tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32340245448729673442024-03-19T06:14:28.148+00:00Brimble's BlogThis Blog is a record of some of the adventures that family, friends and three ducks have had in a very small sailing boat called Brimble. Some of it's serious boaty stuff but most of it's just fun ... think Bill Bryson rather then Knox-JohnstonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278573560343660045noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-56466549363403482142020-08-08T16:51:00.001+01:002020-08-08T16:51:54.202+01:00 Who’d have thought it?Who’d have guessed that a global pandemic was going to thwart our plans to head north to Greenland this year ... you couldn’t make it up or at least if you did no one would believe you! Hey ho, a postponement of our adventure but by no means a cancellation; some would say it gives us extra time to make sure the good ship is ready ... we say we are ready and we want to crack on!<div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, enough grumbling. The thing that really matters for the moment is that the very cuddly Nicola S has given us the thumbs up to travel to Scotland AND not be quarantined for a month at the border AND stay on the Brimble AND visit certain places ... awesome. You gotta luv her, one team GB ... go go go</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>brimbleboathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11526640687120726675noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-26802878429710054792020-02-02T19:16:00.000+00:002020-02-02T19:20:22.215+00:00Planning continues for the SummerSo, its the 2nd February and our idea of two years ago of heading north is slowly coming together. It should be an epic adventure. The current plan is to depart from Troon in mid July this year and head north along the west coast of Scotland. We will leave the UK with a 3 day hop up to the Faeroe Islands, then 10 days across to Iceland possibly stopping at Husavik and Isafjorour on the north coast where there is an excellent fish restaurant. Finally, and subject to ice conditions we will make the 3 day passage across the notorious Denmark Straits to either I<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;">ttoqqortoormiit</span> or Tasiilaq, two of the remotest villages in the world. We will make the decision of which to go for when we get to Iceland and can get a picture of ice conditions. It’s not quite as obvious as you might think because although I<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;">ttoqqortoormiit is further north it is not necessarily harder to get into, so best to keep our options open.</span> The end game with respect to coming home is not quite finalised and probably won’t be until midway through the trip. The current thinking is either back to Rejkavik for the winter or if time permits we will try and make it to Scotland. I have 6 weeks off work for the trip so getting back to the UK could be a push.
Crew for the trip is largely agreed with Rob P on board for the whole adventure. Selma will be with us for the shakedown sail in Scotland, Tom Parsons from Scotland to Iceland and Ella and Chris Perkins for the leg over to Greenland and back. We should be able to find some really exciting spots for the crew-changes that make the recent record of a 6 hour train ride and then rocky ferry trip look like a walk in the park!
Planning this trip has a number of special challenges. The most novel is the need to carry a firearm for protection against polar bears but there is a long list of other, rather vital, bits n bobs. Survival suits, Satelite Phone to pick up ice charts and weather en route, pilotage where charts either don’t exist or are of very limited use, learning about navigating in ice ... the list goes on. Thank goodness I got ahead and bought my new, Guy Cotton, non-breathable oilskins last year.
It is all very exciting and provides an extraordinary opportunity to make essential improvements to the good ship to make her ‘adventure ready’.
We have just been up to Troon to check that the good ship is OK and check on a few pieces of work that the excellent WCMS have been doing which include a new prop, two new winches and a new cutlass bearing. A new sprayhood has been made but I’m worried now that the new bright blue may reveal that the mainsail cover is really quite faded and so must also be replaced. Whilst not the most important issue, every detail counts. Watch this space.
brimbleboathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11526640687120726675noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-76228696605092667742019-08-31T10:51:00.002+01:002020-02-02T18:02:12.726+00:00Bangor to Troon and home (12th July - 14th July)<br />
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The last leg of the Four Nations Tour was from Bangor to Troon via the Isle of Arran<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few hours out from Bangor and Chris spotted what we think was a Northern Bottlenose Whale ... this photo shows what we saw ...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... and by early evening we were sailing up into Lamlash Bay on the Isle of Arran</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">The following morning we took a trip to the brand new Lagg distillery. It's so new they don't actually have any whisky but strangely the tour was the best I've had. You can really see how they have designed and built it from a blank sheet of paper. Well worth a visit.</td></tr>
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So, there you have it. An hour or so later we were tied up and moored in Troon Marina. The following day we caught the train home. 6 hours to cover what had taken us 2 weeks. An awesome little sailing adventure that puts us in a good place for next years passage north.<br />
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The reason our destination was set as Bangor was that we wanted to sail from Bangor (Wales) to Bangor (Northern Ireland) ... a small thing but something that appealed to those on board the good ship. We enhanced this by enjoying a curry in Bangor (Northen Ireland) at the Bangla Indian Restaurant thus allowing us to say 'we went from Bangor to the Bangla in Bangor. It is a moot point as to whether passage planning should be built ostensibly around a single amusing sentence but we say yes. No doubt the RYA will, in the fullness of time, add this approach to their excellent Yachtmaster Training Programme.</div>
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I feel like I need to explain a little about the Menai Strait. So here you go. It is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about 16 miles long, which separates the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglesey">Anglesey</a> from the mainland of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales">Wales</a>.<br /><br />The strait is bridged in two places: the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menai_Suspension_Bridge">Menai Suspension Bridge</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stephenson">Robert Stephenson</a>'s 1850 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia_Bridge">Britannia Tubular Bridge</a>.<br /><br />The strait varies in width from 400 metres from Fort Belan to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abermenai_Point">Abermenai Point</a> to 1,100 metres from Traeth Gwyllt to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caernarfon_Castle">Caernarfon Castle</a>. It then narrows to 500 metres in the middle reaches and then it broadens again.<br /><br />The differential <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide">tides</a> at the two ends of the strait cause very strong currents to flow in both directions through the strait at different times, creating dangerous conditions. One of the most dangerous areas of the strait is known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swellies">Swellies</a> between the two bridges. Here rocks near the surface cause over-falls and local <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool">whirlpools</a>, which can be of considerable danger in themselves and cause small boats to founder on the rocks.<br /><br />We left Canaerfon as soon as the adjustable sill in the entrance was lowered. This gives you enough time to carry the tide up the Strait past Bangor and out to sea. We left late afternoon, waving goodbye to Selma and Ella who promised to take pictures of the good ship as she went through the Swellies.<br /><br />Timing is everything for a safe passage and unusually for us, we timed it right!<br />
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A medieval document quoted in the book 'The Menai Strait' states: In that arm of the see that departeth between this island Mon and North Wales is a swelowe that draweth to schippes that seileth and sweloweth hem yn, as doth Scylla and Charybdis - therefore we may nouzt seile by this swalowe but slily at the full see. Roughly translated this means 'it's a bit choppy'. Our pilot seemed more positive.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eider duck, always the serious member of the team, advised that we should wear Wellies as we sailed through the Swellies ... we thought it was a good idea.</td></tr>
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Art lover and sculptor Lord Clarence Paget, a former Lord of the Admiralty, lived at Plas Llanfair, up the slope behind the statue. He had used concrete to make statues for his grounds and noticed they were more durable than marble in this exposed area. He found that concrete was much cheaper than marble, bronze or stone and could be manipulated easily.<br /><br />The Admiralty happened to be surveying the Menai Strait at the time, and Lord Clarence accepted its suggestion that, with only a small alteration to the statue’s planned location, the artwork would serve as a navigation aid for mariners travelling in either direction along this difficult stretch of water. The Admiralty had already marked the statue on its newest chart by the time of the ceremony<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />As promised Selma and Ella took a video as we shot down the Strait under sail. We did consider using the engine but, hey, we are a sailing boat!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just noticed this house on the shore of Anglesey and liked it. What a great spot. The sail out past Bangor was fun. Solent rig with a F5-6 right behind us and a strong tide made for a fun sail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris 'The Perk' Perkins at the helm as we leave Falmouth on a three day leg round to Caernarfon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Falmouth is a great place but we were glad to leave. We were now behind programme if we were to make it to Scotland so had to get some miles under the keel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We left Falmouth at 1700 and flew the spinnaker until supper. We enjoyed a lovely sunset. Happy hour was filled with a spot of PG Wodehouse. What's not to like?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a lovely sail around Lands End. It seemed so quiet as we did our 2 on 4 off watch pattern but when you look at AIS you can see we were not alone!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approaching Canaerfon Marina with Snowdonia in the background. The entrance into the marina was an interesting experience with a 3-knot cross-tide. As the Harbour Master said 'the entrance sorts out who knows their boat'. Selma and Ella were on the shore waiting for us. Ella had decided that we must have hit the harbour wall which was absolutely not true. We just missed it. But as the saying goes 'an inch is as good as a mile to a blind donkey'; not that I'm suggesting Ella is a blind donkey.</td></tr>
