tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74680465672178531862024-02-19T04:53:12.234+00:00Ships Log - Yacht "Papillon"Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-64415755543550999012013-03-18T23:21:00.004+00:002021-04-09T14:13:34.521+01:00New blog!!<div>
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This Hurley 20ft GRP bilge keel, 4-berth sailing cruiser has been refurbished and is in excellent condition. R/reefing, new forestay, genoa in good condition, mainsail & spinnaker pole. Steering compass, nav lights, new windows, self draining cockpit, s/s pulpit & pushpit, anchor, chain, fenders, ropes. Just needs an outboard [4-6hp]<br />
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So I'm now the proud owner of a bilge keel, Hurley 20.....looks like I'll be boating this summer after all - now let's have a little sun, please.....<br />
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Now that Papillon is sold; what could be more natural than a summary of the period of my ownership..<br />
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So... it all started when I bought Papillon in March 2009 from <a href="http://www.wilsonsboatyard.co.uk/" target="_blank">Wilson's Boatyard on Hayling Island [clicky].</a>
I remember distinctly offering the asking price immediately... I'd
been looking for a boat for some weeks by then and had missed out a few
times by being too late, or delaying, so when I saw Pap, I knew she was right, & I
moved quickly to avoid losing her! As it turned out
Wilson's were a very nice bunch of people who allowed me to keep her in
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I was ready to launch, so my first few months of ownership involved
long commutes down the length of Hayling to clean/paint and generally
titivate....happy days...!<br />
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So first off, and with much interest, I loaded every GPS track I had for the four years into GoogleEarth for a view on where I'd been spending my time... so once again, like
a spider dipped in blue ink and left to wander all over Google Earth -
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Mostly in the main Chichester channel it would seem, if the above is anything to go by....<img alt="smiley emoticons" border="0" src="http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0035.gif" /><br />
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...and that's the big view including the Solent trips... two to the Nab, one to Cowes, one to Seaview, and one "Round Hayling"..<br />
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<b>Number of sailing trips/visits:</b> 61 in four years; 18 in '09, 13 in 2010, 18 in 2011 but only 12 this year (hideous weather, but I was also getting the sink hole fixed!). If you count all the times I
visited in the mornings/evenings while she was on shore though (usually two
to three times a week), and the days I worked on her pre-season, and the cups of tea visits (and pot noodle visits!) -
easily triple, or even quadruple, that...<br />
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<b>Total distance sailed:</b> 646 miles; 125 in '09, 154 in 2010, 193 in 2011 & 173 odd this year - that's no mean feat when you consider there's no tiller pilot involved - I hand steered all of that! <img alt="smiley emoticons" border="0" src="http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0035.gif" /><br />
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<b>Nights on board:</b> Surprisingly I can only find 3 - one was on the Cowes raid, this year and then a couple of times in 2010; one of these was, memorably, the night before I dis-masted..!<br />
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<b>Crew on occasion:</b> 2 daughters - both of them are good company. Youngest was crew more than eldest (as she got a job and a boyfriend) Youngest is turning into a confidant helm... Both of them tell me sailing is "boring" and look at me in a pitying way when I talk about Pap... <img alt="smiley emoticons" border="0" src="http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0035.gif" /> Oh, and Jellybean Phil and I took her for a motor up to Emsworth one very wet & gusty evening!<br />
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<b>Cruising range:</b> Emsworth to the north, Bosham/Itchenor in the East and the Folly (up the Medina River from Cowes)
to the west and the Nab to the south.. superb!<br />
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<b>Biggest Cruise:</b> Cowes raid<a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/cowes-raid-saturday-14th-july.html" target="_blank"> day one </a> this year (32 miles) shortly followed by the day sail to<a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2010/09/priory-potter.html" target="_blank"> Seaview in 2010 </a>(31 miles)<br />
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<b>Best Cruise:</b> So hard as it comes down to a choice of four,<a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/cowes-raid-saturday-14th-july.html" target="_blank"> the Cowes raid </a>this year (which proves adventure is
available to everyone), the trip to <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/spitbank.html" target="_blank">Portsmouth Harbour entrance</a> also this year, the trip to <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2010/09/priory-potter.html" target="_blank">Seaview in 2010</a>, and also <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2011/08/nab-tower-redux.html" target="_blank">the trip to the Nab last year (the one where I finally got there)</a>.....<br />
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<b>Worst cruise:</b> Choice of two.. the <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2010/04/dismasted.html" target="_blank">trip when I dis-masted</a>, or the <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/cowes-raid-saturday-14th-july.html" target="_blank">outbound trip to Cowes</a> where the weather was hideous; cold, wet, miserable, windy, and on the nose! (Thank goodness the pub was open when we got there... <img alt="smiley emoticons" border="0" src="http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0035.gif" />)<br />
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Dis-masting takes it I think, as it was a very low point in my burgeoning sailing career.... <br />
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<b>Oddest cruise: </b><a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2011/04/bad-luck-comes-in-threes-o.html" target="_blank">Bad luck comes in three's without a doubt!!</a><b> </b>I look back now and I can chuckle, but blimey what an afternoon....!<br />
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<b>Best anchorages:</b> None... didn't anchor her on the main anchor in all the four years I had her! I have moored up on the small kedge a couple of times, and the spot I enjoyed most is just at the <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2009/10/dervish-foot-rebased.html" target="_blank">top of the main Emsworth Channel where it turns towards Northney</a>.... I've stopped there a couple of times for a fish, or just a relax, when the wind isn't blowing....<br />
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<b>Best mooring:</b>
Ignoring my home moorings for the time being I have a choice of three that I use on a regular basis.... one at the mouth of the Thorney Channel, <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2010/07/double-tider.html" target="_blank">one in the line of visitors buoys at HISC,</a> and one at the end of the Emsworth Channel - and of the three I especially like the HISC one - purely because there's so much to see at that end of the harbour.... you have to be quick though... they have a tendency to demand money for stopping - who'd have thought it! That aside this is<b> the</b> spot for a freshly cooked sausage sandwich and a mug of tea.....<br />
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On the home front my first mooring was mostly mud, but my new one is a
cracker (once we get the sinker re-buried) water 3+ hours either side of
high tide... the temporary one I got put on at the end of this year has
even more water but is a bit of a long slog out on oars! Looking
forward to getting back on mine with a new boat next summer... <img alt="smiley emoticons" border="0" src="http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0035.gif" /><b> </b><br />
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<b>Worst mooring:</b> None... they're all good when you need a cup of tea and a break!<br />
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<b>Plans for next year:</b> New boat!!<br />
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Papillon is a 41 year old boat (she was built in June 1971)... my period of ownership (or better, guardianship??) has
represented less than 10% of her life to date.. talking to her new owner
he already has plans for her next stage... we only get to look after
them, we never own them.....<br />
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As is the way of these things this will be the last but one post in this ships log - a new boat calls for a new log, so the last post will be to announce the new address, but for now this chapter has come to a close.... </div>
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Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-71859968671862263452012-11-06T14:15:00.003+00:002020-02-23T18:00:53.442+00:00"Papillon" is .. sold.....<div>
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Papillon is sold - looks like she'll be heading west along the coast to Lee on Solent at some point in time.. probably next spring as the new owner would like to keep her at the club yard for the time being..<br />
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LOA 19ft. LWL 16ft, Beam 6.25ft, Draft (twin) 2ft, Displacement 1568lb, Ballast 545lb, Sail area 150sqft, Construction GRP, Headroom 4.4ft. </div>
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The Fantasie 19 was designed by Robert Tucker and is a 19ft triple keel GRP constructed mini cruiser suitable for coastal and estuary cruising. I sail her in Chichester Harbour, and have personally sailed her to the Nab Tower, Portsmouth Harbour, Seaview (IoW) and this year to Cowes.</div>
