Paul J Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Isn't it Bloody Typical, the first day i get Marineboy back together again and it's blowing a force 8 Still i bombed around the harbour for a bit just to test it out I went down from a 17" to a 15"prop and it spins up nicley, shame i couldn't get out and give it real go. White horses? it looked like a stampede at the run can't wait to get out and play PJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipper Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 (edited) well done mate good to hear marine boy is back alive and kicking and i hope he is as good as new . mark b Edited October 1, 2006 by Nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Be patience Paul, the time will come.... all the waiting will be worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob F Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Blimee!! You didn't go out today, Paul. I was on the golf course and could hardly stand up. There was also a big water spout filmed off Brighton today. BF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 hehe understand the need to get out there............totally fed up with tiling (amongst other things) I called a boat buddy who wanted to test his waterproofs............. ran out of the Medway and it was blowing the flags - er shredding the flags - horizontally and definitely looked good for a testing session. ran down the river and was surprised to see so many fishing boats in the upper reaches - supose it's their equiilent to the harbour for us! ran out past the mongomery looking for something to test the boat but it handled everything beautifully felt sorry for the sailboats tacking up through the entrance at Sherness - striaght into the wind, but with the tide, 3 reefs, no 3 and still overcanvassed............. we waved as we passed at 35 knots but they didn't wave back later we passed the fishing boats taking the tide back up too - they had all had enough! give me my HT anyday - this thing could take the conditions but as an open boat the rain in the eyes at an apparant 60 knots wasn;t funny at all............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob F Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Bl@@dy mad, the lot of ya! What type of boat were you in, Duncan? BF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 (edited) Cranchi Z34 2x D4 260's here's the same boat making mincemeat of a SW 5 over tide out west a month ago. I was able to make about 15 knots accross from Weymouth that day - no more. It ran from Weymouth to the Hamble in 2 hours (right up to Mercury Marina).........then round to Chatham the next day. Fantastic hull IMO conditions Sunday were a good test of everything including the wet weather gear! Edited October 2, 2006 by duncan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob F Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Ooooh, nice. Bit difficult to uptide from, though. BF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 and less shelter than an Orkney 440 with a canvas dodger - believe me! (this of course ignores the option to pop downstairs to a centrally heater/aircon moderated cabin etc etc.............) overall useless for fishing even taking into account the 'fishing platform' stuck on the back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedger Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Great to here you've got it sorted Paul! The engine's going back into Otter tomorrow AM so we're almost back in business here! Very glad we had the engine out in the end We found a few little things that needed tweeking or fixing but she's up together & purrrrrrrrrs beautifully now See you on the tide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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