Oct 1st, Menai Straits to Conwy Castle and upriver - Page 2

HUMBER P4VWL · 30 September 2011, 21:29

Have a good day.... Shopping!

(revenge for all those summer trips you do when I'm babysitting or working

)

Time to open up the V6 and see if I can shift some weed off the hull!

end of season blast for me.

kerny · 30 September 2011, 21:43

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Originally Posted by HUMBER P4VWL

Have a good day.... Shopping!

They don't sell dry suits in the Trafford Centre

Peter Kay will be a good night though without a "shadow" of doubt.

HUMBER P4VWL · 30 September 2011, 21:58

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Originally Posted by kerny

They don't sell dry suits in the Trafford Centre

Peter Kay will be a good night though without a "shadow" of doubt.

that tickled me!

tony t · 30 September 2011, 23:25

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Originally Posted by kerny

They don't sell dry suits in the Trafford Centre

Peter Kay will be a good night though without a "shadow" of doubt.

You can all laugh but when I'm out all winter cruising around cardigan bay in my black shadow I'll remember this thread ..!!

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telcowilliam · 01 October 2011, 11:28

I'm just waiting for Chris to put me in, hopefully catch up with you by gazelle

telcowilliam · 01 October 2011, 14:07

I went as far as puffin but you must have all shot off, there was one blue rib
Moored up outside the gazelle, looks like I'm never gonna get that pint!!

HUMBER P4VWL · 01 October 2011, 17:55

Well we sat in front of the Gazelle until 12. Ask any of the others, no rib in site. We were there from 11.20, I can't say fairer than what we said. Still buy you a beer if we catch up! Sat in gazelle now. Didnt get your post from 11.28 and sent you a pm yesterday you hadn't got back to me on.

kawasaki · 01 October 2011, 19:40

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Originally Posted by telcowilliam

I went as far as puffin but you must have all shot off, there was one blue rib
Moored up outside the gazelle, looks like I'm never gonna get that pint!!

Yeh, there was nice white pointy thing, a dark blue one, not so pointy an a black an yellow one kinda like a cardinal
Well, quite like a cardinal cos it's bum was full of weed an stuff!!

An Me an DM in a another kinda orangy pointy one
DM did tell me what makes they all were I remember what one we were on cos it said 'Aircraft' on it somewhere but can't remember what the other makes were.
DM says its me age and I should get a life an stop going on YBW .com now I got a RIB.
Anyway we stopped at Puffin and looked at a couple of seals
Maiden (for me) voyage/ shakedown trip.
Some water seemed to come in at the blunt end
Then DM said 'the seal has gone'!
Terwat, I shat meself
The seal had dived
Terwat

Lots of saily flappy whatsits about and Scot from Menai with his big dive rib had deployed divers at Puffin so we shot off (well, kinda) cos the cardinal rib was maxing at 25 kts (quite quick fer a cardinal hactually) but it was nice and we went up the river a bit
Well tother three did
Me an DM parked on a pontoon fer abit
Trim was playing up so DM 'fixed' it temporarily like
Then we left tothers, they were scoffing and drinking der know!!
We went back to Dinorwic as the crow flies, like over the sandy bits
DM has diagnosed the trim problem he reckons
He's quite handy sometimes but a bit hard to understand, doesn't talk proper like what I do innit

Good day
Good fun
Good to meet everyone

Cheers
K

Poly · 01 October 2011, 20:25

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Originally Posted by kawasaki

so pointy an a black an yellow one kinda like a cardinal
Well, quite like a cardinal cos it's bum was full of weed an stuff!!

I like that HumberPaul will from now on be CardinalPaul in my head!

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DM did tell me what makes they all were ... but can't remember what the other makes were.DM says its me age

crikey you must be old if he is slagging you off

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and I should get a life an stop going on YBW .com now I got a RIB.

he's got a point...

HUMBER P4VWL · 01 October 2011, 23:00

Cheers kawatwati!

great day, got some pics to post when I get home. Cardinal Paul sounds about right! 30mph at 9am 36mph at 5pm, the weed slowly came off but not exactly the 52mph at start of season

Fantastic day, cookie kw chrisc DaveG and us went right up river then a pub crawl home, conwy, beaumaris and gazelle, well cardinal pauls crew did anyway! Even cookie joined the ale at beaumaris!!!!

We've just left gazelle after some glenffiddich! Zzzzzz

Have to say, it is so good to travel in company, great peace of mind if the engine splutters, but also great company!

As for chris caton! Hooligan!

Chris Caton · 02 October 2011, 22:21

it was an excellent day out, good company and great fun, and Cardinal Paul even managed the weather.

as for me being a hooligan, not guilty as Jayne was driving

for anyone who wasn't there especially tonyt, you missed a gud'un, hope the photos do it justice, we must do it again soon

Chris Caton · 02 October 2011, 22:50

we had an brilliant run from puffin island to conwy, flat water and sunshine all the way thanks to cardinal paul

kerny · 02 October 2011, 23:47

Great pics Chris, it looks like you all had a great day on the water and the weather was kind to you as well

HUMBER P4VWL · 03 October 2011, 07:33

Wow, so we did get on the plane them!

I'll post mine soon, got some nice ones in Conway with Dave g too.

Davidgriffiths · 03 October 2011, 11:45

Another great day out on the water. Apologies for us being late as usual! and missing the return leg (Ice creams in Beaumaris would have been good).

Our family guests managed to get lost in Conway, so much so they couldn't seem to find the harbour..... latest must run in the family.

Finally got them all out and then got the skis wet, had a good run from Conway right across to Puffin, which was a first for me, but dam knackering.

We can all do some Skiing on the run back from Ireland next year.

tony t · 03 October 2011, 14:19

for anyone who wasn't there especially tonyt, you missed a gud'un, hope the photos do it justice, we must do it again soon

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Yes Chris looks like you had a great day, wish i could have been there, pics look good

mrs t walked me feet off

Chris Caton · 03 October 2011, 18:44

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Originally Posted by kerny

Great pics Chris, it looks like you all had a great day on the water and the weather was kind to you as well

those who made it had a brilliant day

jayne & me met up with phil & gill at ty calch, chris sorted his usual speedy launch and we left at 11:00 for a good run through the straits to meet up with paul & crew (sorry, old age again, can't remember paul's mate's name

), and kawasaki & dm.

poor rocknrolla dean was out of action, a bad back has got him reaching for old mans slippers and a pipe by the fire

but i'm sure he'll back on his feet soon, even if he's got them slippers on

Chris Caton · 03 October 2011, 18:48

we even managed a run up the conwy river for a spell, then back to conwy for lunch

Chris Caton · 03 October 2011, 18:52

dave & hanna caught up with us conwy for lunch, eventually

Chris Caton · 03 October 2011, 18:59

and then we had a good run back to puffin island, were some of stopped to look for the puffins while others had the taste for a beer a beaumaris

after a beer and icecremes we made our way back, paul & crew (apologies

) came down to menai bridge with us the headed back to the gazelle, phil & gill, jayne & me headed back to ty calch. not a bad day, plenty of sunshine & fresh air, beer, chips & icecreme, and 3 norman castles in a day, brilliant

we can't make this weekend, but will be back every weekend till end of oct if anyone wants a day out, doubt if we'll be so lucky with the weather again, but that's what drysuits are for