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18 December 2002, 16:57
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Baby's Back
So, there I was........at 08:30 this morning looking out the window of the Shorts Aircraft at the steaming mass of white sea below me, force 7/8, rain and not at all pleasant. I thought to myself I must be completely nuts. Actually, common sense prevailed to some extent, I had my Sportscruiser shipped from Weymouth to Guernsey last night and was on my way to Gsy to collect it. The rib was craned out of the hold of the ship and into the water, with me on it, over to the fuel berth (this was the most harrowing bit of the entire trip) filled up and drove straight into this seething mass of sea. The boat is FANTASTIC, performed superbly and as is always the case, the crew took a pounding, but the boat was fine. So. Richard you were right, and sorry we did not have that beer Julian and Brian.
Photo from St.Peter Port (Gsy) looking towards Sark and Herm at 09:30 this morning Why do pictures never really show how stormy it was??
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18 December 2002, 17:00
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Craning 'her' into the water at Guernsey
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18 December 2002, 17:02
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About to leave Guernsey.
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18 December 2002, 17:07
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This must have been the longest cross-channel trip ever. Departed Lymington on 18 September 2002 and arrived in Jersey on 18 December 2002.
Nicely tucked up in her cosy berth in Elizabeth Marina- Jsy.
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18 December 2002, 18:02
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Town: Blackpool
Boat name: To Exi
Make: new sib 4 man
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Charles,
Is that a new Hard nose you have there.
Cheers
Crazyhorse
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18 December 2002, 18:03
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Nice new nose Charles! And nice new external valves so no more holes in the Cabin!!
Alan
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18 December 2002, 18:40
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Yup, new hard bow-nose, new tubes and quite correct Alan, valves on the outside. Had other mods done to make her even safer.
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18 December 2002, 19:10
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Nice one Charles
Good to see the boat back on the water. The hard nose is great, especially in a following sea 
Regards
Mark
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18 December 2002, 20:51
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Town: Devon
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Charles,
Great to see your RIB in Jersey.
Bet you're looking forward to spring...
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19 December 2002, 06:34
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Town: St Mawes
Boat name: Magellan Zulu
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Lookin' pretty sleek, Charles.
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21 December 2002, 17:17
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As I was driving into St Peter Port I wondered Which brave ribster was heading for that other island in those choppy conditions!!
Lots of fun around Corbiere??
Only joking Charles hope you had a good trip back 
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21 December 2002, 22:25
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Town: Gloucetsreshire
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Make: MAR.CO
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GREAT BOAT!!
Charles the boat looks FAB!! I'm jelous now. I'll take back all I said about cabin RIBs.
An excuse to persuade Falcon to build something like that for me (if they can) and my daughter asks me all the time for 'an inside boat'.
LOVELY BOAT hope you enjoy her!!
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23 December 2002, 15:53
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Congratulations Charles. It looks great. Look forward to seeing you/it at the mass meeting.
Now about that crane thing...shouldn't they put on something to stop the tubes getting squashed?
Keith (you can't do that with a SIB) Hart
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10 January 2003, 21:24
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Charles
Like the colour contrast nose, good call. I think i will have to copy, hope you don't mind !!
Steve
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11 January 2003, 09:51
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Lot of debate about this - scorpion wanted to make it yellow as well as a few other people - I insisted on the white, and as you have just said, it does contrast nicely - Cheers
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11 January 2003, 10:22
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Charles
Do you know any think about .... look @ the link hereunder
http://rib.net/forum/showthread.php?...&pagenumber=26
Cheers 
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11 January 2003, 10:39
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Nope, sorry - I know nothing!
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