Shearwater, shearwater, shearwater.

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sahona
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Shearwater, shearwater, shearwater.

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OK, so you were right!
The main had to be slabbed soon after you passed -- should have cottoned on as you weren't the only reefed boat coming up from Ardrossan area...
Great sail though, both ways : to Largs on sat, and Troon on Sun.

For our confused readers, I got shouted at by a passing yottie. Something about a reef. Young whippersnapper must be out of his mind, we'd not long switched off the donk after a failed slow goosewing from Largs.

Then it happened. The lady captain wasn't amused.
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Im sure you well know its a completely different ocean south of the Cumbraes. I had a cracking sail up and down. Picked up a mooring in millport bay stopped and had lunch in the sunshine. Apologies if you shouted Shearwater on 16. I was stuck on 12 after listning to the tower at Ardrossan.
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tower@ardrossan - it has a new voice, do we have change of personnel?
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sahona wrote:tower@ardrossan - it has a new voice, do we have change of personnel?
I never noticed I've heard a couple of different voices I suppose the usual guy must get some time off.
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One of those I hear seems to have truncated words. Might be his radio?

"Drossn Harb, drossn harb, caldn iles."
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