Hi from Cornwall UK

BruceC · 27-10-2009, 16:24

Hi All

I found this forum by accident yesterday and like what I see.

I have been messing about on boats since I was a kid and started with sailing dingys then sea canoeing, fishing boat and now back to sailing again over the last 6 years.

"Gala" came out for the winter at the begining of October and I am now doing a major internal refit, lots of questions to come!

All the best

Bruce

s/v Moondancer · 28-10-2009, 16:19

Welcome, As a Brit who understands English winter I am now sailing in the Caribbean.

Kimarah · 28-10-2009, 16:43

Welcome!

As Kimarah's captain is a Brit ex-pat, we hope to sail around Cornwall some day. So far, all we've managed is a day on Falmouth Bay in a chartered Contessa 32.:-)

Carrie

Bloomfield Boy · 28-10-2009, 23:41

Many memorable recollections from Penzance and Mousehole, stayed at the Lugger for a week. Delightful. Beer was not bad either.

MarkJ · 29-10-2009, 04:22

Welcome. We love your culture. You speak English very well! Which way to the Post Office?

Mark

edsailing · 29-10-2009, 06:01

Hi Bruce and welcome.

I live next door in Devon, it's always good to have some 'locals' on the site.

Good luck with the refit and don't be afraid to ask questions.

Boomp · 29-10-2009, 07:59

Nice to have you here! I too live in a winter climate and imagine sailing south and staying there one day. I hauled out at the end of Sept. and launch in May...thats a 4-5 month long sailing season, thats a winter climate, probably similar to Northern UK.

SkiprJohn · 29-10-2009, 23:44

Aloha and Welcome aboard!
Kind regards,

BruceC · 30-10-2009, 00:55

Thankyou, this is a friendly forum.

Good sailing

Bruce

feelsgood · 06-11-2009, 13:32

Hi Bruce we have been to cornwall a few times and loved it as it is just like the channel islands that we come from. We live aboard our Colvic Watson 32 full time and spend the winters in Morlaix Brittany. Very much like Cornwall. Welcome to the site if we can help at all please ask. My wife is an accountant and very experienced sailor as am I also I was a boat designer and builder for over 40 years. Regards Pete and Sally

SusanneAmes · 06-11-2009, 14:01

We bought our Cheshire (ex Hi-Fi) in Saltash in 2004 from the couple that had built her over 30 years previously. Many great British sailors and voyages started from Cornwall, so we felt we were following in a good tradition. David has fond memories of the Union Pub and Boogie Nights. We've sailed halfway round, which is enough for us for now. Hope to see you here in NZ one day!

Cheers,

Sue & Mike · 09-11-2009, 11:17

Hi Bruce
Greetings from Hartlepool,
Sue & Mike

annk · 09-11-2009, 12:05

Welcome!

I too am a Brit...home is Rock, near Padstow, currently sailing the Caribbean.
Learnt my skills in The Camel estuary!

BruceC · 09-11-2009, 13:17

annk

How did you get out of the Camel estuary, a sailing mate of mine had his 22 moored there three years ago and got out to sea two times in the season, he then moved to a mooring in Penryn.

Bruce

annk · 12-11-2009, 16:51

Ummm, never found it a problem!!

Watch the tides, they run like buggery at times.I Remember my dad in his Newbridge Navigator with a 4hp outboard motoring like mad and still going backwards trying to head out to sea one afternoon decades ago!

27-10-2009, 16:24	#1
BruceC Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cornwall, UK Boat: Hurley 22 Gala Posts: 13	Hi from Cornwall UK Hi All I found this forum by accident yesterday and like what I see. I have been messing about on boats since I was a kid and started with sailing dingys then sea canoeing, fishing boat and now back to sailing again over the last 6 years. "Gala" came out for the winter at the begining of October and I am now doing a major internal refit, lots of questions to come! All the best Bruce

28-10-2009, 16:19	#2
s/v Moondancer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Grenada and Trinidad for hurricane season Boat: Tayana 55 Posts: 283	Welcome, As a Brit who understands English winter I am now sailing in the Caribbean. __________________ Phil "Remember, experience only means that you screw-up less often."

