Local moorings for local people

[Nick]

I think it was Tuesday before the Burgees went up, and I had to take them in as the were beating themselves to death on the shrouds.

To avoid rigging failure it is recommended that the Bluemoment burgee is flown from the backstay

We flew one across Biscay on Bagheera last month - BM should by now be flying in the Algarve. Am hoping for a burgee's first transat in November.

[Mavanier]

Hey Nick, would that be the same Bagheera (HR42)?

[ash]

To avoid rigging failure it is recommended that the Bluemoment burgee is flown from the backstay

Yes, that is the technique that I have adopted, using two small Prussic Loops.

The Kip Cruising Club burgee is of a very similar construction, built up of different layers, and also made in the good old US of A but it seems to be less demented. It might be slightly lighter, and smaller.

Scroll Down Here to see an image.

Am hoping for a burgee's first transat in November.

Does mean that TCM didn't buy one?.. .... .... ... ...

Ash

PS - We've managed to drift Claymore's thread a long way.

[aquaplane]

I wondered why Carousel was a bit slugish as we brought her across to load up. I could see the green beard but much more was lurking below.

The rudder had a big clump of sea squirts on the end. Red splotches of some thing I didn't recognise, dangleberries of mussles, barnacles and white worm things.
Her bum was similar, I had to wind the keel half way up to get her over this far, the last time I did it I left it down but couldn't do as good a job.

The Centaur laughs at me if I try to do the same thing, but she has a bit more ballast.

[lady_stormrider]

AHhhh! The light dawns! You were the couple carreening a yacht with the halliard tied to the end pontoon. Does LadyS wear long sleeved yellow Marigolds when wielding the broom?

I have a reputation as a Domestic Goddess to live up to, you know and what DO you mean, couple? Were we arguing??? I think not!!!!

That picture of the sea squirts brought back unfortunate memories of Captain trying to remove them and them, er, squirting

[Arghiro]

http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o360 ... 010058.jpg

That's the one Ossifer!

LadyS, the whole point was the elegance of your long arm "Evening" Marigolds.

[lady_stormrider]

We are likely to have the need of a local bay where said bilge keel Westerly, Chiron, could be brought ashore and have her bottom scraped. When the time is right I'll try & get Aquaplane to put up the picture I took of his all-new patent-pending barnacle sea scraper. It has been cunningly designed to make it look like a B&Q paint scraper strapped onto a boat hook - but don't let that fool you.

However plans are all up in the air at the moment.

[Nick]

Hey Nick, would that be the same Bagheera (HR42)?

Whoops - missed this post. Yep, they decided wintering in Portugal might be better than Troon after all

[Nick]

Hey Nick, would that be the same Bagheera (HR42)?

Whoops - missed this post. Yep, they decided wintering in Portugal might be better than Troon after all

Phil, Alison and Bagheera are currently in the Algarve. I went to la Coruna from Ardglass with them.

[aquaplane]

I had a nice email this morning.

We didn't get to Tayvallich last year when we were out and about crewing for Mum, it was nice to know we had a bolt hole if we needed it though. Anyway, the mooring didn't have a boat on it all year. I said the mooring would be occupied this year when I was talking to someone from the mooring association last year.

It seems we are expected to begin our season at Easter because the email went soemthing like,

"since the mooring isn't in use it will be alocated to the next person on the waiting list. Get the mooring serviced then you will get more for it when the new person buys the ground tackle off you."

There is a bit more but that's the jist of it.

I haven't been told what to do with the boat waiting for antifouling @ Kip, presumably I'm expected to magic a mooring from somewhere.

Should I ask for more or less than £5000 for the mooring, they are rare and must have considerable value?

[Nick]

Should I ask for more or less than £5000 for the mooring, they are rare and must have considerable value?

I think you will find that you can only ask the value of ghe ground tackle. Because it is a moorings association mooring you have no rights to sell it as a mooring, only as a lump on the seabed and some chain.

Moorings associations can be difficult . . .

[aquaplane]

I may as well keep it and use it then

[lady_stormrider]

The TMA have a nerve! There are still roads impassble round here with snow - it's too cold to paint anything due to them volatiles, normal people are either still in warmer climes or waiting for better weather to drop their boat into the water and put it on a mooring!

[Nick]

I may as well keep it and use it then

I would.

[lady_stormrider]

Anyway - our local Co-Op have BBQ Charcoal for sale so it must be summer