Jolly boating weather

• howard mcsweeney1

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  15 August 2011     15:30120887
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  a bit of poetic licence there, all this stuff has to be done before they can even get into the thing and sail off.
  
  took one look at the sea and thought they will not stay upright for long.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• Guest 640

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  15 August 2011     16:23120897
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  Nice blue sky and blue sea there in the pictures but yes there is a whipping breeze skittling across the harbour these days. Tips quite a few into the drink, but I guess thats part of the joys of sailing...as long as you have a life jacket and I see they do above.
  
  
  
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• Guest 640

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  15 August 2011     17:34120911
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  This pic below taken on one of those oh so tranquil days when the harbour was like a millpond. Doesnt happen very often, but I suspect sailors dont like it windless either. The upside is that nobody falls in. Very tranquil picture and easy to take as the boats hardly moved. Look at the reflections.
  
  

  
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• Guest 663

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  15 August 2011     17:38120913
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  LOL!!! not like a millpond today not the kinder thing to be doing if you dont what to get wet.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  16 August 2011     15:21121057
  #5      
  all very tranquil in the above picture, the leisure sailors seem to be an amiable bunch on the face of it.
  
  however there is a darker side.
  
  
  
  
  

  
• Brian Dixon

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  16 August 2011     17:07121071
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  howard,are you sure johnny depp wasnt lurking some where in the background.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  24 August 2011     15:09122782
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  after a damp and gloomy morning, the sun came out and with it our eager seasports enthusiasts.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

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  24 August 2011     15:13122783
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  a calm sea with just a light breeze, looked ideal conditions.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• Guest 715

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  24 August 2011     15:17122786
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  I hear the RIB that does the boat trips had to be towed in by the Lifeboat a couple of days ago complete with passengers, not so Jolly for them
  Audere est facere.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  24 August 2011     16:00122788
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  rib martin??
• Jan Higgins

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  24 August 2011     16:26122791
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  Royal Institute for the Blind?
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• Alec Sheldon

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  24 August 2011     16:59122795
  #12      
  Rigid inflatable boat.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  24 August 2011     17:24122798
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  thanks alec, must have been the sea safari people then.
• Guest 715

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  24 August 2011     17:47122812
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  That's right Howard.
  Audere est facere.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  25 August 2011     15:11122936
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  all seem very close to the pier this afternoon.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  suffice to say the chap standing up soon ended up in the drink.
  
  

  

  
  
  one here took a tumble.