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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • goosehdG
      goosehd
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      @Giles Just like his owner... 🙂 Good to hear!

      "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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        I skip the adorable bit, that's the trouble.....

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

          his old adorable and irritating self....

          Takes after his old man?

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

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            Docked and home?

            @Giles a change in marina?

            "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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            • GilesG
              Giles
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              Yes, we have got a great berth at a new marina FOC. Would have been mad not to take the offer....

              "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
                Giles
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                Out on SAKURA with @Alex and Kira. Proudly flying the flag of the Balearics.....

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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
                  louisbosco
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                  @Giles noiceee

                  "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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                  • GraemeG
                    Graeme
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                    Orca attacks on boats have become a meme.

                    https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctjej9XLFxR/

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                    • GilesG
                      Giles
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                      @Madame-Buttonfly keeps our armpits on brand……,

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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
                        Giles
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                        Tender arrived today.....

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                        @Madame-Buttonfly likes it because it has a steering wheel....

                        Tomorrow, we have a day of training on close-quarters manoeuvring with SAKURA, we want to avoid hitting anything else..........

                        "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:

                          we want to avoid hitting anything else......

                          why? seems to be the way to make new friends ...

                          si tacuisses

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                          • GilesG
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                            Staying in marinas on the way back from Menorca reiterated to me and @Madame-Buttonfly just how much we were looking to not doing that.

                            I have been concerned about the stock anchor that came with the boat. I think it is a little light at 30kgs, and it is an older "Bruce" design, was revolutionary when it was released in the 1970's, but times have moved on and there is a whole new breed of modern anchors that set very quickly and hold exceptionally well. When we drop the hook in a secluded anchorage, I want to rest easy that is will hold.....So we have upgraded to a 45kg modern anchor....

                            Fitted it today.....

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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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                            • AetasA
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                              This anchor is looking beatiful and this shiny chrome finish is sharp!

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                              • GilesG
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                                It's actually polished 316 (AKA A4) Stainless Steel, chrome and salt water are not good bedmates....

                                "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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                                  the standard anchor looks pretty lousy against this great polished 316 beast 😁

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                                  • ROmanR
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                                    The anchor looks great..

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                                    • ?
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                                      Polishing seems the way to sail 😎

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        8-strand to anchor-chain splice.....

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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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                                          @ohnny beats me in the massive Horreo stakes..... Nice find @Mr-Eddy

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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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                                            Yesterday, it was The Round the Island Race

                                            I was going to race with some friends, but the boat refit ran late and I did not make it, not that I was that bothered as the weather was foul.

                                            Coco de Mer a 66ft Gun Boat, is moored opposite SAKURA, and the crew have been on deck every day since we got back from Menorca, getting her ready for the race.

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                                            Very sad to say, the wind got the better of her on the east coast of the island, and this happened....

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                                            All the crew are fine, but so sad.

                                            Last I heard was as we were coming back in from a cruise today, Solent Coastguard, put a "notice all mariners" out on channel 16. She is dragging her anchor and there is an exclusion zone around her.

                                            That will be one expensive write-off.

                                            "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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