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General => Out & About => Topic started by: Johnny4428 on August 14, 2023, 02:56:43 PM
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Lovely run out today and even managed a selfie. And by the way the 1980 jacket still fits? (Too warm for touring jacket)
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Looking great Johnny and the bike isn't bad either 😂😂😂
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No bike, but lots of water…
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No bike, but lots of water…
Oh wow, I wish I was up there 😍😍😍😍
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I was glad to get down, I can tell you😱
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I was glad to get down, I can tell you😱
Thought it was a top sail camera how high up the mast were you?
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On the top,Ted…the very top. View from below attached….
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I've got vertigo from just looking at the photo!! :o
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Okay so how do you shimmy up that mast - looks like its carbon or alloy - no crows nest to take a breather then?
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There is something seriously wrong with you Phil.
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Okay so how do you shimmy up that mast - looks like its carbon or alloy - no crows nest to take a breather then?
Ellen MacArthur had to do the same remember? There's lots of ways to do it well. ;D https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/gear/7-mast-climbing-methods-and-gear-on-test-84008#:~:text=The%20conventional%20mast%20climbing%20method,a%20halyard%20and%20a%20winch. Have you seen my celebrity snap of her boarding the Cutty Sark? ;D
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Looking great Johnny and the bike isn't bad either 😂😂😂
To be fair the bikes had work done, I haven’t yet! 🤣🤣
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Looking great Johnny and the bike isn't bad either 😂😂😂
To be fair the bikes had work done, I haven’t yet! 🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂
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No bike, but lots of water…
That is quite a view! I have absolutely no knowledge regarding sailing! Why would it be necessary to climb to the top of a mast in this day and age. I thought it would all be push button control on a modern yacht?😳😳
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Well how about if you let go of a halyard and the weight of the rope on the other side of the pulley pulled it to the top of the mast for instance.
Lots of string up there and some instrument sensors, wind speed, direction, lights etc lots of things to go wrong.
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Well how about if you let go of a halyard and the weight of the rope on the other side of the pulley pulled it to the top of the mast for instance.
Lots of string up there and some instrument sensors, wind speed, direction, lights etc lots of things to go wrong.
The last time I went up a mast, the main sheet (rope) snagged on the Thames Sailing barge I was crewing on and I was 'nominated' to go up and free it off. That was 80ft up. We were sailing from Maldon to Pin Mill and this barge doesn't have an engine, so it had to be sorted.
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We were sailing from Maldon to Pin Mill ...
This is one from Shotley Marina Julie? I used to sail out of nearby Felixstowe often on a container ship, and also from Parkstone Quay on the boat train to Hook of Holland as a passenger often. It sounds like you showed some girl power lol! ;D
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We were sailing from Maldon to Pin Mill ...
This is one from Shotley Marina Julie? I used to sail out of nearby Felixstowe often on a container ship, and also from Parkstone Quay on the boat train to Hook of Holland as a passenger often. It sounds like you showed some girl power lol! ;D
This is Mirosa, lives at Iron Wharf, Faversham. There is still a big group of Thames barges that sail the east coast, for pleasure these days, not working. I have been involved in some great barge races in the Medway on Barges but also smaller gaff rigged ketches etc. It was in a past life of mine and unfortunately, I don't sail now. Used to own my own yachts in the 80's and 90's but they were all modern and plastic. My house is full of boat pictures 😁😁😁. Luckily, Graham gets sea sick on a Paedlo, so if I ever need to do a bunk in a hurry, I'll be away on a Yacht 😂😂😂😂😂
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My house is full of boat pictures 😁😁😁. Luckily, Graham gets sea sick on a Paedlo, so if I ever need to do a bunk in a hurry, I'll be away on a Yacht 😂😂😂😂😂
Sounds just like me Julie! I'm a tea clipper and late sail enthusiast myself .
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Just in case anyone is interested there's a young guy who is renovating the 1927 Fastnet winner "Tally Ho". A Gaff Cutter.
Fantastic workmanship and a good film maker to fund it all.
Started 6 years ago and is now nearing completion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FhTu3aGM60 episode 1.
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I was following that quite a while ago - the guy is tenacious to say the least! A mammoth excecise!
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Okay so how do you shimmy up that mast - looks like its carbon or alloy - no crows nest to take a breather then?
You are hauled up using halyards and winches with jammers closed, but not jammed. A Lot of trust required…
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Just in case anyone is interested there's a young guy who is renovating the 1927 Fastnet winner "Tally Ho". A Gaff Cutter.
Fantastic workmanship and a good film maker to fund it all.
Started 6 years ago and is now nearing completion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FhTu3aGM60 episode 1.
The Duracell Yacht refit is also very interesting, using contemporary construction techniques. The Tally Ho project is outstanding…..the craftsmanship is astounding.
