BrendanS
Well-known member
Re: Moral dilemma
Finding myself in the position of being able to cast some light on the 'bit in the middle' I have been wrestling with my concience all day.
By rights, I, as a stinkie, should keep quiet, thereby assisting tcm. On the otherhand, I've taken libations with wee Jimi, and find him to be a stout lad, and beside we were once neighbours in Kilmarnock.
So, after due consideration, I have decided that the honourable way forward is to lay some facts before my learned colleagues and let them decide.
tcm has posted in another thread in the meet forum these comments:
1) "Half an hour later we got into Newtown creek to find five boats (adarcy, newbie "planty" in big sealine, duncan, Col, BrendanS, Ianainge and Happy1 all rafted to each other, and the fun was in full swing. In real life, Happy1 actually isn't a hyperactive raving loony. In fact, he is not hyperactive at all. He'd asked BrendanS and Adarcy etc about "this Kim woman" and was assured that Kim was a gorgeous blonde."
2) "The now-freed HM then came round and went mental about having 6 boats on a mooring, i attempted to give him some jip, but he wouldn't have it. I'm the HM so that's that, he said. We went and anchored a little way away"
3) "3.30 it was the agreed time for the race with jimi. But i had failed to find Jimi or raise him on he radio. But someone said they were sure he was around in Newtown creek. So at 2:40 we pulled up the anchor (well, sailbad did and covered himself with sheep shit from the seabed, cos no blimmin leccy anchor) and cruised around looking for him. But no sign of Jimi. Hm."
I'll take each of these points in order.
a)Far from being in the 'raft' as tcm intimates, I was enroute. I was not there, and did not have a conversation with Adarcy and Happy1 regarding the size of Kim's bust or hair colour.
b) I arrived at the same time as Chris_B4 and BurgundyBen, as either of these gentlemen will attest. At the time of arrival 'the raft' were attempting to pull the two tenders off the mud by used of a very long string. I motored back and forth having conversations with people on 'the raf't from my boat, as Duncan, Happy1 and Forbsie will attest.
c) The HM arrrived and proceeded to refuse to have a barney with tcm. From my boat, I requested what the result of the non-barney had been FROM tcm, who informed me that they had to split up 'the raft' and reanchor. Please note, tcm should have been aware at this point that I was not previously in 'the raft' and later in the evening in the Marquee, commented to his SWMBO that I was the one in the boat that had circled a few time.
d) At this point, I motored over to the good vessel 'Glen Rosa' having had said vessel pointed out to me by members of 'the raft'. This is the most curious part. Glen Rosa was visibly anchored not more than one boat length from 'the raft, TOWARDS the entrance of Newton. To leave from where tcm finally anchored, tcm would have to have motored not more than 6ft from the bow of 'Glen Rosa' to exit. I exchanged pleasantries with Jimi, and informed him that rather than anchor or raft, I would have to head for Mercury, as incompetance on my part had resulted in a flat battery, which I did not consider sufficiently recharged enough on the 5 minute voyage from Lymington to Newton to restart my engine.
Given these obvious flaws in tcm's tale, it is obvious that his perception at the time and/or his later recollection was clouded (possibly by lack of sleep due to the festivities and late evening the previously?).
It is these inconsistencies in recounting events earlier in the day, which lead me to ask my learned colleagues, if tcm's account of later happenings, leading up to and including 'the race' may be similarly flawed.
I will await my learned colleagues considered response
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Finding myself in the position of being able to cast some light on the 'bit in the middle' I have been wrestling with my concience all day.
By rights, I, as a stinkie, should keep quiet, thereby assisting tcm. On the otherhand, I've taken libations with wee Jimi, and find him to be a stout lad, and beside we were once neighbours in Kilmarnock.
So, after due consideration, I have decided that the honourable way forward is to lay some facts before my learned colleagues and let them decide.
tcm has posted in another thread in the meet forum these comments:
1) "Half an hour later we got into Newtown creek to find five boats (adarcy, newbie "planty" in big sealine, duncan, Col, BrendanS, Ianainge and Happy1 all rafted to each other, and the fun was in full swing. In real life, Happy1 actually isn't a hyperactive raving loony. In fact, he is not hyperactive at all. He'd asked BrendanS and Adarcy etc about "this Kim woman" and was assured that Kim was a gorgeous blonde."
2) "The now-freed HM then came round and went mental about having 6 boats on a mooring, i attempted to give him some jip, but he wouldn't have it. I'm the HM so that's that, he said. We went and anchored a little way away"
3) "3.30 it was the agreed time for the race with jimi. But i had failed to find Jimi or raise him on he radio. But someone said they were sure he was around in Newtown creek. So at 2:40 we pulled up the anchor (well, sailbad did and covered himself with sheep shit from the seabed, cos no blimmin leccy anchor) and cruised around looking for him. But no sign of Jimi. Hm."
I'll take each of these points in order.
a)Far from being in the 'raft' as tcm intimates, I was enroute. I was not there, and did not have a conversation with Adarcy and Happy1 regarding the size of Kim's bust or hair colour.
b) I arrived at the same time as Chris_B4 and BurgundyBen, as either of these gentlemen will attest. At the time of arrival 'the raft' were attempting to pull the two tenders off the mud by used of a very long string. I motored back and forth having conversations with people on 'the raf't from my boat, as Duncan, Happy1 and Forbsie will attest.
c) The HM arrrived and proceeded to refuse to have a barney with tcm. From my boat, I requested what the result of the non-barney had been FROM tcm, who informed me that they had to split up 'the raft' and reanchor. Please note, tcm should have been aware at this point that I was not previously in 'the raft' and later in the evening in the Marquee, commented to his SWMBO that I was the one in the boat that had circled a few time.
d) At this point, I motored over to the good vessel 'Glen Rosa' having had said vessel pointed out to me by members of 'the raft'. This is the most curious part. Glen Rosa was visibly anchored not more than one boat length from 'the raft, TOWARDS the entrance of Newton. To leave from where tcm finally anchored, tcm would have to have motored not more than 6ft from the bow of 'Glen Rosa' to exit. I exchanged pleasantries with Jimi, and informed him that rather than anchor or raft, I would have to head for Mercury, as incompetance on my part had resulted in a flat battery, which I did not consider sufficiently recharged enough on the 5 minute voyage from Lymington to Newton to restart my engine.
Given these obvious flaws in tcm's tale, it is obvious that his perception at the time and/or his later recollection was clouded (possibly by lack of sleep due to the festivities and late evening the previously?).
It is these inconsistencies in recounting events earlier in the day, which lead me to ask my learned colleagues, if tcm's account of later happenings, leading up to and including 'the race' may be similarly flawed.
I will await my learned colleagues considered response
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