Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[motojobobo]

Given this chaos…how in hell did the sailing world come up with the expression ‘running a tight ship’?

[gazza61]

I love the relaxed attitude to work they have they know all about me time and clocking off is clocking off so that's a pretty tight ship as to where you berth is cest la vie bien sur

[Matt]

@motojobobo the ships plenty tight. Once you get off its loose as all hell.

[Giles]

At 20:20 we dutifully turned up to get into the queue for the 20:45 lock gate opening. Paula radioed the lock keeper who then spent about 5 minutes saying there would be no room in the lock, as 2 dredgers and their barges had to transit, and we should come back for the 21:45 transit. We were fourth in the queue after the work boats and a 22m Princess from Jersey with 3 crew and a load of drunk guests, so did not pay any attention to him. Mind you, by the time we got into the lock. 2 French boats, and a German boat had muscled in front of us. It was mayhem, then a bloody great trimaran joined the party too.

[Giles]

But we did get moored, a tad tighter than I would have liked........

[Giles]

And now we are on a train to Paris...

[Matt]

Looks like how my wife parks in the Target lot.

[Giles]

Not bad……

[Giles]

Leaving St Malo. Next stop Sark.

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[Giles]

Today's route.

St Malo - Sark, where we will anchor for the night....

Tomorrow. Sark to St Samson in Guernsey for cheap fuel...

[Giles]

And time to get back home....

[Giles]

said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

So necessity being the mother of invention, I got the zip ties out and bodged a temporary solution with the help of the gangway which we will not use on this trip...

Did a proper job this week....

[goosehd]

With it being so hot and dry, do you two find yourself spending more time on the boat and/or around the water?

There was a picture yesterday of a jeans release where the football pitch look extremely dry. Is it that bad all over Gosport/Portsmouth?

[AdamJ]

here is a shot of the beach last week, v dry

[goosehd]

@AdamJ wow…not what I picture when I think of the English countryside.

[NickD]

@goosehd Less green and pleasant land and more beige and pleasant.

[Giles]

Time to get the superstructure gleaming again.

[Giles]

Ramsgate bound.....124nm trip. We'll do it in one hit, so early departure......

[endo]

Bon voyage @Giles and Paula

[Aetas]

@Giles Ramsgate is short distance to the Maunsell Forts and Project Red Sands. ?!

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