Passage from Cumbria to West Coast.

[lady_stormrider]

Erm.....

.......Can we afford this? The Distressed Galley Slave Aid Association pennies jar is looking a bit forlorn at the moment

[Mark]

Erm.....

.......Can we afford this? The pennies jar is looking a bit forlorn at the moment

I hear you can trade an English Woman for two Highland Cows north of Oban.

As long as Aquaplane can get two Kyloes in the forepeak I reckon the trip could be self financing.

[aquaplane]

I have been intouch with John Shepherd, he thinks it would be better for the local guy to do the job, it's a faff to come from Troon if we are only going to Whitehaven, makes sense to me.

I had another message from a Scotish based bloke who gave similar prices to the Cumbrian bloke but added a price to Ardrishaig, why there and not Crinan I don't know.

Anyway, it's looking like £600 ish to get a salty bottom at Whitehaven.

Thanks for all the suggestions on stopovers. I think that armed with weather forecasts and crew comitments we will have to decide how to make the trip when we set off, so the more flexibility and ides the better.

[Telo]

I hear you can trade an English Woman for two Highland Cows north of Oban.

Not nowadays; market oversupply......

[ouch]

[claymore]

Wan Coo at best - unless she's a strappin' lass

[marisca]

Mind you, if she has her own tractor .........

[lady_stormrider]

Sorry for not replying earlier boys but I've...

1) Paid off my credit card;
2) Made tea;
3) Secured the Copland Harrier on the trailer on the drive from the storm expected overnight;
4) Had a fruitful conversation with my skipper about paying off the loan for said boat a lot quicker;
5) Washed up and laid the table for breakfast;
6) De-fragmented the computer's hard drive;
7) Checked by email on my cousin's place in St Lucia - which got hit by a hurricane (memo to self - check if there is good anchorage for a Westerly if we get blown off course);
8)Passed on early warnings about the severe weather due to hit the west coast in a fortnight's time;and
9) Worked a 7 hour day.

Amazing for a sassenach who fell through a stone circle in Inverness in 1946...

[Mark]

5) Washed up and laid the table for breakfast;

SWMBO claims it's standard practice for the fella to wash up. Is that a thin tissue of lies to burden me with even more toil?

[aquaplane]

Ah well, I get home a good bit before the crew so I usually cook, and she washes up. Don't tell her but I think I have the best end of the deal. Do you cook then?

[Mark]

Ah well, I get home a good bit before the crew so I usually cook, and she washes up. Don't tell her but I think I have the best end of the deal.

Right, that seems fair then!

Do you cook then?

If I'm honest, no. But I still don't want to wash up.

[lady_stormrider]

To get back to this thread's original subject - we have been having another look at the whole passage thing. To tell you the truth it's the frst time I wish we didn't have his and hers boats - too many options!


I'll let the skipper set out his plan

[DaveS]

Do you cook then?

If I'm honest, no. But I still don't want to wash up.

Me too. I would heartily recommend the purchase of a dish washer. Great gadget and, once you are used to having one, washing up by hand seems like a real chore. It's the job on board that I dislike most and I fantasize about one day having a boat big enough to have a dish washer... (I suspect, however, that unless the right numbers come up that's never going to happen. )

[lady_stormrider]

We do share this duty on the boat and after a barbeque ashore on Windermere there is still plenty of heat in the fire to boil up a pan of water. We use environmentally friendly Washing-up liquid and one bowl of hot water for the lot. If I can I'll tip it down the Elsan disposal tank. I know this is a pandering a bit to the organic green sandal brigade but I think creeping by-laws and EU restrictions are making it unacceptable to tip anything overoard.

I've just looked online and dish washing machines use anything upwards of 3-4 gallons a time. So three washes and the Westerly Centaur's tank is exhausted on a delivery journey up the West Coast.

I must admit though I do miss my old dish washing machine.

[Silkie]

Washing dishes aboard is the only time I positively enjoy it - probably because Silkie's sink is in the companionway step so as I stand before it my head is under the sprayhood looking out over the stern.

I probably use less than a litre to do the dishes.

PS - Is that really a pink lifejacket?

[aquaplane]

PS - Is that really a pink lifejacket?

Yep, it's girly pink, but she is a girl so it's OK.

I hasten to say we don't have matching ones, mine is red, errrmmm, well there isn't much choice is there?