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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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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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      • ?
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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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            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
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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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              • 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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                • 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
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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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                      • GilesG
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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?

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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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                                  "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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                                    @endo said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

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

                                    No one really knows. But a LOT of boats are being attacked. Mostly sail boats, and they usually go for the rudder.....

                                    "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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                                      Wow! Glad you got away mostly unscathed. Hope there isn’t any damage.

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                                      • MattM
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                                        Sounds like a pretty typical day at sea for you @Giles. Next stop… Bermuda (Triangle).

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                                        • Daniel SanD
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                                          holy crab, thought they only attacked sailing ships 😬
                                          Unbelievable that you’ve been attacked.
                                          hope you and Sakura are ok !

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                                            What a trip. What's your next berth? Hope no severe damage.

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