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Post by manish on Apr 13, 2008 0:45:45 GMT 1
mind you the mad welshmman that i sail with rather often says he wont go out in anything smaller then a 37ft boat!!!! if you ask me his just a big softie (mind you he is 54 so should be in the old way of thinking). personaly i think its all about how big your balls are. if you got it in you to do a big crossing in a small boat then you can.
ps sorry if i have any spelling mistakes i have had a few down the pub
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Post by NigeL on Apr 13, 2008 8:06:40 GMT 1
mind you the mad welshmman that i sail with rather often says he wont go out in anything smaller then a 37ft boat!!!! if you ask me his just a big softie (mind you he is 54 so should be in the old way of thinking). personaly i think its all about how big your balls are. if you got it in you to do a big crossing in a small boat then you can. ps sorry if i have any spelling mistakes i have had a few down the pub Well all I can say is HE is missing out on some real good times. I can think of plenty places that his 37ft'r would have difficulty getting into - that my 25ft'r is more than happy to enjoy. Second he's most likely a fin keeler at that size - restricting even further his possibilities ....... I have a friend who bough a 36ft boat - wanted the comfort thingy ... he spent quite a few days on SA and at first buying the 36'r was forever pointing to it ... hey Nigel - forget stuff like SA ... get a decent boat like this .... Wasn't long before his speeches changed ... Hey Nigel I miss those creeping up to Newport etc. - can't do it with this .... Each to their own ....  |
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Coastal Cruiser
was Jester B
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Post by Pi Pi on Apr 14, 2008 19:11:48 GMT 1
I have to admit I became interested in boats through reading about the Jester Challenge, and following/reading exploits and philosophies about *voyagers*. Not speed, not shiny bits, not the latest gizmo, not size, not money; just simply people, mostly ordinary people, who have decided to venture (and adventure)! The younger generation (and I'm still dealing with the fact that I'm not the younger generation anymore  ) seem to me to be too closeted, with too much H & S, too easy! Roger Taylor's writing (thesimplesailer.com) nicely organises some of these ideas, and I subscribe to most of them - perhaps it's the self-reliance, the knowledge that it is just you and the ocean, the last frontier for challenge without interference! All very lofty from my little Junk on the bay, but in my mind every time I go out it's a mini-adventure, the start of my voyages. Unfortunately, I don't see this on the faces of my new friends in the club as my 30-yr old 2-stroke tut-tuts my 25-yr old cheap Junk in to shore, with her bedraggled cap-e-tan back from his amazing adventure on the bay (shurely that was a F3, with squalls, phew!!!) ;D ;D |
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Post by NigeL on Apr 14, 2008 19:35:56 GMT 1
With a boat :
a) you generally only have yourself to blame ...
b) you can generally be stupid and not involve others ...
c) can make even the smallest trip be amazing !
Small trip example :
My Alacrity 19. I used to berth in Thornham Marina at top of Chichester Harbour. When high pressure system used to go through - I could be left not able to sail out or in to my pontoon berth !
So I secured a tidal swinging mooring in Langstone Harbour, next harbour to west from Chichester.
Plans were made .... Mum was at home to look after the kids, wife - now Ex, can you blame her !! - agreed to "crew". So with trusted Seagull we let go and sailed as early as possible from Thornham. Plan was - all mooring gear was laid out on deck back to cockpit etc. We would sail round Hayling Island, nip into Langstone and proceed to the marker at my mooring on the falling tide. Being semi hard - I could then jump over ... connect mooring chains etc. and make fast to boat. We could then walk ashore ... get in car and go home. Having already pre-parked the car ready.
Plans are good - until said Seagull hits ebb tide at Langstone entrance ... which can reach 5 - 6kts. Full sail, full throttle on Seagull - we still couldn't get in. We waved at a Fishing boat going in - hoping he would give us a tow ... but instead he called the Atl. 21 Lifeboat - who then with due RNLI efficiency dragged us in and tied us up to Hayling Ferry pontoon. Wife by that time was in a right state. Light was failing and tide was well past level for us to reach mooring. So we waited for tide stream to reduce and then cast of to wend our way to mooring. Of course we get there - all dark, flashlight shows about 200 yards of black oooooze to cross to get to it !! (East Coasters - note we do have our own brand of smelly mud as well !). So it was basically keep sails up and let them edge us nearer to mooring as tide rose. But how to shackle on ? So dedcision to anchor and I woud return later ... by now it was about 01:00 and cold ! So out with anchor ... over with mooring chain as well as weight ! Into dinghy ... to find that slipway had about 50m mud before we could get to it ... over I went and pulled Wife and dinghy ashore.
