attendees

[Phoenix of Hamble]

With just over 3 weeks to go, can we pull together latest list of attendees?

If you could post your plans here including

boat name/type
departure port
departure time/date (approx)
whether you are looking to travel on to Holland
planned return date
crew number inc skipper - forumites?

If you are undecided (I know of at least one boat with current engine probs that is at present uncertain of attendance) then just say so..

Finally, if you are OK to do so, could you PM me a mobile number, e-mail address and DSC number if known/fitted, and i'll compile a list for skippers (privacy will be respected - promise!)

Also, who wants to volunteer to let Robert know about plans, and possible numbers?

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Magna Carter - Carter 3/4 tonner
leaving Ipswich at approx 02h00 Sat 27th
Going on to Holland
Returning poss Friday 2nd/ Sat 3rd June
2 adults, 1 x 7yr old and 1 x 10yr old on board

[sailorman]

Jolie Brise - Oyster 37
2 POB ( me n my bum chum /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif)
depart Ipswich 25/05
rtn 28/05

[OR4751]

boat name/type: Guapa / Kalik 44

departure port: Burnham

departure time/date (approx): HW night 25/26 May

whether you are looking to travel on to Holland: no - have seen enough of Holland for 1 year. Anyway, mast to high to get out of the Roompot. Onward trip Nieuwpoort or Northern France. Then Ramsgate (Dunkirk Small Ships bash?). Return to Burnham

planned return date: 2 or 3 June

crew number inc skipper - forumites?: Just the kids (Daughter (15) & son (10)) + me.

[OR4751]

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Also, who wants to volunteer to let Robert know about plans, and possible numbers?

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That'll be me then

[Oen]

Matrix, Beneteau First 42s7,
spending Friday night on Halfpenny Pier to slip at about 0300,
Doing the full trip,
Planning to leave through the Roompotsluis (air draft permitting) on Friday, but if the weather looks good may call at Nieuwport or somewhere else on the way back,
Crew of four or five...

[FullCircle]

Full Circle - Jeanneau SO35
4 peeps, Me, Lynn, Chris & Ann (they came last year)
Leaving either night of 25/26th Silly O clock (HW-1) or 26th Middayish also HW-1 From Burnham On Crouch or the anchorage in the mouth of the Roach.
Returning on Monday daytime to get back for work on Tuesday.

[Laurin]

Boat Name: Vreny
Depature Port: Burnham
departure time/date: Friday morning but going via Ramsgate and Dunkirk, should arrive Oostend Sunday.
whether you are looking to travel on to Holland: Maybe, we've got the whole week off but we'll see how Vreny is coping and then make a decision.
planned return date: Not sure yet, see above
crew number inc skipper - 2

[Phoenix of Hamble]

I also note the confirmation of OrwellTiggerToo and asj1 in the last 2 days on another thread... plus a friend of mine also Ipswich based...

so thats 9 boats confirmed so far....

[sailorman]

Discount in the Montgomery perhaps /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Worth a try!

Let you chance your hand on that one Roger... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Plus Bob confirmed on Contessa Fantana.... so that 10 confirmed....

[sailorman]

i always ask /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
yet to succeed /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[OR4751]

How long is your boat today?? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[asj1]

Onia - Westerly Fulmar
Departs Ipswich Haven
Departure time - will intend to leave Haven marina Friday evening moor at Pin Mill to get a few hours sleep then leave 4:00 am (ish) Saturday 27th for Ostend
Do intend to go on to Holland
Will aim to return from Holland Friday 2nd or Saturday 3rd
Skipper - self, Andrew Jones
Crew 3 other consenting adults

PM also sent

[sailorman]

sun always shine in Gods Country
http://snap26.photobox.co.uk/089699862eb35bc690d758891021dfba38d252951f805dde10 952d88.jpg /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Ooohhhh.... bow to...... that'll be interesting...... one of my favourites (not!)

[sailorman]

25> 30 m stern line doubled through the By as u pass /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif( if your lucky & mentally prepaired) as they say

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Oh... its not a weighted line back to the quay then? I take it from that comment that its a seperate buoyed line for the stern?

Never used them with Maggie.... The only reason I suspect I'll dislike them is that Maggie isn't that maneouverable, and kicks pretty hard on the prop wash...... so no doubt once Ive picked up one end, it'll be sods own job to keep her pointing the right way for the other end!

