Striking the Ensign

[Moose]

I win the prize for the best Ensign lowering. We were moored at Gunwharf Quay the other night waiting for the tide at Chichester. At 20:54:01 I pressed the play button on the CD player which began the 5:59s of Rule Brittania played at full blast through the Flybridge speakers. A few people came up to the side of the wall to see what was going on (I could hear the music echoing around the marina so it must have been pretty loud) At 20:59:30 I stepped regally into the cockpit and gracefully lowered the ensign at 21:00:00 as the music stopped.
Beat that!!!/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[boatone]

Huh....pity you couldnt do it at the right time.........ensign lowering is an evening thingie so shud have been 2100 .........
Anyways, you cant win cos I already got the prize for doing it as we steamed past Hampton Court Palace with the Band of The Royal Marines on the ghetto blaster playing A life on the ocean wave.........now THATS style.........

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[Moose]

Times changed, you know what I meant smarty!
Anyway, you shouldn't have lowered your ensign when you were underway.

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[boatone]

Still wrong cos should have been lowered at sunset which would have been approx 2050 bst .....only lowered at 2100 if sunset is later than that....yaboosucks....
....and u cant get rid of Toscana yet cos u promised me a ride.........

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[Neraida]

Which other night?? If (as i suspect) it was saturday night, you were 11 mins late /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

Good effort mind you. Better luck next time, and I wont tell "them" for a small fee..../forums/images/icons/smile.gif


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[BrendanS]

and your boat wasn't sunk, and no posts on scuttlebutt about noisy antisocial mobos?

I tink your fibbing!

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[DavidJ]

What's all this ensign evening lowering stuff. Does that mean I should bring my flag in at night and what time in the morning should I put it back out again.
David

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[Andrew_Fanner]

I suspect at Gunwharf Quays you should take the timing of lowering your ensign from whenever the naval ships do it. ISTR something about taking timing from the senior ship present and Red follows Blue follows White.

As for musical events, entering Worcester Basin through Diglis Lock to Ride of the Valkyries on a Bank Holiday Monday afternoon. Place was packed with onlookers, the music ended as we left the lock and there was a ripple of applause.

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[Oldhand]

You obviously impressed yourself but did everyone in the vicinity enjoy the din you made?

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[tico]

Entering Monte Carlo harbour to the (Loud!!) James Bond Theme !!!!

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[Moose]

blah blah

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[Moose]

Eh?

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[BrendanS]

Read the thread on antisocial mobos making lots of noise.... on scuttlebutt, and pbo

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[Oldhand]

I guess that's an intelligent answer, for a Moose.

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