So when you have a kaput bot engine and the sun is still shining you do the next best thing...that is pump up the dinghy pack a picnic bag and head out for the day.
That's what we did yesterday after first stocking up on essential supplies.
It was scorchio on the pontoons like a July summers day and has softened the blow of our engine woes a great deal.
Life jackets on (just in case) we wendered our way out and headed across the pass, navigating our way through the naval traffic.
We looked tiny in our little vessel compared to the high out of the water boat transfer beasts, battling the current we made it across in one piece and not waterlogged to Mount Edgecombe.
After dragging the bot the up the beach we settled for a spot at the end of the quay next to the boatyard that saw the likes of Suhaili & Gypsy Moth spend their days being fitted before heading out on their epic circumnavigations of the globe.
Chichester set sail on the 27th August 1966 from Plymouth and returned back to port after 226 days of sailing, having circumnavigated the globe with one stop.
He was the first person to do a true solo circumnavigation of the globe from west to east via the great capes, no mean feat and was knighted for that achievement and he hated the boat he was swailing, describing her as cantankerous and difficult!
The boatyard was a hive of activity mainly refurbing military pontoons, now life has changed for them.
We sat and watched the world go by, the inshore lifeboat off up The Tamar in a hurry, which we later found out was due to an elderly lady that had fallen off the bridge and sadly did not survive.
It was mad dogs and englishmen as we saw kayakers and rowers dodge the traffic in the same way we had earlier.
We made the most of the sunshine, ate our scrummy picnic over a beer and glass of chilled vino and then at low water wendered our way back after a quick scoot up the Tamar to look at some boats @ anchor.
Swooper way to spend a barmy English day in March.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
That's what we did yesterday after first stocking up on essential supplies.
It was scorchio on the pontoons like a July summers day and has softened the blow of our engine woes a great deal.
Life jackets on (just in case) we wendered our way out and headed across the pass, navigating our way through the naval traffic.
We looked tiny in our little vessel compared to the high out of the water boat transfer beasts, battling the current we made it across in one piece and not waterlogged to Mount Edgecombe.
After dragging the bot the up the beach we settled for a spot at the end of the quay next to the boatyard that saw the likes of Suhaili & Gypsy Moth spend their days being fitted before heading out on their epic circumnavigations of the globe.
Chichester set sail on the 27th August 1966 from Plymouth and returned back to port after 226 days of sailing, having circumnavigated the globe with one stop.
He was the first person to do a true solo circumnavigation of the globe from west to east via the great capes, no mean feat and was knighted for that achievement and he hated the boat he was swailing, describing her as cantankerous and difficult!
The boatyard was a hive of activity mainly refurbing military pontoons, now life has changed for them.
We sat and watched the world go by, the inshore lifeboat off up The Tamar in a hurry, which we later found out was due to an elderly lady that had fallen off the bridge and sadly did not survive.
It was mad dogs and englishmen as we saw kayakers and rowers dodge the traffic in the same way we had earlier.
We made the most of the sunshine, ate our scrummy picnic over a beer and glass of chilled vino and then at low water wendered our way back after a quick scoot up the Tamar to look at some boats @ anchor.
Swooper way to spend a barmy English day in March.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Berni & Steve: great to see that you are out in your boat, even if you are rowing in a dingy instead of under sail! Take a long vacation and sail through the Gib staits into the lovely mediterranean and great weather is almost guaranteed.
ReplyDeleteXX from Benissa, Spain: Richard & Gerdi
We will one day! Hope you are enjoying Spain, love to you both . The Roffeeeeees x
Delete