Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[Giles]

Off to Austria for a few days tomorrow to see @Chap and fam.

So we have shut SAKURA down. We'll have engineers on board quite a lot sorting out warranty issues, but she looks nice and snug....

[Giles]

Had some fam over today, so we went over to The Island for a swim. Saw some friends out and a bout on their boat, so we buzzed them.....

[goosehd]

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

Saw some friends out and a bout on their boat, so we buzzed them.....

Is that code for you hit another boat

[goosehd]

…and there are easier ways to make and meet friends…

[Matt]

@goosehd obviously you forgot who we’re talking about here.

[steelworker]

theres no ocean in Austria so he'll be aight.

[Giles]

Today's project was to start making the travelling mooring lines. We have made fixed dock lines for our home pontoon, but as they stay on the pontoon, we obviously need some to come with us when we go away from home. This is the first, it's a 5 meter stern line made out of a beautifully supple 22 mm double polyester braid, at the main wear-point I have spliced in some 48 strand spectra (that's 96 individual buries, and it is exceeding fucking boring). A few more to make, but I ain't going to be rushing......The yellow whipping at the bitter end is code for "stern", the other lines will have different colour whippings, then all we have to do is remember which colour means what

This was not particularly difficult, but it did take a long time, I have another project on the go which is actually bloody hard......

[motojobobo]

That looks super cool and an awesome splice job!
Hmmm, maybe motorcycles also deserve mooring lines?

[ARNC]

@Giles, looks like the orcas have set up a training program!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66384045

[Giles]

hahahahahahaha

[Giles]

All flagged up.....

[Giles]

30 miles into a 110 mile night crossing to Jersey, Paula is on watch and I'm biding my time, waiting for my turn in about 4 hours....

[Giles]

Paula and I are on our way home after a magical trip to Jersey and Écréhous (if you ever get the chance, go there, it is other-worldly). Currently we are just west of Jersey heading for Big Russel, the channel running between Herm on the west, Brecqhou, and Sark on the east. I reckon we have about 12 hours to go until we get to Gosport. It's fairly lumpy, but I think it will get better once we get out of the islands and into the channel proper.

A few (rubbish pics)....

[louisbosco]

damn the camera resolution is pretty decent!

[Matt]

You guys are living the good life, that’s for sure.

No one over here ever refers to trips to Jersey as “magical.”

[Karol]

@Matt

[Giles]

One of my fishing mates was out on his boat as we came into Portsmouth last night, and grabbed a few photos....

Which reminded me that I had not taken down the Jersey courtesy flag....

[Giles]

And if you want to know what the Ecrohous look like....The Thompson family hut, which is where we went is in the top middle of the pic(stock photo).....

And a photo from it at mid-tide.....

And low tide (stock photo)...

[goosehd]

@Giles That’s rough and I don’t think anyone could live like that…/s

[Giles]

On the way to the island for lunch with @Madame-Buttonfly ....