JECuk
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Reged: 22/01/2008
Posts: 254
Loc: Mid-Thames
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Well, he did say that it could be worse...
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Lady Gay
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No_Regrets
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Reged: 09/07/2007
Posts: 1392
Loc: Welwyn Garden City, Herts UK.
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Ha ha ha.....hang on a fooking minute... 
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The scourge of Windsor, and notorious founder member of the 'Upper Thames Birchwood Massive' now outlawed by the EA and River pressure groups, currently planning a nice comfy retirement in the aft cabin of a Broom.
Now can anybody recommend any non-marking slippers?
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apollo
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Reged: 12/09/2003
Posts: 1185
Loc: Thames
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Yeah, it could have been a BIG Birchwood
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Gavi
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Reged: 01/06/2006
Posts: 1577
Loc: Sunny Staines
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Glad to hear it - hope you have a wonderful time being based from there.
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JECuk
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Reged: 22/01/2008
Posts: 254
Loc: Mid-Thames
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Went out with an instructor on Saturday who drives and moves traditional boats for a living. He confirmed that the berth we had was possible to get into and out of but it is really tight and no way to avoid some fender rubbing with the other boat particularly in any wind. He said he would not want to berth boat with less than 3 crew.
The owner of the boat next door saw us practising and decided that he was going to struggle as he is much longer and juts out well into the basin from the quite short pontoon. He is essentially the biggest boat in the marina.
So he moved which helps him and gives us much more manouvering room!
We will have another wooden boat in next to us and I am very comfortable with my ability to get in and out of the berth now even with some wind.
The tuition was helpful and confirmed my boat control was pretty good, I just was getting a little overcome by the lack of space.
(and the same neighbours are sitting on the top of their boat supervising the marina day after day - not sure their boat ever goes out!)
Thanks for the advice and help.
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Lady Gay
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