Moelfre Lifeboat day 10th August 2013 - Anglesey - Page 19

Jeff Hutcheon · 13 August 2013, 21:15

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Originally Posted by Tim&Linda

JEFF AT YOU AGE I WONDER WHAT PHOTOS YOU WANT

Lol me boat pal, me boat lol.

rocknrolla · 13 August 2013, 21:25

As f u LF nutin wrong with the BS,And u YODA shape up who is gunna bring the appretices on,no body else has WGS JBS,and if u do feel that bad just sell that avenger and get an osprey

Tim&Linda · 13 August 2013, 22:21

yeah right that's from the pot into the fire , telling you humber 9 mtr , he needs to get rid of that Honda

kerny · 13 August 2013, 22:32

Hey guy's, have you thought about getting a SIB and joining....

"The Midlands and North West SIB Club."

just for spending the odd weekend somewhere different like the Lakes and without the hassle of dragging your rib behind the car

Natalie123 · 13 August 2013, 23:17

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Originally Posted by Chris Caton

firstly, a thank you to everyone that helped me through the last eighteen months or so, bowel cancer is a bugger, the op was no better but 6 months of chemo was the hardest to handle. anyway, enough of that crap.
last saturday was the Meolfre Lifeboat day, and a number of us decided on another annual cruise setting of from Ty Calch at Caernarfon, through the menai straits, past puffin island and over to moelfre, approx 25 miles each way, we also collected a couple more ribs on the way. after various posts I said I would launch around 10'ish, mainly as I didn't want a mad thrash to moelfre as i'm just not upto it, most seemed to agree 10'ish was ok. so saturday came, i think i did launch around 10, then waited on the water till the last rib was launched, around 11'ish, seems that for some a 10'ish launch arriving at the slip anytime after 10, but heyho, it's not an organised cruise, there is no leader etc etc. so we eventually set off around 11'ish and head for the straits, picking nugent up at port dinorwic. i thought a short stop in the shelter of puffin island would be a good idea, to let everyone catch up and get their breath back before heading across to moelfre, a few of us did head over to puffin but some set off straight for moelfre, again not an organised cruise so no probs. when we arrived at moelfre there was plenty going on as usual, i was a bit knackered, the chemo is still taking its toll, so i sat back, poured a coffee n chilled out, watching the fun from a safe distance. i was a bit taken aback when two people accused me of not waiting for everyone to catch up, a bit off i thought as i didn't organise anything on the day. so carried on with me coffee, tucked into my lunch and thought i'll just keep out of the way, take a few photos and that would do me. a few of us had thought abought going round the island as moelfre is approx 1/3rd distance, but the wind was a touch fresh, i for one wasn't upto another day out like we had a few months back, so the general consensus was head back to the gazelle for a pint. before we set off, nat rang me to say she had just launched, but was having a few engines problems, so i headed over to find her, there seemed to be a engine warning bleeping away, but a few restarts seemed to cure it and she was back on yhe go, so all happy there, she came over to say hello to a few of the others, then we set off to the gazelle for a pint, agreeing on a stop at puffin island to re-group. on the way to puffin island i missjudged a wave and landed very heavily, i was winded but also worried i had done something else, still another op to go to put my plumbing back together. i backed off and continued on to puffin island to catch up with the others, as i approached puffin island i spotted the others setting off for the gazelle, at this point i lost a bit of enthusiasm and slowed right down, no point in making things any worse, so i just carried on back to the straits and caernarfon. i passed the gazelle but decided against trying to stop, i didn't feel up to trying to land and tie the rib up, took me a while to get back to caernarfon where the lads helped me recover the rib very quickly, which was much appreciated at the time. anyway, once back on dry land i was feeling very tired and sad that what had promised to be a good day out had been spoilt, i was disappointed that nobody had come back to see if i was ok and just left me on my own. i had taken the decision some time ago that i didn't want to be slowing others down, so had not gone along on some trips such as the recent cruise over to ireland as i wasn't confident i was upto it healthwise, but a short trip to moelfre was i thought a reasonable trip for me. anyway, i guess a hard lesson learnt on my side, i now know that i may as well cruise on my own then it's up to me to decide what i can and can't do, i also know that there's not much point in my joining any more ribnet trips, i don't want to slow others down. so, despite the good times we've had the last couple of years, last weekend spoilt it for me, so i've decided that ribnet is no longer for me, hence the title my last post. i wont be back, no point in looking back, i need to concentrate on the future, my next and hopefully last op, and next season on the rib

Hey big guy who will I be able to call when my engine is playing up? Who took me on my first trip through the swellies? You my dear, dear friend!! You are going nowhere dafty! Now "that's enuff" nonsense now let's get something in the diary! Will speak to you tomorrow

willk · 13 August 2013, 23:34

Nat - talk a bit of sense to that man. Maybe give him a winegum? I don't know him but he's a part of my day and I'll be more than aggrieved to see him go under these circumstances.

donegaldan and I cruise with the motto "Leave no man behind" and I'd like to think RIBnet would be the same.

