Wotta day!!

[Dave_Snelson]

Yes - Coney Island rides again. Reground fannimolds, new risers & scousegits etc and we were on our way.

Set off from Pwllheli from the slip. Well I had to bang in to the guide poles as I usually do, coz I'm a crap skipper see! Tested both engines on the fuel quay and cleaned up a bit. Young Ben at HMES had spent all day piecing the exhaust systems together and we sat nervously in a rising northerly wind. And it rose to an F7/8.

Having established that all systems were Ok, we set off. Bloody 'ell it was cold - and about 4 miles off it startyed to hail. At 25kts its a bit like being shot at with an air pistol - and no, we didn't have the canopy up. White caps everywhere and plenty over the port side where my Dad was sat (he's 76 and still game!) and we maintained 25-30 kts to Porthmadog. Bugger getting back on my mooring but I did say I was a crap skipper, didn't I.

Having got ashore, I get the bus back to Pwllheli to pick up my car. Meanwhile, my Dad goes into the yacht club and takes both cushions off the lobby window-sills and lays them on the floor and goes to sleep. Well, honestly!!

All in all a successfull day but a very rough and tiring 15nm back to our home port.

Coney Island rides again!! Yippeee!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[ShipsWoofy]

Made up for you Dave, glad all seems well again. BTW, he does not look 76, guess that's what happens if you have an adventurous life, you stay fitter!

Glad I chose to stay at home, it was actually sunny and not too unpleasant here.

 

[Superflid]

Once got caught on the mountains not far from where you were. Wind around 90mph, then it started to hail!
Ended up with a towel round my head, it really was like being shotgunned.
An hour later in the valley nobody knew it had happened, gentle breeze and sun shining pleasantly.

I used to do that for pleasure?

Glad to hear you got the engine probs sorted out.

 

[oldgit]

Spiffing,its always nice after any boat grief to arrive back at base after first tentative trip out,without summat else rearing its blimming head.Now if your wondering about what to lay awake at night with,here are a few suggestions.
Was that second riser bolt bit stripped out,mebbe after one extra turn it would have let go,should you have replaced the thribble flange while you were at it. etc etc. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[pissativlypossed]

Not like that in Plymouth, departed our berth at 10.15 and proceeded in a westerly direction before altering course in a generally southerley direction, wind force 4 NE also bloody cold, but not inside with Wabasto on. The good bit is that we escorted Conrad Thingy in, the raggie who had just gone round the world in 104 days, and guess what, We was on telly last night on Spotlight news.
HDL is also down here, we did'nt see him but we saw a pall of smoke hanging over his boat and heard a whir /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif, whir noise and cough, splutter, cough. so we assumed he was in residence, this was confirmed when about 10 minutes later he also started his engines. Same again but worse.

 

[Dave_Snelson]

Thribble flange...dammit, I knew there would be something. We checked the wing-wam, the doofer, the dooberry, the oojamaflip and the wassizname - but not the Thribble Flange.

Ah well. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Dave_Snelson]

Ah - funnily enough, the morning was wonderful. We had some time to kill while the thingies were being fitted, so we took off to Abersoch in my car.

We went down to Town Beach and sat on the beach-hut porches to the left of the slip. The sun was shining and we were in the lee of the huts - it was like a great spring day. Then at lunch time the black clouds came over and as we lowered down into the channel, the heavens opened.. It cleared pretty quickly for our pre-flight checks but hammered down on us again off Pen-y-Chain Point.

I still can't manage to get my boat in between those two damn poles!! Mind you with an F7 blowing directly across my bow, there was basically no bloody chance.

I'll catch up with you soon - cheers

Dave

 

[whisper]

Do you perchance mean Hlb is in residence. He's normally resposible for the smoke on the Cattewater.
Like you I had a nice trip yesterday - nipped to Dartmouth and back for fuel because the Salcombe Fuel Barge wasn't open for some reason.
Anyway seas only slight at worst, albeit the wind was strong and cold - nice and cosy in wheelhouse though /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif. Sunshine all trip.
Dave , glad to here you're back in the water, happy cruising for the rest of the year.