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Old 04 November 2014, 18:15   #161
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More dolphins!!!

These are larger than we have seen before...
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Old 04 November 2014, 18:24   #162
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There's lots of Puffins about, not as many as the west coast of England as there were 1,000s there.

Again the coastline of Scotland is amazing
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Old 04 November 2014, 18:25   #163
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Facebook post by Kalish:

All ribs are now at arbroath after a long leg of 165 Nm

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Old 04 November 2014, 18:27   #164
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Facebook post by Team Finn who are staying at this B&B:

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Old 04 November 2014, 18:29   #165
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Nightmare!!!!

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Hi Everyone, some not so good news I'm afraid. After almost catching you up and chatting to Alastair and Trevor G on VHF this morning we throught our pit stop at Inverness would enable us to rejoin the group today. Sadly my 2nd new helm control unit has triggered more alarms when we start our starboard engine and Volvo can't get a Software update to us until Monday! It has however given Mike Deacon the opportunity to investigate his bow thruster issue. We might be able to leave Monday/Tuesday but as you head south, were running out of time to catch up. Very frustrating....... Weather looks a bit windy over next few days so stay safe everyone
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Old 04 November 2014, 19:03   #166
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There's loads of seagulls around and I don't fancy my chances sleeping out under the stars with them!!! One of them is massive!!!

We all meet up for dinner and Alistair gives me the heads up on a hotel around the corner and the rooms are just £25!!!

So I order my food and I'm off to investigate, I reach the hotel and walk in through the open door and there's a makeshift desk and no ones around.

I call up the hall and then after a few minutes a shifty looking guy appears and I ask to see a room and I'm given the keys...

This isn't a hotel, it's a house with yale locks fitted to normal internal doors

The room stinks, the sheets look dirty and there's mould and dust everywhere....

I'm off

I'll take my chances with the worlds biggest Seagull!!!
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Old 04 November 2014, 19:15   #167
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I've been sending my kids some pics of the wildlife I've seen and I've managed to take a few pics of some jelly fish...
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Old 04 November 2014, 19:18   #168
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I then receive a text back saying....

"Daddy, we've captured a snail!"
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Old 04 November 2014, 19:28   #169
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End of Day 9 (Here was the planned route):

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Old 04 November 2014, 19:32   #170
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This has to be the thread of all time for Ribnet. It just makes you want to say "F**k it! It can be done". (Then I see my wife looking over my shoulder). Respect to you all for doing it, especially you Alex with a family and roughing it, though I suspect in hindsight, the latter part will be a significant part of your fond memory. You deserve it for all your hard Mac work.
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Old 04 November 2014, 19:50   #172
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Kalish is 6.3M be carreful
Sorry dude, this is hard work

Can you do a few pics of your boat and a pic of the oil cans before you left etc
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Thank you, also was Désiré on the same Round Britain cruise as Biffer and Andre in 1999?
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Old 04 November 2014, 20:41   #175
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Day 10: 2nd August 2014

So we are up, showered and off to the weatherspoons for breakfast!

Group 1 has left, that gives us time for some breakfast

Now the drinking laws must be different in Scotland as there's no one having a pint in there and we are the only ones there...

Today we are Ribbing from Arbroath to Whitby

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Yeah! I spotted that!! ;-)
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Facebook post by Huw (Sea Salt):

New Volvo diagnostic tool arrived Saturday morning at Volvo Penta Dealer Inverness, they have spent all day uploading new software and resetting everything and as we ran through final checks tonight, we had an alarm warning message........
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Facebook post by Sea Salt:

Claire and Nia heading off to Inverness Airport whilst Mike and I do some boat cleaning and look for some boat transport companies. Keep a looking on AIS for "Wateshed" on the M1......

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Old 04 November 2014, 21:36   #179
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After the most massive push from Southern Ireland the Targa's decide to retire from RB14 in Inverness

It was the most heart wrenching moment for everyone...

Their determination was unreal, they are great people but they were not going to catch us up and the east coast is nowhere to be if you unsure of your equipment.

So all hope had failed and we would continue Round Britain three boats down

Mike and Huw are awesome guys and were greatly missed by everyone
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Old 04 November 2014, 22:04   #180
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On the way to Whitby we stop at a little seaside town, sorry but I can't recall the name of it???

We are greeted by the resident seal who is busy fishing for his lunch!!!

He's on his own and no other seals are around...
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