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Re: eek
afaik he has an almost Boatonesque number of electric photos...
afaik he has an almost Boatonesque number of electric photos...
Report on Sardinia/Corsica trip (lots of pics)
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Alistairr
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Re: eek
"Electric Photos" ????????????????????? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
"Electric Photos" ????????????????????? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
jfm
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Electric stuff
Yup, loads of em /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Talking of electric, we just had one of those defibrillators (yerknow "200 Joules, everyone clear, ZAP!" jobs) installed in the office, part of the first aid kit. Everyone around seems quite healthy to me, so i was thinking of nicking it for the boat. Anyone know of good boatie uses for a brand new defibrillator?
Yup, loads of em /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Talking of electric, we just had one of those defibrillators (yerknow "200 Joules, everyone clear, ZAP!" jobs) installed in the office, part of the first aid kit. Everyone around seems quite healthy to me, so i was thinking of nicking it for the boat. Anyone know of good boatie uses for a brand new defibrillator?
Alistairr
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Re: Electric stuff
Might come in handy to jump start the boat if the Batteries fail!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Go on, Post some leckie Pics...
Might come in handy to jump start the boat if the Batteries fail!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Go on, Post some leckie Pics...
compie1
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Re: Electric stuff
defibrillators are great for fishing !
defibrillators are great for fishing !
tcm
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defibrillator
oi, hands off that. It's not for ageing hyponchondriac staff anyway, it's part of Customer Care for when they get the bill.
Mind you, you could trip up some nubile temps and immediately they drop to the floor leap into action, rip their clothes off quick quick no time to lose you're having a heart attack my dear ARGH.
If they do use the defib machine, you need video camera if not actually the subject : whilst recording run quickly round and round and round the action, just like on ER.
i dunno any other defib gags. Does anyone really really know wot they are doing with such a machine?
oi, hands off that. It's not for ageing hyponchondriac staff anyway, it's part of Customer Care for when they get the bill.
Mind you, you could trip up some nubile temps and immediately they drop to the floor leap into action, rip their clothes off quick quick no time to lose you're having a heart attack my dear ARGH.
If they do use the defib machine, you need video camera if not actually the subject : whilst recording run quickly round and round and round the action, just like on ER.
i dunno any other defib gags. Does anyone really really know wot they are doing with such a machine?
Alistairr
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Re: defibrillator
Rub the pads together, and go AArrgggghhhhhhh!!!!!
Rub the pads together, and go AArrgggghhhhhhh!!!!!
jhr
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101 uses for a defibrillator
Pity you didn't have the defibrillator on the trip, as you could have carried out a practice drill on Herr Neighbour when you got back to Port Vauban.
Also, could you use it for stunning fish? Just a thought.
Fab report and pix. Envy, envy............
Pity you didn't have the defibrillator on the trip, as you could have carried out a practice drill on Herr Neighbour when you got back to Port Vauban.
Also, could you use it for stunning fish? Just a thought.
Fab report and pix. Envy, envy............
Dave_Snelson
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What a fantastic trip for you - and well documented too!
I'm not sure I would have had the bottle to go through those rock, pilot book or no! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Great piccies, great account. Thanks jfm.
I'm not sure I would have had the bottle to go through those rock, pilot book or no! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Great piccies, great account. Thanks jfm.
mjf
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When I used to rox hop in warm clear water I used to have an excellent pair of sun glasses that showed the sub -surface 'boat eaters' in good time. Polaroid or something similar???
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Great report, jfm. I hear that there's a vacancy on the Beeb's Holiday prog now that Judith Chalmers has retired. Also a big up for venturing into those bays with the sticky up hard bits. What about charts? Does nobody do detailed charts for that area and what do you mean by researching on the internet? Can you get pilotage info on the net?
jfm
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Ah, I nearly did that once. Must be about 10 yrs ago now, we went to St Lucia. On day 2 BBC film crew and Judith Chalmers arrived. They researched who was staying at the hotel and guess who fitted the bill as home-counties-middle-class- UK-family. Yeah, right. So they asked us to be filmed and interviewed etc. I told em, politely I think, to "FRO we're on vacation". They were a bit persistent but I got rid of em after a while. I cant imagine anything worse than appearing on that show (or any show, come to think of it)
Yeah we had a paper chart. Best detail was one that had bottom of Corse/top of Sard and all the islands, on one sheet. The rox are ok really. The pilots have pictures and the CMap chart -zoomed right in- was spot on, but the mk1 eyeball and polaroid sunglasses are all you need. No prob really
No, I just researched the net for pictures of nice bays and beaches, not pilotage. There's loads of info, "research" is a big word for it, just put "sardinia beach" into google images and you get a week's worth of places to go.
