Seakindly
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Well it is. A bit late, but it is... Cmon, lets enjoy this week.
Weather's lookin up
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Gitane
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Agreed,
Weather looks unbelievably good for late Sept!! And, according to the weather websites, it's going to last a week or more. Brilliant. However, would fog in the evenings and early mornings be a possibility?
Hope to go to the Backwaters on Friday, returning to Bradwell on Sat.
I'd better take lots of fuel, as most of it might need motoring.
Went out today. In the morning F4, typical Blackwater short wind against tide type waves. A bit bumpy. After lunch, flat calm, and a long drift from Osea Island to Bradwell.
Still good fun though. Had the whole river to myself!!
Gitane.
Weather looks unbelievably good for late Sept!! And, according to the weather websites, it's going to last a week or more. Brilliant. However, would fog in the evenings and early mornings be a possibility?
Hope to go to the Backwaters on Friday, returning to Bradwell on Sat.
I'd better take lots of fuel, as most of it might need motoring.
Went out today. In the morning F4, typical Blackwater short wind against tide type waves. A bit bumpy. After lunch, flat calm, and a long drift from Osea Island to Bradwell.
Still good fun though. Had the whole river to myself!!
Gitane.
FullCircle
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As I can't sail, I shall use my motorbike to get to and fro work this week.
photodog
Lord High Commander of Upper Broughton and Gunthor
As I can't sail, I shall use my motorbike to get to and fro work this week.
Did you break something??
FullCircle
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No, PD, I have to go to work, and it is tarmac leading up to the factory gates.
Its the work word. Work, work, work.
Upside: Play,play,play.
Its the work word. Work, work, work.
Upside: Play,play,play.
photodog
Lord High Commander of Upper Broughton and Gunthor
Ah, you have the same problem I have.....
nigelm
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Think I'll pop down to Rochford today and see if the boats ok
Haven't been near it for nearly a month !! .
Haven't been near it for nearly a month !! .
Phoenix of Hamble
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another one here with 'work' spoiling real life!
MoodySabre
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Go on - call me a git but I'm on a delivery mission to RHYC Thursday/Friday. Looking forward to airing the cruising chute
Phoenix of Hamble
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Git.
Koeketiene
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Phoenix of Hamble
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Great timing!!!!!!
Koeketiene
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Not so much timing - luck really (on stand-by this week). But great all the same
What shall I (not) do today?
Cobra
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Ahhh...the joys of being self employed and being ahead of where I need to be at present...Friday is looking a REALLY nice day to go and play boats. Answerphone on, office door locked...I will be thinking about all you wage slaves!
Seakindly
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fog, did someone say fog?
4pm today Tuesday 27th September.......
He's gorn thataway....I think....
4pm today Tuesday 27th September.......
He's gorn thataway....I think....
Tradewinds
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Fog
Yup,
That's the problem.
We're going to have a few days off but I don't know whether the 'Indian Summer' will apply to East Coast sailors.
We've had spells like this before. Gloriously warm & sunny inland (eg at home at Yoxford, 7 miles from the Suffolk coast) but dull, cold and grey and 'orrible by the shore.
We'll see - I hope I'm proved wrong.
Yup,
That's the problem.
We're going to have a few days off but I don't know whether the 'Indian Summer' will apply to East Coast sailors.
We've had spells like this before. Gloriously warm & sunny inland (eg at home at Yoxford, 7 miles from the Suffolk coast) but dull, cold and grey and 'orrible by the shore.
We'll see - I hope I'm proved wrong.
Seakindly
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Inland?
Yes...weird spells. Sounds impossible but I nearly bumped into Eastbourne in a 'spell' like this, in the days before plotters and my depth-sounder on the blink.
This afternoons photo taken in Whitstable. The sea, and indeed, the whole of Sheppey invisible. The slopes grey and misty -almost enveloping the people on the bench. I'm taking the pic from the pavement 50 ft back, in hot, glorious sunshine. Katabatic fog? Puts me in mind of that old movie, The Fog.
PS, Synchronicity - I see The Fog is on ITV 4 at 1.15am. Not a good late night fillum if you live in a spooky house on the edge of a bay. Jim lad....
Yes...weird spells. Sounds impossible but I nearly bumped into Eastbourne in a 'spell' like this, in the days before plotters and my depth-sounder on the blink.
This afternoons photo taken in Whitstable. The sea, and indeed, the whole of Sheppey invisible. The slopes grey and misty -almost enveloping the people on the bench. I'm taking the pic from the pavement 50 ft back, in hot, glorious sunshine. Katabatic fog? Puts me in mind of that old movie, The Fog.
PS, Synchronicity - I see The Fog is on ITV 4 at 1.15am. Not a good late night fillum if you live in a spooky house on the edge of a bay. Jim lad....
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Tradewinds
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I was delivering to a client just outside Southwold around lunchtime today - you could see the fog rolling inland over the town & the Blythburgh marshes - a little bit more than 50ft!
When my boat was berthed at Walberswick (Southwold) this stuff could hang around for days along the coast when everywhere else was sunny - miserable.
Seakindly
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Southwold
You can berth in Walberswick? I thought it was all Chianti and Cafe Latte...
You can berth in Walberswick? I thought it was all Chianti and Cafe Latte...
Tradewinds
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If you saw the decrepit staging I was berthed on back in 2005 you'd change your opinionYou can berth in Walberswick? I thought it was all Chianti and Cafe Latte...