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https://www.sail-world.com/news/265381/Clipper-Race-set-for-Newcastle-NSW-for-first-time
Follow it on https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/
I’m with ‘Team Greg”.
Starts September 3rd from Portsmouth .
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My wife refuses to climb to the top of my mast, spoil sport.
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My wife refuses to climb to the top of my mast, spoil sport.
“O matron” 😂😂😂
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https://www.sail-world.com/news/265381/Clipper-Race-set-for-Newcastle-NSW-for-first-time
Follow it on https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/
I’m with ‘Team Greg”.
Starts September 3rd from Portsmouth .
Can't see a "team Greg" I must be missing something. Are you actually doing a leg? Bigger balls than me if so.
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Look under ‘the‘race’ then ‘teams’. For the moment legs 5,6 and 8.
https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/teams
Probably getting a bit of topic now😁😌
Feel free to make a donation to UNICEF or sponsor me.
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Hope you have a fantastic trip and very glad you've avoided the southern ocean legs. Just too damn dangerous imho but maybe they are staying higher up than in previous races.
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Wow, fantastic. In my dreams I'd love to be part of something like that but in reality, there is absolutely no way I have the stamina or energy to be of use to anyone.
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Absolutely good luck with the yachting, brave thing to do, what an experience.⛵️⛵️ 🫨
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Thanks everybody. I’ve made lots of sacrifices for this: bring on the rum and the lash. Incidentally, I’m doing the North Pacific at high latitude…burrrrr.🥶
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When you set off Phil, will you post a link to your yacht, so anyone that's interested can follow?
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No your not having another Yacht. The last one had to be shipped all the way from Scotland :o Stick with the bikes ;D ;D
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No your not having another Yacht. The last one had to be shipped all the way from Scotland :o Stick with the bikes ;D ;D
😂😂😂😂😂😂Bugger off.
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No your not having another Yacht. The last one had to be shipped all the way from Scotland :o Stick with the bikes ;D ;D
😂😂😂😂😂😂Bugger off.
Now, now. If you are looking for crew Julie..😃
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No your not having another Yacht. The last one had to be shipped all the way from Scotland :o Stick with the bikes ;D ;D
😂😂😂😂😂😂Bugger off.
Now, now. If you are looking for crew Julie..😃
You'll be on the top of my list Phil.
Yes, the last yacht I bought was birthed in Inverkip. It was the depths of winter, snow everywhere. I wanted to get the boat back to Chichester Marina and was considering taken her up through the Great Glen and sailing all the way down the east / south coast. A fair old voyage. But, luckily a chap had just had a boat brought up by low loader from Sunseeker in Poole and it was going back empty, I gave the driver £500 and he delivered it to Chichester for me 😂😂😂
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When you set off Phil, will you post a link to your yacht, so anyone that's interested can follow?
Will do, Julie. I retire in Dec and join on Jan 17th at Airlee Beach, North East Australia. Our yacht is Quingdao.
Follow the race here: https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/race/standings
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When you set off Phil, will you post a link to your yacht, so anyone that's interested can follow?
Will do, Julie. I retire in Dec and join on Jan 17th at Airlee Beach, North East Australia. Our yacht is Quingdao.
Follow the race here: https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/race/standings
What a lovely place to start from. I've also sailed around the Whitsunday Islands, that was very special.
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Johnny, apologies for hijacking your thread ☺️☺️☺️
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Oh yes, sorry Johnny. Promise not to do it again.
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No your not having another Yacht. The last one had to be shipped all the way from Scotland :o Stick with the bikes ;D ;D
Why not compromise? ;D
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Johnny, apologies for hijacking your thread ☺️☺️☺️
No problem! It’s actually developed into something interesting!😂😂😂
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Airlie Beach - nice! A friend of ours who used to live over here runs a marina there - it looks amazing from all the piccies I've seen.
https://www.coralseamarina.com/
My sailing tends to be restricted to small dinghies on the east coast, chilly sometimes..but they are great fun!
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Yup, that’s the one. Does your mate know of any cheap digs for three nights…14th to 16th Jan😀.
I took a 2 day dinghy sailing course in Ripon, North Yorkshire, but spent 90% of the time capsized. Dinghy sailing is tougher than it looks, so congratulations to you.
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Yup, that’s the one. Does your mate know of any cheap digs for three nights…14th to 16th Jan😀.
I took a 2 day dinghy sailing course in Ripon, North Yorkshire, but spent 90% of the time capsized. Dinghy sailing is tougher than it looks, so congratulations to you.
Are you sure you didn't have a dodgy dinghy? :o I did such a course with the army sailing association when in Cyprus for six weeks back in 1973, I was a sixteen year old soldier. We did capsize drills, but we had to force the thing to end up on it's side at least. The qualification was called 'C class helmsman' I think and I got a card to go with it, but I never built on it. Here is a piccie of me doing the canoeing course on the same tour...weren't I cute then?