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Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:58 am
by FullCircle
aquaplane wrote:Well I have read "Magic of the Swatchways" and I can't decide about the East Coast Rivers. There seems to be lots of drifting up rivers on the tide at night with hardly any way on, which I can cope with, glorious sunsets under big skies, again Ok.
Mucking about bouncing over sandbanks in short steep breaking seas knowing the boat will get pounded to matchwood in seconds if it runs out of water altogether doesn't sound to be much fun.
Then there is that 4 week old fourty footer that lost it's keel over christmas.
I take it that someone who likes to play it reasonably safe can sail round there and get from one river to another without too big an adrenalin rush.
Its not like that anymore, that was back in the old days. Big improvements to the swatchways now. We filter the water, and have painted the bottom blue so it looks like the carib. We also dredged it out to stop scaredy people going bump, which means there is no more steep chop. We also installed free mooring posts everywhere so you can stop where you like now, and we really improved the signage with proper directions rather than those stupid round buoy things. Best thing of all was the tourist board handing out free beer and ice cream vouchers to all visitors. Its like paradise, with lesbians too.
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:42 am
by aquaplane
It's nice that the facilities have been improved, I may just make an effort now.
I "found" "keep turning left" over christmas and really enjoyed Dylan's videos, it looks to be a good spot to sail, and well presented by someone who obviously loves the area.
Kudu's antics were good to watch too.
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:38 pm
by Mark
FullCircle wrote:Its not like that anymore, that was back in the old days. Big improvements to the swatchways now. We filter the water, and have painted the bottom blue so it looks like the carib. We also dredged it out to stop scaredy people going bump, which means there is no more steep chop. We also installed free mooring posts everywhere so you can stop where you like now, and we really improved the signage with proper directions rather than those stupid round buoy things. Best thing of all was the tourist board handing out free beer and ice cream vouchers to all visitors. Its like paradise, with lesbians too.
I was sold on NewEastCoast(tm) before I got to the last sentence, but lesbians (no doubt frolicking in mud) really has sealed the deal. A one way ticket to Hullbridge for me.
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:39 pm
by lady_stormrider
...And the waist - as all good galley slaves would testify start just below the neck
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:48 pm
by FullCircle
You lucky lad Nick - I have used Amazon twice tonight.
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:56 pm
by Nick
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Thank you kind sir.
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:06 pm
by aquaplane
The cash should be flooding in, I've bought yet another book and a Tom & Jerry collectors DVD set for the admiral.
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:15 pm
by Nick
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I'm thinking of buying another boat . . .
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:56 pm
by spuddy
Up near the top of my list would be one of the Jonathon Raban's - prob his round Britain one. Spurred me into trying to dig it out again. Also quite attached to Down Channel by McMullen but not to his man management style. One of the Moitessiers; Sailing to the Reefs praps. I liked the yarn by the builder and skipper of Erik the Red (forgotten name); built from second hand floorboards and junk rig. Hard to keep the list down to 5 - bit like your Desert Island Discs. Dunno about reading about sailing while on board tho. I'll certainly have one of the Stieg Larsson thrillers and the collection of Chic Murray gags on the boat.
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:39 pm
by Silkie
aquaplane wrote:..a Tom & Jerry collectors DVD set for the admiral.
You're not fooling anyone.
PS - Are they all Freds or is there a mixture?
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:59 am
by aquaplane
Silkie wrote:aquaplane wrote:..a Tom & Jerry collectors DVD set for the admiral.
You're not fooling anyone.
PS - Are they all Freds or is there a mixture?
I don't know, I havent seen them, the feedback I have had so far is that they are a great sucess and Fred Quimby features large.
My dad had a tape in a VHS that got knicked, all recorded of telly and irreplacable he thought.
I looked on Amazon and the feedback was poor, racist/violent bits removed so that the originals were adulterated, but I got them anyway.
I'm waiting for the Admiral to watch them then I can review them, just for research you understand.
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:38 pm
by Telo
aquaplane wrote:Fred Quimby features large.
Unusual name, that. I wonder what its origins are.
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:38 pm
by ash
aquaplane wrote:..a Tom & Jerry collectors DVD set for the admiral. Fred Quimby features large.
Boomerang TV, Virgin 730, have Tom & Jerry on at 1800 hrs every week night - sometimes Fred Qs.
Ash
PS Above clicky will take you to a selection of T&J.
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:19 pm
by Silkie
Shard wrote:Unusual name, that. I wonder what its origins are.
Well according to
The Internet Surname Database "this is a locational English surname which originates from a village called Quenby in the county of Leicestershire."
Re: Blatant advertisement - do your Christmas shopping at Amazon
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:45 pm
by FullCircle
Just ordered a Canon printer through Amazon.....so I am still thinking of you.