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[CaptainZok]

She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that

Well if you have your own sailing boots and oilies I will be sailing up and down the south and east coast next summer

Wow!   What an offer!! 8-) 8-) 8-)  Tell us nearer the time Gaffers please. 

Been around boats (ex-Royal Naval family) most of my life one way or another, but haven't sailed a dingy (Mirror and Graduate) since the 70s!!, although my ex and I had a sea dingy with outboard right into the 1990s motoring around places like Poole harbour and off Hastings.

Love the chance to do it again!

I'm always on the lookout for ballast crew 

Seriously though, I do a lot around poole, solent and chichester but I am looking to go further afield, around dover and into the Thames.  I would love to take the wife right up to and beyond Kew 

Nautical euphamism? 

[Dishevelled Den]

Well been looking to upgrade the Express as she's not that suited to Cruising.  Plus if I am going to get the wife interested in sailing I need a boat that is comfortable so I have just bagged this little beauty for very little money:

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll138/mrgaffney/B1ObBjQBGkKGrHqEOKjEETZLuKFBMdoWVhI5Q_12.jpg

She will need some work but it would seem not that much to get her on the water 

That's great news G 8-) 8-) - I'll look forward to reading about your progress.

[Gaffers]

She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that

Well if you have your own sailing boots and oilies I will be sailing up and down the south and east coast next summer

Wow!   What an offer!! 8-) 8-) 8-)  Tell us nearer the time Gaffers please. 

Been around boats (ex-Royal Naval family) most of my life one way or another, but haven't sailed a dingy (Mirror and Graduate) since the 70s!!, although my ex and I had a sea dingy with outboard right into the 1990s motoring around places like Poole harbour and off Hastings.

Love the chance to do it again!

I'm always on the lookout for ballast crew 

Seriously though, I do a lot around poole, solent and chichester but I am looking to go further afield, around dover and into the Thames.  I would love to take the wife right up to and beyond Kew 

Nautical euphamism? 

No yer pervert 

She used to live there 

[Dishevelled Den]

She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that

Are you sure Lizzie? :-/ :-/


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=975_1283799588

[Gaffers]

She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that

Are you sure Lizzie? :-/ :-/


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=975_1283799588

   Officer of the watch breaked up there, got the swell abeam instead of on the nose, not a nice place to be in a big ship.

[Andy B]

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   Officer of the watch breaked up there, got the swell abeam instead of on the nose, not a nice place to be in a big ship.

First bit looked like the galley/canteen on the Fearless in a swell ...... flat bottomed so it rolled a bit! :-? :-?
 

[hotel21]

She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that

Are you sure Lizzie? :-/ :-/


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=975_1283799588

   Officer of the watch breaked up there, got the swell abeam instead of on the nose, not a nice place to be in a big ship.

Was involved in changing a cylinder head of a large Sulzer 800mm bore two stroke diesel in a heavy beam sea once upon a while ago.  Not fun trying to ensure several tonne of cast steel stays in the correct place when being manouevered into/out of place, hanging from a 30 foot length of engine room crane wire...         

[Gaffers]

This is better

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhumbt3ZHwI[/media]

[Gaffers]

She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that

Are you sure Lizzie? :-/ :-/


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=975_1283799588

   Officer of the watch breaked up there, got the swell abeam instead of on the nose, not a nice place to be in a big ship.

Was involved in changing a cylinder head of a large Sulzer 800mm bore two stroke diesel in a heavy beam sea once upon a while ago.  Not fun trying to ensure several tonne of cast steel stays in the correct place when being manouevered into/out of place, hanging from a 30 foot length of engine room crane wire...         

That would not be an experience that I would ever forget 

[Dishevelled Den]

This is better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhumbt3ZHwI

Even for a landlubber like myself - that looks the business 8-)

[Gaffers]

This is better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhumbt3ZHwI

Even for a landlubber like myself - that looks the business 8-)

It's a dream I keep having, sell up and sail away till the money runs out

[Dishevelled Den]

This is better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhumbt3ZHwI

Even for a landlubber like myself - that looks the business 8-)

It's a dream I keep having, sell up and sail away till the money runs out

It's a tempting notion G but a tremendously big step.

On a more modest scale, the inclination to follow a desire when one has youth and fitness on side should be seriously considered as, when you're old and crusty (like me), and stuck in a God-forsaken hole in the ass-end of the Kingdom, it's too bloody late.

[Gaffers]

This is better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhumbt3ZHwI

Even for a landlubber like myself - that looks the business 8-)

It's a dream I keep having, sell up and sail away till the money runs out

It's a tempting notion G but a tremendously big step.

On a more modest scale, the inclination to follow a desire when one has youth and fitness on side should be seriously considered as, when you're old and crusty (like me), and stuck in a God-forsaken hole in the ass-end of the Kingdom, it's too bloody late.

That is why I plan to do it in 11/12 years time, sorry to hear about your condition but hopefully you'll get more mobility soon.  Everything is possible remember my dad was Stage 4 and terminal nearly 4 years ago. 3 years free from the big C now

[Mr Skrunts]

Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?

Dont worry, it's getting an inboard as soon as I find a suitable one.  For now my trusty seagull will fit on the bracket at the back

Allways some miggysbeing pulled apart, maybe a nice V6, might need some strengthenging doing 1st though. 

[Gaffers]

Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?

Dont worry, it's getting an inboard as soon as I find a suitable one.  For now my trusty seagull will fit on the bracket at the back

Allways some miggysbeing pulled apart, maybe a nice V6, might need some strengthenging doing 1st though. 

Miggy lump will deliver too much power for the hull.  I have had an idea for a miggy lump... for another day though