Tatty Sailing Rig - Kovalam Sat 5 Apr at 7.30pm

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Oh yes... it sounds lovely coming back up the Wallet with -5 degrees and rain/snow...... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I think i'll test my Eberspacher and a decent bottle of red this weekend instead...

 

[Athene V30]

Final Runners and Riders
Flipper 1 (Billy no mates again!)
Swedish Lass - 2
CliveG - 3
SPGE - 4

Beers / Wine on Flipper / Pontoon next to Flipper

Forecast isn't too bad either for the crossing from Morgan's Yard to South Cindry Pontoon!

Gibraltar Point to North Foreland
Inshore waters forecast
24 hour forecast: 1200 Fri 04 Apr 1200 Sat 05 Apr
Wind Westerly or southwesterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in south, veering northerly 5 or 6 later.
Sea state Slight increasing moderate.
Weather Rain then showers, fog patches in south.
Visibility Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.

Outlook: 0600 Sat 05 Apr 0600 Sun 06 Apr
Wind Northwesterly 5 to 7, decreasing 4 later.
Sea state Moderate occasionally rough.
Weather Showers.
Visibility Good

 

[CliveG]

Meet report.

The sail to Brightlingsea was very enjoyable. Nice beam reach with the tide under us.
The meal was very enjoyable.
The trip home was.....
Interesting.
Jolly cold.
Horizontal snow.
Near hypothermia.

I look to Morgana to provide more details on his recommended goggles for these conditions.

Sirenia is now on the mooring that Sailorman has been kind enough to allow us to use for a 2nd year.

I would Like to thank Peter for organising the evening and for his hospitality after the meal.
I would also like to thank Simon_SPGE and family for their hospitality before the event.
Simon's boat (Marmalade) is very nice.
It was good to meet Swedish Lass and his lady as well.


There should be some photos of the evening some where as there was a flurry of camera phones at one stage

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Something like this should do it....

Oh... and one of these helps too......

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[Phoenix of Hamble]

Seriously though.... I assume many carry a face mask on board for emergency prop clearance duties...... they double up very well for eye protection in snow, driving rain, and occasionally in spray too!

 

[Sixpence]

Not something I had thought about, but yes, we had intended carrying our snorkel gear, just hadn't thought about keeping the mask handy. Good tip, ta muchly.

 

[Auntie Helen]

[ QUOTE ]

[/ QUOTE ]Hi Clive,

Where do you get that nice pretty forecast from?

Helen (MrsChellers)

 

[CliveG]

Helen

The site is Metcheck but for some reason it appears to be down at the moment.

Clive

 

[D3B]

They have been getting daytime and night time temperatures mixed up quite regularly recently.....but usually quite accurate...

so with metcheck and windguru WE should be able to agree on the forecast /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Athene V30]

Now how did I manage to post a picture before????

[image]http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/Flipper27ft/?action=view&current=Kovalam5Apr08.jpg[/image]

so thats not right then /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[FullCircle]

 

[FullCircle]

Peter,

in Photobucket there is a box which says IMG code. Just copy whats in the box (actually if you hold your cursor over it, it copies it automatically, and then says 'Copied'.
The you just paste that into the post or thread.
Simple really.

 

[Athene V30]

L to R in photo
Simon_SPGE / CliveG / Grahame then Grahame's Lady (sorry name escapes me!), Tim & Jonathan (Clive's Crew). Flipper behind the camera (phone!) Out of shot is Simon's wife Suzanna and their 2 daughters.

Jim

Thanks. Ignore the pm just sent asking you how to do it!

Peter