Mum was not so happy when we finally got home ...
So there you are an epic journey that really only covered about 15 nm .... about 3 as the Crow flies !!
I never ever underestimated Langstone tide rates again !!
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Post by noname on Dec 16, 2008 20:41:42 GMT 1
Sounds very familiar! lol i set out from Chichester Aug 2005 for my first solo trip in my newly refitted Sunstar 18 with a full 8 H.P. of outboard backing me up.
I left East Head heading towards the entrance with tiller pilot in control or so i thought!I was at the mast putting up the main but one of the battens dropped out , after this slight delay to proceedings i was back in the cockpit just in time to hear a really loud rumbling noise accompanied by the rush of passing water!!
It weasnt til i had a few moments to gather my thoughts i realised what had happened,the spring tides and my lack of experience took over.
The Winner had struck again,within what seemed like a few minutes i was high and dry opposite the lifeboat station,i decided that there was nothing else for it but to scrub the bottom as is the time honoured tradition in these circumstances!
I crept out on the next tide wondering if i should actually be doing this?
I m glad to say that having taught me a valuable lesson ,i enjoyed the best 10 days i have had before or since.
I even had sunshine most days,if anyone can remember what that is!!
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Post by NigeL on Dec 16, 2008 20:57:40 GMT 1
Tudor Club annual Priory Bay BBQ then to Lymington Town Quay. So I drop mooring at top of Langstone Hbr ... and motor sail out to entrance ... wind dies, mist is gathering and soon viz is just 100 - 200 yds maybe ... I'm trying to get in touch with other club boats tell em what's out here ... so to hear when they reply I put extension speaker on coaming under sprayhood. Wife, kids and I all quiet .... engine idling just keeping us barely moving ... then THUD .... BUMP THUD BUMP THUD .... Oh OH ! Winners ... ( why does langstone spit have same name as Chichesters ? ) ... anyway .. I cant figure this as compass says 190 ... Priory bay approx. Stupid IRIOT ! Bloo*y speaker is over top of compass ! I move it ... compass swings to 090 ! Luckily as many know - I have the power to move mountains ! So give Perky welly ... and lots of froth, sand and muck churned up ... we're off. After all that Club cancelled Lymington and we just did Priory ... which turned out to be a cracking day !!    |
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Post by jenku on Dec 22, 2008 11:26:02 GMT 1
Alacrity:
Atlantic
San Felipe, Baja to Costa Rica
Vivacity:
US to Hawaii
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Post by searush on Dec 22, 2008 23:24:46 GMT 1
Nobody mentioned Frank & margaret Dye, crossing N Sea to Iceland . . . .
in a 16' Wayfarer dinghy!
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Post by NigeL on Dec 23, 2008 10:02:54 GMT 1
Nobody mentioned Frank & margaret Dye, crossing N Sea to Iceland . . . . in a 16' Wayfarer dinghy! Not being funny but you can't get to Iceland by N.Sea ... N.Atlantic yes .. I remember an article in PBO years ago about a Wayfarer being mod'd to cross N.Sea to Holland from East Coast .... seems the old Wayfarers did quite a few 'voyages'. Cross channel a few times at least etc. |
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Post by jenku on Dec 29, 2008 12:45:26 GMT 1
Nobody mentioned Frank & margaret Dye, crossing N Sea to Iceland . . . . in a 16' Wayfarer dinghy! Not being funny but you can't get to Iceland by N.Sea ... N.Atlantic yes .. I remember an article in PBO years ago about a Wayfarer being mod'd to cross N.Sea to Holland from East Coast .... seems the old Wayfarers did quite a few 'voyages'. Cross channel a few times at least etc. They went to Norway as well. |
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Post by faya on Jan 5, 2009 14:23:37 GMT 1
Frank & Margaret Dye made some serious passages in a Wayfarer!
Oh crap - really should read to the end before I post!!!
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Post by roach1948 on Jan 5, 2009 16:22:46 GMT 1
18' Shrimpy - RTW
21' Sopranino - Atlantic to NY
22' Trekka - RTW
24' Wanderer 2 - Atlantic /Pacific to Seattle
26' Vertue XXV - Atlantic East-West Northern Route - survived hurricane
28' Emmanuel - As above but gaff cutter
That is just for starters!
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) seem to me to be too closeted, with too much H & S, too easy!
