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Post by patty on Sept 28, 2021 12:41:25 GMT
Haven't tried sailing, I've wanted to have a go but as yet not really had an opportunity. I stand and watch when I can the few that get out at Swansea I'd also love a holiday on one of those tall masted sailing ships.... but suspect I won't as cannot see myself getting that sorted. You can do other stuff. For example there's a Thames barge that regularly sails from Malden in Essex. Some of these trips are overnight and weekend etc. www.top-sail.co.uk/public-trips/ok so I've checked them out... very tempted now, just a case of working out the how to achieve as they r quite a distance from home
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 13:15:11 GMT
You can do other stuff. For example there's a Thames barge that regularly sails from Malden in Essex. Some of these trips are overnight and weekend etc. www.top-sail.co.uk/public-trips/ok so I've checked them out... very tempted now, just a case of working out the how to achieve as they r quite a distance from home They are, but Travelodges and the like are fairly reasonable. If you are ever in the vicinity I would love to meet you for a coffee / pint etc.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 13:17:20 GMT
suspect they'd want younger, fitter folk than I am atm....looks fun though Perhaps atm, but I'm sure you could find someone agreeable once your recovery is complete.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 13:24:45 GMT
I can confirm that Maldon is a lovely place to spend some time. The river Blackwater, and surrounding rivers make great sailing. I was bought up sailing there, and have taken our own boat there quite a few times. The queens head and Jolly sailor pubs on the front were great places, though I favoured the queens head. (dunno if they are still there).
One of the women who moored their narrowboat near us used to own a Thames Barge at Maldon. Lovely boats, a lot faster than their lumbering bulk might suggest at first look.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 13:29:35 GMT
The one immediately adjacent the quay is. The last time I was there they were selling a very pleasant pint called 'Nelson's Blood'.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 13:57:29 GMT
A few years ago there were some discussions with the woman about moving to Essex. We had a look at properties in Burnham on crouch.
Hmm. I think it was the end of line railway station and the woman police officer and the slightly harmless rowdy teenagers which were off putting.
Not really the same as living in Stepney.
I can understand the London thing. It's a hellbin but it does afford a certain degree of anonymity which is a quite a valuable commodity specially if one is famous.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 14:10:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 14:11:30 GMT
Anyway a, I thought you were off wayfarer sailing this summer. I seem to recall you had a drysuit fitting and everything. What happened?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 15:47:42 GMT
Dengie peninsula is the nicest place in SE Englandπ We used to sail out of Bradwell wish we still could bout it's 300 miles away
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 16:08:06 GMT
Anyway a, I thought you were off wayfarer sailing this summer. I seem to recall you had a drysuit fitting and everything. What happened? He is scared of the water. Or more accurately, of being in contact with it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 16:44:25 GMT
Anyway a, I thought you were off wayfarer sailing this summer. I seem to recall you had a drysuit fitting and everything. What happened? He is scared of the water. Or more accurately, of being in contact with it. Then he is a brave man, living on a boat, especially one with a shower fitted.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 17:02:38 GMT
...they worked out that if he hadn't tried to cheat he quite possibly could have won. Piffle. His boat would never have survived the southern ocean. Both outer hulls were taking on water to name but one serious fault of the under-prepared 'Teignmouth Electron'. Having just read ' A voyage for madmen' last week, I have to agree. He could never have won in Teignmouth Electron. The boat was not finished, had not undergone sufficient sea trials, and many of the spares required to fix the leaking hulls were left behind. He put into Argentina in search of fixings and plywood to repair the boat. That is not to say a trimaran of similar design could not undertake the southern oceans, as Nigel Tetley, sailing Victress proved. Although, he didn't complete the journey, I understand his boat failed due to him pushing it harder than necessary due to the misguided belief that Donald Crowhurst was fast gaining on him. Which,of course, he was not. Not in any legitimate fashion, anyway. There were two prizes for the 1968 golden globe award. The fastest, and the first. The first, should really have gone to Moitessier IMO, as although he didn't complete the course as per the competition rules, he was the first to cross his outgoing track, and hence the first man to circumnavigate the world single handed non stop.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 17:54:12 GMT
Piffle. His boat would never have survived the southern ocean. Both outer hulls were taking on water to name but one serious fault of the under-prepared 'Teignmouth Electron'. Having just read ' A voyage for madmen' last week, I have to agree. He could never have won in Teignmouth Electron. The boat was not finished, had not undergone sufficient sea trials, and many of the spares required to fix the leaking hulls were left behind. He put into Argentina in search of fixings and plywood to repair the boat. That is not to say a trimaran of similar design could not undertake the southern oceans, as Nigel Tetley, sailing Victress proved. Although, he didn't complete the journey, I understand his boat failed due to him pushing it harder than necessary due to the misguided belief that Donald Crowhurst was fast gaining on him. Which,of course, he was not. Not in any legitimate fashion, anyway. There were two prizes for the 1968 golden globe award. The fastest, and the first. The first, should really have gone to Moitessier IMO, as although he didn't complete the course as per the competition rules, he was the first to cross his outgoing track, and hence the first man to circumnavigate the world single handed non stop. I just love the way Moitessier blew the French government off - 'zis is what I zink of your 'Legion d'Honneur', did a second lap of the southern ocean and buggered off to Tahiti.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 18:16:32 GMT
Having just read ' A voyage for madmen' last week, I have to agree. He could never have won in Teignmouth Electron. The boat was not finished, had not undergone sufficient sea trials, and many of the spares required to fix the leaking hulls were left behind. He put into Argentina in search of fixings and plywood to repair the boat. That is not to say a trimaran of similar design could not undertake the southern oceans, as Nigel Tetley, sailing Victress proved. Although, he didn't complete the journey, I understand his boat failed due to him pushing it harder than necessary due to the misguided belief that Donald Crowhurst was fast gaining on him. Which,of course, he was not. Not in any legitimate fashion, anyway. There were two prizes for the 1968 golden globe award. The fastest, and the first. The first, should really have gone to Moitessier IMO, as although he didn't complete the course as per the competition rules, he was the first to cross his outgoing track, and hence the first man to circumnavigate the world single handed non stop. I just love the way Moitessier blew the French government off - 'zis is what I zink of your 'Legion d'Honneur', did a second lap of the southern ocean and buggered off to Tahiti. He was never in it for the grandeur anyway. Of all the round the world sailors, I think he would be the most interesting to meet, though Chichester and Slocum would come a close second for me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 18:20:14 GMT
Also to add for those unfamiliar with the story - Sir Knox-Johnston, a man worthier than most to receive a knighthood, donated his entire purse to Crowhurst's widow. What a bloke.
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