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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • ?
      A Former User
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      @Giles yeez G that’s pretty f*ckes up.. hope the new one arrives and you can by speedy G again! How’s the trip so far? Enjoy and have a nice weekend

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      • GilesG
        Giles
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        6 days longer than we planned to be in La Linea, is a bit of a pisser.

        SAKURA is easy to handle, is very nimble and does not mind a big wave, she is a joy drive. On the way over to refuel in Gibraltar today, I did some speed turns and 360's in her own length using the thrusters, it was great fun.

        Once we had parked at the fuel berth, the pump man complimented me on my accuracy and speed of parking, I was chuffed to bits. Paula drove home and did a really great stern to moor in the marina at La Linea....

        "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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        • jerkulesJ
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          @Giles at the risk of sounding daft, how does one go about getting the replacement parts/equipment delivered to a boat? Is this something that the providers of such items provide? Is it a bit like a mobile repairer/servicer? Is this something that a tracking like the ASI system can be used for, an automatically updated nautical address?

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          • GilesG
            Giles
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            The pump failed on the way into Gibraltar. Because we have 2 engines, we still had propulsion and we berthed OK. So we are at a marina at a berth with an address "berth 1410", so the Volvo Penta guys we got in touch with (needless to say, we are under warranty) knew exactly where to come.

            Had we been at sea and lost propulsion we would have used the VHF to call a Mayday or a Panpan, depending upon how at risk we were. In both cases, we would have been taken to a safe place and moored up. And yes, AIS would probably have been used by the rescuer to find us...

            "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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            • Daniel SanD
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              What a mess 😬
              hope you get the spare parts needed soon and continue the journey 🤙

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              • GilesG
                Giles
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                Shit happens. No point in getting too out of sorts......But fuck, La Linea is getting on my nerves 🙂

                "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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                • GilesG
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                  "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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                  • ?
                    A Former User
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                    @Giles love that Spanish flag

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                    • GilesG
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                      All is well. The Volvo Penta engineer turned up at 09:00, swapped out the pump, sent us out on a sea trial, and it works...

                      So we are about 3 hours into our restart.

                      Passed Tarifa, the most southerly part of the Iberian Peninsular about an hour ago.....

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                      "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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                        Thor
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                        Great view! We go to Tarifa regularly to kitesurf as the wind there is fabtastic. I took my other half scuba diving off the side of the island with the lighthouse in the photograph one year and nearly lost her in some wild currents!! She hasn’t been underwater since….

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                        • GilesG
                          Giles
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                          Yeah, I understand it is a kitesurfing paradise......

                          "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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                            "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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                            • louisboscoL
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                              bon voyage...

                              "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                              • goosehdG
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                                @Giles Are you hugging the shoreline (long distance) or picking points (shorter distance) but further out in the ocean for you trip?

                                "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
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                                  Shorter distance...

                                  "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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                                    One of the things we wanted to see, but never thought we would be so lucky is Orca's.....Well, be careful what you wish for......

                                    We have ust been attacked by some......

                                    A pack came in and shadowed the boat, we saw them broaching as they quartered in, to intercept us. In the first pic, Dieter is pointing at one just behind the starboard rudder (it's the white streak under the water). The second pic is one surfacing a long way back after Paula gunned it to get away from them.

                                    Will need to check the rudders when we next berth....

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                                    "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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                                    • endoE
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                                      I didn't know Orcas are attacking boats. Why are they doing so?

                                      si tacuisses

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                                      • AlexA
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                                        @Alex said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

                                        @Giles don’t wish too hard

                                        https://www.newsweek.com/orca-attack-hole-boat-swim-away-rudder-portugal-1757389?amp=1

                                        called it...

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                                        • jerkulesJ
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                                          @endo they’re still pissed at humans for SeaWorld

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                                          • ?
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                                            @Giles you’ve seen free willy! Hope they didn’t damaged anything G

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