Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[Giles]

[Matt]

How about some skinny dipping.

[Mizmazzle]

5G!!? I just hope you can catch the Nuggets bring it to the Miami Heat in their first ever NBA finals!!! You may need to find a port of call!!!

[Giles]

A day of relaxation, sightseeing on the River Tagus. Paula is taking the relaxing bit very seriously....

[Twistlock]

Come on, you are running a pleasure craft

[Giles]

Most of the buildings on the south bank of the River Tagus, opposite Lisbon, are now derelict, I am assuming victims of containerisation. What a great place for a photo shoot...@Alex ....

[A Former User]

@Giles great place! I can be model

[Giles]

1000nm done and well over half way home.....

[Daniel San]

Good luck for the second half
enjoy the amazing trip ! ️️

[Giles]

Well, what do you know. Turned up in Nazare, and it happens to be the The Euro 2023 Beach Handball finals here. I knew nothing about it of course........

[Jett129]

@Giles Will you be anywhere near where people are surfing. I know it’s not the time of year for the giant waves,but still might be some great surfing to watch.

[Giles]

We'll be passing the beach at about 06:00 tomorrow.....

[A Former User]

@Giles nice! Btw G, if i may, do you make the photo’s with a camera or just your phone? Curiosity in me..

[Giles]

Phone. I have a camera (and drone), but my phone is always with me.....

[weftyarn]

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

Well, what do you know. Turned up in Nazare, and it happens to be the The Euro 2023 Beach Handball finals here. I knew nothing about it of course........

The world is small… Players of my former club in Munich are in Nazare playing for Germanys women’s team. They just won their group stage, tomorrows the quarter final against Greece.

I personally never really got warm with playing the beach version, but I have to admit playing under the sun with the sea in your back is tempting haha.

[Giles]

How small the world is......

[Giles]

Set off an hour or so ago in the dark - so could not see the surf beach I am afraid @Jett129 , but we passed reasonably close and there was no significant swell.....I'm on first watch, and this is what my world looks like,,,

[Nik]

If you anchor up for the night does one of you have to be on watch at all times?

[Craneman]

@Nik in the States running watches anchoring at night isn't Federal law though states and towns may have their own laws
the Coast Guard would not be happy about no night watch

[Giles]

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

If you anchor up for the night does one of you have to be on watch at all times?

This is what ColRegs say about responsibilities at anchor:

Anchor watch
The duty to keep a proper look-out applies also when a vessel is at
anchor, especially if there is a strong tide running, or if other vessels
are likely to be passing by. Most importantly, a ‘proper look-out’ means one, which takes in the whole 360-degree panorama. Crew assisting the OOW should regularly report what they are observing.

https://seamanship.ie/col-regs-rule-5-look-out-explained/

I would interpret that to mean that if we were at anchor, I should set some alarms, proximity, anchor drag etc, but I would not have a person on physical watch unless there was a high risk of the anchor dragging, very strong winds, crowded/busy anchorage........