laika
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So what exactly is this Westerly stereotype?
(to be fair, although I met members of the WOA younger than me...it was just the one time)
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Why sail if you don't enjoy it?
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So what exactly is this Westerly stereotype?
(to be fair, although I met members of the WOA younger than me...it was just the one time)
Seajet
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There was an immaculately restored ' better than new ' Nomad at my club, though it's not a boat I fancy I congratulated the owner on a fantastic job well done, I commented ' the Westerly Owners Association must love your boat as a piece of history ' --- far from it " they weren't interested, gave me the get lost treatment, only want to know about Oceanlords etc " 
laika
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they weren't interested, gave me the get lost treatment, only want to know about Oceanlords etc "
Should we add a complaint about westerly owners to the long litany of complaints on the thread about the long litany of complaints on this forum?
Cantata
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I'm scratching my head to recall meeting anyone remotely unpleasant in a lifetime of sailing. Heck, I even met Daydream Believer once in Dieppe and he's a really nice chap!
Uricanejack
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A scruffy old codger, 10 miles further up a muddy creek than any one else would go. Keeping himself warm with a candle and a flowerpot. Filming birds.
Stemar
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There's a similar bloke in a Snapdragon a mile further up the creek. That would be me. (No comments about paddles or absence thereof, thank youA scruffy old codger, 10 miles further up a muddy creek than any one else would go. Keeping himself warm with a candle and a flowerpot. Filming birds.
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Refueler
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There's a similar bloke in a Snapdragon a mile further up the creek. That would be me. (No comments about paddles or absence thereof, thank you
A BBC Cameraman was doing the Round UK stint in a Mirror Offshore I think it was ... it was on Youtube .... called "keep Turning Left' based on his going round anti=clockwise. Brilliant filming - well of course he's BBC ... what do you expect ... and his sense of humour puts the icing on the cake.
His idea was to get right up every little creek and river he could .... spend as long as necessary - years - to complete.
Well worth a look .....
chriss999
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True.
Well known hereabouts.
Well known hereabouts.
Daydream believer
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If you are referring to one Dillon, then for a while he had a WESTERLY Centaur & we all had to ( well could not help it really) watch his vids on his efforts to get northwards.
I do not think that his other, smaller, boat was a Mirror Offshore- but i may be mistaken. ?
Refueler
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He started with a Mirror Offshore - he bought it in Bembridge IoW. His first video is him getting it ready. He used to be a member of Small Boat Club and we all chatted with him about the plans. At first the videos were freely available to download but later I believe he changed to box sets.
The Centaur must have been a later boat as he was still with the MO when he filmed the Thames Barges ...
OK .... here's the chronological bit :
KTL in summary « Keep Turning Left
He had the Mirror Offshore for 3yrs of that trip ...
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CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
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He started with a Mirror Offshore and progressed to a couple of other small boats
Greenheart
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Go on, Mr P, name-and-shame him!
It's more a case of ridiculous behaviour than mean-spirited or reckless. It'd be fun to know, though.Daydream believer
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Refueler
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Thanks
I stand corrected
Sorry that I offended you. I'll not post info again for you then.
Poignard
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No, that would be mean-spirited of me because he has distinguished himself in many other ways. Anyway, for all I know, he may have been having a rotten day and our sharing our cargo of grain with him could have been the last straw.
Go on, Mr P, name-and-shame him!
Greenheart
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The presumption of a right to proceed in the name of sport, in spite of others' inconvenience, must be the cause of much fury.
But I wonder whether anticipation of the presumption, is worse than the actuality? I haven't disrupted many races by my presence in recent years, nor suffered from racers' displeasure, although that's largely because of the effort I go to, to stay out of their way.
Which may in fact be depriving them of some of the challenge they go out for. Shouldn't every non-racing vessel be seen by racers as just another obstacle that their skill and judgement enables them to navigate past, safely, rather than something to bawl or gesture at? Don't they choose to race in crowded waters exactly because of the variety and unpredictability?
It's difficult not to conclude that their mentality is close to that of rugby players - they'll run clear if they can, but equally enthusiastically indulge in all the metaphorical barging and bullying that their proximity to others on the field, allows. As a result, their approach is apt to encourage non-racers to make way warily, thinking "we don't want to spoil their fun".
This year, get in the way of races. Go slow, change tack, anything you like, consistent with Colregs. It's what the racers really want.
Daydream believer
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Who said anything about offence. I was wrong & you put me right
No problem with that as far as I can see