Wrabness

[sailorman]

Anybody else here tonight

 

[Cantata]

Nope, I'm at home outside most of une bouteille de Muscadet. Jolly nice it was too.
I'm jealous really, though.

 

[MoodySabre]

You can go off some people

 

[FullCircle]

Anybody else here tonight

No, I am in Rochefort-Sans-Eau.

I nearly lost my mast tonight, who can guess how?

 

[sailorman]

piston broke

 

[Cantata]

Eh bien, mon ami, when you reached Rochefort there was eau in plenty, mais quand l'eau est departe, le Rochefort crumbled beneath your derriere, est votre bateau fell over and struck le mast sur le quai.
Non?
Ou peut-etre un eclair de la foudre avec la tonnerre (pas un eclair chocolat)? Donner und blitzen, mein herr?

 

[FullCircle]

Eh bien, mon ami, when you reached Rochefort there was eau in plenty, mais quand l'eau est departe, le Rochefort crumbled beneath your derriere, est votre bateau fell over and struck le mast sur le quai.
Non?

Close, but not quite sufficient for the award cigar.

 

[FullCircle]

Close, but not quite sufficient for the award cigar.

Clue, it was water coming back that was involved

 

[Sniper]

Alors, vous avez tied le halyard main a le quay pour maintenez le bateau dans le position vertical. apres l'eau est retournez, vous avez oublier a untie le halyard main. Donc, le bateau est tirer a le quay et le mast est trez close a frapper.

un petit cigar?

 

[Cantata]

OK...your boat was laying over on the crumbly cheese, and while you were sleeping some of Rochford's finest tied an old XR3i convertible to your main halliard.

 

[Lucky Duck]

No, didn't get any further than Levington last night. Was there enough South in the wind for comfort?

 

[pvb]

Horrible place, Wrabness. Best avoided.

[size=-4]Will they believe that??[/size]

 

[sailorman]

No, didn't get any further than Levington last night. Was there enough South in the wind for comfort?

19.30 z

20.30z

No wind probs at all

 

[MoodySabre]

I've never been there Are there usually vacant moorings to grab? (Don't start on about anchoring please)

 

[FullCircle]

Alors, vous avez tied le halyard main a le quay pour maintenez le bateau dans le position vertical. apres l'eau est retournez, vous avez oublier a untie le halyard main. Donc, le bateau est tirer a le quay et le mast est trez close a frapper.

un petit cigar?

Horatio gagnez le cigar.


Fortunately, we remembered at 2230 last night and whizzed back to the yard to unping it.

 

[pvb]

I've never been there Are there usually vacant moorings to grab? (Don't start on about anchoring please)

No, no vacant moorings ever. No space to anchor. Best to avoid completely.
[size=-3]Will this succeed in keeping people away from one of my favourite spots??[/size]

 

[MoodySabre]

No

 

[sailorman]

No, no vacant moorings ever. No space to anchor. Best to avoid completely.
[size=-3]Will this succeed in keeping people away from one of my favourite spots??[/size]

Thats right no room for "The Centaur" to anchor on Saturday either

 

[Cantata]

.....Fortunately, we remembered at 2230 last night and whizzed back to the yard to unping it.

Blimey that must have been a trouser-changing moment when you remembered!

 

[FullCircle]

Blimey that must have been a trouser-changing moment when you remembered!

Quite. In fact I was just considering pouring a mighty whisky, which would have meant tricky logistics to get there in time.
This was followed by some instantaneous mental tidal height calcs, which were uncannily accurate when I looked at the tide gauge on the slipway wall, when I got there.