No, I have not seen one locally with a pendulum vane gear fitted, let alone sailed one.
In defence of Peterhead, the marina is friendly and secure, there's a handy supermarket, the vegan (but you wouldn't know it) bakery is excellent & the cafe next to the harbour office is very good. Oh, and the off licence/micro bar at the small, in town brewery is good.
If you goto Stonehaven fender up well and have long warps plus chafe protection.
Well as your very first words “at last an english voice" managed to convey both racism and lack of empathy for the locals in just 5 words, perhaps the concern is not with the “Scottish chap” but closer to home?
When I left I thought I had noted the log, but it was a different sub section of an already completed journey. So, have not bothered since then. In some of the posts I have mentioned the distance excluding tide, I must do that for all the sections.Concerto,
Sorry but an idea for extra work for you.
It would be interesting if you could provide an updated, time/distance/engine hours total for each leg and voyage so far. So total time for each passage and for voyage to date and then distance sailed and time using an engine. I noted that someone had commented about your voyage that many revert to many hours of motoring and thought you might allay that comment.
Hopefully the law of averages will kick in soon - and you can enjoy more time under sail or less time beating into northerlies. You might even be able to prove to us that your occasionally mentioned spinnaker is not a figment of your imagination
Jonathan
What on earth is racist about "at last an english voice". If one is struggling to make verbal contact with the local community, one would not generally expect to have to speak polish to communicate in the street in the UK. I have nothing against the people of that country. Nor do I have anything against those based in Scotland- having Scottish grandparents by the way.
However, I was somewhat frustrated at not finding a supermarket so it is hardly surprising that I was pleased to find that someone actually spoke the same language as me. Albeit hidden deeply in a strange dialect. I never once meant any ill will by it & was shocked at the attitude of the chap when he did. Perhaps it is you that is seeing racism where it does not exist (& was never & still is not meant to) Something that causes more trouble than it might otherwise not
I hope the mods do not see this as a racist post, as it is not intended to be such. If they do then presumably it will be quietly deleted along with your post & left at that as it is not actually part of the thread. But I do feel entitled to the right to reply
When I visited Peterhead in 2013, the entrance to the marina was silted due to a couple of easterly storms. But I was invited by the very kind man at port control to raft to one of the harbour workboats and visit the control tower and the fish warehouse while the tide was making. A very enjoyable experience.
