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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      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 ....

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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 great place! I can be model 🤣

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

          "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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            Good luck for the second half 😉
            enjoy the amazing trip ! ⚓️🛥️

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            • GilesG
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              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........

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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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              • J
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                @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.

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

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

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

                      "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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                      • weftyarnW
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                        @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........

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                        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.

                        Use it or lose it.

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                        • GilesG
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                          How small the world is......

                          "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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                            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,,,

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

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                                Craneman
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                                @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

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                                • GilesG
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                                  @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........

                                  "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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                                  • NikN
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                                    That's nice. I watch the silly reality show Below Deck and they usually have a member of the crew on anchor watch all night so I thought of you two and hoped that wasn't a necessity, but it seems like they are doing that when anchored almost next to other boats. Seems like the kind of thing where your tech helps a lot. Great!

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

                                      That's nice. I watch the silly reality show Below Deck and they usually have a member of the crew on anchor watch all night so I thought of you two and hoped that wasn't a necessity, but it seems like they are doing that when anchored almost next to other boats. Seems like the kind of thing where your tech helps a lot. Great!

                                      If your boat is coded (you use it as a business/have paying guests), the requirements are much more stringent. If I had a multi-million-pound gin-palace with some precious wannabes on board, I'd have a look out. Mainly to keep an eye on those stupid fuckers....

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

                                        if I had a multi-million-pound gin-palace

                                        thought you had

                                        si tacuisses

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                                        • endoE
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                                          Read an article (sorry, german) about the orca problem. Seems to be a specific (genetically and ecologically) group along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsular (from Galicia to Gibraltar), of which now 15 animals show this behaviour to go against the rudder of predominantly sailing boats. A similar behaviour has not been observed in any other orca population worldwide. It's believed that it may be playful or a kind of social interaction that certain animals developed and others copied, certainly not an attack or another way of aggression. Unusual is that not only young roughnecks do it, but also older females. They seem to gain some kind of profit (joy?) from this behaviour.

                                          There is also a recent scientific publication on this issue, but I cannot get full text access to it without an institutional account. Maybe someone else can? https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12947

                                          si tacuisses

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            And back into Spain - or at least Spanish waters......

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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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