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I have owned "Papillon" since 2009 and in that time she has had new standing rigging (in the winter of 2009/10), new running rigging winter 2010/11. The cabin was extensively re-furbed winter 2010/11 (old headlining removed/scraped back/painted).</div>
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She comes with jib/genoa (new in 2009 from Arun sails), and a good condition main. Reefing for the main is the boom roller type which works well (two reefing handles included), the jib/genoa is on a Plastimo 406-S roller furler. All lines have been lead aft to the cockpit and she is optimised for sailing solo...</div>
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She also comes with anchor (with chain/rope rode in anchor locker), nav lights, steaming light (new 2009), anchor light (new 2012), VHF (working but venerable), stereo (amplifier and speakers with cable to connect MP3 player - new winter 2011/12), two solar tickle chargers (keeps the battery going all summer), battery (new 2009), electric & manual bilge pumps, cabin lights, cooker (single burner - new 2012), sea toilet (which I've not used), and various "chandlery" (ropes/mooring ropes etc). By the by, there is also a transducer for a NASA depth sounder (I've only just found this, and as I don't have a head unit I have no idea if it works..<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> )</div>
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She is sitting on, and is being sold with, a trailer that is not suitable for road use - I use it for moving her round the sailing club yard and launching (it also helps when painting/anti fouling underneath).<br />
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I have anti-fouled and she is in all respects ready to go sailing right now - all you will need is an outboard *.</div>
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In the four years I've owned her, she's looked after me, and taught me many things and we've had some fantastic sailing trips - I'm only selling as it's now time to be moving on, and I'm looking for something bigger.... </div>
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From PBO publication 'Which Boat' - "Attractive, well made, three berth twin keeler with practical outboard well, skeg mounted rudder and good directional stability."</div>
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From Hoskyns Yacht Directory - " useful pocket cruiser"<br />
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Leave a comment if you're interested... <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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* <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Recommended engine size is a 4-6hp outboard (I use a 4HP/2 stroke/standard shaft)
which sits in a well at the rear of the cockpit (this allows you to
manage/refuel the engine from within the cockpit - much safer than
having the engine on the back - I think this is a major bonus)</span></i></div>
Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-21673907981001545182012-10-28T12:00:00.002+00:002020-02-23T18:01:55.508+00:00That was the year that was... 2012<div>
Time for what is now my traditional review of the year past; I really enjoy putting it
together as it's a good
excuse to review and read all the posts, video and pictures from this
years logs.... I would say that it's been a good year because of a few memorable events, but it's not been a classic year. The subject of weather has been done to death in the press and on other yachting forums, but I think I'd agree that it wasn't a good summer - certainly worse than last year....<br />
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The other big issue for me in 2012 was the failure of the sink skin fitting; in hindsight it wasn't really as bad as I thought at the time, but there was no doubt that if I hadn't caught her in time the outlook could have been a lot worse.. the downside was a big 10 week gap in the middle of the season when I could have been sailing and putting on miles....<br />
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All in all then I'd say that this was a good'ish year.... 7, oh go on then, 8 out of 10.. <br />
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Like
a spider dipped in blue ink and left to wander all over Google Earth -
here's where Papillon went this year - click again for slightly bigger
views of the pictures in this post:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">In the harbour - as far north as Emsworth, as far east as Bosham and West Itchenor this year</span></td></tr>
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...and this time with the two trips out into the Solent - to Portsmouth and Cowes this year!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Lot of miles in the Solent (for me!) this year...</span></td></tr>
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...and the following in "Ami-Ly" - no cross Channel trip as we'd hoped this year (weather casualty) but I still managed to get in a good number of miles with Rod her skipper - highlight being the seal sighting just off Portchester Castle, and my first trip with a cruising chute (I want one!)<br />
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<b>Number of visits down to the boat:</b>
14 (three less than last year) but once again if you count all the times I
visited in the mornings/evenings while she was on shore (usually two
to three times a week), and the days I worked on her pre-season, and the cups of tea visits (and pot noodle visits!) -
easily triple that...<br />
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<b>Total distance sailed:</b>
173.29 miles; this compares with 193.41 miles in 2011, 154.23 miles in
2010 and 125 miles in 2009... a good year, but not as good as last year.. having said that it's only 20 miles less than last year and on three trips less so further indications that I'm taking her further each trip..<br />
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<b>Nights on board:</b> 1 - that was on the Cowes raid... I have finally found a comfortable way to sleep on her...<img alt="smiley emoticons" border="0" src="http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0035.gif" /><br />
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<b>Crew on occasion:</b> 1 daughter - youngest - she's good company and is turning into a more confidant helm... she still says sailing is "boring"... <img alt="smiley emoticons" border="0" src="http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0035.gif" /><br />
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<b>Cruising range:</b>
The mooring in the west, Emsworth to the north, Bosham/Itchenor in the East and the Folly (up the Medina River from Cowes)
to the south..<br />
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<b>Biggest Cruise:</b> Cowes raid<a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/cowes-raid-saturday-14th-july.html" target="_blank"> here</a> and<a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/cowes-raid-sunday-15th-ju.html" target="_blank"> here</a>! (57 miles in one weekend!)...<br />
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<b>Best Cruise:</b> So hard, as 2012 was brilliant - but a choice of three, the Cowes raid (which proves adventure is available to everyone), the trip to <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/spitbank.html" target="_blank">Portsmouth Harbour entrance in May</a>, but also <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/bosham-bosanova.html" target="_blank">the last cruise</a> of the season up to Itchenor and Bosham which was idyllic. I'm going to go for the Portsmouth Harbour trip simply because of the express elevator trip back - stunning speed, sunshine and breeze.. perfect. <br />
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<b>Worst cruise:</b> The <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/cowes-raid-saturday-14th-july.html" target="_blank">outbound trip to Cowes</a> - weather hideous, cold, wet, miserable! <img alt="smiley emoticons" border="0" src="http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0035.gif" /> <br />
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<b>Oddest cruise:</b> <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/drag-racing.html" target="_blank">Breaking the duck</a> at the beginning of the season (finally) - only time I've taken Pap out in a 6 gusting 7..!<br />
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<b>Best anchorages:</b> None... didn't anchor this year either... <b>really </b>need to do something about that, I've never anchored in all the years I've had her! Part of the problem of course is that everywhere I sail there are huge numbers of empty moorings so there's little need to anchor!<br />
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<b>Best mooring:</b> Hmmmm... been an "interesting" year for moorings... My new one is a cracker (once we get the sinker re-buried) water 3+ hours either side of high tide... the temporary one I got put on at the end of the year has even more water but is a bit of a long slog out on oars! Looking forward to getting back on mine next summer... <img alt="smiley emoticons" border="0" src="http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0035.gif" /><br />
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<b>Worst mooring:</b> None... they're all good when you need a cup of tea!<br />
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<b>Plans for next year:</b> The bigger adventure will come once/if I sell Papillon.... new boat to search for... Then there was talk of taking Ami-Ly over to Cherbourg this year but the weather scuppered that - next year would be good! <br />
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<b>2012 Mileage</b>:<br />
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<li><b>30th April</b> : 0.5 mile (don't laugh) - force 6 gusting 7 - blowing the cobwebs out..</li>
<li><b>13th May</b> : 8.55 miles - force 4 gusting 5 - SW - gusty day, little'un helmed us to the bottom of the harbour and did a brilliant job .</li>
<li><b>20th May</b> : 10.15 miles - force 4 gusting 5 - N/NNE - another gusty day, windex jammed but came free...</li>
<li><b>24th May</b> : 9.33 miles - force 2 - S/SSE - sunny day, afternoon off work - lots of tacking...windex knackered... <img alt="free smileys" border="0" src="http://serve.mysmiley.net/mad/mad0067.gif" /> </li>
<li><b>29th May</b> : 28.73 miles - force 2 and 3 (morning and
afternoon) - WSW to SW(ditto) - Spitbank Fort and Portsmouth Harbour..
