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Robin

Robin

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Our beloved Sun Legende was sold to new French owners and taken off last Saturday to her new home. Just had a phone call from the new owner who told me about the trip which he did with just one friend as crew. They left from outside Poole at 16.00 Saturday and arrived in Le Havre at 0800 Sunday so 16hrs and pretty well all the way in darkness. The forecast gave W F5-7and they had more than that at times and especially around 0200/0300 as a cold front went through. They had 2 reefs in the main and part rolled genoa and were hitting 9kts plus in a 22 year old boat they had never sailed or even motored before. Apparently the grins are still frozen on their faces. What a boat! Eat your heart out MABs, this 'AWB' ROCKS!

Slight downside, it looks like a freshwater hose froze up and came off it's connection, letting around 340lts of water into the bilges about half way, although fortunately they had some more water in bottles to use for hot drinks. When they left us there was ice on the decks but no sign of any freshwater leak as the pressure pump was shutting off OK. Personally I think our lovely ex-boat was simply registering disapproval at being sold..:( At least they know the bilge pumps work, never had any water even reach them before!
 
Robin said:
Our beloved Sun Legende was sold to new French owners and taken off last Saturday to her new home. Just had a phone call from the new owner who told me about the trip which he did with just one friend as crew. They left from outside Poole at 16.00 Saturday and arrived in Le Havre at 0800 Sunday so 16hrs and pretty well all the way in darkness. The forecast gave W F5-7and they had more than that at times and especially around 0200/0300 as a cold front went through. They had 2 reefs in the main and part rolled genoa and were hitting 9kts plus in a 22 year old boat they had never sailed or even motored before. Apparently the grins are still frozen on their faces. What a boat! Eat your heart out MABs, this 'AWB' ROCKS!

Slight downside, it looks like a freshwater hose froze up and came off it's connection, letting around 340lts of water into the bilges about half way, although fortunately they had some more water in bottles to use for hot drinks. When they left us there was ice on the decks but no sign of any freshwater leak as the pressure pump was shutting off OK. Personally I think our lovely ex-boat was simply registering disapproval at being sold..:( At least they know the bilge pumps work, never had any water even reach them before!
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So whats next.............. ?

Tom
 
LittleShip said:
So whats next.............. ?

Tom
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Well actually something like yours but in the USA, southern Chesapeake and to live on full time from Autumn 2010. Currently looking at Defever 48/49s and Grand Banks 46/49s although the Defevers are current favourites. We will be cruising the east coast USA (Intracoastal Waterway) and maybe doing the 'Great Loop' going up via the Great Lakes, Canada, into the waterways at Chicago and all the way through to the Gulf of Mexico, back round Florida and up the ICW to Chesapeake again.

(Rivonia)Be Honest now. Where you glad or sad to see her go
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Very VERY SAD! I suppose we were pleased that we had a quick sale and not dragged out over months. At least we haven't got the antifoul etc to do this winter (I'm thinking of renting SWMBO and her roller out...). We both stood on the pontoon with tears streaming down our faces as they left. Lots of very happy miles in our 8 years of ownership, around 15,000 in all and we do get very attached to our boats, the one before this we had 14 years and 25,000mls 'ish!

Happy Xmas all too

Robin
 
That must have been a minute or two of panic when they saw the bilges full of water. OK when you realise the cause but a fair bit of 'merde' in the meantime!
 
pasta_simon said:
That must have been a minute or two of panic when they saw the bilges full of water. OK when you realise the cause but a fair bit of 'merde' in the meantime!
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I wondered that too! More likely I suspect to have been a Gallic shrug of the shoulders, sacre bleu mon ami, mais de rien, il'ya du vin... we did leave them a bottle of bubbly for Xamas.
 
Hello Robin, we are pleased that it was sad to see her go. Yes we get VERY attached for some reason. We talk to ours Shh.

All the very best in your continuing adventures, fair winds.

Peter
 
Bosun Higgs said:
So did I. Not only that but a Manky Old Froggie Boat
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I was merely intending a slightly sly dig at those who wouldn't think of making such a trip except in a heavyweight long keeled traditional classic or a posh bit of Swedery. :):)

As for the froggie bit, I used to say I'd never have one, give me a good solid old brit build any day.. Once I did take the plunge I just wish I had seen the light years earlier. Sheer pleasure.
 
Robin said:
Our beloved Sun Legende was sold to new French owners and taken off last Saturday to her new home. Just had a phone call from the new owner who told me about the trip which he did with just one friend as crew. They left from outside Poole at 16.00 Saturday and arrived in Le Havre at 0800 Sunday so 16hrs and pretty well all the way in darkness. The forecast gave W F5-7and they had more than that at times and especially around 0200/0300 as a cold front went through. They had 2 reefs in the main and part rolled genoa and were hitting 9kts plus in a 22 year old boat they had never sailed or even motored before. Apparently the grins are still frozen on their faces. What a boat! Eat your heart out MABs, this 'AWB' ROCKS!

Slight downside, it looks like a freshwater hose froze up and came off it's connection, letting around 340lts of water into the bilges about half way, although fortunately they had some more water in bottles to use for hot drinks. When they left us there was ice on the decks but no sign of any freshwater leak as the pressure pump was shutting off OK. Personally I think our lovely ex-boat was simply registering disapproval at being sold..:( At least they know the bilge pumps work, never had any water even reach them before!
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Similar thing happened to me last October. Holyhead to Pwllheli, left with 38knts aft of the beam, got a 9 warning BUT we had no choice but to carry on. Halfway and I go below, feck!! the floor boards were floating!! ******** twitch!! Then I tasted it, freshwater, phew!
We had the engine on to give us that extra bit and keep the dodgy batteries charged, turned out that the pipe from the calorifier to the system was a garden hose bodge, it had split due to the engine heat and had dumped a full tank, 220 litres, in to the bilges! The bilge pump worked OK!
Stu
 
Must be something to do with Le Havre. We had to leave our boat there for a week once so we set off back with a stone cold domestic water system, motor-sailed for the first six hours and burst the inlet pipe to the calorifier. Fortunately the pump was switched off at the time and I didn't find out until I tried to do the washing up.
 
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