pvb
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Fun and games at Felixstowe - see BBC News report.
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Koeketiene
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Was even advertised on the M25 - Port of Felixtowe closed for container operations.
Went to check on the boat this morning - gusting +25kts in the marina.
Go check your boat - mooring lines, furled headsail,...
Looked like the insurance co. will be busy next week /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Orwell more lumpy than I've seen in a while
Went to check on the boat this morning - gusting +25kts in the marina.
Go check your boat - mooring lines, furled headsail,...
Looked like the insurance co. will be busy next week /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Orwell more lumpy than I've seen in a while
tillergirl
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Our Roof Garden bench seat took off at 0215 from the roof garden, biffed the house gutter on the way up displacing that, jumped over the 3ft retaining wall, bounced on the Conservatory biffing a hole in that, spranged the conservatory gutter on the way down and ended up in the garden on top of SWMBO's favourite pot. Needs two people to lift it and is too big to go up the stairs to the roof garden! Gust of 58mph at 0214, 273 degrees according to the Mersea Weather Station.
mhouse
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More pics and details are on this site.
http://harwichhavenshipsandyachts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=324
More pics and details are on this site.
http://harwichhavenshipsandyachts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=324
Artemis_C2121
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Stayed aboard last night our berth has us bows pointing north so winds driving on the port quarter. had a friend stay aboard and sat talking pooh and drinking beer until 2am it was a pretty wild night in both amount of pooh talked and the racket that was going on outside.
Checking the boat this morning found the ally casting at the end of the boom had sheared off where the topping lift was attached only thing holding the boom up was the lazy jacks.
The topping lift had managed to tied itself 15 feet up the back stay with a perfect clove hitch and a round turn and two half hitch's, it was a lot of fun this morning trying to get to it and jury rig it back to the boom. still thankfully little damage done.
Checking the boat this morning found the ally casting at the end of the boom had sheared off where the topping lift was attached only thing holding the boom up was the lazy jacks.
The topping lift had managed to tied itself 15 feet up the back stay with a perfect clove hitch and a round turn and two half hitch's, it was a lot of fun this morning trying to get to it and jury rig it back to the boom. still thankfully little damage done.
D3B
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what an excellent site.
just read the voyage reports by pilot which were fascinating
particularly the one on the passage to Great Oakley.
bet there are a few yachts that havent done that let alone a coaster.
what an excellent site.
just read the voyage reports by pilot which were fascinating
particularly the one on the passage to Great Oakley.
bet there are a few yachts that havent done that let alone a coaster.
mhouse
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I found it on our club notice board, I dont kow if its run by the port od if its an independent site.
Habebty
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Here Here, fascinating site, thanks for posting it. Loved the Pilot accounts and never realised they were overcarried.
Felixstowe don't have a lot of luck with cranes!!! An aquaintance of mine who works at Felixestowe told me of the legal saga after the last crane was dinged.... this looks like it could run and run!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Here Here, fascinating site, thanks for posting it. Loved the Pilot accounts and never realised they were overcarried.
Felixstowe don't have a lot of luck with cranes!!! An aquaintance of mine who works at Felixestowe told me of the legal saga after the last crane was dinged.... this looks like it could run and run!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Habebty
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Re: Oops! More pics
Check out the yachts gallery on this site, just found one of the nicest pictures I've seen of my boat, taken on the Orwell about 2006?.
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Check out the yachts gallery on this site, just found one of the nicest pictures I've seen of my boat, taken on the Orwell about 2006?.
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sailorman
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She has now been hauled off of the spit by 3 tuga @ H.W. to day sunday
She has now been hauled off of the spit by 3 tuga @ H.W. to day sunday
peterb
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particularly the one on the passage to Great Oakley. Bet there are a few yachts that havent done that let alone a coaster.
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No, but I've often wondered about it. The chart shows a drying 2.1 on the way, and the description suggests that you must get in before a tide height of 3.4 m, so you shouldn't draw more than 1.3 m. We draw 1.6, so it's a bit marginal!
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particularly the one on the passage to Great Oakley. Bet there are a few yachts that havent done that let alone a coaster.
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No, but I've often wondered about it. The chart shows a drying 2.1 on the way, and the description suggests that you must get in before a tide height of 3.4 m, so you shouldn't draw more than 1.3 m. We draw 1.6, so it's a bit marginal!