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As Robert Burns said in 1765, whilst ploughing a field: 'the best-laid plans o'mice an' men gang aft a-gley (often go awry). How Robbie Burns knew about our plans on board the good ship is a mystery to me but there you are, he did, because otherwise why did he write about it in a poem. Our plan was to nip from Plymouth to Falmouth and having picked up Robert D to pop round Lands End and up to Skomer Island and then Milford Haven in Wales. This we did not do and so yet again Robbie Burns gets it right with his prophecy of a wryness. Mind you, as is almost always the case, we had lots of fun not doing what we planned to do so that was alright!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mylor church was super fab. The gravestones had some amazing epitaphs. My favourite was the whole story of a man unfairly shot by customs officials and what rotten sods they were for doing it. Still, with Brexit approaching we will need to get more used to this sort of event.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was a great story. In the boat in this pic is fisherman, Ned Bailey and his dog Bleiz. As he went past, on his way into the little harbour at Mylor, Bleiz jumped over the side as Ned shook his fist at him and shouted, 'and don't come back'. We had a right giggle. It transpires this is their party trick for people watching from the shore. Bleiz has a nice cooling swim and them rendezvous' with Ned back at the harbour a few hundred meters down the river.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chatting later, Ned said that a few years ago Bleiz had genuinely fallen over the side. It was some time before Ned missed him. He was beside himself and contacted other fishermen to help him search for his dog. After 4 hours they gave up knowing that Bleiz couldn't have made the mile or so ashore. They were wrong though. Bleiz was picked up walking along the shore by some tourists, taken to the local vets and shortly after was reunited with Ned. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The following day we mooched around the corner and back to Port Pendennis. It was only a mile away so we decided to go aground. This happened whilst Rob and I were studying the wind instrument that is immediately next to the echo sounder. At the moment we went aground we knew exactly what the wind speed and direction was but unfortunately not the depth. This was our mistake. Robert was intrigued to understand how Rob and I knew we were aground. We explained that it was the way that the boat lifted up in the air whilst making a scrunching sound before stopping moving. <br />Experience shone through and must have given Robert real confidence in our ability.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rather flashy yacht at Port P. The owners probably walked round to look at Brim but we didn't see them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That afternoon we visited the Falmouth Maritime Museum. It is double excellent and gets a triple Brimble Rating.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our quest for the best pasty started and finished today. The problem with this sort of quest is that there are only so many pasties you can eat in a day without overdosing and expiring. Current medical advice is one or less. <br />So we had one but not from this shop, although we nearly did. But didn't.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our consciences were sorely affected by the pasty so we decided to go for a run and a drone flight to lose some calories, pass the time and of course further polish our piloting skills. We needed to wait for Chris 'The Perk' Perkins to make his way down from London, England before we set off again in search of a new country ... Wales. Chris had demonstrated his usual pragmatic approach with the last-minute change from a pick up in Wales to a pick up in Cornwall. </td></tr>
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Shortly after our run we rendezvoused with The Perk and prepared the good ship for the next leg. Learning from our previous mistake of rushing off with a new crew we decided to give Chris a good couple of hours to settle in before we left!<br />
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The beginning of the trip started at Shamrock Quay in Southampton. Rob and I both made it down on Friday and together with Selma, enjoyed a great curry at the highly recommended Coriander Lounge Curry House. You need to book.<br />
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Saturday morning was set aside for Jeremy to make it from his home in France and for some provisioning using Tesco Home-Delivery - how amazing is that. I take my hat off to Tescos. They rock up, they're always great and even take your stuff down to the boat ... what's not to like?<br />
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We decided we would break ourselves in gently so decided to just puddle down the coast to Lymington. Westerlies were set in for the next few days so rushing wasn't going to help.<br />
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We weren't too sad to leave Shamrock Quay (an MDL operated marina). It used to be one of our favourite Marina's, a place from which we have left for many big trips but to be honest it's gone a bit downhill. It feels like it's money before everything. It used to be that nothing was too much trouble but now anything is too much trouble. A real shame. Hey-ho it made setting off a bit easier.<br />
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Lymington Yacht Haven is the absolute opposite to MDL; they are fab. Great customer service guaranteed, an incredibly warm welcome and facilities that can only be described as 5 Star. It's true that you need to 'brace' for the bill but then hand cream in the men's toilets is going to cost a few bob.<br />
