Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[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. ?!

DAT VIDEO

[Giles]

Yep, not far..

[Giles]

Beachy Head....

Dungeness...

[Giles]

Brilliant Channel 16 broadcast a few mins ago....

"Unknown Fishing Vessel, unknown fishing vessel crossing Rye Bay from West to East, please turn west immediately, you are entering a live military firing area, I repeat, you are entering a live military firing area"

Whoops

[Tago Mago]

Any distress signals, possibly from an unknown fishing vessel?

[goosehd]

@Tago-Mago it’s known now…

[Giles]

As I just said to Goose offline, that guys arse aint going to pucker again......

[Giles]

Ramsgate to Brighton, and it is a tad lumpy out here...

[NickD]

Oops! Although glass shelves on a boat doesn't seem like the best idea.

Is Ramsgate still as much of a shithole as it used to be? Haven't been there since I moved up north 20 years ago.

[Karol]

@Giles crap, but at least the beer was in the cans and not the bottles.
Stay safe guys!

[Giles]

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

Oops! Although glass shelves on a boat doesn't seem like the best idea.

Is Ramsgate still as much of a shithole as it used to be? Haven't been there since I moved up north 20 years ago.

It is a funny mixture.

Very stoned cadaver-like zombies sitting around on benches, lots of public day drinking (slightly more vocal zombies), proper punch-ups in the street (we got involved in one at 8pm on Sat night, lot of blood involved - not ours) but a really great selection of restaurants. Met a whole slew of lovely people, but mostly they were visitors in the marina......

[Giles]

Brighton for the night…

[Bridger]

@Giles How cool is she when sleep onboard? Will it get toasty tonight?

[louisbosco]

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

[Beachy Head....]

love a good beachy head

[Giles]

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

@Giles How cool is she when sleep onboard? Will it get toasty tonight?

She's fine actually. Open a few windows and/or hatches and we usually have flow of air inside....

[Bridger]

That's good. Plus the water temperature must help keep things cooler too.

[Giles]

I think in the cabins downstairs that helps because they are partially below water level.....

[Giles]

I plan to take SAKURA down to The Med next May. I say I, because P does not want to do the long passages, and anyway she will miss Tiger.

I need crew. So if any of you would like a few days or a lot of days cruising adventure, let me know. I will not be able to be specific with dates until we are about to leave, because the weather will dictate when I do leave. So I need a pool of people, and hope that at least one of them can be with me when I leave. Dropping off/picking people en-route is part of the plan

Rough plan.

Gosport - Guernsey (for cheap diesel) - Brittany - Chanel du Four, Brest, Bay of Biscay (36 hours offshore), Galicia, coast of Portugal, Gibraltar (for cheap diesel), Ibiza (42 hours off shore)........