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Post by ood on Mar 10, 2008 22:09:37 GMT 1
Yes as ggt says if you can cope with the cramped space then a small boats has advantages too.
Sure they bobble a bit more in a big sea, it is much cheaper to run, I know if I didn't have athena then maybe there isn't another boat for me, that is in my budget. I can sail her on my own, now with my wind vane I will be able to get the spinnaker up on my own, 'easily' & maybe gybe too, Life is about to get very interesting, if you see me with my spinnaker up the I would keep well clear, I could be about to get out of control, actually athena is a joy to sail off the wind, & the other too. 'On a reach from Blyth to Eyemouth & back will stay with me"
I think the major problem for me is still being alert enough to come into a strange harbour after a long passage. Hence my summer is mostly planned around shortish trips, & recuperating
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Post by NigeL on Mar 11, 2008 20:31:14 GMT 1
There are a lot of people who actually go down in size boat .... especially later on in life.
SA to me is a good size boat for what I did - Solent with 1 or 2 pals ... just now as I said earlier - she is proving to be on the minimum size.
Svet and I have a real soft spot in our hearts ( Arrrrrrrr ! ) for SA and we agreed that she would be kept to live out her days on the river. Despite Badgers knocking of her - she has done well and has all the facilities needed for small party cruising.
I know that a lot of people with bigger boats struggle to get away as often as us smaller brethren ... for us we can cast off single handed without too much concern. But for them it's not so easy ... Haven Lady - my Snapdragon - I rarely had another on her, I got so used to casting of alone that I actually went out of my way to avoid "willing hands" on dock ! SA I used to sail her often alone. But I have to admit that I get bored so easy now though on my own ! I think 18 hr legs across Baltic would be my limit .. longer would get me wondering why I'm doing it !
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Post by roach1948 on Mar 12, 2008 0:46:49 GMT 1
There is also this chap whom I rather like. He restored a Falmouth Quay Punt and sailed her enginless to Nigelland! midsummerenergy.co.uk/teal/baltic.htmlRead the bit about going up to the Arctic circle!
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Post by roach1948 on Mar 12, 2008 12:13:55 GMT 1
Thought I would add a few more small boat adventures. There is this Chap who is going to circumnavigate the UK in June in a Coribee www.jonnymooresailing.com/And this chap is on his way to Melbourne in a Contessa 26 www.bigoceans.com/I have also decided that Roach will have no fixed mooring this Summer and that will compel me to explore the whole East Coast in weekend hops, Maurice Griffiths style. So hopefully I will have a few stories to tell of my own.
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Post by ggt on Mar 12, 2008 12:35:34 GMT 1
I have also decided that Roach will have no fixed mooring this Summer and that will compel me to explore the whole East Coast in weekend hops, Maurice Griffiths style. So hopefully I will have a few stories to tell of my own. Excellent idea! Beg, borrow or steal moorings where you can! Look pathetic and poor or as if you're researching a TV program for the BBC where you can't.
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Post by roach1948 on Mar 13, 2008 12:13:59 GMT 1
Is it worth the read for the £60 people are asking for manky old copies! I am staggered at how this account can appreciate.....If it is really THAT good, I propose a book syndicate on this one copy.
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Post by Ken.P. on Mar 13, 2008 13:14:06 GMT 1
I downloaded it in PDF form, I'll try and find the link, if not I could put it on the SBC server.
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Post by ood on Mar 13, 2008 23:05:53 GMT 1
Is it worth the read for the £60 people are asking for manky old copies! I am staggered at how this account can appreciate.....If it is really THAT good, I propose a book syndicate on this one copy. This sounds familar Roach, tall, build . . . . (are you contemplating you own)
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Post by jimbuoy on Mar 14, 2008 9:46:22 GMT 1
Well it's certainly not a bad read... £60 seems OTT as I paid far less for my copy. Jim Is it worth the read for the £60 people are asking for manky old copies! I am staggered at how this account can appreciate.....If it is really THAT good, I propose a book syndicate on this one copy.