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A very pleasant night in Lymington and we were off to Studland Bay. Strongish westerlies (F6) were forecast which means for us that progress starts to get very wet and if there's a sea running then a bit slow as well. We took the chance to show Jeremy some of the kit we have on the Good Ship to make life easier such as the Teabag Intervention Tool and the GASP (Gimballed Anti Spill Pan)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Good Ship pulling hard on her trusted Spade Anchor. Not so for the rest of the anchorage where a group of three rafted motorboats suffered the consequences of a very weedy bottom and dragged 150 metres into a Rassy. No harm done and very entertaining. We had already done our bit on that front when the anchorage watched a motorboat upwind of us pick up a lobster pot as a mooring and then drift onto us. He was very indignant and upset by the quality of moorings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tough row ashore by Rob was rewarded by great beer and lovely staff at the Studland Pub. Fellow Twister owners who had obviously been watching the good ship get squashed by a lobster-pot-dragging-motorboats came up and said hi as they restocked their depleted ice stocks. A Gin and Tonic without ice is just not what Twister owners do.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: center;">As you would expect there are a variety of stories about the name. One is they are named after the devil (Old Harry ) who sat on them or maybe you prefer a famous Pirate, Harry Paye or if they don't take your fancy a Viking Story where a ninth-century Viking raid was thwarted by a storm and that one of the drowned men was turned into a pillar of chalk. Difficult to decide really. </span><br />
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Whilst in Plymouth we visited The Royal Western Yacht Club. An astonishing history and well worth a visit. We met Becky the Cornish barmaid who proved to be a font of food knowledge. She revealed that whilst extremely expensive (£3.57) she had enjoyed the best ever Cornish Pasty in Falmouth and that as we were heading there we should have one. Unfortunately, she couldn't remember quite where in Falmouth she had bought it from. She also shared that she had had the best Chinese meal of her life in Derbyshire but that had been 11 years ago.<br />
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<br />brimbleboathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11526640687120726675noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-38990853391834584692019-07-20T14:44:00.002+01:002020-02-02T18:00:15.992+00:00The Four Nations and the beginning of The Greenland AdventureMany of you will associate the Four Nations with a Rugby League Tournament played every 2 years between England, Australia, New Zealand and someone else. This association is not unreasonable, but, I suspect in future when the words 'Four Nations' are said many people will now think Brimble and sailing rather than Rugby League. Here's why ...<br />
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The need to work has resulted in a postponement of this year's planned adventure to Greenland to next year. We can live with this because flexibility is one of our watchwords (along with indecision and confusion) and as work is a critical enabler to sailing we take the occasional imposition of work with a hop, skip and a jump. In any case, it's all turned out just fine because this year would have been a bit of a mad rush and so now we can enjoy the planning and also get a little further up north giving more time next year to enjoy our little arctic adventure.</div>
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So, the north was the target and we set our sights on Troon in Scotland. We've been there before at the end of the Scottish Isles Peak Race (the most exhausting, bonkers, endurance event I have ever taken part in ... click <a href="http://brimbleboat.blogspot.com/2016/05/scottish-isles-peak-race.html">here</a> for write-up) and both Rob and I have fond/painful memories of the marina and that amazing bit of Scotland.<br />
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Journey start was Southampton at Shamrock Quay Marina run by MDL #computersaysnomarinas, #moneybeforeyachstman, #nocustomerservice.<br />
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So, on June 29 we set off bound North. Our continuing mission, to explore new worlds, to seek out new pubs and Indian Restaurants, to boldly go where Brimble has not gone before. Our plan, to visit the four great Nations of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. If you were minded to do so you could call this journey The Four Nations Tour or perhaps the Union Tour but whatever title you land on it is unarguably the beginning of our trip into the arctic and the beginning of the Greenland Adventure.</div>
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As usual, we decided on the location of crew changes and rendezvous points by agreeing to meet at the most awkward places to get to and then changing our minds at the last minute - this is now a well-proven process and once again worked well. Rob and I were aboard for the full two weeks along with Chirpy Chick, Eider Duck and Cockney Mallard. In addition, we were supported by welcome new starts, Jeremy Flynn and Robert Digings and old-timer Chris Perkins. Selma and Ella were shore-based but met us in Wales taking unique footage of the good ship as she passed through the infamous Menai Straits. A fine group to enjoy 650 miles of sailing, 11 ports, one large castle and 12 days and 5 nights at sea.<br />
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After considerable thought, well, a little bit of thought, we have decided that it's time to head back north, England seems a little busy. On the basis that Greenland is north, we have decided to go to Greenland. Last time we were in that neck of the woods in Sumara, for the ascent of Beerenberg on Jan Mayen, there was 50 miles of ice off-shore. However, in recent years it has been possible to get into Scoresby Sound most years. This is is the largest, remotest and most breathtaking Fjord in the world so although I'm sure we will have to dodge some ice to get there it will be well worth the challenge and associated costs of purchasing an extra thick pair of socks.<br />
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Our plan, which is maturing nicely, is to take 6 weeks to sail the good ship from the South Coast of England to Scoresby Sound in Greenland. We will go via Ireland (Dingle) and Iceland (Reykjavik and Isafjorour). Hopefully, we will get a week exploring Scoresby Sound before a u-turn and heading back to Iceland. We will leave the good ship in Reykjavik for the winter. In the event that the wind blows in the wrong direction then we may go anti-clockwise round Ireland before heading upwards - probably one to figure out the week before.<br />
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So, we now need to dot a few i's but it all looks rather exciting and moderately doable if we can secure a few adventurers to sign up to the different legs.brimbleboathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11526640687120726675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-58507010602425904942018-08-27T14:59:00.002+01:002018-09-01T09:16:13.849+01:00The French Adventure (Alderney to Southampton)Home James and don't spare the horses.<br />
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So, time for home. The trip from Alderney to Southampton is about 85 miles, 60 odd to the Needles and then 25 to Shamrock Quay. We decided to leave at about 2100 and catch the tide and a F4-5 westerly home.<br />
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I took the first watch to get through the shipping lanes. It was an incredible sail. Clear skies, fast sailing and plenty of traffic to keep things exciting.<br />