29-10-2009, 04:22	#5
MarkJ Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Asia - on Sea Life Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life" Posts: 3,025	Welcome. We love your culture. You speak English very well! Which way to the Post Office? Mark __________________ Malaysia... near Singapore If you are going up G.O.A 2010 PM me. OurLifeAtSea.com

29-10-2009, 06:01	#6
edsailing Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Devon, UK Posts: 69	Hi Bruce and welcome. I live next door in Devon, it's always good to have some 'locals' on the site. Good luck with the refit and don't be afraid to ask questions. __________________ Regards, Ed Delivering boats for a living

29-10-2009, 07:59	#7
Boomp Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: So.Shore, Massachusetts Boat: Morgan OI 30' Itinerant Posts: 154	Hello from tother side Nice to have you here! I too live in a winter climate and imagine sailing south and staying there one day. I hauled out at the end of Sept. and launch in May...thats a 4-5 month long sailing season, thats a winter climate, probably similar to Northern UK. __________________ A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out on a day he shouldn't. But we do be afraid of the sea, and we only be drowned now and again. J.M.Synge, in The Aran Islands

28-10-2009, 16:43	#3
Kimarah Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Solomons, MD Boat: Prout Manta 38 Posts: 7	Welcome! As Kimarah's captain is a Brit ex-pat, we hope to sail around Cornwall some day. So far, all we've managed is a day on Falmouth Bay in a chartered Contessa 32.:-) Carrie

28-10-2009, 23:41	#4
Bloomfield Boy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1	Many memorable recollections from Penzance and Mousehole, stayed at the Lugger for a week. Delightful. Beer was not bad either.

29-10-2009, 23:44	#8
SkiprJohn Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kea'au, Big Island, Hawaii Boat: Cascade, Cutter, 42 - "Casual" Posts: 5,198	Aloha and Welcome aboard! Kind regards, __________________ JohnL Click to Search Cruisers Forum Archives, Twenty Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere, Vigor, http://www.atomvoyages.com/articles/boatlist.htm, http://www.mahina.com/boats.html

30-10-2009, 00:55	#9
BruceC Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cornwall, UK Boat: Hurley 22 Gala Posts: 13	Thankyou, this is a friendly forum. Good sailing Bruce

06-11-2009, 13:32	#10
feelsgood Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Morlaix Brittany France blog: theguerns.blogspot.com Boat: Colvic Watson/32ft/Feels Good Posts: 106	Hi Bruce we have been to cornwall a few times and loved it as it is just like the channel islands that we come from. We live aboard our Colvic Watson 32 full time and spend the winters in Morlaix Brittany. Very much like Cornwall. Welcome to the site if we can help at all please ask. My wife is an accountant and very experienced sailor as am I also I was a boat designer and builder for over 40 years. Regards Pete and Sally

06-11-2009, 14:01	#11
SusanneAmes Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Whangarei, NZ Boat: Lock Crowther Spindrift 40 - Cheshire Posts: 21	Welcome We bought our Cheshire (ex Hi-Fi) in Saltash in 2004 from the couple that had built her over 30 years previously. Many great British sailors and voyages started from Cornwall, so we felt we were following in a good tradition. David has fond memories of the Union Pub and Boogie Nights. We've sailed halfway round, which is enough for us for now. Hope to see you here in NZ one day! Cheers, __________________ Susanne Ames s/v Cheshire Whangarei, NZ

09-11-2009, 11:17	#12
Sue & Mike Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: 'P' Pontoon, Hartlepool Marina, UK Boat: CSY 37, "Someday" Posts: 9	Hi Bruce Greetings from Hartlepool, Sue & Mike

09-11-2009, 12:05	#13
annk Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 40	Welcome! I too am a Brit...home is Rock, near Padstow, currently sailing the Caribbean. Learnt my skills in The Camel estuary!

09-11-2009, 13:17	#14
BruceC Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cornwall, UK Boat: Hurley 22 Gala Posts: 13	annk How did you get out of the Camel estuary, a sailing mate of mine had his 22 moored there three years ago and got out to sea two times in the season, he then moved to a mooring in Penryn. Bruce

12-11-2009, 16:51	#15
annk Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 40	Ummm, never found it a problem!! Watch the tides, they run like buggery at times.I Remember my dad in his Newbridge Navigator with a 4hp outboard motoring like mad and still going backwards trying to head out to sea one afternoon decades ago!

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