BLUEMOMENT

Good evening,

As I type this the workmen have left for the day. I am posting some pictures carefully composed by myself of men in helmets using a piledriver to get a pile in place with no connotations whatsoever.

Three'o'clock in the morning two days ago emergency ropework had to secure the moorings from floating off over the top of the highest Spring tide of the year.

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Great - we've hauled out Chiron in the coldest March for 50 years

There are two of these, apparently.....


Donald

(sorry about the picture size...)

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Was that over the top of the new piles or the quay side? I would have spent the money on a nice harbour masters office. With all these pontoons (and demise of the fishing fleet) the ambiance of the harbour has long gone. They should not be making it worse with the trashy harbour master office.

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BlowingOldBoots

What time does the 24hour garage close?
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Can see one lad who I know in your last pic, the one with the hood seen over the forward deck of the red tug.
Aparently the first pile was ok but they are now going through 6ft of mud/sand etc and then hitting solid granite, Now the fun starts.
Cant see it finnished for the Tarbert Series, but sure hope it is finnished for the Music festival in sept
C_W

That is a hand knitted sock - sailing for the use of. Stop searching photobucket of a galley slave

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Chiron: Westerly Centaur.
Cheers Bob.

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Great - we've hauled out Chiron in the coldest March for 50 years

Lady Stormrider in her underwear. Great.

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Great - we've hauled out Chiron in the coldest March for 50 years

Ooh err missus - I think that Skipper Bob needs to change the settings on his PB Account to 'Private'

Ash

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Another 8 sections of pontoon laid out while we were out for a few days.

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Chiron: Westerly Centaur.
Cheers Bob.

Are we getting the same configuration - ie repairs, or are they taking advantage of the situation to re-model the pontoons?

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They are doing some repairs but the main thrust is to replace the old pontoon across the little dogleg bridge and add another leg with 40 new berths on fingers. The main pontoons will then be all lined up and there will be 3 legs hanging off it to the South where there were 2 last year. I think the Western end is going to look similar.

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Chiron: Westerly Centaur.
Cheers Bob.

I wonder why they have the piles within the outline of the pontoon, rather than outrigged?

I hope that they learnt their lesson, and that the nearest pile in your pic is higher than the tides which occur before they have a chance to weld on an extension.

C_W will be pleased to know that the visitors pontoon is now further offshore.

Ash

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