superb trip back!</li>
<li><b>17th June</b> : 16.82 miles - force 5 - S - head of Prinstead Channel </li>
<li><b>8th July </b>: 12.23 miles - force 2, up to force 4 at the end -
W/WSW - HISC and the Emsworth on a sunny, wet, and squally day... windex
working for the moment - must be all these gales....<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> </li>
<li><b>14th July </b>: 32.20 miles - force 2, up to force 4/5 at the end - W - Chichester to Cowes for the Raid... wet, squally, horrible, cold, wet</li>
<li><b>15th July </b>: 24.85 miles - force 1, up to force 5 at the end -
W - Cowes to Chichester back from the Raid... long goose wing run...
lost my hat at the West Pole in a squall!</li>
<li><b>21st July </b>: 4.28 miles - force 1 or 2 - SE - Saturday afternoon pootle... first run out for new hat.. <img src="http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0072.gif" /></li>
<li><b>23rd July </b>: 16.08 miles - force 3 dropping to force 2 by the
end - S/SSW - Bosham and Itchenor... huge tide, just made it back in
time...!</li>
<li><b>1st September :</b> 19.88 miles (not counted to my year count, as not in Pap <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> ) - force 4 occasional 5 - SW/SSW - Northney to Port Solent taking Ami-Ly back to her home berth - superb sail....</li>
<li><b>16th September :</b> 18.96 miles (not counted to my year count, as not in Pap <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> )
- force 2 occasional 3 - SW - Port Solent to Northney taking Ami-Ly
back to finish her repairs - first time with the cruising chute.... </li>
<li> <b>7th October</b> : 8.57 miles - summer coming to close, light
breeze (force 1 gusting 2) I spent an afternoon tacking to Marker and
then running back to the mooring.. getting cold...</li>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Year total: 173.29 miles</span></center>
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Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-37965787235160569492012-10-24T13:15:00.002+01:002020-02-23T18:06:22.850+00:00Not so much a bang as a whimper...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeWBfeO9Hl4sNYAhc9GVjD0rKRA8Z0H-phb7Krm5PDr4Fk_MVQdk4ijmyjPmkOH8TZMf3mfnRkr2AlJCxokYdPsi5Iw5y9wKmnFqFvLtthpRU4q_QAdF-WEm1sUYQv5xzsUD2VmmMuLA/s1600/1633784-5000118203480.png.rendition.767.767.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="767" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeWBfeO9Hl4sNYAhc9GVjD0rKRA8Z0H-phb7Krm5PDr4Fk_MVQdk4ijmyjPmkOH8TZMf3mfnRkr2AlJCxokYdPsi5Iw5y9wKmnFqFvLtthpRU4q_QAdF-WEm1sUYQv5xzsUD2VmmMuLA/s200/1633784-5000118203480.png.rendition.767.767.webp" width="200" /></a>...so how did the weekend go? Well the title kind of gives it away.... <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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I'd taken Friday afternoon off expecting it to be grey but with a little wind to allow some last minute perambulations round my little corner of the harbour, in the end it was grey, raining, and almost windless... not a brilliant combination - ah well, fired up the new cooker, boiled a kettle, and passed the afternoon with coffee and a curry pot noodle while watching the (wet) world go by... not so bad, I had the Kindle with me so it was nothing if not relaxing...<br />
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Saturday I had planned to go round the island but needed an early start as I wanted to have a slightly more relaxing circumnavigation than what could be done in a single tide... once again - the weather struck back, and when I got up to check the weather I couldn't see the end of my street it was so foggy.... circumnavigation cancelled so I went down to the boat later that day and took the mast down ready for lift out on Sunday.....<br />
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Was sat there drinking a coffee when one of the lift out team asked if I wanted to come out then and there - "might as well", I thought - would save me being busy all day Sunday...!<br />
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...and so it was that Saturday evening - after dark - I was lifted on to my trailer and wheeled into a quiet corner of the yard.....<br />
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Summer is officially over.....<br />
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Thoughts now turn to prep-ping the boat for sale (rather than a sail <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> ) - pressure washed her this morning, ready for a coat of anti-foul, then she goes on eBay. If anyone is interested by the way - leave me a comment....Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-60937094354820570832012-10-17T16:43:00.003+01:002021-04-09T15:50:48.082+01:00Lift out approaches....<div>
...and I'm still 20 miles short of my yearly target..... <br />
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..."Papillon" is scheduled to be lifted on Sunday so I have the rest of this week and Saturday for the final push... I know it's not critical, but it would be nice to come in on target...<br />
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</tbody></table> </div><div>...I have my eye on a weather window this Saturday - the forecast is for lighter winds than of late (and locally they've been F6 and F7 most of the week so far), and sunny weather - if it comes off it'll be just the job for a little <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post.html" target="_blank">perambulate round the island [clicky for the last time I did it]</a>.... <br />
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Added bonus will be no need to drop the mast when I come out on Sunday, as I'll be the "right" side of the bridge... fingers crossed......</div>
Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-947707543360183572012-10-08T08:17:00.004+01:002021-04-09T15:50:09.772+01:00"Marker" tacking session....<div>
Yee gods, it was good to be back on the boat... <br />
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First time out since the <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2012/07/bosham-bosanova.html" target="_blank">Bosham trip</a> at the end of July (10 weeks ago!), a huge hole in the middle of the sailing season, but couldn't be helped.. if the weather had been better I'd have been out well before now..<br />
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As it was the sun shone (for some of it), but blimey was it cold...<br />
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Nothing exciting - tacking practice again as only Chichester can teach you; when the channels are narrow, the tide is against you, the wind is light, and a slightly southerly SW'ly (if you know what I mean)<br />
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Little over two hours to Marker, carried on past for a while, but the sun was disappearing along with the wind so I turned for a gentle run back to the mooring... lots of people out so some conversation as we drifted with various club members... oh, and good to meet you <a href="https://plus.google.com/106243713316783462111/posts" target="_blank">Chris</a> but I'm still not convinced those oar things are a good idea.. <br />
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</tbody></table> </div><div>An afternoon of gentle exertions - much appreciated.. track for the day as follows:<br />
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Scores on the doors:<br />
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<b>Distance:</b> 8.57 miles (cumulative total in the 2012 mileage tab at the top of the page) <br />
<b>Wind: </b>Force 1 gusting two .. south, must have been a little westerly in it as well...<br />
<b>Sail Plan:</b> Full main, full jib..<b> </b><br />
<b>Speed: </b>GPS says max speed was 4.9 knots which was almost certainly under motor, average speed of 2.4 knots... <br />
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An average video of an average day.. <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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...we're now just 20 miles short of our 2011 mileage, and lift out is the 21st October... can we do it?? <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-40193860220179635172012-10-01T08:24:00.007+01:002022-07-29T13:34:42.197+01:00Messing about... <div>
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With Friday off to go sailing, I was watching the forecast with more than a
little interest most of the week.... first time out in five weeks so
also more than a little anticipatory! <br />
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Forecast looked good so plan was to go out to Pap as early as possible and use
the first half hour to replace a couple of blocks (rope guides for the topping
lift and main halyard), and re-fit the boom which I'd left off when the mast
went up. At the time I figured it would be better off in the cabin in light of
the weather - good decision.. lots of wind and rain, so the decreased windage
was a good plan.<br />
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Anyway... Friday dawned grey and wet, not the plan, was supposed to be
bright.... an hour later and I was on the boat by 9.....
errmmm... is it supposed to be this windy....??
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Nothing gained, I pushed on with the plan - blocks were replaced, the boom was
reattached, the mainsail sliders were re-threaded.... then
disaster.... cooker wouldn't work - no tea!
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Bloody thing.... gas canister (check), bang it on the side (check),
hold it upside own (check), I even stripped down the equivalent of the carb,
still no go.... settled for a beer instead while I contemplated
what was now a solid force 5 gusting 6 through the moorings... not
optimal... in fact no good...<br />
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Rather than waste the day completely (it wasn't wasted anyway... it was
good just to be back on the boat messing about...) I decided to go and recover
my mooring tackle from the
<a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/just-waiting-for-weather-window.html">old mooring [clicky]</a>.. I'd have to do it anyway and the longer I left it the more manky it
would become... much to my surprise, even after a seasons use, the
galvanised shackle actually unscrewed (but had to bash it a few times
with a hammer just to free it up slightly).
