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miss no stars wrote: »Pity it can so negatively affect a voluntary organization so.
But ah sure it's only their job to ignore the facts and report unsubstantiated claims as fact.
The Times actually did a very balanced article on it today
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/was-the-emergency-rescue-effort-in-strangford-lough-an-overreaction-1.1894034
However that was more than counteracted by the Indo
who had an article saying it was a miracle no one was killed (can't find the link at the moment.) 0 -
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@heidiheidi - tragedies aside, how was calves week?
Brilliant, as always
Slightly different for me this year as we were staying outside Schull (beyond Goleen, about half-hour's drive away) so no walking to/from Newman's for the evening pints. But we had the obligatory one or two after racing each day, obviously!
Racing was as usual fantastic, in utterly beautiful surroundings - hugely helped by the weather which was only gorgeous. They brought the Fastnet race forward by one day as there was a fear of no wind on the Thursday - and what a great decision that was. I think it's the best conditions I've ever rounded it in. The other three days were races on various courses around all the islands outside Schull harbour.
I must admit I do hanker after the full-week, varied-destinations format of old - but like Cork Week they seem to have had to cut their cloth to meet demand and practicalities. But it's such a relaxed, informal, enjoyable week that that's only nitpicking really.
I won't be doing the staying-miles-away thing again - far too much fun was missed out on, but that's the way the boat I was with do things and they love it - different strokes and all that. Unfortunately the boat got left behind with engine troubles and will hopefully be coming back up next week.
It's such a brilliant week - you really have to do it sometime! (although leave your uber-competitive streak at home, it's a very chilled event!)0 -
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Im jealous, was looking at pics of the Fastnet race and they looked amazing. They seemed to have as many boats as Cork Week this year.What class did you sail?
Uber competitive - us - you jest:) We just made a decision that coming in 20 minutes behind the fleet last year, (never mind how far behind the lead boats) just did not suit, so we figured out how to get the boat out of reverse this year. (actually one of the many things we do (or try to do better) is to select reverse when we shut the engine off).:D:D sometimes it is that easy! in our case, it's remembering to take the bloody outboard up out of the water (yes, we've done it, more than once 
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There probably were as many boats as Cork Week, or not far off (about 75 I think) - but that's more a reflection on the demise of CW than Calves I think - they've always kept it to a small event - the town couldn't cope if there were more!
There were four full-sail classes and two white sails. We were in Class 3 this time (but when the engine conked out on Friday two of us decamped with indecent haste to a White Sails 1 boat - proper champagne sailing, coffee served in china mugs as we went into the starting sequence, and as soon as we turned onto the run, lunch appeared up from below)
The Fastnet race has to be one of the highlights of my season this year, it really was gorgeous.
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Looks breezy tomorrow, could do with a couple/a few extra souls on board:-)
If we do well tomorrow it will be because you Steve saved our bacon and for that I tip my hat to you again, and all the hard work you put in the turkey shoot and spring chicken might have rubbed off on us.
If we weren't spending tomorrow trying to reassemble all the bits that have fallen off our boat in recent weeks, along with trying to straighten our alarmingly bendy mast (sideways bend, not the specced back-bend) - and I wasn't nursing one banjaxed shoulder and two banjaxed elbows - I'd nearly volunteer for crewing on the back of that plea!
Steve is sounding quite the hero here, I'm fascinated to know what he did, and can he please do it for us??!! 0 -
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Well we have to get a repaired vang plate back into the boom and the boom back on the mast before we race tomorrow, Steve repaired the vang plate, that we managed to shear the one side of the "u" that the vang block assembly attaches to the boom. I may not be explaining it well, its shiny and looks like a U and it broke as we were heading to the startline yesterday, Steve repaired it mcgyver style with spit, a hairclip and some double sided sticky tape and a large splash of metallurgical hocus pocus.
We would be delighted to have you along if you were available, and in return, I would be happy to help with you mast if I can help, one thing I can off is you scrub the bottom of of your boat with our hull cleaner thingy. it does make a difference. irrespective of your availability happy to give a dig out.
Is the bendy mast down to the rig tensioning?
Gosh, must get Steve on my speeddial list:D
Yes, mast bend is down to tension - one of our shroud bottle-screw split pins had come out somewhere along the way and the inner shroud had obviously been unwinding itself merrily until we noticed it. All the shrouds are now all over the shop so we need to undo them and start again.
I've sworn myself off anything bigger than our little tub until I get my various joints fixed (I really should stop sailing altogether for a bit, but am trying to limp myself to the end of the season if I can) so much as I'd love to come out for a spin, boat repairs and self-preservation I'm afraid rules me out.
Thanks for the offer of help - isn't the boating community great all the same!!
Hope you get sorted for tomorrow. Are you guys doing the Greystones regatta? Supposed to have been brilliant fun last year, we're aiming to get down there again this time.0 -
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