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Merlyn

Merlyn

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Did a big write up on sea trials last week c/w snaps and eventually lost it all when kicked out for umpteenth time :mad:.

Same story with even bigger write up on collection+sea trial yesterday :mad: so reduced to this one-liner to make sure I get something out at least :(

Picked up the new boat, Fairline SportFury, from Cobb's Quay on Tuesday and brought it to it's new home at Hamble Point Marina.

http://s818.photobucket.com/albums/...portFury/?action=view&current=26012010003.flv
 
Hi

Glad you made it OK.

Now I know why you were filling up on Tuesday, I was chatting to you from the S28 in front of you whilst waiting for my boat lift at CQ.
 
Seahope said:
Congratulations on your new boat. As I will probably be doing a similar trip relatively soon, how long did it take you?
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Thanks for the congrats. I was taking it quite easy cruising at 16-18 knts with newly rebuilt engines so it took 2 1/2 hours in total.
 
Seahope said:
Congratulations on your new boat. As I will probably be doing a similar trip relatively soon, how long did it take you?
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Thanks. I usually try to remember to copy the text before changing screens but don't always succeed :(. The second one Firefox crashed while trying to upload the video so I lost what had been copied. Your right though, I'll use Word from now on.
 
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Merlyn said:
Thanks for the congrats. I was taking it quite easy cruising at 16-18 knts with newly rebuilt engines so it took 2 1/2 hours in total.
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Well done and all the best with the new boat Merlyn.........

With the cooler temps in Britain at the moment, that 2 1/2 hour run into the chop, would have created a fairly low wind chill factor on the skippers head, with no roof on................:eek:;)

You boys are pretty hardy on your side of the equator.....:)
 
AndieMac said:
Well done and all the best with the new boat Merlyn.........

With the cooler temps in Britain at the moment, that 2 1/2 hour run into the chop, would have created a fairly low wind chill factor on the skippers head, with no roof on................:eek:;)

You boys are pretty hardy on your side of the equator.....:)
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Had my woolly hat on :). Previous week I drove down from Surrey, and VP drove down from "Uup North", through the snow for the sea trial, although it was only raining in poole.
 
Nav instruments

Congratulations on your purchase.
I was slightly bemused looking at your video. The conditions were clearly a little lively!
I noted that the compass cover appeared to be in place? Also, it didn't look as though the plotter was switched on. Hopefully, depth sounder was on?!!
I know from Poole to Hamble is hardly a marathon journey but it is still good practise to have the where with all of nav' gear switched on and even basically set up for the journey.
If you took the inside route to Hurst Point those little "sticky uppy" things on your right as you hang a left into the Solent are actually a bit nobbly and not very far down!!
 
miket said:
Congratulations on your purchase.
I was slightly bemused looking at your video. The conditions were clearly a little lively!
I noted that the compass cover appeared to be in place? Also, it didn't look as though the plotter was switched on. Hopefully, depth sounder was on?!!
I know from Poole to Hamble is hardly a marathon journey but it is still good practise to have the where with all of nav' gear switched on and even basically set up for the journey.
If you took the inside route to Hurst Point those little "sticky uppy" things on your right as you hang a left into the Solent are actually a bit nobbly and not very far down!!
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Hello Miket,

Thanks for the congrats and your concern.

Unfortunately my detailed, probably too detailed, write-up of the trip was lost to cyber space and I was so miffed that I just included a basic one-liner in my o p. Plotter, 1998 black and white, was on but what with the sun shining on it and the angle of the phone, held in one hand above my head, the screen was not readable in the video. Sounder was on and working correctly. I did take the inshore route by turning left past Sandbanks and following the well marked channel past those "sticky uppy" things keeping a very close eye on the sounder. As I have been boating in that area for some 30 odd years and was never out of sight of land I felt that I did not need the compass, sounder far more useful.

Anyway, the moon was out so I knew exactly where I was ;).
 
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