Yeah we had a paper chart. Best detail was one that had bottom of Corse/top of Sard and all the islands, on one sheet. The rox are ok really. The pilots have pictures and the CMap chart -zoomed right in- was spot on, but the mk1 eyeball and polaroid sunglasses are all you need. No prob really
No, I just researched the net for pictures of nice bays and beaches, not pilotage. There's loads of info, "research" is a big word for it, just put "sardinia beach" into google images and you get a week's worth of places to go.
MapisM
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Excellent report, really.
Did you find on the web any detail about the restrictions for anchoring, transit, diving, etc.?
They used to have many limits around those areas, but I'm not sure about the current situation.
Did you find on the web any detail about the restrictions for anchoring, transit, diving, etc.?
They used to have many limits around those areas, but I'm not sure about the current situation.
jfm
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Hi Mapis
I'm sure that info is on the web but I didn't look for it. The capitainerie at Bonifacio gave us a colour booklet that explained all the nature reserve rules, and the no-anchor/no-diving/no-fishing zones, etc.
The restrictions seemed to be no problem, not really very restrictive at all. Other boaters in Bonifacio told me that many people just ignore the no-anchor restrictions, and anchor where they want. I didn't see that happen, but it is not July/August so the nice anchorages were not full. I beleive they can get pretty full in peak times and then people break the rules.
I'm sure that info is on the web but I didn't look for it. The capitainerie at Bonifacio gave us a colour booklet that explained all the nature reserve rules, and the no-anchor/no-diving/no-fishing zones, etc.
The restrictions seemed to be no problem, not really very restrictive at all. Other boaters in Bonifacio told me that many people just ignore the no-anchor restrictions, and anchor where they want. I didn't see that happen, but it is not July/August so the nice anchorages were not full. I beleive they can get pretty full in peak times and then people break the rules.
Magnum
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Great report and fab pics jfm. Nice to see you getting about a bit round there. Did you put the team polo shirts on when filling up? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I'm particularly interested in the night-time passage. Did you have all internal lights out? Oh, and you said you'd never use the lower helm with your poncy ellecy recaros. I'm sure you were reclined in the perfect position /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I'm particularly interested in the night-time passage. Did you have all internal lights out? Oh, and you said you'd never use the lower helm with your poncy ellecy recaros. I'm sure you were reclined in the perfect position /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
jfm
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Night passages
Yes, team shirts for fill up. Important. The attentdants can be frosty at first but the E20 pourboir always makes them friendly for any subsequent visits
The night time driving from downstairs is really all on instruments. It's a shame that the glass (deliberately non tinted in our case - always insist on no tint on the downstairs glass imho) cuts out the view so much. If you stick your head outside the side door the view is much better becausd most nights there is a bit of moonlight. But once inside on instruments, it theoretically might not matter whether you have the internal lights on or off, but we had them mostly off because it justs feels better that way. Those red night lights work well - they seem not to blind you or obscure vision out (by reflecting off the glass) much, yet allow you to find stuff and move around. So we had them on now and again.
Modern radars are brill. Ours saw tiny targets from miles away. The main risk you are exposed to therefore seems to be hitting an invisible target eg a log or container. At 17 knots that could puncture the hull. The risk of that is tiny and the risk of dying if it does happen is even tinier, though actually I'd expect our radar to see the corner of a container if it were just sticking up above the surface.
But overall I love the night passages and if you wanted to do a 8-10 hour trip (which gets us to Mahon one way or Sardinia another) I'd definitely prefer doing it by night and let SWMBO and any other non diehards sleep through it. Even better in your boat for SWMBO to sleep through it, becuase the centre master cabin is more comfortable than our front master cabin
Yes, team shirts for fill up. Important. The attentdants can be frosty at first but the E20 pourboir always makes them friendly for any subsequent visits
The night time driving from downstairs is really all on instruments. It's a shame that the glass (deliberately non tinted in our case - always insist on no tint on the downstairs glass imho) cuts out the view so much. If you stick your head outside the side door the view is much better becausd most nights there is a bit of moonlight. But once inside on instruments, it theoretically might not matter whether you have the internal lights on or off, but we had them mostly off because it justs feels better that way. Those red night lights work well - they seem not to blind you or obscure vision out (by reflecting off the glass) much, yet allow you to find stuff and move around. So we had them on now and again.
Modern radars are brill. Ours saw tiny targets from miles away. The main risk you are exposed to therefore seems to be hitting an invisible target eg a log or container. At 17 knots that could puncture the hull. The risk of that is tiny and the risk of dying if it does happen is even tinier, though actually I'd expect our radar to see the corner of a container if it were just sticking up above the surface.
But overall I love the night passages and if you wanted to do a 8-10 hour trip (which gets us to Mahon one way or Sardinia another) I'd definitely prefer doing it by night and let SWMBO and any other non diehards sleep through it. Even better in your boat for SWMBO to sleep through it, becuase the centre master cabin is more comfortable than our front master cabin
