Gavi
New member
I had the pleasure of meeting Tony in Staines today, though he did object to my dirty starboard side and commented that it was the first time he'd seen Shikara afloat when Legacy was tied up.
Then had the later pleasure of meeting him at PH. The stream and wind were very strong (I'd noted that the river had dropped by a foot overnight and the flow out of the weir down the marina approach was dramatic) and I struggled to hold station while waiting for the lock to open, so chose to do short "up and downs" or whatever you should call them.
Legacy arrived and was immediately affected by the same issues... but more so as I'm only 24 foot and on one level. It was rather amusing to watch Tony try to keep place and I fully understood what he was dealing with.
Meanwhile, the nemesis arrives: A (hush...) NB. The lock opens and Legacy and Shikara gently enter, followed by the said NB who immediately opened a sarcastic "what were you guys doing... blah blah". Tony was superb in explaining the troubles we were having and I was very impressed that it was his West Highland White that broke first: Please picture a Westie deciding the have a go at an NB.
There followed some great banter in PH and the lockie joined in. I let the NB go ahead of me and they clearly decided that meant they could go ahead of Legacy as well. I thought Tony was very calm /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
A great hour of boating and a fond memory to keep. Great fun. Cheers to Tony:
Then had the later pleasure of meeting him at PH. The stream and wind were very strong (I'd noted that the river had dropped by a foot overnight and the flow out of the weir down the marina approach was dramatic) and I struggled to hold station while waiting for the lock to open, so chose to do short "up and downs" or whatever you should call them.
Legacy arrived and was immediately affected by the same issues... but more so as I'm only 24 foot and on one level. It was rather amusing to watch Tony try to keep place and I fully understood what he was dealing with.
Meanwhile, the nemesis arrives: A (hush...) NB. The lock opens and Legacy and Shikara gently enter, followed by the said NB who immediately opened a sarcastic "what were you guys doing... blah blah". Tony was superb in explaining the troubles we were having and I was very impressed that it was his West Highland White that broke first: Please picture a Westie deciding the have a go at an NB.
There followed some great banter in PH and the lockie joined in. I let the NB go ahead of me and they clearly decided that meant they could go ahead of Legacy as well. I thought Tony was very calm /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
A great hour of boating and a fond memory to keep. Great fun. Cheers to Tony:
