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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • GilesG
      Giles
      IHUK Crew
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      Yesterday....

      Bucklers Hard and back - stopped at Cowes on the wy home to pop some diesel in the tanks...

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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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        @goosehd

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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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          What a fantastic day.....

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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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          • goosehdG
            goosehd
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            @Giles At first I read your display as 18.8 kts. and thinking that's why you needed to fuel up. That view is lovely and not a wave in sight. As to the shipwrecks, I may have caused a few over the years 🙂

            "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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              We had a gremlin with the bow thruster when i started the engines this morning. It took me a couple of hours to fix it. By meticulous and methodical process of elimination, it fixed itself 😀

              So we had to go faster than normal to get through the needles and heading eadt whilst the currents were still in our favour. So we did about 15 knots.

              "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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              • goosehdG
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                @Giles 15 knots must of used a little diesel...and kudos to the boat for fixing itself (with your help of course). I'm sure the verbal encouragement and use of expletives helped the process quite a bit 🙂

                "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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                  All I know is that in Paula's "how long can we last until we need to peg it" spreadsheet, there is a row for quarterly expenditure on fuel. The number I gave her was ridiculously large, so I almost can't overspend in that category.....😂😂😂😂😂

                  So relaxing😂😂😂

                  "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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                    "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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                      We anti-fouled SAKURA this week. I decided to go blue......Not to everyone's taste, but then it's not everyone's boat 🙂

                      This is the bow-thruster tunnel....

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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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                        indigo boat

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                        • GilesG
                          Giles
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                          Just the bottom....

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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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                            Today we sailed 100 miles west to pick some friends up from Dartmouth, we will sail back to Gosport with them tomorrow. Here we are arriving at Noss on Dart….
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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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                              Had a bit of help at the helm this weekend....

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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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                                "Boat hook" holders installed.....🤐🤐🤐

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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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                                • goosehdG
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                                  @Giles You sly devil…

                                  "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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                                    "Boat hooks" prepared......

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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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                                    • ARNCA
                                      ARNC
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                                      Well, hooks and boats feature somewhere, so I guess the language is accurate!

                                      “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                                      • KarolK
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                                        https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/orcas-sink-sailing-yacht-strait-gibraltar-2024-05-13/
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                                        • GilesG
                                          Giles
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                                          @ARNC
                                          Exactly....

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

                                            https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/orcas-sink-sailing-yacht-strait-gibraltar-2024-05-13/
                                            The topic makes a comeback 😱

                                            @Tago-Mago

                                            "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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