Channel Ribs
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I am writing this at 45 degrees, there are another 3 hours to go until the tide comes back to where it left me.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
What does one do to fill the time while aground?
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ruff_n_tumble
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I generally pass the time committing the almanac to memory.
yoty
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Pretend to be mending the prop so as to make out you did it on purpose... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Channel Ribs
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Bugger, I did that for the first two hours! Then went to the pub and now here I am - prop all fixed and everything. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
yoty
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Ahh, right!... scraped the exposed part of the hull yet?
Vara
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It might be useful to work through this:
http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/theightstime.htm
I, of course have never, ever been in your predicament. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/theightstime.htm
I, of course have never, ever been in your predicament. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Heckler
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how are you connected to the net?
LittleShip
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Tape up air intakes to engine room, make sure the pumps are working and start to panic that should do it.
Or, just try and look cool................
Tom
Or, just try and look cool................
Tom
Channel Ribs
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An Apple Mac and a Huwei modem.
This is round two of the prop shaft replacement jobby. I had to try quite hard to gound, the wind and tide were both trying to take me away from the pub. Sadly I was the only customer so they threw me out, at least I think it was because I was the only customer.
This is round two of the prop shaft replacement jobby. I had to try quite hard to gound, the wind and tide were both trying to take me away from the pub. Sadly I was the only customer so they threw me out, at least I think it was because I was the only customer.
longjohnsadler
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Hopefully when the tide comes back in you won't be 90 degrees to the vertical..
Richard10002
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An Apple Mac and a Huwei modem.
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If you dont mind being asked, which mobile provider are you using, and what kind of deal do you get?
An Apple Mac and a Huwei modem.
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If you dont mind being asked, which mobile provider are you using, and what kind of deal do you get?
Channel Ribs
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Vodafone, the modem was 50 quid and it costs 25 per month for up to 250MB.
It works well, I ummed and aahed for a few months but it works a treat; a very clever bit of kit.
It works well, I ummed and aahed for a few months but it works a treat; a very clever bit of kit.
Dipper
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Sadly I was the only customer so they threw me out, at least I think it was because I was the only customer.
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Perhaps it was the wet muddy trousers up to your waist? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Sadly I was the only customer so they threw me out, at least I think it was because I was the only customer.
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Perhaps it was the wet muddy trousers up to your waist? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Poignard
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Smile and wave.
Twister_Ken
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Dig bait.
Channel Ribs
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I am safely off solid ground again and the stern tube seems to be ok, strange revving dicrepancy from the engine though - which is new. (NB I in no way imply that the Vire engineer's work was at fault.)
I shall sleep with one eye on the carpet tonight, to make sure it is not floating at said eye's level.
I shall sleep with one eye on the carpet tonight, to make sure it is not floating at said eye's level.
cliffordpope
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From experience long ago of spending a tide dried out on a sandbank in the Wash:
Lay out an anchor and chain
Build sandcastles
Take photographs of crew posed next to boat
Walk out along sands and make a note of the proper channel
Anxiously listen to the weather forecast
Lay out an anchor and chain
Build sandcastles
Take photographs of crew posed next to boat
Walk out along sands and make a note of the proper channel
Anxiously listen to the weather forecast
Abigail
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Hi - interested in the et up as I use a mac and a mopbile a lot and believed I could not go with vodaphone because they always say they don't support a mac accessing the internetvia them.
So I use Orange, who have been good for me but I would like the choice.
So can you explain how you get it work and what the modem is. (At the moment I use a bluetooth connection to a sony ericcsson phone which acts as the modem and it works pretty well).
Thanks for any thoughts. I'm not a techie by the way, just a heavy user!
Sarah
So I use Orange, who have been good for me but I would like the choice.
So can you explain how you get it work and what the modem is. (At the moment I use a bluetooth connection to a sony ericcsson phone which acts as the modem and it works pretty well).
Thanks for any thoughts. I'm not a techie by the way, just a heavy user!
Sarah
Richard10002
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Thanks for any thoughts. I'm not a techie by the way, just a heavy user!
Sarah
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Hard to understand how the sim card knows if it's a MAC or a PC, so I'm guessing that Vodaphone were talking about their PC Card, (an Option Fusion of some kind I think).
Presumably there are gizmos like Malts which are OK with Macs - but I'm also guessing that the Huawei modem was only £50 with a Vodaphone contract, as they seem to be around £230 sim free
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141528&stack=compatability&action=open#compatability
www.huawei.com
the specs dont mention Mac compatibility - perhaps Malt knows more about this?
If I were remaining in the UK, I would plump for T-Mobiles' Web n Walk which seems to give unlimited, (3Gb), per month for £29, or £44 including VOIP - I think you have to ask them to turn HSPDA on to get the 1Mb+ speeds.
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/eshop/personal...=1&navTab=3
The site mentions not compatible with Macs or Vista, but I'm reasonably sure that must be the PC Card, not the SIM.
I use T-Mobiles' PAYG SIM to access the internet at 3G speed, (384Kbps), for £1 per day - not allowed to use it in laptops, only phones. I use it in a PDA phone and no issues to date.
Hope this helps
Richard
Thanks for any thoughts. I'm not a techie by the way, just a heavy user!
Sarah
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Hard to understand how the sim card knows if it's a MAC or a PC, so I'm guessing that Vodaphone were talking about their PC Card, (an Option Fusion of some kind I think).
Presumably there are gizmos like Malts which are OK with Macs - but I'm also guessing that the Huawei modem was only £50 with a Vodaphone contract, as they seem to be around £230 sim free
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141528&stack=compatability&action=open#compatability
www.huawei.com
the specs dont mention Mac compatibility - perhaps Malt knows more about this?
If I were remaining in the UK, I would plump for T-Mobiles' Web n Walk which seems to give unlimited, (3Gb), per month for £29, or £44 including VOIP - I think you have to ask them to turn HSPDA on to get the 1Mb+ speeds.
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/eshop/personal...=1&navTab=3
The site mentions not compatible with Macs or Vista, but I'm reasonably sure that must be the PC Card, not the SIM.
I use T-Mobiles' PAYG SIM to access the internet at 3G speed, (384Kbps), for £1 per day - not allowed to use it in laptops, only phones. I use it in a PDA phone and no issues to date.
Hope this helps
Richard
Channel Ribs
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The modem is a decicated usb device which has it's own sim chip, both Huwei and Vodafone support the Mac. The installation was simple and the useage is just as easy.