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I handed over watch to Ella after a few hours, then Jack, then Selma and so by the time I was back on watch we were within a few miles of the needles. A great way to travel.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The living room of the Flynn's cottage on Alderney ... it was really lovely</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dominique and Jeremy share some St Vaast oysters they had bought ... they were excellent</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The little statue on the roof is what Dominique and the family make in the pottery in France .... pretty amazing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We absolutely hammered along the east side of the Cherbourg peninsula doing 7-8 knts SOG</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cherbourg marina is easy to find and easy to berth. Facilities are great.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Museum in Cherbourg is one of our favourites. The Titanic exhibition is excellent if unsurprisingly a tad depressing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Napolean was very keen on Cherbourg, hence, this stautte of him pointing to the port.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A seagull performing the famous Cherbourgian one-legged seagull dance routine ... with<br />
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On our arrival in Cherbourg we were welcomed by Felix and Rex who had arrived the day before. They were on their very famous and very fast yacht Javelin. Fast because they had made it to Cherbourg in one go from Ouistreham ... and famous because Javelin is the yacht that got snagged up with a large tanker in the Solent during Cowes week a few years ago. Press <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tUoUxzt9sI">HERE</a> here for a reminder.<br />
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<br />brimbleboathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11526640687120726675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-21717994643810190102018-08-27T13:59:00.000+01:002018-09-01T09:26:17.077+01:00The French Adventure (Ouistreham to St Vaast)Onwards and upwards ... it's time to head north as we sail past the Normandy/D-Day Beeches towards St Vaast just to the east of Cherbourg. A longish sail but we couldn't enter St Vaast until 2130 due to tidal constraints so no rush.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We set off through the first lock opening at 0900 after a quick run around</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-align: start;"> the town which we</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span>hadn't<span style="text-align: start;"> really had time to explore the night</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-align: start;"> before. It </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-align: start;">we have visited over the past few days</span></span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">.</span></td></tr>
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The wind gradually strengthened until as we arrived at St Vaast we had a F5 from the West.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brimble making good speed under spinnaker. This photo was taken by our new friends Jeremy, Dominique, Felix and Rex who we met in the lock at Ouistreham as we left. We didn't expect to see them again but as luck would have it we ended up with dinner together in Cherbourg and then dinner at their cottage in Alderney. More later.</td></tr>
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At half past nine we lead the way into the harbour enjoying the very last knockings of daylight. It was a great day.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St Vaast is famous for its oysters which are considered the best in the world</td></tr>
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<br />brimbleboathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11526640687120726675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-35579756143019683332018-08-27T12:31:00.000+01:002018-08-27T13:59:52.550+01:00The French Adventure (Le Havre to Ouistreham)The trip from Le Havre to Ouistreham gave us a good chance to recharge the engine batteries because with no wind we had to motor all the way. But, the sun was up and it gave the kids a chance to catch up on sleep after 3 days of ... well sleeping. Ella, pointed out that sleeping often causes fatigue a concept that I'm still trying to process.<br />
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The trip down to Ouistreham was uneventful. The entry into the harbour is pleasant and easy but there is a lock to get through to gain entrance to the canal that carries the marina and that runs up to the city of Caen. We had a little bit of a race to get there for the last opening of the day but made it and joined many other boats on the same mission. The lock experience was fun but having a large fender was handy as you will see.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the lock there was loads of room but the walls were coated with this hairy, sharp, shellfish thing</td></tr>
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<br />brimbleboathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11526640687120726675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-85551779971248374262018-08-27T12:01:00.003+01:002018-09-01T09:26:53.879+01:00The French Adventure (Fecamp to Le Havre)The sail down to Le Havre was another hop of 30 odd miles. The helpful difference is that Le Havre can be accessed at all states of the wind and tide.<br />
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We bounced out of Fecamp at 1025 and then enjoyed a cracking sail down the coast. Close hauled with a reef in the main and full genoa we made good time arriving in Le Havre at 1650.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The skyline of Le Havre is dominated by the Eglise Notre-Dame du Raincy designed by Auguste Perret. Monsieur Perret was an expert in the architectural use of reinforced concrete. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A really great 6.2m high statue of a child on a man's shoulders welcomes you as you sail along the coast</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This statue is of a man carrying an elephant on his back. It is intended to reflect the burden we each carry in day to day life. Personally, if I had to carry an elephant at work that would be a standout kind of day not least because it clearly exceeds the 25kg manual handling limit ... perhaps the metaphor is lost on me?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were directed to this ace spot after Selma asked if we could berth close in. Once again because we are a tiddler we were able to sneak in right by the marina office and facilities.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We paid a visit to the Museum of Modern Art. This picture caught our eye of a lady listening to music with her new Sony earphones ... topless. Understanding where the guy having a kip with a suit of armour on fits in is more complicated. But that's art for you. The museum was good though; I strongly recommend Eugene Boudin's study of cows ... whilst every cow picture may not appeal to everyone you are sure to find one cow that really hits the mark</td></tr>
