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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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irishejit

Finally remembered to take a couple of pics to share. This was Friday evening on Lower Lough Erne, just off Castle Archdale, with Inishmakill on the left, and Crevinishshaughy on the right in the 2nd pic.

fergal.b

Need to get a bigger computer.

I got chased out of Athlone

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neris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBFihwOTI8Y

nokiatom

sogood wrote: »

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

I think its upside down!

DOCARCH

Not quite the weekend....but....

Saw the weather this morning and took a very long lunch!

One the best (i.e. nicest/sunniest and with a really decent wind) days sailing this season!

fergal.b

I had a hard weekend

neris

Howth 17s Sunday morning

lonewolf1961

Hello Fergal ... did you ever find that boat that sank ???

fergal.b

lonewolf1961 wrote: »

Hello Fergal ... did you ever find that boat that sank ???

Check out the sticky for updates https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055963665&page=42

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lonewolf1961

it,s an awfull shame it was a lovely boat and hand built ....

AndyBoBandy

Passed the Mermaids out of Rush out racing today!!

HeidiHeidi

A couple of pics from a fabulous weekend racing in sunny Ibiza

Numbers 1 and 3, waiting for wind to get a start.

Number 2, coming in to the most spetacular (and spectacularly timed) finish line I ever remember, right underneath Ibiza old town and castle.

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Steve

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

A couple of pics from a fabulous weekend racing in sunny Ibiza

Numbers 1 and 3, waiting for wind to get a start.

Looks fab HH, so jealous!

Curious, whats all the knitting tied to the inner in the last pic?

Spare spinny halyard or something?

HeidiHeidi

Steve wrote: »

Looks fab HH, so jealous!

Curious, whats all the knitting tied to the inner in the last pic?

Spare spinny halyard or something?

A courtesy flag halyard that kept making a break for freedom and getting tangled in things!

Steve

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

A courtesy flag halyard that kept making a break for freedom and getting tangled in things!

Looks like 6mil dynema, must be some size flag!!

HeidiHeidi

Steve wrote: »

Looks like 6mil dynema, must be some size flag!! :D

Nah, bit of badly-behaved red twine

neris

Someone was very Optimistic about letting the kids out for mid term sailing in howth yesterday

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fergal.b

First spin of the year

What a cracking day for it.

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Steve

That looks like something from a horror movie Ferg!!

Steve

Loads of fun in the bay today...

https://afloat.ie/sail/sailing-clubs/dublin-bay-sailing-club-news/item/41726-strong-winds-for-dbsc-spring-chicken-racing-on-dublin-bay

HeidiHeidi

Steve wrote: »

Loads of fun in the bay today...

https://afloat.ie/sail/sailing-clubs/dublin-bay-sailing-club-news/item/41726-strong-winds-for-dbsc-spring-chicken-racing-on-dublin-bay

Looks like I missed a breezy one!!

HeidiHeidi

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Looks like I missed a breezy one!!

But a winning one..... well done!!!

Steve

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

But a winning one..... well done!!!

Ha, have another look at the results... :P First race was good, latest one was awful.

Would be better off playing tennis...

HeidiHeidi

Steve wrote: »

Ha, have another look at the results... :P First race was good, latest one was awful.

Would be better off playing tennis...

Doh, obv opened the handicap sheet instead of the results

Tennis in that wind wasn't very successful either!!

(sorry for dragging the pics thread o/t!)

sogood

In the same way that I hate to see a car/house/whatever abandoned and neglected, a boat in bother pulls at my heart strings also. This little sea Hog, (I think) was one such boat in the canal alongside the Corrib in Galway that I spotted over Patricks' weekend. it's neighbour seemed to be sitting a little bit low in the stern and I hoped it wasn't going the same way.

Steve

sogood wrote: »

In the same way that I hate to see a car/house/whatever abandoned and neglected, a boat in bother pulls at my heart strings also. This little sea Hog, (I think) was one such boat in the canal alongside the Corrib in Galway that I spotted over Patricks' weekend. it's neighbour seemed to be sitting a little bit low in the stern and I hoped it wasn't going the same way.

That's so sad.

AndyBoBandy

Glorious weekend for it, and due to Saturday & Sunday being taken up by birthdays and Easter etc... finally persuaded herself to come out yesterday for the 1st spin of the year.
Didn't look too appealing when we arrived at the marina as it was blowing 15-18 kts (inexperienced OH & 4yo child), but by the time I'd filled a can of diesel, it seemed to quieten down a little, so we headed out as far as the safe water mark and dropped the hook, and had lunch in some lovely sunshine and only about 5 kts of light breeze.

Summer has officially begun.... now back to the rain!!

Steve

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Glorious weekend for it, and due to Saturday & Sunday being taken up by birthdays and Easter etc... finally persuaded herself to come out yesterday for the 1st spin of the year.
Didn't look too appealing when we arrived at the marina as it was blowing 15-18 kts (inexperienced OH & 4yo child), but by the time I'd filled a can of diesel, it seemed to quieten down a little, so we headed out as far as the safe water mark and dropped the hook, and had lunch in some lovely sunshine and only about 5 kts of light breeze.

Summer has officially begun.... now back to the rain!!

Would ya not take the fenders in ffs...

:D

Spent yesterday in the bilges trying to find the end of a compass light wire... was a lovely day for it tho.:D

AndyBoBandy

I actually did have them on deck at least but when I pulled anchor I just kicked them back out there and then so they’d be ready!!

But yeah my fender etiquette has gone to pit since I’ve been sailing again!!

AndyBoBandy

Went around to my old stomping ground of Poolbeg on Sunday for the blessing of the boats.

Went up river past the East Link, but the Samual Beckett bridge couldn't open due to a fault, so did a few laps and then back down river.

Furthest trip by far so far for herself & the little fella. And a lot more wind on the day than was forecasted. 17-20 kts on the beam on the way back, but then a lovely run from the Bailey up to Malahide.