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18 November 2009, 03:15
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
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Constant gales
Still no respite for us - 70mph again - don't know when I will ever get my boat out of the water at this rate!!!
maybe I shouldn't have used the word gales - Storm Force 10 at the moment...........
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18 November 2009, 08:34
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RIBnet supporter
Country: UK - England
Town: Rutland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by codprawn
Still no respite for us - 70mph again - don't know when I will ever get my boat out of the water at this rate!!!
maybe I shouldn't have used the word gales - Storm Force 10 at the moment...........
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And they say the English moan about the weather, bet its fun in your local
Instead of going on about it 24/7 why not move
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18 November 2009, 08:57
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50Yam/25 Mariner
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 5,551
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Yep - forecast to be like this for the next 3-4 days from what I hear. touching 50 mph in the sunny old shelterted solent ............. so glad I got my boat out at the end of October !
Still the river near me is nice and calm - just needed to avoid the logs/ trees/ sunken boats in it on Sunday when I went for spin in smaller RIB.
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18 November 2009, 12:03
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150 Opti, F50EFi
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,299
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Quote:
Originally Posted by codprawn
Still no respite for us - 70mph again - don't know when I will ever get my boat out of the water at this rate!!!
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Why's a bit of wind preventing you from using a slipway in the harbour?
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18 November 2009, 13:29
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Downhilldai
Why's a bit of wind preventing you from using a slipway in the harbour?
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Because the slips are only usable at high tide. At high tide the swell is terrible on the lifeboat slip - the other slip is a nightmare in a cross wind and is pretty steep.
IF the trailer was spot on for the boat I would give it a go but don't even know how it fill fit yet...............
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18 November 2009, 13:54
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150 Opti, F50EFi
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The slip in the West Dock is probably your best bet. Get your Disco into low ratio and it will crawl up there nicely.
Let me know if you need a hand.
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18 November 2009, 13:57
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Downhilldai
The slip in the West Dock is probably your best bet. Get your Disco into low ratio and it will crawl up there nicely.
Let me know if you need a hand.
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May well do. The more the merrier!!!
It's not the Disco I am worried about - the steeper the slip the more acute the angle the boat presents to the trailer. Also the crosswinds there are really bad.
Once the trailer is all set up it wouldn't be such a problem.
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18 November 2009, 15:31
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Alderney
Length: no boat
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 3,047
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Quote:
Originally Posted by codprawn
... don't know when I will ever get my boat out of the water at this rate!!!
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The last week of the month and the start of December are set to be much nicer, just hold your horses and patience will reward you with weather so good you will want to leave the boat in over Christmas!
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18 November 2009, 15:52
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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I can't wait - maybe I will buy myself an icecream van and make a quick killing.........
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18 November 2009, 18:35
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Mighty Penryn
Boat name: Little Joe.
Make: Avon Searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF50
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 8,875
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We get pretty much the same weather as you South/West Wales guys. It's been blowing a hoolie here for almost a week, the next blow appears to be hitting Ireland and the North.
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18 November 2009, 19:25
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Country: UK - England
Town: Cornwall
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,518
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And very unusually a red 'take action' warning, not sure I've ever seen one before.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...ngs.html?day=2
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18 November 2009, 19:31
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Isle of Skye
Boat name: Seafari - VHF CH 71
Make: Humbers+Catamaran
Length: 6m +
Engine: Volvo/Iveco/Suzuki
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 199
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What a load of wee girlies...............
Pete
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18 November 2009, 19:53
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Alderney
Length: no boat
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 3,047
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Quote:
Originally Posted by codprawn
I can't wait - maybe I will buy myself an icecream van and make a quick killing.........
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Sorry Codders, the next time I have a glimmer of good news I shall be sure and stick it where the warm summer sun does not shine.
And by the way, mine's a 99!
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18 November 2009, 20:08
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Mighty Penryn
Boat name: Little Joe.
Make: Avon Searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF50
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 8,875
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kernow
And very unusually a red 'take action' warning,
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That's the queue for an evening of looting up your way.
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18 November 2009, 22:47
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Milford Haven
Boat name: Various
Make: Commercial
Length: 10m +
Engine: Screw / Voith / Jets
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 792
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Quote:
Originally Posted by codprawn
I can't wait - maybe I will buy myself an icecream van and make a quick killing.........
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It's not cold out now, so you'd probably get good business as it is
Upto 55knots on the SW tip of Wales here right now (about half a mile in from St Anns) - had 82knots on Saturday morning though... we have had more earlier on this year.
-Alex
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18 November 2009, 23:02
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Ardfern
Boat name: Moon Raker
Make: Humber Destroyer
Length: 5m +
Engine: Honda BF 90 D
MMSI: 235035994
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 694
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Quote:
Originally Posted by seafariskye
What a load of wee girlies...............
Pete
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Absobloodylutely.
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19 November 2009, 00:11
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alystra
Absobloodylutely.
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It's strange but people always seem to think Scotland gets such bad weather - EVERY time I check the windspeed we are getting the worst of it!!!
http://www.xcweather.co.uk/
I wouldn't care if my boat was out of the water!!
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19 November 2009, 11:12
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RIBnet admin team
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by codprawn
It's strange but people always seem to think Scotland gets such bad weather
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It's not so strange. Note how carefully they promote the notion. Terrible weather and then, on the calm days, ferocious "mudgies". You'd almost think they were concealing something....
Trying to deter more "White Settlers" p'raps?
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19 November 2009, 11:26
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Girvan & Tayvallich
Boat name: Breawatch
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Mercury 150 F/stroke
MMSI: ex directory!!
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 6,203
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In the words of the song 'you are not alone'!! It blows a little up here as well, as I write this the conservatory roof is bouncing up and down and has been for almost 24 hours. Been down at the harbour looking out to to Ailsa Craig is very interesting indeed.
Oh for the summer months, bur there again only difference is it is a little warmer!
:Cheers:
J
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20 November 2009, 14:00
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Cornwall
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Quote:
Originally Posted by seafariskye
What a load of wee girlies...............
Pete
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http://rib.net/forum/showthread.php?t=33233
What a load of 'right' wee girlies I think you meant.
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