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HeidiHeidi wrote: »Oh gawd, I'm not even halfway through this and I'm already nearly in tears!
I'll have to try to find the rest of the series online somewhere - I had no idea there would be so much more than just canal-tripping to it.
And as Stheno said, what a wonderful ad for Ireland while they're at it!
It's a lovely series, great to watch, and includes loads of local history
It's on 4 on demand
Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »Yet renting them out probably isn't all its cracked up to be either. I'd say you'd have fierce bother with messers doing damage and you'd have your work cut out trying to get the money from insurance
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Was searching youtube and came across this 3 video series from the 80s of a wooden yacht been built. Interesting viewing and takes the myth and complication out of how a boat is built
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Big guy was on port, no rights there...
Last boat that tried that with the MF owner got run over!
(Credit for that nugget of knowledge goes to whoever mentioned a while back the book "Mine's Bigger" about the life/times/madness of Tom Perkins, creator of Maltese Falcon - put it on your Christmas stocking list, it's a FANTASTIC read!)0 -
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If you have a minute to spare it would be nice to see this small irish business "Alchemy Marine" http://www.alchemy-marine.com win an award in "classic boat" yacht of the year, just go to the spirit of tradition category and tick the box marked "Elizabethan 23" fill in your name and email address and then click the submit button! http://www.classicboat.co.uk/awards2016/
Cheers, I have no connection to this just think it's a nice boat
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Has anyone seen All Is Lost? It's on Netflix.
It's a one man tale with Robert Redford and minimal dialogue. His yacht is damaged, but he is quite practically minded, good at improvising. There are moments of desperation and exasperation, some similarities to Cast Away and Jaws. Pretty good, but I found it quite bleak at times. Left me with lots of question about sailing/survival equipment.
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It's great!pedroeibar1 wrote: »No spoilers please, I bought the DVD months ago but have not yet watched it.;)
:pac::eek::(:o:)
A masterclass in acting without speaking
I went to see it with a bunch of sailors, and of course we all came out harumphing about "I wouldn't have done that" and "did you see that, that'd NEVER happen" - although in fairness there were relatively few clangers.
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Didn't Fergal post here last year about WI selling off barges?
One featuring now on Nationwide.
Young wan who bought it is a student, may she go far on it!
(In a glaring reality clanger, she's shown turning up to work on the rusting hulk in white jeans) 0 -
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »Didn't Fergal post here last year about WI selling off barges?
One featuring now on Nationwide.
Young wan who bought it is a student, may she go far on it!
(In a glaring reality clanger, she's shown turning up to work on the rusting hulk in white jeans)
Ah now I also work wearing white For anyone that missed it http://www.rte.ie/news/player/nationwide/
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Interesting morning in DB spring chicken today..
1720 went AWOL and was heading for the Aviva with a stuck kite and MOB, committee boat had to go rescue them and radioed the fleet to take their own time at the finish
DL lifeboat came out for a look (don't know if they were called - maybe by an onlooker) and overheard on the radio was something like 'you need assistance?' 'no we got it' 'ok we'll just hang around in case'
Apart from that, it was f'n BALTIC out there.. hailstones, 30kt squalls and unpleasant lump.
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Interesting morning in DB spring chicken today..
1720 went AWOL and was heading for the Aviva with a stuck kite and MOB, committee boat had to go rescue them and radioed the fleet to take their own time at the finish
DL lifeboat came out for a look (don't know if they were called - maybe by an onlooker) and overheard on the radio was something like 'you need assistance?' 'no we got it' 'ok we'll just hang around in case'
Apart from that, it was f'n BALTIC out there.. hailstones, 30kt squalls and unpleasant lump.
So, what did anyone else get up to this morning?
think they only got 1 days racing done for the brass monkeys in howth and that was in the series before christmas. looked like a nasty sea running on saturday afternoon from the comfort of the bar0 -
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »Ah now, they got in 5 Turkey Shoot races out of 7! (Mind you, they had to go an extra Sunday to get the last race in....)
Was meant to be out on Sunday - from what I've been hearing, I'm not sorry work got in the way and I missed it! :eek::eek:
I missed the last day of the turkey, did they get more than one in?
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No, only the one, and tbh I think if he hadn't been under such pressure to get a fifth in to make a series they wouldn't have started us. The half hour before our start was mental, boat-breaking weather (although no damage was done, that I heard of anyway). It did calm down and turn into a lovely race after the start, though.I missed the last day of the turkey, did they get more than one in?
You were better off last Sunday, it was horrible
Any word of the MOB from the 1720? Hope he/she is OK, and had a wet or dry suit on :eek::eek:0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SKgyn8ALvg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ItGVHytB0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBxwlOuSA0
could be midnight before I see it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no1rl9Gvx-s
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