Webmeister's summer cruise

Post by **Silkie** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:29 pm

Had a call at teatime from Fairwinds in Tobermory. Having left Tobers earlier in the day and spent 4 hours beating to Ardnamurchan Point in a fresh breeze they found themselves cold wet and miserable, and with no hope of arriving anywhere at any sensible time, turned back for the fleshpots again.

Finding the pontoon full was the icing on the cake and some kind of mutiny seemed to be in progress with the first mate blowing up the dinghy and rolling shot on deck.

Just another Scottish summer cruise then.

Olivepage · Post by **Olivepage** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:43 am

Summer cruise - North Sea style

Day 1 - Waves breaking over Nth Breakwater - occasional periods of heavy rain seperated by periods of very heavy rain.

Day 2 - Waves ditto
Rain ditto

Day 3 - Waves ditto
Rain heavier with a few of even heavier still periods

Day 4 - Waves ditto
Rain stopped -
Went to sea - but but got call from daughter at home - have to do some work tomorrow so thats the end of that.

I sometimes think I'll take up train spotting.

claymore · Post by **claymore** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:49 am

Depart Hull docks for Rotterdam 18:00 today.
Decent Westerlies forecast so a following breeze. Never happens around Ardnamurchan.

Will this make the Promenade Deck untenable and will Dear Heart and I have to spend the entire evening in the Piano Bar?

sahona · Post by **sahona** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:01 pm

Tues, up at 0400, 09.30 arrive at Paris arsenal. Cloudy , warm.
Wed, hungover, off upriver to wherever. ditto thurs. ditto fri. ditto sat. ditto sun. ditto mon. Tue train back down river to Paris. home wed 0015.
Crackin' or what?

cpedw · Post by **cpedw** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:30 pm

sahona wrote: Tue train back down river to Paris.

Is that the boat TGV?

sahona · Post by **sahona** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:16 pm

Nup. Just the normal tue-tue train.

sahona · Post by **sahona** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:17 pm

This is what it looked like most of the time - lovely

Just round the corner, they do this on Sunday.

And this is one of the beavers we got all excited about, after having heard about them from a boat that was a couple of days ahead of us...

However.....Mr Darwin seems to have been visiting and decided they don't need those wide tails any more. So who'se going to spill the beans to the girls??? I think it should be Basil Faulty.

Post by **Nick** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:10 pm

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. . . . . 'is no rat, is beaver! . . .

sahona · Post by **sahona** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:47 am

Ees no rat - ees Tarka?
but the water wasn't really that bright, was it.

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