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RIP
Last week we moored on the bag at Salcombe, a few boats also on the same pontoon, oh dear thought we no electricity here and boats bit too close to run our portable generator. Anyway we think ok will run it early evening right next to our boat, and if we get complaints turn it off. Its turned very foggy outside.
The crew of one boat go visiting another further away, and the other goes off in their dinghy we assume for some time. Gets to 8pm, we both don’t fancy whats on TV, so we switch it off, & switch on channel 16.
We hear the Brixham coast guard say “well Pirrrrrannha suggest you do have the lifeboat out” Now she’s a lady coastguard with a south coast accent so her rrr’s roll on and on.
So there follows lots of Pirrrraaannnha Pirrrrrrrannnha’s then secret conversations between them, he hasn’t any charts, and we assume has got lost in the fog. Then we hear the Salcombe lifeboat rocket go off, minutes later the lifeboat talking to the costguard, lots more Pirrrraannha pirrrrraannnha’s with the lifeboat’s engine noise now in the background. They can’t find him, suggests he lights a flare, no flares, suggest the lifeboat lights a flare. Eventually after ages & ages, they find him but Pirana says he dont want rescueing, he just wants showing the way back to Salcolmbe!! Then there’s talk of returning him to the Normandy Pier (now that’s one way of getting on that for the night) & next day he is to be given a safety lesson. Well we thought that was an entertaining evening thank you piranha.
Next day, the harbour master confirms yes he was brought in to the Normandy pier, we slightly thought of going and having a look at him. We set off the in opposite direction and up to Kings Bridge, who should pass us but Piranha, after a bit of this way, maybe that way, on the wrong side, I nudge hlb, ITS HIM point, and start taking photo’s, dam camera won’t work. That’s a shame. We go on to Kings Bridge but tide is too low to stop so turn round, and at exactly the same spot, passing us again on the wrong side, its piranha. Now he saw me nudging pointing & taking photo’s, result as you can see is he leaps in his cabin, he thought out of view… haha got him.
Oh, thats from Debs, mostly!!
The crew of one boat go visiting another further away, and the other goes off in their dinghy we assume for some time. Gets to 8pm, we both don’t fancy whats on TV, so we switch it off, & switch on channel 16.
We hear the Brixham coast guard say “well Pirrrrrannha suggest you do have the lifeboat out” Now she’s a lady coastguard with a south coast accent so her rrr’s roll on and on.
So there follows lots of Pirrrraaannnha Pirrrrrrrannnha’s then secret conversations between them, he hasn’t any charts, and we assume has got lost in the fog. Then we hear the Salcombe lifeboat rocket go off, minutes later the lifeboat talking to the costguard, lots more Pirrrraannha pirrrrraannnha’s with the lifeboat’s engine noise now in the background. They can’t find him, suggests he lights a flare, no flares, suggest the lifeboat lights a flare. Eventually after ages & ages, they find him but Pirana says he dont want rescueing, he just wants showing the way back to Salcolmbe!! Then there’s talk of returning him to the Normandy Pier (now that’s one way of getting on that for the night) & next day he is to be given a safety lesson. Well we thought that was an entertaining evening thank you piranha.
Next day, the harbour master confirms yes he was brought in to the Normandy pier, we slightly thought of going and having a look at him. We set off the in opposite direction and up to Kings Bridge, who should pass us but Piranha, after a bit of this way, maybe that way, on the wrong side, I nudge hlb, ITS HIM point, and start taking photo’s, dam camera won’t work. That’s a shame. We go on to Kings Bridge but tide is too low to stop so turn round, and at exactly the same spot, passing us again on the wrong side, its piranha. Now he saw me nudging pointing & taking photo’s, result as you can see is he leaps in his cabin, he thought out of view… haha got him.
Oh, thats from Debs, mostly!!