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<br />brimbleboathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11526640687120726675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-32979968780747001542018-08-27T11:08:00.001+01:002018-09-01T09:27:55.141+01:00The French Adventure (Dieppe to Fecamp)We're now Tuesday and making good progress down the Normandy coast. Today's excursion was a 30 miler down to Fecamp. Hopefully with the tide all the way.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We departed Dieppe at 0900. An easy port to enter or leave but a few big ships moping about to add excitement and entertain. One of the little challenges about sailing down this coast is to make sure you arrive at your destination with enough water to get in! Fecamp is limited access but with the state of tides as they were we could scrape in at low water.</td></tr>
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Top of the list was a quick tour of the Benedictine Distillery. Benedictine is a herbal liqueur beverage developed by Alexander Le Grand in the 19th Century. There seem to be differing views on whether the recipe was pinched from Benedictine Monks or whether Alex' created it himself with the assistance of a local chemist. Based on the taste my money is on the latter. The worlds biggest single consumer is Burnley Miners Club which gives you an idea of the popularity of the drink. This said it was good to see the process (having seen Rum, Whisky, Madeira and Port as we have sailed about) and the museum was excellent.<br />
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Fecamp was a nice spot with good facilities, plenty to see and a nice atmosphere. The marina was a tad rolly polly but still quiet enough. But no peace for the wicked and so once again we agreed to push on.<br />
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Next stop Le Havrebrimbleboathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11526640687120726675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-70532912279950754942018-08-27T10:23:00.000+01:002018-09-01T09:28:29.901+01:00The French Adventure (Boulogne to Dieppe)So, after the warm-up from Dover we were keen to move on. We knew we had easterlies for a few more days so cracking on whilst we had favourable winds made sense.<br />
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The passage to Dieppe was a shade over 50 miles. So a two tide event. We set off at 0545 moving into a fairly informal watch pattern of 1 on 3 off which was nice and easy.<br />
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The wind never really sorted itself out so we ended up having to donk the lions share of the way - this lead to boredom and experimentation.<br />
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Tom P and Rob had explained when we were last together that whilst on a sailing holiday in Greece Tom had gone up the mast to secure some good snaps. This seemed like a sensible and valuable use of time. I did the same. We even managed to sail awhile with me bouncing off the top of the mast.<br />
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This entertained us a while but then we felt that as the weather was akin to the Med' we should treat the water as Mediterranean and so Ella and I went for a swim. In Jacks words ... noice<br />
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Aided by these distractions we enjoyed a pleasant drive along the coast arriving in Dieppe at 1755<br />
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Dieppe was seeped in history. In August 1942 it was the location for an Allied raid. The raid was not particularly successful but did provide vital intelligence for the subsequent D-Day Landings further west. It wasn't massively compelling!<br />
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That evening we enjoyed a pleasant dinner in a bar overlooking the marina. Moules were the order of the day except Jack who had horse! Over dinner we finalised our plans and agreed that whilst the easterlies continued we should push on ...<br />
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The plan in my mind was a simple one ... 'France'. However, it is possible that I might have confused the team by saying 'The Channel Islands'. So a few valuable minutes were spent explaining that we would be heading <u>towards</u> the Channel Islands but via France rather than spending 2 weeks <u>in</u> the Channel Islands. I sensed that the crew felt they had been miss-sold their holiday so this was a useful clarification.<br />
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With the help of Rob and Tom we had safely secured the good ship at Dover ready to set sail for Northern France. Ella and I went down on the Friday to do some early prep' work and then the next day Jack and Selma arrived.<br />
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Selma had arranged for a Tesco delivery; a stroke of genius. STOP PRESS - Supermarket delivery to the marina is the way to go. Tesco even delivered it to the boat pontoon ... how fab is that? And, when the young chap found out we were sailing to France he kindly gave me (FOC) a detailed account of the holiday he had in Paris 10 years earlier when he was 12.<br />
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As well as victualling we also gave the bottom a good clean. One of many advantages of a small boat is that you can scrub the bottom with the boat in the water, especially when you have an abundance of teenage labour.<br />
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That night we explored Dover. The Harbour is having a massive rebuild with a new marina. It will be amazing and give a much-needed injection of investment in what is a surprisingly poor part of the country.<br />
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Boulogne has an excellent aquarium ... arguably the biggest in the world. Well, it could be the biggest, or the deepest, or the largest surface area, or the most type of fish or something. Anyway, it seemed very good to us.<br />
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Next stop Dieppe ...brimbleboathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11526640687120726675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-44496247370876015802018-08-26T15:14:00.000+01:002018-09-01T09:31:32.483+01:00Recruitment of new crew (24th June)Last summer the Digings family (William, Meredith and their mum and dad, Robert and Alison) visited the good ship at Shotley for an ice cream. Rather annoyingly a minor engine problem prevented us from making a voyage on the day but the family expressed some interest to learn more about sailing - I spotted the potential of these new recruits immediately. This said, as we all know 'there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip' so a days sailing was urgently necessary to secure the interest of Meredith and William and their Mum and Dad.<br />