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So mooring chain recovered... five weeks and it was covered in weed at
top, and bottom.... (after a quick going over with a pressure washer it's as
good as new, and it's home now hanging in the garage waiting for next
year..)<br />
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So that was it... little bit disappointing as there was no option to go
sailing over the weekend (and Saturday was very nice though still windy), but
on the other hand she's ready to go when I do get an opportunity..... only 30
miles off my 2011 total...
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PS. New cooker purchased - we shall have tea!
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Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-76407755840941331892012-09-24T19:08:00.002+01:002013-09-24T17:52:49.150+01:00Southampton Boat Show 2012..<div>
Saturday was the Boat Show in Southampton - briliant day out with the bro in law mooching around all the stands - I don't think we missed very much - certainly had the sore feet at the end of the day!<br />
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This beauty was sailing past the pontoons in the afternoon - there were all sorts of boats, including <a href="http://www.royalcaribbean.co.uk/our-ships/freedom-class/independence-of-the-seas/" target="_blank">"Independence of the Seas"</a> which headed off to Gibraltar mid-way through the show....<br />
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This one was out as well - despite all the gleaming plastic and luxurious interiors it's funny how these older boats catch the eye....<br />
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This was the <a href="http://www.cnb-yachts.com/b60-cnb_uk.php" target="_blank">Bordeaux 60</a> and she was just exquisite - of the luxury boats I went on (<a href="http://direct.hanseyachts.co.uk/showdetails.asp?boatid=22" target="_blank">Hanse 575</a>, Dufour, Halberg Rassy) she was my favourite - I came to the conclusion that despite the fact that this was an exercise in imagination (lottery win!) the others were just <b>too </b>big....<br />
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This however was the boat I fell in love with - she's a <a href="http://www.yarmouthboats.com/yarmouth22sloop.html" target="_blank">Yarmouth 22</a> and eminently within my capabilities, if not my wallet unfortunately...<br />
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Just loved her... 22 foot long, long keel (but with a bilge keel add-on option).. if you buy her in the stripped down version only £39K.. almost as much imagination required as that for the Bordeaux 60! <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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An excellent show - busy busy busy - couple of pints of Guinness, load of blarney with the bro in law, lots of boats, gadgets - it doesn't get any better.... roll on next year.<br />
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Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-61843787997321403792012-09-19T13:39:00.003+01:002021-04-09T15:24:51.023+01:00Delivery Trip... Redux!<div>
...I should have called this post "what goes round comes round"... or even "I'm sure I've seen<a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/portchester-castle/" target="_blank"> that castle</a> before"... <br />
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Rod and I bought his boat Ami-Ly back round from Port Solent to Northney, this weekend just gone, to finish the repair job that he was half way through when we took her round to Port Solent a couple of weeks ago...<br />
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Not as pleasant a sail as last time by any measure - summer is coming to a close, and it was grey and overcast, and when not on the run, not a little chilly...<br />
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Either way, at 0830 Rod picked me up from Northney where I was to leave my car, and 45 minutes later we were on Ami-Ly waiting to lock out of Port Solent... she's beginning to feel like a second home...<br />
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Light winds dominated, but this did give us an option to fly the cruising chute - mucking huge, but a visible increase in speed while we flew it - you need to prepare for flying it though and there's al;ways a lingering sense of dread that all is going to go to rat sh*t any minute! I would love one for Pap if I could find the right sized sail second hand, I have a backstay to support the mast so could fly it from the mast head if I wanted to. Having said that, both Rod and I think that Ami-Ly's sail (which was also second hand/off the shelf) is probably a cut down spinnaker rather than a proper asymmetric cruising chute...<br />
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We ended the trip with a lovely tight reach up the harbour, before dropping the washing and mooring up on the overnight pontoon in the Emsworth Channel - this is my first time there (second first of the day), but this was also Rod's first time since they replaced the pontoons - they're very smart - no power/water, but an all water mooring, and cheap... the surface of the pontoon is <b>rough</b> though, <u>high </u>friction....<br />
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We then transferred me to Northney via Rod's little rib - far cheaper on the waiting pontoon than putting her in Northney for the night.... <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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Scores on the doors:<br />
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<li>18.96 miles (overall mileage in the page at the top)</li>
<li>Average 3.4 knots</li>
<li>Max speed 5.4knots (but both Rod and I saw 6 a few times - especially on the close reach up the harbour to the pontoon)</li>
<li>4 hour 52 mins door to pontoon</li>
<li>Force 2, gusting 3 - SW - full rig, including cruising chute...</li>
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Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-24128689237448998422012-09-17T14:45:00.003+01:002021-04-09T15:23:14.769+01:00Mast raising experiments...<div>
Saturday saw me on the boat to put the mast up... I had a few idea's I wanted to try out as despite the A frame making life <b>immeasurably</b> simpler, there is still an issue with my style of mast foot where the mast can swing side to side if it is not braced by a third party...given I do a lot of the mast raising and lowering by myself, this is a risk I would prefer to eradicate... <br />
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I had an idea based on a <a href="http://www.hastie.org.uk/mastraising.html" target="_blank">mast bridle [click here]</a> which was to use an additional piece of lumber, the same cross section as the stuff I'm using for the A frame. This would lay sideways across the boat, just in front of the mast, with an eye bolt at each end, and a line from the mast to each eye-bolt - this would stop the side ways swing of the mast, and because it was in line with the mast foot, would not tighten or loosen as the mast is raised/lowered, but would maintain a steady pressure to keep the mast central...<br />
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I soon discounted this idea, as the beam would interfere with the free movement of the A frame... I'd have to have a beam that would fit within the spread of the A frame....<br />
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My mast has the typical spinnaker pole attachment/D ring, but above that - almost at spreader height and way above reach - I have another identical fitting. Using two mooring ropes I threaded them through, and tied off at the mid-cleat (same cleat I use for the A frame feet) on each side - this time when I lifted, the mast stayed central and I continued to heave away, but at 45' the mast would go no further, and thinking that the issue was with lifting the mast from the masthead, I dropped the mast, and attached a rope to the same D ring to use as my lift...<br />
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<i>Re-tightening the mooring ropes</i> (and that really should have been a clue....<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> ) I then had another bash - same issue... and then I noticed that the mooring ropes were rigid.... doh.... I knew that the issue with not having a proper bridle was that the stays would loosen and tighten, after all that 's what happens to the real one's, but I hadn't realised by how much.... I tied off the lifting rope (I use my main sheet so it has a cam cleat to hold the rope) eased off the mooring rope/"bridles", went back and hauled again and before you know it the mast was up and I had bolted the fore-stay... job done....<br />
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I'm now wondering about how I get round this issue next time - OK, the stop half way, loosen off, and go back to finish worked, but it's not elegant.... My geometry is rubbish - I wonder if attaching the ropes being used as bridles, to the actual A frame would work? Longer term the solution in the article above is the way forward, but with Pap going for sale this winter, then for the next time the mast comes down I'll use the same approach as this time but get a mate along to slowly adjust the bridles as the mast comes down.....<br />
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Fascinating problem.... and clear proof I need to get out more! <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> Fun afternoon....though quite tiring... boats are like giant Meccano sets really - the stuff we do on them goes back hundreds of years - Nelson's sailors did exactly the same things with A frames, blocks, ropes and muscle power - they just did it better than me....<br />
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Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-85321154173285189212012-09-14T13:08:00.007+01:002021-04-09T15:18:00.772+01:00She's in....<div>
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Rod the Mod gave me a hand - she's easy enough to launch from the trailer, but a bit*h to get back on if we needed to - it needs two people.<br />
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This weekend she gets a top to toe clean (she's filthy - she was parked next to a blackberry bush that the local flock of starlings had taken a liking to - from what I can tell they would stuff themselves stupid on blackberries and themn come and sit on my boat to empty themselves from the throat down, before for the next feed!). I also need to put the mast up, and boom on...</div>