[sailorman]

have a stern line ready ( no knots in it ) out of gear glide in , have crew mid ships to pick-up By & thread line through "smartly",keep By to windward, pay-out line & dont sail over the By, hand stern line to helm. a boat hook is usefull to grab your new neighbor, motor ahead carefully controlling forward momentem with the stern line , secure 2 x bow lines with-out hitting pontoon cleats or aluminium angle on pontoon ( bad 4 top sides ). keep control of the stern line @ all times & haul off the pontoon ( slacked bow ) when u leave the boat & @ night

[OR4751]

This sounds like so much fun to me!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Can I watch?? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[sailorman]

Early Bird n all that /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

some have done it single- handed i belive /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

did u notice the boat with the red stripe /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[OR4751]

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did u notice the boat with the red stripe /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

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Very smart /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
She's Irish now, I have been led to believe.
IRA drug money - allegedly

[Oen]

Just wondering... Why not stern-to?

[OR4751]

Two reasons mainly:

1. Boats tend to fill the space available - you might have to nudge your way in. This tends to go better if you go in "pointy end" first.
2. Privacy: you're right along the main boulevard - don't really like the whole world and his wife looking down into my cockpit.

[Oen]

Understood - I much prefer stern-to, and it would be a great deal easier than bows-to with my present boat, for a variety of reasons. But in this case, bows-to it is...

[sailorman]

us with Mabs & no suger scoop & stickie out transoms have no choice /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Here here..... long live the MAB!

[Phoenix of Hamble]

2 more boats now expressing interest, weather depending.....

[OR4751]

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weather depending.....

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Ah, that good old escape clause again.

If on Saturday night there are more than five Scuttlebut boats there, I'll
a. be very surprised
b. buy every skipper a beer

[Phoenix of Hamble]

well, I'll be there for any forecast below 7..... 7's or above, and i'm not heading across the Nth sea!

[Phoenix of Hamble]

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If on Saturday night there are more than five Scuttlebut boats there, I'll
a. be very surprised
b. buy every skipper a beer

[/ QUOTE ]What a pessimist!

[OR4751]

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What a pessimist!

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Pessimist: the term an optimist uses to describe a realist.

Prove me wrong, and I'll gladly buy you a beer.

[OR4751]

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well, I'll be there for any forecast below 7..... 7's or above, and i'm not heading across the Nth sea!

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We're crossing on Thursday (25/06) - mind you, still 5 days to go.

Donderdag zijn er eerst opklaringen, maar later wordt het betrokken met perioden van regen en buien. Goed zicht, later matig zicht. Maxima rond 13 graden. Vrij krachtige tot krachtige wind (5/6) uit ZW; krimpend naar Z en toenemend tot hard à stormachtig (7/8).

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Rather lovely translation from an on line site....!/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Thursday there are becomes first opklaringen, but later on the concerned with periods of rain and showers. Good view, later on moderate view. Maximums around 13 degrees. Freely powerful till powerful wind (5/6) from ZW; shrinking to Z and increasing till hard to tempestuous (7/8).

I especially like the last line!

[OR4751]

Pretty **** translation - has got Brigitte in stitches.

Opklaringen = sunny spells
Betrokken = overcast and NOT concerned (well, it can mean concerned, but in a different context).

[sailorman]

Mine` s a Duval then/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[OR4751]

No change there then?! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[OR4751]

Will try to post the CINCFLEET long-term forecast tomorrow.

In the mean time:

Donderdag: betrokken met regen, overgaand in wisselende bewolking met in eerste instantie nog kans op een bui. Maxima rond 14 graden en het zicht is goed, behalve tijdens de neerslag. De wind waait krachtig (6) uit ZW, krimpend naar Z en afnemend naar matig (3 à 4).

Vrijdag: zwaarbewolkte perioden met kans op een buitje. Maxima rond 16 graden en het zicht is overwegend goed. De wind waait vrij krachtig (5) uit ZW tot ZZW, toenemend naar krachtig (6).

Over to you, Neil!

[sailorman]

Mel said does the Crew got a Duval as well?????? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Equally as high quality translation.....

Thursday: concerned with rain, going over in variable bewolking with in first authority yet chance on a shower. Maximums around 14 degrees and the view is good, except of during the precipitation. The wind blows powerfully (6) from ZW, shrinking to Z and decreasing to moderate (3 to 4).

Friday: zwaarbewolkte periods with chance on a shower. Maximums around 16 degrees and the view is predominantly good. The wind blows freely powerfully (5) from ZW till ZZW, increasing to powerful (6).

[OR4751]

Sure - Mel can have yours.

After all, we all know you sleep your way across. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[sailorman]

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