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Lost in Translation
I was reading the in-flight magazine (in Spanish) on an Aero Mexico flight which was extolling the virtues of the English pub or "casa para el público para beber" - literally a house for the public for...
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Datafish
With a life long fascination for model boats I couldn't help but notice this interesting marine device down on the Lymington slip way, it's called a Datafish and seems to be a remote/automated platform...
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Biscay
Having a clear out the other day I found the original weather fax from the morning of our departure from Falmouth to cross the Bay of Biscay on our way to the Caribbean.We'd read and heard many times...
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Easter as it should be
In the past Easter weekend was characterised, the nights have been drawing out, signs of spring are to be seen. It's a time of ritual and tradition. The boat yards buzzing with activity. It's time to...
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Dinghy neglect
This motley collection of dinghies and tenders were pulled up on the hard the other day and left me wondering why so many British yachtsmen treat their dinghies so badly? Perhaps it;s something which...
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LOA - Length overall!
Now I confess to not knowing too much about motor boats, but this modification was intriguing, maybe a "pram" bow is the latest go faster conversion in the speedboat world?Other ideas were reducing...
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Things that go bump ...
Well in the middle of the afternoon!There I was I was rowing down the river recently keeping an eye on the Bursledon Laser fleet who were out in the cold and blustery conditions.I made a deliberate...
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From Cyber Space to real life
Down on Lymington slipway watching the visiting RS Tera fleet, I got to talking to the chap stood next to me."Terrible weather, yesterday was the first time I've launched the dinghy all year, cold but...
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Nice Pair
I've always liked Godolphin, the wooden motor boat on the right, she sits on the moorings opposite the park in Lymington with that big winch, presumably for hauling some kind of fishing gear.There's...
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Article 15
The 5 meter aluminium tube I bought to make the SCOW mast arrived last week, so with midday high water in prospect we went down to Keyhaven at the weekend hoping that the SCOWs would be out sailing and...
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Hi Flying Rib
A friend had asked me along to look at powerboats he is considering to purchase, one which wasn't on the list but very interesting was the Hysucat, sadly not looking its best as one of the tubes has...
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Weekend weather
All week the days have been fine and sunny, thoughts of getting out sailing at the weekend after a long winter.And what happens Friday arrives, the wind goes round to the north and we're in for a cold...
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Product Quality
We bought a trampoline from a well know national retailer last week, the assembly instructions were actually very good, but as it was going together we noticed that the joints were loose fitting and...
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Hamble River Cadets
Hamble River sailing Club held their first cadet session of the season on what was a cold and overcast Saturday morning. Despite the weather there was a good turn out. Joseph was among the youngsters...
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Matilda Emily
I haven't written much about Matilda Emily since her launch last March, what with one thing and another we didn't actually get around to sailing her that much last season and with a major building...
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Gone Fishing
Spectacular weather and a holiday weekend, what else would you rather be doing?The early morning fog on Monday soon lifted to clear skies and sunshine, who cares if we didn't actually catch very much.
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Floating bridge
Which ferries foot passengers and cars between East and West Cowes is a familiar sight to anyone travelling up the Medina River by boat, when the yellow lights start to flash and the chains start to...
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Camera shake
Shame about the wonky horizon and slightly out of focus, I would clearly benefit from attending a Rick Tomlinson master class like fellow blogger Captain JP or even just letting go of the tiller and...
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Norwegian Pram
If you walk around the RAF Yacht Club dinghy compound you will see the usual mix of tenders, inflatables, polypropylene dinghies and more than a few grp boats ranging from brand new to nearly derelict....
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Be careful what you Google
I confess to not knowing much about the motorboat scene, but I seem to recall "Ribbed for Pleasure" was an advertising slogan for a well know brand of condoms.Might throw up some interesting search...
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