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Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-10046849449469538702012-09-10T13:31:00.005+01:002013-09-24T17:52:53.498+01:00Just waiting for a weather window...<div>
so... first off the hole repair is now complete...<br />
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Superb job... I got this done through <a href="http://www.harbour-chandlers.com/" target="_blank">the chandlery in Emsworth Marina [click here]</a> - £150 which considering he had to make three trips I thought was pretty good... OK, so it was more than just replacing the fitting, but it's one less thing to worry about...<br />
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The re-launch was scheduled for last Thursday, but on the Wednesday night I went out in the dinghy at the end of the tide to see what state the mooring was in - last thing I wanted was to have any new problems. Unfortunately I found that the concrete sinker has slipped sideways, with one edge of the concrete sitting proud of the mud by about 9" - not good; cancelled the launch and went to seek out alternative accomodation...<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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This is now sorted, but <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sod%27s_law" target="_blank">Sod's Law </a>the weather in the UK has now broken - looks like a bit of a wet and windy week - definitely not launching weather.... I'll keep an eye open for a window but at the moment all is on hold.<br />
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In fact, with lift out in a mere 6 weekends time I'm beginning to wonder if I'll bother... I've been thinking about it for some time, but have finally decided to sell "Papillon" this winter, after four years of fantastic fun I've decided I need something a little bigger. Other than the need to confirm she's water-tight again, the last thing I need is any damage...<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> </div>
Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-87651895891440055092012-09-02T16:14:00.002+01:002013-09-24T17:52:54.212+01:00Delivery trip...<div>
Rod the mod (erstwhile skipper of Ami-Ly <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2011/10/round-island-redux.html" target="_blank">of Round the Island fame</a>), gave me a shout yesterday morning. Ami-Ly (a Legend 290) was in Northney having some glass fibre work done, now finished for the time being, so he was going to take her back round to Port Solent that afternoon and did I fancy doing the trip with him?<br />
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So it was that just after 1400 yesterday afternoon, we would have been found sitting on the dock in Northney Marina having a beer... the sun shone and there wasn't a breath (except that is for the exhausted gasps of the boat crew that had just rowed in after a 12 mile practice run in the harbour in preparation for a cross channel attempt in a few weeks... yee gods they were hot and sweaty... I was almost overcome enough to offer them some of my beer, but happily came to my senses... <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> )<br />
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While we'd motored down the Emsworth Channel we were delighted to see
that the wind was filling in.. and not a bad direction either... I
reckon just south of south west, which would be ideal for a sail to
Portsmouth... a beat, but not a harsh one.... <br />
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Just short of the entrance we had a fly over by the Battle of Britain flight on their way to Bournemouth - brilliant - but better was still to come as in the distance we saw the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-18900528" target="_blank">Vulcan bomber </a>banking over Seaview on the Isle of Wight...<br />
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By the time we got to the West Pole we were getting a nice solid 15 or 16 knots (occasional gust to 19), full rig, no reefs, and we turned to sail for Portsmouth doing a nice solid 4 or 5 knots across the ground... and so it was... one beat at the entrance to Langstone where we tacked to make some ground for the approach to the middle entrance of the submarine barrier (nice lift from the tide coming out of Langstone!) was not quite enough so a second little jink got us lined up, as the tide was fairly pouring through the gap..<br />
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Once through, one last tack to line up for the harbour entrance, and we then steamed into the harbour through some very choppy and confused sea's (ebb was well under way)<br />
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Spotted a seal as we approached Port Solent - first time in Portsmouth harbour though we've seen plenty in Chichester..<br />
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...and with just enough water to oooch into the lock at the marina that was the end of the trip..<br />
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Superb days sailing - quite possibly one of the best this year after that <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2012/05/spitbank.html" target="_blank">run to Portsmouth I did earlier this year</a><br />
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Scores on the doors..<br />
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<li>19.88 miles (overall mileage in the page at the top)</li>
<li>Avg 4.5 knots</li>
<li>Max. 6 knots (I reckon that was the tack we did off Langstone where we got some tidal assist)</li>
<li>3 hours 50 minutes door to door!</li>
<li>Force 4, gusting 5 - SSW/SW - full rig and not pushed at all... </li>
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Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-417075818306928152012-08-28T14:16:00.005+01:002021-04-09T15:14:04.768+01:00...almost there...<div>
...absolutely knackered, but got loads done and to all intents and purpose my stuff is done and she's good to go back in.... <br />
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...first - the mast foot is fixed... my thanks to<a href="http://www.candbmarineltd.com/" target="_blank"> C&B Marine [clicky] </a>at Chichester Marina - Chris is one of natures gentlemen and did an amazing job on the mast foot.... looked like new. Best of all only £45... not bad given the time/materials required, and way cheaper than a new one - even if I could find one! Very happy, and recommend him/them completely if you need any welding or metal fabrication of any kind...<br />
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From this..<br />
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Not bad, eh?<br />
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Drilled out the mast foot for four rivets (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monel" target="_blank">monel [clicky]</a> as recommended & 5mm or 3/16th) - two of the rivets are fitted, but I only have a hand riveter and it was bl**dy difficult to close them up due to the harder metal than aluminium.... for anyone coming after me, it's just about do-able with a hand type, but only just - you'd be better off with a lazy-tongs/concertina type gun. At the moment my plan is to put the mast up and put the last two in using some lazy tongs if I can find some to borrow...<br />
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Next - the hole is now filled....<br />
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Superb job... I got this done through <a href="http://www.harbour-chandlers.com/" target="_blank">the chandlery in Emsworth Marina [click here]</a>, they have a guy who does all the glass fibre repair work - he's
been doing it for years, and it shows.. I had the good fortune to be
there when he did this....<br />
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So - from memory (and I was also making tea for some of it!), he:<br />
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<li>ground out both sides (he did the inside by hand "so I didn't have too much dust to clear up"!) </li>
<li>then sealed the inside with some parcel tape, </li>
<li>filled from the outside with a thick goop of resin (he works in polyester by the way - not epoxy) before putting some parcel tape over that from the outside to keep it in place... </li>
<li>then applied the heat gun to set the mix quicker...</li>
<li>After that he applied some sheets of CSM on the inside, and then </li>
<li>moved outside to sand the hole down and fill with about two or three layers more of that goopy resin this time with chopped strand mat cut up into it to make it strong.... </li>
<li>applied the heat gun again, another sand down, and he then </li>
<li>applied a filler and sanded that down</li>
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...job done for that day - not a word of a lie he did the lot in about an hour, amazing to watch.... </div>
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He'll come back and do the gel coat this week - he reckons he can match it exactly, I've told him it looks good enough already! <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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A nice to have while I had the time was some prettify'ing in the cabin - like most boats of this age my headlining was drooping, especially at the back near the radio/companionway where I'd also lost the sheet that used to hang down behind the radio covering the wall...<br />
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When this stuff comes off there's loads of old decayed foam and glue left behind so while I had the time I whipped off the ceiling panels, and re-stapled (£5 hand stapler from B&Q is my wonder tool of the year) the surviving foam to take the sag and wrinkles out - just stretch and staple - I also whipped off the radio (steady on...) and cleaned up and and then painted the wall behind.... all screwed back and it now looks much tidier and I was left thinking why the hell I hadn't done it years ago, as 30 minutes work made a huge difference to how the cabin looked... much cleaner/neater.<br />
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Last of all I fitted and wired in a new masthead light - as per the previous post I went with a straight forward anchor light as I already have nav lights at deck level - happily I was able to re-use existing drilled holes in the (home made stainless steel) mast head fitting, and I re-used the existing wiring.... having thought long and hard, I also decided to just go with windex rather than an aerial/windex combo... there'll be time for a new aerial another time....<br />
