A delivery.. again.. lmao

[boatman61]

Am starting to think the bitch is trying to kill or cripple me though.. landed hard on my coccyx twice and today I raked my shin and twisted my knee.. no deck/anti skid paint..
So hobbling around like an old wreck

[JPA Cate]

Bluidy hell, Boatie!

The blue bitch may be trying to cripple you!

Take care, mate.

Ann

[boatman61]

Ahahahaaaa... Thanks Ann... think I've had more bumps and scrapes on this thing than the last 10 jobs put together..
Maybe its time to take the hint and hang up the sea boots..

[zeehag]

ok i know it is time for a new screen onmy brand new puter, but......

[fjwiley1]

You have to much Salt in ya to hang it up now Boatman.....You'd go big nuts cause you would miss havin them Mermaids on deck....

Life is good if you Keepa Smilin......



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[SaltyMonkey]

Get as far away from this boat as you can though.

[fjwiley1]

She may not be much fun in the Bahamas ..... but It is a good looking ship from your pictures...now you gotta make it all up to Lena... She was probably excited about the Bahamas Sun Tan.....


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[fjwiley1]

Loops... I just wanted to clarify....the Blue boat might not be much fun in the Bahamas......I imagine it would've been a blast with Lena.


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[JPA Cate]

Originally Posted by fjwiley1

Loops... I just wanted to clarify....the Blue boat might not be much fun in the Bahamas......I imagine it would've been a blast with Lena.


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Good one! Way, way Laughing OUt Loud!

Ann

[fjwiley1]

Hopefully Boatman will be too......

Life is good if ya Keepa Smilin......




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[boatman61]

Always....
well.. most of the time...

[boatman61]

Almost there...
Left Brunsbuttel.. again.. on Tuesday morning at HW and made great time till 8 miles E of Helgoland when the wind died.. then the engine decided to die an hour later..
Pulled the filters and found they were good and clean but a large clump of cotton waste was sitting on top of the separator filter.. could not get fuel though so reckoned the tanks feed line was clogged.. by this time we had been drifting back and forth a few hours.. around noon Wens a German CG boat turned up and asked WTF we were up to pissing about in the middle of the TSS.. and I got a long lecture about the Rules of the Road etc.. by this time I'd rigged a flow and return with some tube and a 15 litre fuel can.. so started the engine and sea water jetted out from the impellor housing.. big crack.. the CG mechanic had a look.. shook his head and said.. 'Kaput.. buy a Yanmar.. good engines..'
Anyway.. hooked a line to their rib and they towed us S out of the lanes and waved goodbye..
So.. we drifted a bit the just before midnight got a SW wind and tacked along the coast under foresail to Borkum where I Pan Pan'd the SAR boat to come out and tow us the last 1/2 mile from by the light house into the port.
Now.. all I have to do is organise a tow for the last 6 miles to Eemshaven and the Seven Stars ship taking her to Florida..
Then its a coupla days in the 'Dam' and a flight home to Portugal..
Oh.. and my flags been a hoot.. folk from Denmark to Borkum have been scouring the internet to find it...

[boatman61]

By the way..
Mega thanks to Dockhead for the 'Heads Up' on the wind farm off Borkum.. its not on my Nimble program either..
Weather was foggy with vis down to 300 metres in places.. were it not for his personal experiences along these waters recently.. posted on here.. I may have blithely sailed into one or two bludi great blades.. as it was I was keeping a serious watch and spotted the shadows looming through the mist just as I reached the Keep Out zone..
Cheers mate.. your a scholar..

[HappyMdRSailor]

Nothin' like a good sea trial to vet out problems before a passage... Or in this case... "Nope... No Thank You"...

I think we all tried very hard to ignore the obvious... We were dressing up the princess in pauper's clothes to go work the pig farm... It simply wasn't the best idea...

[HappyMdRSailor]

Originally Posted by boatman61

By the way..
Mega thanks to Dockhead for the 'Heads Up' on the wind farm off Borkum.. its not on my Nimble program either..
Weather was foggy with vis down to 300 metres in places.. were it not for his personal experiences along these waters recently.. posted on here.. I may have blithely sailed into one or two bludi great blades.. as it was I was keeping a serious watch and spotted the shadows looming through the mist just as I reached the Keep Out zone..
Cheers mate.. your a scholar..

Great stuff sometimes this forum...