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Hi all, I'm new to the forum, but not to sailing.
I've got a little boat that I keep in poole at the moment and sail when I can - which of course is never as much as I would like to!
I work at sea as well, which has its moments but doesn't quite hit the same spot
 
Welcome to the Forum.

Don't worry about having a little boat - there are other small yacht owners here - as long as you use it! Most of us started with smaller yachts.

Take care, stay safe

Jonathan
 
As Jonathan says above, there are many owners of little boats on the forum. I’d love to hear what kind of little boat you have. It is remarkable how often work interferes with sailing. Since you say you also work at sea, I expect you have much to contribute. In any case, welcome aboard!
 
Csfisher said:
Hi, I'm a new member too. I also work at sea so I totally understand what you mean by not hitting the spot. I don't have a boat yet but am hoping to do so soon!
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I'm not sure if we can cope with too many professional seafarers. We like to think we know what we are doing and many like me obviously don't :( - it will thus benefit us all to have you both on board.

Welcome to the Forum

Jonathan
 
CM74 said:
Thanks - it's an Itchen Ferry that I've got, there don't seem to be that many around but it's a nice solid boat if a little slow.
It's comfy though, and you are very much in it rather than on it which helps with avoiding scaring the family too much! ?
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We sailed an Itchen ferry on a course I did with YM in about ‘73. It was all of 20’ long if that and must have weighed about ten tons judging by the way it handled when we practiced mooring. Great fun.
 
Neeves said:
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It's a completely different skill set really!
I don't go deep sea anymore, I moved to tugs about 5 years ago and found that quite a lot of small boat stuff I had learned years ago came in handy again

johnalison said:
We sailed an Itchen ferry on a course I did with YM in about ‘73. It was all of 20’ long if that and must have weighed about ten tons judging by the way it handled when we practiced mooring. Great fun.
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Mine's the 22' one (almost 22' LOA as well!) and about 3t when it was last lifted which is definitely a hell of a weight for such a short boat.
"Fun" is one way to describe going astern with it!
In a perverse way I quite enjoy the challenge though - I'm on a swinging mooring which makes things easier
 
It is a very different skill set you're right. With the exception maybe if navigation and rules of the road which are very much applicable.

Similarly, skills I learnt sailing I sometimes transfer to my day job!

Good gig though on those tugs, I've had the pleasure of riding them on occasion and I had tremendous fun driving them with twin azimuth drive. Their routines seemed pretty good too, shift work with the occasional overnight on the duty tug. Nice small laid back crew too. Wouldn't say no to working on a tug one day; that or a harbor pilot on the other side of the radio to you guys.
 
vyv_cox said:
When I bought my 35 ft boat in 1994 it was a big one but nowadays it's a small one. When pointing our boat out to people in Greek harbours we are almost inevitably the smallest there.
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I had a review of the Snapdragon 24 from around 1970 that described her as a capable family cruiser. When I bought mine and was shopping around for insurance, one broker offered me cover for "all British waters". "What about crossing the Channel?" "Oh no, 24 ft is far too small for the Channel"

Well, we had to after that, didn't we. When we arrived in Cherbourg, we were the smallest boat by a good 6 ft, and everyone around was looking at us - the full meercat. It felt SO good to get our arrival faultless :)
 
CM74 said:
Hi all, I'm new to the forum, but not to sailing.
I've got a little boat that I keep in poole at the moment and sail when I can - which of course is never as much as I would like to!
I work at sea as well, which has its moments but doesn't quite hit the same spot
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Hello CM74 . Itchen Ferries are lovely boats.

And hello also to Csfisher. I am also a new member too.

Don't rush too much for buying your own boat. Take your time: buying a boat is little bit like getting married...
 
Neeves said:
That would make for an interesting thread :)
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Indeed - all the things you don't find out until after the handover...

Another similarity - the heartache and expense when you end up with a project. At least a boat is easier, because you can do what you like with it, chopping the rot out of your spouse tends to be frowned upon
 
Stemar said:
Indeed - all the things you don't find out until after the handover...

Another similarity - the heartache and expense when you end up with a project. At least a boat is easier, because you can do what you like with it, chopping the rot out of your spouse tends to be frowned upon
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What rot, it seems that I'm besotted with anchors not my wife......?

:(
 
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