john_morris_uk
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We’ve just motored past a boat with a fisherman. I thought it was a relatively rare sight to behold…
Spot the…
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john_morris_uk
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PS the photo is zoomed. We passed him a cable or more distant. After all he was indicating his status…,
capnsensible
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Anchor ball?
Mebbe he is an RYA examiner on leave.
Mebbe he is an RYA examiner on leave.
awol
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Was it welded to the mast like real fishermen do with their cones?
john_morris_uk
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He gave us a friendly wave unlike the semi-displacement mobo that passed 30 metres away as we were going past the Hamble Pt Buoy. We were just setting sail in light airs and had to hang on as we rolled violently.Anchor ball?
Mebbe he is an RYA examiner on leave.
john_morris_uk
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john_morris_uk
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And here we have another reason why I don’t enjoy sailing in the Solent. (I’m having a grumpy day…)
We rolled violently a few moments later. A few moments after he passed he slowed right down. Hey ho…
We rolled violently a few moments later. A few moments after he passed he slowed right down. Hey ho…
DJE
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A lot of the smaller ones seem to have a buoy on their anchor warp close to the boat. Serves well to make their situation obvious.
dom
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Caraway
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A bit lost in the foliage, perhaps a shot as you lined him up with the white sheds to the left?
john_morris_uk
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I tried to but I then I thought it might be more interesting as ‘spot the ball’!
DJE
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I think I know the location. Is it off Meon Shore just west of Titchfield Haven?
capnsensible
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The colour of the sky made me shiver. ?
john_morris_uk
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Exactly right. You win some sort of virtual prize. . .
It’s not the colour I ordered for our summer cruise. One of these days we’re heading S and then West by a few thousand miles. My experience is that the sky is reliably a different colour there.
ProDave
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Fishing from a boat is common in these parts. It is the reason many have one.
I have lost count of how many times when I mention to someone I have a boat, the standard reply is "you like fishing then?"
Is this a slightly better sky colour?
We were the only rag and stick there, all the resident boats are small motor boats mostly for fishing.
I have lost count of how many times when I mention to someone I have a boat, the standard reply is "you like fishing then?"
Is this a slightly better sky colour?
We were the only rag and stick there, all the resident boats are small motor boats mostly for fishing.
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Just_sayin'
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Robert Wilson
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You were lucky - in 2016, May Bank Holiday Sunday I exited Yarmouth on my way to Chichester and not only could hardly see any open water for boats but was very nearly mown down several times by small and VERY large mobos/gin-palaces/ski-boats etc, some only a couple of metres away - with pratts drinking, laughing at me and most going flat-out.
It made me homesick for the northwest Highlands
johnalison
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We might mock the South Coast motorboats for their insensitivity and vulgarity but the most alarming waters I have sailed in were those of the west Swedish archipelago. Navigation consists of finding one’s way through myriads of rocks, often using narrow passages. At any moment a medium-sized boat might pop out from behind an island and whizz past at full speed, these boats often being used as daily transport by the locals. The Norwegian visitors were even worse.