Tonight I am sleeping in.....
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dylanwinter
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Including my nautical great-aunt
Pete
tell me more Pete
if it is a dull story then invent something
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prv
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Errm, not that more to tell. She was "nautical" in the sense that she sailed all over the Channel coasts of England and France in a Virtue, with a chap called Charles. Although it was only many years after she died that I discovered that Charles (who owned the boat) was actually someone else's husband, which is why my granny never approved of her sister (or their shared flat in London).
She died when I was about nine; I inherited her deck safety harness (which for a number of years I used to wear upside down to lower myself out of trees) and her bag of signal and courtesy flags, many old enough to be made of flax or cotton, and many that she made herself. I've used these on both Kindred Spirit and Ariam.
Pete
dylanwinter
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prv
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As a small boy my dad was once seasick in said Virtue while anchored in Bembridge Harbour. He blames Auntie Bing's cooking and "Uncle" Charles's pipe smoke, in a small cabin.
Writing that makes me wonder why she was known as Auntie Bing, when her actual name was Gwen.
Although to a certain subset of the family (including my dad) she was invariably known as ArmyTruck.
Strange things, families.
Pete
Wandering Star
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Oh please, the ability to spell correctly is a virtue, the boat you're describing is a Vertue.
dylanwinter
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I took a few snaps with the little xacti waterproof camera
now sold as a panasonic WA
this was my bedroom - the leisure 23
the full size images are on the web page
if you can give the little camera enough light then it does a pretty good job
now sold as a panasonic WA
this was my bedroom - the leisure 23
the full size images are on the web page
if you can give the little camera enough light then it does a pretty good job
prv
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Doh, quite right. I knew the boats were different to the benevolent behaviour, but I double-out-thunk myself as to which was which.
The boat was called Vertuoso.
Pete
VicS
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On your website you say that Paynes yard used to look like this
For a short while maybe but for many years that particular pile of debris looked like this
I think Thelma , a Morecambe Bay Prawner, was the first to go when Mark took over
Followed shortly afterwards by Kestrel which I believe was his uncle's old boat
Watch out for these two
Nick on the left runs a boat repair business specialising in wooden boats. Richard on the right has a way with words.
and here for good measure is my great uncle Keith
For a short while maybe but for many years that particular pile of debris looked like this
I think Thelma , a Morecambe Bay Prawner, was the first to go when Mark took over
Followed shortly afterwards by Kestrel which I believe was his uncle's old boat
Watch out for these two
Nick on the left runs a boat repair business specialising in wooden boats. Richard on the right has a way with words.
and here for good measure is my great uncle Keith
Seajet
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In the book ' The Restless Wind ' an unmarried couple set off and visit the tropics in the 1950's in a Vertue, ' Salmo '; they weren't married and she even got pregnant !
No idea why that wasn't covered and avoided by the owners association.
Dylan, the author of that book, Peter Hamilton, describes finding Salmo for the first time, at a certain yard on Hayling Island...
No idea why that wasn't covered and avoided by the owners association.
Dylan, the author of that book, Peter Hamilton, describes finding Salmo for the first time, at a certain yard on Hayling Island...
stevebrassett
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Another thumbs-up for the Maypole on Hayling Island. Good beer, good food, and they are dog-friendly.