was a slight swell and the thing would have been flying off the wave tops at a higher speed, and I was struggling to hold the camera as it was!

HI JFM if you were both cruising at 37knts, i just HAVE to ask, what does MATCH top out at ???..... and whats more interesting, the ride or the fuel gauges in freefall??..

 

[Richard Shead]

Steady on we are now starting to get into stabiliser territory...

 

[John100156]

The 37kts was not WOT john. It's just what we were cruising at . There was a slight swell and the thing would have been flying off the wave tops at a higher speed, and I was struggling to hold the camera as it was!

What a cracking boat JFM so what does she top out out?

 

[jfm]

A few more pics that you guys might be interested in...

Match approaching Antibes, having just left shipyard, and rendevouzing with vega. Vega is exiting the port having been parked on Match's berth for a few days (scuse Match's decks; the day after this photo they were made straw brown again)

Vega

Exiting a borrowed berth in Antibes where I had jumped aboard Vega. That princess 57 is the biz - it has Seakeeper Gyro

Match back in her home berth

Passing Portofino of this parish, tied up at antibes fuel dock. (For anyone interested, the big Bennetti behind is Wild Thyme, then moving rightwards in the pic is Caroline Sea, then the smaller one is the late Alfred Heineken's Something Cool (great name for the boat of a guy who owned a lager brand)

Passing N of Lerins islands, near Cannes

Heading west towards the beautiful Esterel mountains. Theoule is fine on the port bow

Fairway of La Rague marina

Reversing into new berth for first time; EME there to greet us

Vega in her new sunny home

It's been a fab thread Jimmy. Informative and written from personal pov of an owner taking a big step. Hope it has inspired people to get down to the sun and 28degree seas Post some pics of Vega cruises asap

 

[rafiki_]

Excellent pics again JFM. It is difficult to get a feel of the size of some of these craft. Vega looks tiny compared to the majority. However, I guess it is quite good fun for you larger boaters to have a razz on something smaller now and again?

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Heading west towards the beautiful Esterel mountains. Theoule is fine on the port bow

Last time I saw that particular view, it looked like this

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[jfm]

Excellent pics again JFM. It is difficult to get a feel of the size of some of these craft. Vega looks tiny compared to the majority. However, I guess it is quite good fun for you larger boaters to have a razz on something smaller now and again?

[maybe delete repeated pics from your post; slows down mobile users]
The razz on Vega was huge fun. Much faster and more nimble, and throttle responsive, than a large ploddy flybridge boat. Vega has big engines: the D6 350s

Vega only looks small on that quay becuase it is a quay full of 23-25m boats. That whole quay is nealry all 23x6 berths plus my nifty extra-wide berth.

Incidentally, and apropos nothing really, if you look again at Jimmy's pic, below, you'll see that hull 1 aquastar 80 that was pictured on this forum here and here a while back, being launched in Guernsey. It is the blue hulled one called Trafalgar; the one on A'star's website. Also the boat on the quay at the far right, with the beige sort of dome bimini, is Norman Wisdom's beautiful Conquest

 

[rafiki_]

[maybe delete repeated pics from your post; slows down mobile users]

The razz on Vega was huge fun. Much faster and more nimble, and throttle responsive, than a large ploddy flybridge boat. Vega has big engines: the D6 350s

Will do. Sometimes laziness takes over when posting here. Sorry.

 

[MapisM]

the smaller one is the late Alfred Heineken's Something Cool (great name for the boat of a guy who owned a larger brand)

And great tastes too, judging by the pic.
Some old school Dutch steel stuff, I suppose?

 

[jfm]

And great tastes too, judging by the pic.
Some old school Dutch steel stuff, I suppose?

Nice machine and well kept. Asking €950k last time I saw but needs full inside refit http://www.superyachttimes.com/editorial/21/article/id/2232

 

[Pinnacle]

Great stuff jtb!

Vega looks very happy in her new home. I do hope you and H enjoy your time on her this summer. [Envy smiley!]

