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Hold Fast! Is that not the call when all appears lost and spirits are fading. Stiffen that lip, straighten that back and stoically go on rather than be found wanting?
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Fr J Hackett
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Indeed and that is how no doubt the new world and all those other far off places were discovered by brave and conscripted souls:encouragement:
Babylon
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I'm no-one to talk - I'm a big scaredy-cat with an over-active imagination; sea-sickness makes me want to give up sailing each time; I once abandoned a cross-channel four hours in when the fog got too thick; etc.
However its a pity that your sailing(?) friend couldn't be persuaded to just sit tight till you got there. You've got a reasonably sized boat (mine's a tiddler) and although it was forecast to gust F5 (and did) your outbound leg was effectively a beam-reach. Wednesday was Neaps, so the sea-state wouldn't have been that rough?
Mind you, I was once in Cherbourg when I helped a 36 footer tie up late in the evening. The ashen-faced crew didn't know how to do this and the skipper appeared thoroughly exhausted. Turns out none of the poor crew had ever sailed before and the crossing was done into a full (and fully-forecast) southerly gale. Now that was a bad call.
Pete7
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Spend many an hour diving along the inside walls of Portland Harbour. There is a huge amount of scrap jetties, barges and small work boats that either sank or were dumped there. Once when we had a Navy and few dived the harbour, the wrecks were covered by soft corals all colour coordinated, very pretty and quite a sight. Sadly all now gone as too many divers visited the wrecks.
Some nice canons on the outside of the middle entrance to the south. Couple on the wall and the rest sitting in 8 - 10m.
oldmanofthehills
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No one knows how many Viking or Polynesians etc failed to reach the other side of the oceans. The Vinland saga indicates a fair attrition rate
LadyInBed
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He is a dingy sailor but had done a couple of larger boat coastal outings. It was his first attempt at X Channel.
Sea state wasn't too bad, but after he had gone below and started feeling sick I think that the natural apprehension of the crossing got uprated.
I reckoned that turning tail was the better option as I didn't want to put him off coming again.
The return from Weymouth was good, even though we set off against the tide into a 15-17 knot (apparent) East wind, he was ok with that.
There was method in my madness, as when I saw he was ok, I pointed out that conditions weren't a lot different to the the other day. Also I wanted to take him into Lulworth and anchor to wait for the tide for St Albans head inner passage and on to Poole.
We had a good lunch (late breakfast) break, egg, bacon and fried bread, the cove was very tranquil as was the passage past Albans head as the wind had then started to moderate.
I think he will come again
Poignard
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I think he will come again
That's good. So many people are put off sailing (and other pleasures) by a bad first experience.
Babylon
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Completely understand that context, and your correct method-in-madness decisions.
Its good to have friends to sail with and therefore very bad to put them off before their confidence has a chance to build.
Its good to have friends to sail with and therefore very bad to put them off before their confidence has a chance to build.
Seajet
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Letting him go below would be a big mistake unless to immediately lie down with a handy bottle of mineral water and maybe a radio playing Radio 2 or similar.
I took a chum from Bucklers Hard heading back on a Sunday for Chichester, it was a F5, a bit bouncy and he was very obviously not enjoying it.
I offered ' if you can take Monday off we can dive into Cowes for a quiet evening ' - " YES PLEASE ! "
On the way up to the Folly the radio news reported 4 mile tailbacks on the M4; my still green chum retorted " Lucky Bastards, I'd LOVE to be in a traffic jam ! "
I took a chum from Bucklers Hard heading back on a Sunday for Chichester, it was a F5, a bit bouncy and he was very obviously not enjoying it.
I offered ' if you can take Monday off we can dive into Cowes for a quiet evening ' - " YES PLEASE ! "
On the way up to the Folly the radio news reported 4 mile tailbacks on the M4; my still green chum retorted " Lucky Bastards, I'd LOVE to be in a traffic jam ! "
Tamar
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When I used to earn a living on a sailing boat, it was always without doubt, the cocky, friendly know it all types that need most reasurance when things got a bit noisy. The quiet ones just got on with it.
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Nico
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Is there no end to your cruelty.
Seajet
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From ' Lucifer ';
Angel to Lucifer, playing a piano very well;
" So, you have music in hell ? "
" Oh yes but mostly for torture purposes , lately we've been playing this chap Bieber - you should hear the screams "
Angel to Lucifer, playing a piano very well;
" So, you have music in hell ? "
" Oh yes but mostly for torture purposes , lately we've been playing this chap Bieber - you should hear the screams "