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Proper job.. all screws/nuts/bolts stainless..... despite appearances the mast is still down at the moment, just a spot of photo twiddling....<br />
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Just need to get that gel coat done and I can't start thinking about launch dates....<br />
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I also need to decide on my strategy as while I'm fairly certain I've fixed the source of my leak there's still a certain element of doubt... I think my plan at the moment is to leave the mast down, launch before a good high tide, moor up to the club pontoon for an hour or so and monitor for leakages, and depending on the results of that I can then bring her out again, or take her under the bridge and back to the mooring...</div>
Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-43840265047028916762012-08-20T16:51:00.005+01:002021-04-09T15:11:58.958+01:00...making progress...<div>
...or two steps forward and one step back... <br />
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...I've sourced someone who can re-build the mast foot and have delivered it to them - he's called and said it will be £40'ish which is cheaper than a new one. He also reckons it'll be ready by tomorrow/Wednesday (22nd)....<br />
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...just spoken to the Chandlery and they're hoping to get the glass fibre'ing done this week as well - I'm dropping off keys tomorrow morning so will know more then...<br />
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...and one step back? Well when I dropped the mast, it looks like the mast head light finally gave up the ghost and dispatched the top half of itself to the depths (that's everything in the picture from the black collar half way up to the top - so also the red/green bit).<br />
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It was very old, the lens's were brittle/crazed, and there was a crack in the bottom held together with amalgamating tape - it owed me nothing so I'll replace it while the mast is down with a plain straight forward anchor light... my boat has separate navigation lights so it was always a little over the top....<br />
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Unfortunately the windex lived on top of the light, so that went as well... and again - I was having problems with that this year as well so maybe someone was giving me a hint... I'll replace it, but I'm in two minds at the moment whether to just get a windex on it's own, or get the VHF aerial/windex combination and kill two birds with one stone...<br />
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Three day weekend this weekend in the UK - I'm going to use some of the time to fit the light/windex, and some of the time to do some fettling in the cabin. I feel the need to take down one of the ceiling panels and re-fix the foam lining....while it's down I'll also clean and prep the surface behind the VHF for some paint...</div>
Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-80107614772646283402012-08-16T13:11:00.003+01:002021-04-09T15:09:00.979+01:00...find the leak...<div>
..so with Pap ashore I could now devote some time to finding the cause of that leak...<br />
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..first things first though and a visual check of the whole hull, the good news is that she doesn't appear to be holed.. no holes/cracks or abrasions to be seen .. (I can't be certain until she's back in the water though...) <br />
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Next I then checked the rudder stock as I remember one of the other guys in the owners group telling us that he's had problems with his being cracked, and the stern locker filling... on Pap the stern locker has a couple of drain holes coming through to the main bilge/cabin so the water could have come from there.. I jacked up the front of the boat, emptied the stern locker of accumulated crap (how many 'useful' pieces of rope can you keep??!), threw in four buckets of water and retired underneath the boat to look for drips.. and nothing....tick...<br />
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...while I'd been on holiday I had a bit of a eureka moment and decided to test my theory - I'd noticed when I was pressure washing her after the recovery, that there had been a tide line on the port side deck which started me thinking about the sink outlet skin fitting... I taped over the exit on the outside of the hull, filled the sink with water, and then shone the torch underneath, and saw this..<br />
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..bit clearer in this one...<br />
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...yup water... looks like I found my cuplrit.... seemed to be leaking from the join between the two fittings rather than the actual hose... got the jubilee off, went to pull off the pipe, and the entire inner fitting just snapped off... plastic fatigue...<br />
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Next, just to be sure I then dropped the nose down and let the water from the stern locker drain into the main boat, and added three or four more buckets full - still no leaks..... tick...<br />
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Last of all I then checked the skin fittings for the toilet (two of them); these are gated valves, but I've never used them in all the time I've had the boat - if I had my choice I'd get the valves removed and glassed over, take out the old toilet, and fit a chemical loo.. either way they look good - firmly seated, hoses look fine...<br />
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...so - new fitting required for the sink, or fill it. Now I can never see the point in making holes in a boat - there's no need unless you have an inboard engine, and I see even less need for something as flippant as a sink drain, so I'm going to fill it - spoke with a friend who runs a local chandlery and he says it's a cheap fix, and is exactly what he'd do - I'll make arrangements soonest, and depending on how cheap it is I may even do the toilet entries as well.... could do it myself, but for piece of mind I'll get the professionals in...<br />
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...next I turned to the mast - less problems than I thought - mast is fine - I'll drill the old one's out... <br />
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Mast foot not so good - this is original (so 40 years of abuse and aluminium corrosion) - as I see it I have two choices - replace it (Z Spars might be worth trying), or find an Aluminium fabricator and get it repaired.... going to have a go at the latter first....<br />
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Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-12402976621023305742012-08-15T08:21:00.004+01:002021-04-09T15:04:12.956+01:00..he's back...<div>
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The trip was not without it's own challenges however.... on the last morning before we went I took the opportunity to pop out to Pap for breakfast, just to make sure all was secure before I disappeared for two weeks.. imagine my shock to find that she was significantly lower in the water than she should be... <br />
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Jumped on board, slipped back the hatch and found about 3 or 4 inches of water in her... when I'm due to be packing for holiday, I'm faced with a sinking boat.... 😮<br />
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Now this year we've had issues with some boats being holed at their moorings as a result of having sat awkwardly on exposed ground tackle (the weather has been so stormy it's possible the moorings are being scoured by tide/wind exposing the sinkers, and ground chain more than they normally would) so my first concern was that she'd been holed..<br />
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Whacked the electric bilge on and started sucking water back to where it should be (good news - battery was not flooded) then dug all the seat boards up to see if I could see where it was coming from... <b> nothing</b>.... no clues....<br />
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Checked the skin fittings for the toilet - no leaks...<br />
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I have no other skin fittings below the water line so I'm forced to the assumption that the hull is leaking from somewhere I couldn't see, I have two hours of tide left, and I'm going on holiday in 12 hours... oh, and I haven't packed.... <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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No good - she was going to have to come out.. no way I could go on holiday for two weeks and leave her on the mooring...<br />
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A quick call round (early on a Sunday morning!) and I managed to rustle up some tractor/lift support from the club (it is simply not possible to say how grateful I was) but being mid-season I didn't have the A frame/mast crutch on board, I'm on my own, and there was no time to get home to get it, and I needed the mast down to get under the bridge to the club slip .. oh well, needs must and no choice, so I rigged the new mast head halyard to the main sheet, slipped the split pin under the furler, and started to drop the mast... true enough it all went to rat sh*t, mast veered to the side, couldn't get it back in time, and I popped the (new) mast foot... 😣<br />
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Having recovered the mast, I tied it all down, and within 30 minutes I was ashore in the pen on the trailer... went home to get mast crutch and pressure washer, and having returned I did a quick tidy up, pressure washed the hull, and went home to pack and go on holiday.... more in the next post... <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> </div>
Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-23684860427596374182012-07-24T09:00:00.003+01:002021-04-09T15:08:20.510+01:00Bosham bosanova...<div>
...dreadful alliteration is a <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2011/10/prinstead-perambulate.html" target="_blank">hallmark of this blog</a> so you shouldn't be surprised by the depths plumbed for this title... <br />