Natalie123 · 13 August 2013, 23:51

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Originally Posted by willk

Nat - talk a bit of sense to that man. Maybe give him a winegum? I don't know him but he's a part of my day and I'll be more than aggrieved to see him go under these circumstances.

donegaldan and I cruise with the motto "Leave no man behind" and I'd like to think RIBnet would be the same.

Hey Wilky Pilky trust me he is going nowhere! He has been a huge inspiration and help to me, a very dear friend. He will be fine after a good kicking from moi

willk · 13 August 2013, 23:55

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Originally Posted by Natalie123

Hey Wilky Pilky

Under the circumstances, I shall let you away with that one

Natalie123 · 13 August 2013, 23:59

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Originally Posted by willk

Under the circumstances, I shall let you away with that one

I think you love it really

HUMBER P4VWL · 14 August 2013, 01:08

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Originally Posted by willk

Under the circumstances, I shall let you away with that one

Rofl, that's a classic to be brought up again!

It's 1am and I'm downstairs with a teething screaming 10 month old, but that made me smirk!

tony t · 14 August 2013, 08:24

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Originally Posted by Natalie123

I think you love it really

Willky Pillky just because she's a woman she gets away with it ..! You'd ban us for that wouldn't you willky Pillky .. Oops sorry i mean Willk .. Sir

Chris Caton · 23 November 2013, 12:34

hi, don't know if this will work, but I'm trying to setup a dropbox with photos of those setting off from Ty Calch, let me know if you can access them

I was thinking of suggesting that if you like the pics how about a donation to Moelfre Lifeboat station rebuild

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nj58l8ywp3399lk/hgP-7LQYYz

pow2gran · 23 November 2013, 18:23

Chris

Hope you are keeping well or as well as can be expected. The drop box you have set up is working well.

20 quid in the post to the Moelfre life boat! Any idea of the address?

Helen and Nick

Chris Caton · 23 November 2013, 18:28

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Originally Posted by pow2gran

Chris

Hope you are keeping well or as well as can be expected. The drop box you have set up is working well.

20 quid in the post to the Moelfre life boat! Any idea of the address?

Helen and Nick

Hi Helen & Nick, nice to hear from you both, im doing ok ta, just waiting for my op, it's been cancelled twice

hope your both keeping well

glad to hear the drop box is working, I'll add more photos now, didn't want to waste too much time if it didn't work

I'll sort the link to the Moelfre Lifeboat for tomorrow

Cheers, Chris & Jayne

Chris Caton · 24 November 2013, 12:30

I've updated the dropbox with more pics, now I know it works, I'll see if I got anymore from Moelfre as well:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nj58l8ywp3399lk/hgP-7LQYYz

links to RNLI Moelfre website is: Moelfre RNLI

or you can just Text RNLI MOELFRE to 70300 to donate £5 to the appeal

pow2gran · 24 November 2013, 19:24

Chris

The photos made me smile and the desire to be on the water. Many thanks for your efforts and I am sure you will get dropbox sorted for Anglesey 2014 Cheque is now in the post for Moelfre - we had a really enjoyable and fun day.

Nick

hadd · 24 November 2013, 19:53

Some great pic's there Chris Nice one!!

Barrowboy · 24 November 2013, 20:00

Hmmmm, judging by the number of pics featuring Chris I suspect it might be his better half we should all be congratulating?

Excellent pics

Chris Caton · 24 November 2013, 20:08

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Originally Posted by pow2gran

Chris

The photos made me smile and the desire to be on the water. Many thanks for your efforts and I am sure you will get dropbox sorted for Anglesey 2014 Cheque is now in the post for Moelfre - we had a really enjoyable and fun day.

Nick

good one Nick, glad you liked them n they can do some good for Moelfre lifeboat

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Originally Posted by hadd

Some great pic's there Chris Nice one!!

doin me best Andy, just practicing for next year

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Originally Posted by Barrowboy

Hmmmm, judging by the number of pics featuring Chris I suspect it might be his better half we should all be congratulating?

Excellent pics

I have to agree Tony, all the good pics taken from the shore just down from Ty Calch were Jayne's

the ones at Moelfre were mine, not so easy taking pics with all the boats n water bombs about