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Post by mirelle on Mar 14, 2008 10:17:37 GMT 1
Is there something funny going on with old sailing books?
A friend has been trying to buy copies of Tilman's books - not one under thirty quid and a signed copy £315 on ebay.
Daft, considering the omnibus editions are in print.
(I plead guilty to quietly collecting Mariner's Library editions, provided they are under a tenner!)
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Post by sulis on Mar 14, 2008 11:13:39 GMT 1
The Shrimpy pdf is avail here members.lycos.co.uk/marybonney/PDFs/Shrimpy.pdfGripping stuff I cant stop reading it, I only wish I had bought the book years ago. Edit:- It's no wonder that he died of lung cancer, there's hardly a page where cigarettes are not mentioned!
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Post by roach1948 on Mar 14, 2008 11:46:33 GMT 1
Sulis, thank you very much - that has saved me £60 which will now go to towards my train fare to Suffolk this evening! Need to get a new toner and paper too though....
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Post by Ken.P. on Mar 14, 2008 12:16:58 GMT 1
The Shrimpy pdf is avail here members.lycos.co.uk/marybonney/PDFs/Shrimpy.pdfGripping stuff I cant stop reading it, I only wish I had bought the book years ago. Edit:- It's no wonder that he died of lung cancer, there's hardly a page where cigarettes are not mentioned! Thanks for that, save me some searching!
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Post by roach1948 on Mar 25, 2008 2:08:25 GMT 1
I have just finished reading Trekka Around the World and I thought it was a great book. This was a Sopraninoesque Giles yawl that circumnavigated in 1956 ' she was the smallest yacht ever to go RTW at that time ' I fully recommend the book.
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Post by ood on Jan 20, 2010 12:00:52 GMT 1
This guy seems to have had a great time, & made it! Well Done! And this chap is on his way to Melbourne in a Contessa 26 www.bigoceans.com/The pics/slideshow will keep you busy for a while www.flickr.com/photos/bigoceans/show/Did I see that Roach met him or gave him some books/charts. He now seems very broke with debts. Thought I would add a few more small boat adventures. There is this Chap who is going to circumnavigate the UK in June in a Coribee www.jonnymooresailing.com/And this chap is on his way to Melbourne in a Contessa 26 www.bigoceans.com/I have also decided that Roach will have no fixed mooring this Summer and that will compel me to explore the whole East Coast in weekend hops, Maurice Griffiths style. So hopefully I will have a few stories to tell of my own.
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Post by roach1948 on Jan 20, 2010 23:25:34 GMT 1
Is there something funny going on with old sailing books? Have you seen classic boat? They have started a "collect your won classic library" column! Damn them!
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Post by mirelle on Jan 21, 2010 12:38:22 GMT 1
Ah! I missed that bit and I get it each month.
We need to have words with Peter Willis when we next meet!
I have got horribly close to completing the Mariners Library - I have 37 out of the 47, now, and I think I need to make myself a rule that using Abebooks is "cheating".
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Post by roach1948 on Feb 20, 2010 19:56:47 GMT 1
Started a new book, found in a local second hand bookshop. "The Third Voyage of Nova Espero" by Charles Violet. All about takking an 20fter down through the canals and into the Med just after the war. Interesting read, but he is a bit British (he loaded the yacht with 20lbs of tea!). It's funny reading these stories now, as a) few would consider cruising around the med in anything under 30ft and the Med has been well and truly "discovered" - he would have been horrified at the changes he would have seen in sdome of the places. I would still like to sail to Pantelleria though - not many people make it there.
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Post by mirelle on Feb 20, 2010 21:42:06 GMT 1
I've got "Solitary Journey" by Charles Violet which sounds like the same book.
Did you want to borrow that jemmy?
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Post by roach1948 on Feb 20, 2010 23:00:20 GMT 1
Time..... but yes. Being totally defeatist, I moved onto the second bolt to see what a hash I could make of that.
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