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...summer has finally arrived in my particular part of the UK, so an afternoon off for some sailing was the order of the day, and Monday was perfect, as with a 15:10 high (spring) tide I reckoned I had over 6 hours to play with...<br />
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..left work just after 12, and by 1300 I had already dropped the mooring and was motoring for the end of the Thorney channel.. forecast was a sea breeze of about force 3, and I have to say it delivered in spades..<br />
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Beautiful day, but not the most helpful wind direction as it was almost exactly south, with the tide being a big spring the tide was flowing fast this early in the day, so rather than spend the next hour beating across the channel in the same spot(!) I decided to motor down; the wind direction was such that I could bear away for the Chichester channel and Itchenor just after I'd passed "Marker"... bit of motor sailing got me down there quite quickly, but it was still a relief to turn the donk off...<br />
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Fantastic sail.. shorts and t-shirt weather, force 3, flat water - good speeds as the tide was now with me once I got into the Itchenor channel.... superb day, but so busy, every sailing club and activity centre down there seemed to have a small fleet of dinghy's loaded up with kids all having the time of their lives... <br />
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Wind was fluky as I approached Itchenor, there are tree's along the southern bank that break up the breeze.. I pushed on as far as I could but sheer numbers of boats meant that in the end I decided to take a detour and head up the Bosham channel past <a href="http://www.cobnor.com/" target="_blank">Cobnor Activity Centre</a><br />
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I was glad I did because I met up with this chap...<br />
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"Faith" is a Paradox Sailboat... <a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/faith-paradox-sailboat.html" target="_blank">lots more detail here</a> and <a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/appraisal-of-faith-my-paradox-sailboat.html" target="_blank">also here</a> but by the strangest coincidence the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355" target="_blank">owner of that blog</a> is one of my followers (!) so... if that was you Bill, it was nice to meet you and say hello... let me know if you found that nice quiet mooring for the night you were looking for.. <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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Stunning boat that has done some serious journey'ing...<br />
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...and so with a quick check of Bosham itself, it was time to run for home...<br />
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Lovely sail back, but that tide was an absolute killer... fine beat back to the main channel, but the run up the harbour was interminable whilst being brilliant all at the same time! In the end with time running out the donk went back on and I ran for home at...... just 2.5 knots at full whack - huge tide, I reckon at least 1.5 to 2 knots against... I didn't have much fuel with me(* so much for lessons learned!) so the concern was I wouldn't be able to use the rev's to get back in time, or I'd run out of fuel before I got there, but happily all ended OK.... phewww.... <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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Track for the day...<br />
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So how does all that pan out?? <br />
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<b>Distance:</b> 16.08 miles (cumulative total in the 2012 mileage tab at the top of the page) <br />
<b>Wind: </b>Force 3 dropping to a 2 later .. south, must have been a little westerly in it as well...<br />
<b>Sail Plan:</b> Full main, full jib..<b> </b><br />
<b>Speed: </b>GPS
says max speed was 5 knots which I think was under sail as I beat back to the main channel, average speed of 2.7
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An unexpected treat.. a Saturday afternoon trip to the boat.. <br />
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<b>Distance:</b> 4.28 miles (cumulative total in the 2012 mileage tab at the top of the page) <br />
<b>Wind: </b>Force 1 gusting Force 2 .. south easterly<br />
<b>Sail Plan:</b> Full main, full jib..<b> </b><br />
<b>Speed: </b>GPS
says max speed was 4.3 knots which was under motor on the way
back, average speed of 2.4
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I have Monday afternoon off for a longer trip... </div>Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-29394606395782763942012-07-21T08:31:00.003+01:002021-04-09T14:42:47.820+01:00Cowes Raid - "Lessons Learned"<div>
Few lessons learned following the recent trip to Cowes..... both good and bad..... <br />
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<li>The <a href="http://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2012/04/cheap-plotter-update.html" target="_blank">Netbook plotter</a> was worth it's weight in gold following a few minor changes in set-up. Last time I used it, the major issue was the lack of battery time, for this trip I enabled "battery saver" mode - a slightly dimmer display, screen saver/sleep after 5 minutes, hibernate after 30 minutes... a press of the button however brings the Netbook from either hibernate or sleep very quickly and using this mode for the trip, the Netbook was still at 40% power when I got back on Sunday afternoon (!) I used it pretty heavily on the Saturday b.t.w when I was approaching Cowes - particularly useful to show me how close I could go to the headland, and where the new Shrape Mud buoy is that marks the start of the small boat channel... it was also helpful on Sunday to identify heading for the middle opening on the submarine barrier...</li>
<li>You can never have too much fuel - on the Sunday I should have stopped at the fuel barge on the Medina as I had an empty fuel can available - an extra 5 litres would have gone a long way to easing some of the 'fears' on Sunday morning... (and I'd bought the 2 stroke oil with me as well)</li>
<li>"Coastal" type wet weather gear doesn't keep you as warm as "Offshore" standard - I have Henry Lloyd coastal wet weather gear and I was dry throughout the trip, but was getting cold on Saturday - at one point I could see my breath steaming! I'll take more layers next time.... in the meantime, the flask of coffee was a God-send...</li>
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<li>With a displacement of 710 Kg's and a waterline length of 16 feet, a Fantasie 19 is a very light boat and they don't like bashing into chop. A heavier boat would cut through the chop rather than bouncing on top of it, or being stopped by it..... Phil's "Ciao Bella" (a Hurley 20), has a theoretical displacement of 1031 Kg's for much the same waterline length - that's <b>30%</b> more weight in the same length......</li>
<li>Tide is king when your average speed is only 3 knots - last weekend was a neap weekend so the flows were not as great as I was expecting - now this may have been a benefit when I was trying to get into Cowes at the end of the day on Saturday (adverse flow much less), but if I'd had a better push during the day then I would have got their quicker and it wouldn't have been an issue...</li>
<li>A Spring tide weekend is a necessity - Cowes is (give or take) 30 miles from my mooring, 26 Nautical miles - average speed is 3 Knots, so a minimum of almost 8.5 hours - you need the spring tide to give the necessary push to make it a more feasible trip....</li>
<li>Tide time... originally I picked the weekend as it allowed an early start, but then I learnt more about tidal flows in the Solent, so rather than an 08:30 HT (Portsmouth) I could probably have done with one just <i>slightly </i>later - even an hour later would have given me a much better run at it.... downside of course is that it would have been an hour later getting back on to the mooring coming back...</li>
<li>Wind direction - if tide is king, then wind must be queen - I'll <b>never </b>do Cowes again in a dead westerly (or easterly! <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> ) - you need the "angles" to make the speed, so SW-NW, or SE-NE are critical for Cowes..</li>
<li>With enough time to prepare I might be tempted to start from Langstone Harbour if I was to go again - Phil mentioned it some time ago but I didn't think it would save me much time given I'd have to drop the mast and find a temporary mooring on the other side of the bridge - I've now changed my mind...<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> The slog across Hayling Bay, and the distance to get into Chi Harbour from the West Pole is not to be underestimated.... </li>
<li>Humans tire quicker than boats - Pap could have gone on for ever, but I was pretty pooped by the end of each day! Big achievement though, that was my goal for the year... I'm sure there people who pop over to Cowes on a regular basis who are thinking "what on earth's he rabbiting on about"... I'd say try it in a small 19 footer and see if you change your mind. As <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14020592383830135476" target="_blank">Burseldon Blogger</a> said, it really was an adventure right on my door step...</li>
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</div>Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-27811713979147662722012-07-18T12:00:00.003+01:002021-04-09T14:42:23.351+01:00Cowes Raid - Sunday 15th July...<div>
<u><b>Sunday 15th July</b></u><br />
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Beautiful still early morning after a good nights sleep - maybe the four pints of IPA the night before had helped.. <br /></div><div> </div><div>Anyway, it's just the most beautiful spot first thing.. very still, very quiet... <br />
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We'd
talked about what time to leave the night before, and decided on a fairly early start,
so after tea and bacon butties (cooked on the pontoon - very sociable!), we headed for the
harbour entrance at about 8:30'ish...<br />
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...me first, Mudlark next... looking fine!<br />
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..and
then Phil.. also looking damn fine despite the weed moustache (which is new this year by the way.. apparently
conditions in Poole have been pretty rubbish this year and Phil tells me