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The opportunity to meet my promise didn't arrive until this year but on yet another perfect day things came together and we once again rendezvoused at Shotley Marina. The good ship enjoyed a full crew. William is a natural engineer and was soon up to speed with engine, electronics and rigging. Meredith was more interested in the pirating side of sailing and brought on board a very healthy appetite to rob, steal and plunder; so much so that we did briefly engage with the famous 'Nancy Blackett' as we sailed up the Orwell. She arrived with a skull and crossbones which was proudly flown from the cross-trees. William, flew his own personal red-ensign.<br />
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So, great capability brought by the kids ... Robert and Alison brought lunch.<br />
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A great day was had by all especially me. It's the greatest honour to introduce this hobby to new people and I hope this won't be the last time the Digings visit the good ship. The whole family were great but Alison's quiet lust for adventure shone through like a glow worm in a paper bag.<br />
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Whey hey ... time to get the good ship downwards and ready for our summer holiday. Top man and First Mate, Rob P, on board with a planned stop off at Ramsgate to pick up Tom Parsons, the Ships Doctor before we sail to Dover.<br />
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I love the passage across the Thames estuary. Loads of exciting sand banks to dodge, a complicated tide and plenty of traffic to weave between.<br />
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Weather was lovely and warm but I'm afraid for Saturday was wind free so it was a bit of a donk. Sunday was much perkier.<br />
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Entering Dover was good fun with a highly professional Harbour Master. You call them up 2 miles out, then 200m out and then seek further permission to enter the inner harbour. Sounds complicated but actually very easy. We made a little video of entering the harbour ... play with volume up! Seas as ever pretty choppy off the harbour entrance.<br />
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This tide, wind and weather combo almost never seem to occur so we were quite excited at the prospect of a trip up this famous and very beautiful river.<br />
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We left Shotley Marina lock successfully. But then, as is often the case in the world of sailing, things didn't quite continue as planned. The light wind forecast decided to become a Force 5/6; the sea was short, sharp and rather perky; the wind was smack bang on the nose and to top it all so was the tide. It was a conspiracy! We ploughed on for well over an hour, largely underwater and making barely more than a knot over the ground. We were mostly underwater and looking increasingly likely to make the tidal gate to get over the bar. Darn it.<br />
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Now, I'm not a great one for turning around, indeed in a car I have added many miles to a journey because of my strong and deep-felt belief that it is fundamentally wrong to do a u-turn. But on this Saturday morning, enough was enough. So, with a flick of the tiller, we moved from maelstrom to beautiful summers day. We've all experienced the transformation from pain to pleasure when you change direction but it still never fails to amaze me.<br />
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We quickly re-planned our destination to visit Ipswich Haven Marina and had the most lovely sail down the river.<br />
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The following day we left early and enjoyed one of those breathtakingly lovely morning sails before the rest of the world has woken up. As young Jack would say ... noice.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Good Ship Brimble ... I need say no more</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Good Ship nestled in Ipswich Yacht Haven ... a very nice marina ... her radar reflector and attractive pink this year</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harriet Rosewell very kindly gave us a bottle of rum and whisky as a thank you for the charity weekend.<br />
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So, this weekend the Good Ship Brimble enjoyed the pleasure of sailing with Bridget and Harriet Rosewell.
We had auctioned a weekend away at the Railway Ball charity event and Bridget, despite being someone who could have had a free weekend, bid and won the honour.
Both Rosewells were great company and we had a really memorable weekend together with some glorious weather and fun sailing.
On Friday afternoon we kicked off with a quiet sail down the Orwell as far as Woolverstone Marina. That even8ng we enjoyed the classic east coast walk to the Butt and Oyster pub. Next day was a jolly jaunt back up the Orwell and then downhill to Bradwell-on-Sea so named because its on the sea. Sunday brought more sunshine and the headwind that slowed us down. Little on the way home meant that we had enough water to slip into Walton Backwaters and see the location for Arthur Ransomes classic book Secret Water. Great weekend. Some snaps that sum it up
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It's spring and the Good Ship B is ready and raring to go. What better shakedown sail than a bank holiday cruise down to the local nuclear power station and back. Selma and I on board.</div>
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The weather was a perfect spring. The air still has that crispy edge to the warmth (and so requiring full use of the excellent Arthur Beale jumper) but at the same time the feeling of a hot summer just round the corner. Fabbo.</div>