 

[DTIM]

Great result to an interesting thread Jimmy and great video and photos JFM. Of course we had similar weather in the UK last week, however they are forecasting snow now!! I think your boats are in the right place

 

[BartW]

congratulations Jimmy, well done !

just one question;
how do you cope with the boating bug when you're back at home, knowing your toy is there in that wonderfull area ?
Is it easy to get back at work, and not counting the day's until the next trip to the boat ?

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

just one question;
how do you cope with the boating bug when you're back at home, knowing your toy is there in that wonderfull area ?
Is it easy to get back at work, and not counting the day's until the next trip to the boat ?

The answer is that you never cope. You just have to get used to the fact that you will do less boating than when the boat was in the UK but the compensation is that the boating you do manage to do will be better

 

[BartW]

(scuse Match's decks; the day after this photo they were made straw brown again)

hi there,
is the teac really that grey after one winter ? or is the picture collour misleading ?
can you get it straw brown with the two part teac cleaner, and a soft brush,
or do you need some real hard brushing or soft sanding ?

I do have a soft spot on that straw brown teac,
and would like to keep mine brown as long as possible after the recaulking and sanding

 

[BartW]

The answer is that you never cope. You just have to get used to the fact that you will do less boating than when the boat was in the UK but the compensation is that the boating you do manage to do will be better

Mike, my question had another meaning,
I'm happy with the amount of time I spend on the boat,
(although I'm still very exited each time when I can go there)
but I truggle to concentrate on my work here

 

[mjf]

but the compensation is that the boating you do manage to do will be better


Oh thank goodness for that as i thought following the wonderful UK airport experience and longer than needed check-in palava , in flight 'entertainment' and finally getting to your destination several hours later it would be a bummer if the boating was cr***p only to find you have to pack up and leave and repeat the whole thing backwards.........Can't wait to join you

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

congratulations Jimmy, well done !

just one question;
how do you cope with the boating bug when you're back at home, knowing your toy is there in that wonderfull area ?
Is it easy to get back at work, and not counting the day's until the next trip to the boat ?

Hi Bart

Tbh I haven't really had the opportunity yet to experience this, the boat only arrived on 26 March, and since then I've spent more time in France than I have here in the UK, and I'm off down there again on Friday.

I had been considering getting a rib to keep here just for day boating, but my latest thinking is just to wait and see if I really miss it that much; if I do, then I'll go out and get something then.

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

I really haven't a clue what's going on. It also seems that the same alarm is triggered when the shower sump doesn't empty, but again, I haven't been able to figure this out. (As crazy4557 says above, this is the disadvantage of not being local to the boat - if it was here, I'd just go there now and stay there until I'd got it sorted. I hate leaving the boat with unresolved defects).

Just for completeness, an update on this odd problem. This turned out to be a bad neg connection; it seems that the shower sump, the cockpit fridge and the bilge pump alarms have their negs commoned at a busbar; although these three connectors were crimped together ok, they'd come away from the busbar, and it looks like that was the cause of the false bilge pump alarms.

Either way, this got solved with a bit of guidance from the talented Mr Mackenzie at Fairline Southampton, and a good amount of digging around by me with a voltmeter and a screwdriver. Yee har.

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Oh thank goodness for that as i thought following the wonderful UK airport experience and longer than needed check-in palava , in flight 'entertainment' and finally getting to your destination several hours later it would be a bummer if the boating was cr***p only to find you have to pack up and leave and repeat the whole thing backwards.........Can't wait to join you

Being serious, the whole Med boating thing only works for me if the getting there is as painless as possible. That means scheduled airlines for punctuality, valet parking at the airport (only a few quid more than the long term), pre allocated seats or priority boarding, biz lounge and prebooked taxi at the other end. It really is finely balanced for me. If the flight is delayed or I'm squashed into a middle seat between 2 bawling kids, I really do ask myself whether I need all this