constant swell has caused the growth).....<br />
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Beautiful morning.. you could almost imagine it was July..!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just down from
the pontoon we found this Fantasie... I just caught the name (started
with T I think) but can't remember it! Unusual model... twin fore
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What does he think he's going to catch...?? <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> </td></tr>
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..and so to Cowes itself... first of my "after you" moments of the day... thought it best to wait! <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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....at
which point in time we had the second excitement of the day when
Mudlarks engine cut out right in
the middle of the main channel... happily no ferries coming in but blimey, outboards <b>do</b> pick their
moments... happily I still had my mooring ropes handy so flung one over to
Steve and took him in tow... no idea what the problem was as Steve
managed to get it going 5 minutes later... either way, the two parties
then separated at the small boat channel, where I headed east for home, and they headed west...<br />
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Now
I knew that it wasn't going to be easy, as the eastward tide wasn't due
to cut in until about 1400'ish, but conditions were far from perfect
for passage making... little to no wind, adverse tide, and what wind there was was westerly. so coming from directly behind where the main was masking the jib... ended up rolling the jib in as it was flapping in that irritating manner they
have....<br />
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Not good... not enough fuel to motor all the
distance back (full tank and then 5 Litres in the can), but as no progress was being made I fired up the donk anyway...<br />
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An hour later and the breeze
started to fill in so I returned to sail power... and so it was for
about the next 3 or 4 hours; running dead downwind with steadily
increasing breeze, goose winged for much of the time - difficult in the
swell, but enjoyable in the sun until the weather started closing in...<br />
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Just
before Portsmouth, I had my second "after you" moment of the day... I
wasn't going to argue with 100,000 tonnes doing 17 knots fresh from
refuelling at Fawley... ("NYK Orpheus"; she's currently in the English Channel, having
left Le Havre, now heading for the Suez Canal/Port Said, by the way -
t'interweb is a wonderful thing!) <br />
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...I hurtled
past Portsmouth at about 13:30 at which point I knew in my bones all
was going to be well - no reason to think otherwise, but at this point I was on to known ground from a previous trip which always takes some of the trepidation out of the situation...<br />
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I took the middle entrance through the submarine
barrier, and was off Langstone by 14:00 when the wind started to drop
but the tide cut in... it then took me an hour to drift across Hayling
Bay before finally reaching the West Pole Beacon at 15:00'ish.... just
as the wind kicked in with a vengeance!<br />
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From zero to F5
in almost moments, I took the decision there and then to drop the main and motor
in - a mad 5 minutes followed in which I lost my hat getting the main down, then a charge into the harbour and a leisurely run up
the harbour, and I was on a spare mooring just off Northney by 1700...<br />
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With
no water on the mooring until at least 18:30/19:00'ish I had some time to
"waste" so used the time to tidy up, watch the world go by, read, eat, drink tea and then finally snuck up the
channel and on to the mooring by 18:30 - real skin of the teeth depths, but three and
a half hours before the high... astounding...<br />
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Track for the second day...<br />
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<b>Distance:</b> 24.85 miles; 8 miles less than yesterday's tacking..! (cumulative total in the 2012 mileage tab at the top of the page) <br />
<b>Wind: </b>Started Force 1, built to Force 4 gusting Force
5 .. westerly<br />
<b>Sail Plan:</b> Full main, full jib..<b> </b><br />
<b>Speed: </b>GPS
says max speed was 5 knots which was under sail on the way
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knots (not bad given the very light conditions at the start of the trip)</div>Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468046567217853186.post-20824291464390127292012-07-17T00:39:00.004+01:002021-04-09T14:41:49.670+01:00Cowes Raid - Saturday 14th July...<div>
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<br />...we made it... <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /></div><div> </div><div>Two more different trips, though, it's difficult to imagine but starting with Saturday...<br />
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<u><b>Saturday 14th:</b></u><br />
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Having tracked the weather all week to make sure the weekend was achievable, we finally agreed a "go" on the Friday, expected participation three boats - two Fantasie 19's ("Papillon" and "Mudlark", and an honorary one ("Ciao Bella", a Hurley 20 owned by ex-"Jelly Bean" skipper, Phil).. our target was the Folly pontoon on the Medina...<br />
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I was the only one coming from the eastern Solent, the other two were coming from the west, but this was by far the longest trip I would ever have done on Pap, so it was not without a little trepidation that I dropped the mooring at about 06:30 that morning, and headed for the Solent ...<br />
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Provisions loaded (blokes shopping - four pack of Hobgoblin, two pot noodles, some Pringles and a large packet of sausage rolls!), I'd also bought extra fuel with me so I had 10 litres in two cans, plus a full internal tank on the outboard - my thinking was that this should be enough if needed to get me out of trouble....<br />
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Weather was largely as I expected as we headed down the harbour... grey, overcast, and about a force 2 or 3 but once outside the harbour though it was clear conditions were far from ideal... a big rolly swell from the south west, but the wind was almost dead west. Where was that SW'ly when I needed it...?? I could see the Cowes headland in the far (far) distance but the wind was blowing direct from it towards me.. looked like it was going to be a long, long, long beat of a day...<br />
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...and so it was. In fact it was bloody miserable most of it - I conservatively estimate that I almost gave up four times - it was only the thought that I was expected at Cowes that made me go on - that and for the first three times I knew I had enough time to turn round make it back to the mooring if I really wanted to chicken out.... by the time the fourth time came up though, I was past the point of no return so thought "bugger it" and carried on.<br />
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The GPS track shows that the trip took just over 9 hours end to end - during that time I had everything from sunny spells, to drizzle, to rain, and the last two hours were in heavy (heavy) rain. Wind was up and down like the proverbial, so despite my passage plan I was an hour late to Cowes and the tide had turned - enough was enough so I powered up the donk and motored the last section, putting up a scrap of jib as I came round the headland to assist with the last part into Cowes proper... that last hour or so was the most miserable sailing experience I've ever had; wet, cold, tired, and only 1 to 1.5 knots against tide... disgusting... so cold that I could see my breath steaming - in July!! I was never in all my life so happy to see the start of the new small ships channel in Cowes roads... <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAkedBTlWrN40wjkZdhs_2C6WkdSb6tjeHHC6aYKkAQCApyrWrN73iZ0anru8riyLBIY35Ql4raz8yssk_IDawVSCln-CaY4rFY_yn1QsXa8OyAxOhLBXoKnHTU-SgVG4rvxz2bWRcfU/s1600/smiley.gif" /> <br />
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Thirty minutes later I was on the pontoon and tied up with the kettle on for a much needed cuppa... the first time I've ever tied up to a pontoon in the four years I've owned her by the way! Shortly after that Phil and Steve turned up, clearly they'd had a very different trip to mine, but even their journey had not been perfect - the British summer was living up to expectation despite the forecast...<br />
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My GPS track showed I'd done 32 miles, in 9 hours and 11 minutes - a long day, I don't have automatic steering so it was all at the tiller. Difficult to believe but my average speed was 3 knots (max was 4.8) so my passage plan speed was spot on, what threw me was the wind direction - the long tacks meant I travelled further than the direct route - but hey, I'd spotted that might be a problem, and I couldn't do anything about it anyway - I left as early as I could.<br />
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After a beer, a chat, and a short kip to get the faculties together it was off to the Folly for some much needed beer and food - the band were good as well!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Folly just across the way... £2 return per adult non the water taxi ...total overnight cost a tenner....... bargain! </td></tr>
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Track for the day...<br />
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<b>Distance:</b> 32.20 miles (cumulative total in the 2012 mileage tab at the top of the page) <br />
<b>Wind: </b>Started Force 2 built to Force 4 gusting Force
5 .. westerly...<br />
<b>Sail Plan:</b> One reef in the main, various configurations on jib..<b> </b><br />
<b>Speed: </b>GPS
says max speed was 4.8 knots which was under motor on the way out of the harbour. Average speed of 3
knots (not bad given the very low speeds for the final approach to Cowes!) <br />
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...log for Sunday in the next post....</div>
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