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I won't bore you with the nitty-gritty details of the trip mainly because I'm writing this 3 months after the event and can't remember the nitty-gritty details ... to be honest I struggle to recall a vague recollection of what happened last week. I could of course reference the comprehensive ships log book but that is currently 107 miles away with the ship so let's just look at pictures and avoid hard facts ...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donking along the Thames Estuary off Clacton</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sails up and all well with the world</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fishing boat ... fishing ... the lack of seagulls says a lot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entering Bradwell marina ... it's getting a little run down now but has a familarity about it that I cant resist</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down Bradwell Creek. You have to take a little care entering the marina a few hours either side of LW</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ghosting along at 4kts in flat calm but light breeze</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some much needed maintenance of the foresail winches</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Royal Harwich Marina ... we were actually at Woolverstone so I dont quite know why I took this picture ... we were on our way to the pub (Butt and Oyster) not on the way back</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you are ever at Woolverstone then a walk to Pin Mill is essential and of course a pint at the famous Inn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brimbles best friend Sumara of Weymouth at Kings Boatyard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking back from the pub in the twilight is lovely. A great picture by Selma</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The River Orwell </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sailing back up the river. The Butt and Oyster pub that we had paid a vital visit to the night before</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snugged up in her berth and ready for her next outing. Note she is reversed in like what modern boats do</td></tr>
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brimbleboathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11526640687120726675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-27796963379527876412018-07-29T12:35:00.000+01:002018-07-29T12:45:37.564+01:00The last sail of the yearSo, somewhat belatedly I am posting the last sail of last year which was the weekend of September 23rd/24th 2017.<br />
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Brimbles best friend Sumara of Weymouth had arranged for some chums from the East Coast to get together for what proved to be our last weekend of sailing. On board the good ship was First Mate Rob Parsons, Joe Parsons, Mara Gardner and myself.<br />
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The trip was the well trodden route from Shotley to Brightlingsea and back. Weather was fine and it was a cracking sail in both directions. 4 boats met up and in the event that I had remembered to take photos then I would share them here ... but I didn't.<br />
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Crucially though over the two days it emerged that both Jo and Mara had unique skills that allowed us to fill two vacant posts. That of Ships Ambassador and Ships Psychiatrist both important roles on the Good Ship which have stood vacant for some time.<br />
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Mara is from New York and so is able to speak many forms of English and some French and so Rob and I were delighted to offer her the challenging role of Ship's Ambassador. Dealing with Suffolk people was going to be her first challenge not least because we had one of them on board.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mara ... as comfortable in the role of sailing as she is in dealing with difficult people from Suffolk</td></tr>
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Jo, sister to Tom, Chief Medical Officer and also the First Mate's daughter is studying medicine (since graduated) and so was an obvious candidate for Ships Psychiatrist. This is a role we have desperately been trying to fill since Rob started imagining Latvian visitors in the forepeak when we were in Lofoten. Jo was keen to demonstrate her skills in psychiatry with some basic psycho-analysis of Cockney Mallard, Eider and Chirpy Chick but rightly pointed out that Duck Psychiatry was not a module covered as part of standard training. Rob and I decided that this should not be considered a show stopper and so we offered her the job. Jo was delighted and we talked through plans to convert the forepeak into a compact surgery and waiting room.<br />
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This was pretty much the final sail of the year although the good ship stayed in Shotley before haul out just before Christmas.<br />
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<br />brimbleboathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11526640687120726675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024544872967344.post-9364863098278930882018-07-28T12:37:00.000+01:002018-07-29T12:45:23.547+01:00Up the river Orwell (August Bank Holiday)Not having seen the good ship for quite a few weeks a trip to Shotley was well overdue. It had to be a flying visit though because of work.<br />
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The team was young and strong in the shape of young Jack and his mate Ed. We arrived and the good ship was looking as lovely as ever, tidily snugged up in her mooring. With next to no wind we slipped out of the berth but I could feel straight away alot of weed on the prop and manoeuvring was far less easy as a result. Not too much of a worry though because 'parking by touch' has always been a strength for us. We enjoyed a lovely beat out to sea and then turning round, a sloppy run down the river to Ipswich Yacht Haven.<br />
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We've never been here before ... we always head straight out to sea so the whole trip was relaxing but new. To get into the Yacht Haven you need to lock in ... it was a great experience. Once we were all in, the lock the gates were shut, and then ... like a fair ground ride, a loud, sing-song voice blasted out of the tannoy ... 'heeeere weeeee go' ... I thought we were going to take off, it was brilliant. The lock filled, the gates opened and the lovely lock keeper thanked us for using her lock; how brilliant is that? Our whole visit to Ipswich could have just been for the 'lock experience'. The staff at the yacht haven were lovely as well and we were soon snugged up in a berth in the heart of Ipswich.<br />
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A nice dinner in one of the harbour side restaurants and a few restorative pints rounded up a lovely day.<br />
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The following day we took the tide back up the river to Shotley stopping off at the empty visitors pontoon of the Royal Harwich Marina to get an ice cream. The lads sped off whilst I stayed with the boat. Sadly though a 'jobsworth' sent them back saying there was no way we could stop for a couple of minutes to grab an ice cream ... who did we think we were? I set off in search of the officious official but frustratingly I couldn't track him down and went off to buy the ice creams instead! I always thought of the The Royal Harwich as a friendly place; I'm sure it is but keep your eyes peeled for the wally in the little wooden hut.<br />
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We mooched back to Shotley locked back in and put the good ship to bed. A lovely weekend.<br />
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