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Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 20-09-2010, 05:42
Replies: 12
Views: 4,733
Posted By slipstream
I have just returned from a week in Turkey around...

I have just returned from a week in Turkey around the Bozburun peninsula

Sunsail and Sunset flots were out and about

Its a great cruising area with easy sails from bays to small towns like...
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 14-04-2010, 06:23
Replies: 67
Views: 10,255
Posted By slipstream
My friend and skipper knows I can't sail; in fact...

My friend and skipper knows I can't sail; in fact I detest strings and flags and especially winches waiting to tear my hand off--much rather two huge diesels under the floorboards

BUT I do what I...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 14-04-2010, 06:14
Replies: 28
Views: 7,899
Posted By slipstream
re post#10 the ferry was the Stena Supercat...

re post#10
the ferry was the Stena Supercat from Harwich to the Hook of Holland.(45kts)
It was alleged that its wake overturned a small fishing vessel and caused the death of the occupant
There...
Forum: Sailor Logs & Cruising Plans 09-02-2010, 13:32
Replies: 17
Views: 6,870
Posted By slipstream
the bar restaurant at Cap Ferrat is Paloma;south...

the bar restaurant at Cap Ferrat is Paloma;south of the marina- their telephone number is on the front of the building -the rib will respond pronto

make sure your anchor is set properly in an...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-12-2009, 06:13
Replies: 363
Views: 41,891
Posted By slipstream
more "Baa" than hoot visit a grocery and...

more "Baa" than hoot

visit a grocery and buy a yoghurt--you don't need a criminal record to get in and the yoghurt has a living culture:flowers:
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 02-12-2009, 13:58
Replies: 114
Views: 17,675
Posted By slipstream
The drinking issue is huge in the Uk right now;...

The drinking issue is huge in the Uk right now; and I was an avid follower of the Dinius case which raised more questions than it answered.

A lot of people consider that the open ocean is one of...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 02-12-2009, 05:58
Replies: 114
Views: 17,675
Posted By slipstream
I' ve been stopped and searched by UK customs on...

I' ve been stopped and searched by UK customs on two or three occasions;

guess I had it coming because my last boat was an 8metre RIB black hull black tubes black seats -they said it had "drug...
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 18-11-2009, 06:05
Replies: 6
Views: 1,994
Posted By slipstream
should have said this was some years ago but I...

should have said this was some years ago but I thought I'd share the experience.

At the time it was a real sickener hence it still being well remembered; I really thought it might be my last days...
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 17-11-2009, 11:03
Replies: 6
Views: 1,994
Posted By slipstream
Tides

I bought a brand new motor boat from the London boatshow

Two days after delivery I motored up the River Crouch (Essex England) and moored on a quayside next to a pub.

Aware of the tidal flow...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-11-2009, 10:12
Replies: 363
Views: 41,891
Posted By slipstream
well, if I hadn't spent so long on here I would...

well, if I hadn't spent so long on here I would have known that!

I have some great shots of the QE2 ploughing through a big sea at 26kts a couple of days out of St Lucia (ARC 2006)

a bit...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-11-2009, 05:48
Replies: 363
Views: 41,891
Posted By slipstream
I have spent months looking at this forum and...

I have spent months looking at this forum and have recently joined

I am planning a circumnavigation in 2010 or 2011

My boat will be the QE2 or Queen Elizabeth;whilst I won't have to navigate...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 15-11-2009, 13:54
Replies: 41
Views: 5,010
Posted By slipstream
first time going "foreign" a short hop across the...

first time going "foreign" a short hop across the Dover Straits to France

surviving the Alderney Race in F6/7 on my 8 metre RIB

any number of sunrises /sunsets crossing the Atlantic
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