chrishelen
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Reged: 07/01/2007
Posts: 1328
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Hi Homer,wellcome,
Me and Helen spend lots of time in New Quey,LLangranog and Aberporth are ports of call on our little dingy, weather permitting, hope to bump into you for a beer,
Cheers
Chris.
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HomersSpiceRack
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Reged: 29/04/2008
Posts: 35
Loc: Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan
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let me have a description of your dinghy and I'll keep an eye out for you during the summer.
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graham
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Reged: 16/05/2001
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Loc: South Wales
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Hello and welcome to the forum. I used to have a Lysander in the Rumney River and sometimes saw one coming out of Cardiff with a bowsprit and large headsail.Could have been your mates?
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HomersSpiceRack
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Reged: 29/04/2008
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Loc: Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan
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There is a good chance it was. It was all varnished wood topsides and a little short as the transom was rotten when he bought it so he cut 8" to 10" off and rebuilt the transom. It was based in Newport, Pembs during the summer and we used to take it out from a pontoon on the ely during the winter to fish.
Used to be good fun. One day we were anchored about 3/4 of a mile off about level with ASW in very lumpy conditions. In fact we were sure the bait was coming out of the water when we were on top of a wave. We had noticed a yacht with a lone yachtsman aboard slowly working his way towards us and thought he was probably going to ask if we were ok.
After some time he passed across our bows, we were sat with our backs to the saloon looking over the transom and we thought that was that. Only to have him tack across our stern with him leaning over the gaurd rail.
As he passed his only words were..." You're f*@king nuts!" and off he sailed. We are still laughing about it now.
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Alcyone
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Reged: 09/04/2008
Posts: 545
Loc: Bridgend, Wales, UK
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Tom used to Live up near Cardigan, but I don't know what his boat was then. He had another called the 'perky puffin'. He wrote a few books on shipwrecks and a sea guide to pembs?
Scallops, always dive for them. If you know where to look there are quite a few about. I usually limit myself to half a dozen, a couple of times a season. Not because there is a shortage, but because I have seen so many other shellfish decimated. I see almost no Crayfish now, few lobsters and even good sized edible crabs are rare.
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HomersSpiceRack
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Reged: 29/04/2008
Posts: 35
Loc: Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan
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Ah Yes. His name did sound familiar but it was because I have a couple of his wreck books from when I was diving. Didn't know he was from Cardigan thought. Live and learn.
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tangomoon
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Reged: 18/10/2004
Posts: 1768
Loc: SW
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The scallops were fished for, in fact fished out!
Late 70s/early 80s one stage more than sixty beamers working out of Fishguard all on scallops off Cardigan. Earnings ahem, vast for some months.
Still pockets of them of course.
Always thought it odd when fishermen find a good spot they don't keep quiet, went from one boat to a whole fleet practically overnight.
Very big specimens and best scallops in the country.
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