Passage Planning. The reality.

[hlb]

1/ Set off.
2/ Argue on way out of harbour, as to where you’re going.
3/ Either turn left or right at harbour entrance.
4/ Engage full power.
5/ Send a novice down stairs to check clocks and discuss the lack of fuel.
6/ Discuss whether tide is coming or going.
6/ Aim for nearby rocks to see if there’s seaweed showing or not.
7/ Arrive at destination and look whether boats are floating or not.
8/ Drop all anchor chain just in case.
9/ Go to pub.
10/ It’s sunny.-- Play out
11/ It’s raining—Read book. Mend things. Clean boat
12/ The sea is rough. Tutts is fed up and wants to go home. Up anchor.
13/ The sea is very rough but it’s Sunday. Steam 50 miles back to port for work on Monday.
14/ The sea is very rough, there’s wind over tide and a gale warning has just been issued for later. It’s Sunday, You’r in the channel Isles. You’ve had a row with SWMBO. Up anchor!!......................./forums/images/icons/laugh.gif
15/ Flairs. I bought some once.
16/ Radio licence disc. I must remember to bring it next time.
17/ Call sign. ???


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Haydn

 

[BrendanS]

Exactly!

Bleedin fuss about nothing.......

Till you have an accident and authorities and insurance company want to see passage plan, then we have the first legal test case everyone keeps asking for.

Oops, still not got radar reflector hoisted, so that's my insurance invalid then /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

<hr width=100% size=1>Err, let me know if Depsol enters the forum, I'll go and hide

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Postdate all passage plans, with the added phrase "a chap I know in the Met Office said that the forecast couild be a bit adrift"


<hr width=100% size=1>Two beers please, my friend is paying.