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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • GilesG
      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined:

      First day.

      Lots of safety and getting to know our boat stuff.  Got out for a couple of hours and did slow-speed manoeuvres.

      Note to self.  Avoid reversing in Pilgrim as much as poss.  It's like pushing cooked noodles uphill from the downward end 🙂

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • goosehdG
        goosehd
        Mod Squad
        Joined:

        @Giles So…..how did it go?

        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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        • GilesG
          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined:

          2 days in, and we are fucked….He's pumping in 10 hour days and making us really work.....

          But we are learning an amazing amount.

          He got us to plan a longish passage today, then took the charts off us, turned the plotter off, and made us do it from our course notes....

          Lots of slow-speed manoeuvring inc ferry-gliding...

          The looking-through-the-windscreen device was deployed again.....

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • goosehdG
            goosehd
            Mod Squad
            Joined:

            Please be a gent and make sure there is something suitable for Paula in the new boat…but this solution makes me laugh and smile!

            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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            • GilesG
              Giles
              IHUK Crew
              Joined:

              Periscope ordered…. 🙂

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • goosehdG
                goosehd
                Mod Squad
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                😃 😃

                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                • ChapC
                  Chap
                  見習いボス
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                  @Giles:

                  Periscope ordered…. 🙂

                  Just in case… you flood Pilgrim?

                  God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                  • GilesG
                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined:

                    @Giles:

                    Periscope ordered…. 🙂

                    Or

                    (now we are talking…... 🙂 🙂 )

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • goosehdG
                      goosehd
                      Mod Squad
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                      @Ian72 Are you onboard during this testing?  How many times has Giles cursed…

                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                      • goosehdG
                        goosehd
                        Mod Squad
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                        I will pay to see Paula wearing these!  🙂  You have me rolling laughing!

                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                        • GilesG
                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined:

                          Me too…..

                          And. as you see, will match her t-shirt.....

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • KasiK
                            Kasi
                            見習いボス
                            Joined:

                            Giles need a pink pair matching too

                            Lol

                            Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                            The world's insane
                            While you drink champagne
                            And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                            • GilesG
                              Giles
                              IHUK Crew
                              Joined:

                              Already got them…. 😃 😃 😃 😃

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • KasiK
                                Kasi
                                見習いボス
                                Joined:

                                😃 😃 😃

                                For the anniversary party gonna be wild. Giles wearing pink boot

                                @Matt dancing in his underwear only.

                                😃 😃  😃

                                The world's insane
                                While you drink champagne
                                And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                                • Daniel SanD
                                  Daniel San
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                                  Wow Giles wearing that boots and Matt dancing in his underwear
                                  The party is gonna be wild 😂

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                                  • MattM
                                    Matt
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                                    I should probably start apologizing ahead of time.

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                                    • KasiK
                                      Kasi
                                      見習いボス
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                                      @Matt:

                                      I should probably start apologizing ahead of time.

                                      To late now honour your words now  😉

                                      The world's insane
                                      While you drink champagne
                                      And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
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                                        Moored up close to this little boat yesterday.

                                        "Cadix"

                                        The owner not exactly squeaky clean…..

                                        https://megayachtnews.com/2020/01/jaime-botin-adix-owner-found-guilty-of-smuggling-painting-aboard-yacht/

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        • DmartD
                                          Dmart
                                          啓蒙家
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                                          Wow, what a nice „little boat“.

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                                          • GilesG
                                            Giles
                                            IHUK Crew
                                            Joined:

                                            Shit….... 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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