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Weekend photos

fergal.b

Launched at butlers marina with the help of forum member Moonshadow who also offered me bed & breakfast dinner and drinks on board his cruiser for the weekend

Heading for Drumsna for the night.

Up to Albert lock was stunning.

In Drumsna we met up with a few more members from the powerboat and carrick branch that were running a care day for special needs kids on the saturday.

The skippers meeting went on long into the night

Next morning we set off for Roosky to bring the kids to "waterside adventure centre"
The other way.

There must have been about 20 boats with us by the time we got to Roosky including the famous barge Rambler, all in all a great day was had by the kids and a great day and night was had by us

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Stheno

Fab photos neris, thanks

Conchir

Second photo in particular is great, really strange seeing that view.

neris

few from a drift yesterday

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nokiatom

neris wrote: »

Not really sailing or a photo but related to my last post. Best watched in a larger screen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziPKzX4QCi0

where was that ? an irish skippy lol

tricky D

Wallabies. See http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=84495051

More Lambay stuff http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=61568918

fergal.b

On board the Gig rig

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fergal.b

Testing out the new stern thruster

Cracking sunset.

fergal.b

Made a trip across to Hudson Bay.

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We wanted to try out the loading point that the hire companies use and it worked out well so now we will push Waterways Ireland to also make these points wheelchair and limited mobility mooring spaces. Thanks to the Boards members for helping us out

Tabnabs

fergal.b wrote: »

Cracking sunset.

What harbour is this? Looks jam packed.

fergal.b

Tabnabs wrote: »

What harbour is this? Looks jam packed.

Lakeside Marina

Tabnabs

A fine selection of boats there, no big dint in their numbers from the recession.

Daibheid

After deciding not to risk the Mizzen in the dark and heavy rain/mist, I wound up doing the trip anyway in poor viz and rain the next day. After not a lot of fun threading my way out of Baltimore through the islands in white muck. I decided to try South through Gascanane Sound to open sea hoping an offshore route might leave the rain or at least the heavy mist behind on land and give me a chance to see some whales or dolphins and safer passage.

No such luck, had to really concentrate on the GPS all the way and it's amazing how difficult it is to steer a straight course on GPS only with zero visual reference.

See how much of Mizzen I could see from about 100m off when I carefully nosed in out of the mist just for a break from the monotonous white mist whihc had eased just a little as I approached.

The real cautionary reminder- it's not the first time I've travelled in viz like this- is how your brain says," you've seen nothing you can look at the plotter for a while, without factoring in you can see only a few seconds ahead instead of a few miles.
It's hard but you have to keep reminding yourself someone could be coming the other way so collision avoidance opportunities are tiny even when you're concentrating.
It's safer to stop to reset waypoints or do anything that takes your eyes off the water and to not spend too much time concentrating on the GPS course indicator or compass heading at the expense of time searching ahead!

fergal.b

Spent the weekend in Lecarrow with the Athlone branch Pudden & porter party.

Ended up with the perfect mooring spot.

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Sunrise .

PMU

neris wrote: »

lovely harbour ,where is that

AndyBoBandy

PMU wrote: »

lovely harbour ,where is that

Lambay Island.

neris

I use to record alot of sailing when i was younger in the mid 90s and recorded Nationwide on rte in 1996 which was on cork week. Only found the video recently, short clip here, quality isnt great as its a video of a video from a vcr which hasnt been used in donkeys years. there is sound but its a bit low

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVOJHolMTGw

AndyBoBandy

Cracklin’ Rosie looking mighty fine there.

I remember when her & Mustang Sally hit the scene, they looked the absolute shizzle, especially with the Corby distinctive transom and their masthead rigs (which was so against the grain as everything fast back then had fractional rigs).

neris

That rig on Rosie was a fractional 12 months earlier. I got a look around mustang on the marina when she came to howth 1st in 95 and as 14yo she was unreal and like something from the future compared to the other boats that were racing in her class that weekend.

neris

Another, innovision 3 (imx38). When a bloke with money gives a load of young lads a boat and enjoys writing cheques

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myla5FVRwic

Steve

neris wrote: »

I use to record alot of sailing when i was younger in the mid 90s and recorded Nationwide on rte in 1996 which was on cork week. Only found the video recently, short clip here, quality isnt great as its a video of a video from a vcr which hasnt been used in donkeys years. there is sound but its a bit low

I remember that Cork week, Jim put the lads on' orange juice only' after the first night as they were all hanging the second morning...

Love the kite peel on Sorcery!

neris

was a great cork week. after that it started getting to big

AndyBoBandy

I did my 1 and only Cork week in 98 on the quarter tonner and we had great craic, it was quite windy all week.

Steve

I was on a Sigma 38 in '98, remember it well.. met my better half there that year as well.

Still keep the the ticket on the mantelpiece

pedroeibar1

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

I did my 1 and only Cork week in 98 on the quarter tonner and we had great craic, it was quite windy all week.

Makes me feel old! We did the first one, 1978, sponsored by Beamish & Crawford, so the event is 40 years old this year!

We had great racing - I still recall a tack on tack duel with our main competitor, Yellow Devil owned I think by a local sailor called Donegan. He beat us in the placings, helped by local knowledge and the fact that we blew first place on the feeder race (Plymouth?) due to a moving oil-rig! I think there was no feeder race from DL.

neris

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

I remember when her & Mustang Sally hit the scene, they looked the absolute shizzle, especially with the Corby distinctive transom and their masthead rigs (which was so against the grain as everything fast back then had fractional rigs).

Not mine posted by Mark Mansfield on a Facebook group

AndyBoBandy

Tape Drive sails looked amazing when they first started showing up!!

I knew a guy that crewed/looked after Sally (I worked with him in the INSS in Dun Laoghaire), and got to go for a spin in her 1 day (sadly though it was just motoring around the marina in Howth).

fergal.b

Not your average sight at Lakeside Marina.

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Tabnabs

There used to be a lad on Dun Laoghaire pier that would play the bagpipes, a surreal experience on a calm summer evening.

sogood

Nothing too exotic, but almost Mediterranean with this great weather. A view down Kenmare bay looking towards the Atlantic.

CastielJ

I just became a co-owner of EVO 43. So now I am a part of Point Piper Syndicate, if you don't know what is it then read here. The yacht is wonderful. The form and function blend exactly as they should. It meets all my needs. So I know how I will spend this weekend.
my beauty
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