I am going to sea!

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LordArpad

Professional

Posts: 1,032

Friday, September 15th 2006, 6:41pm

I am going to sea!

even if only for a short time

A friend of mine will probably buy this not so little beauty as his future dwelling

<img src="http://www.boatrader.co.uk/pictures/5193893_3.jpg">

and has enlisted my help in transferring her from "somewhere in Essex" to Drogheda, Co. Louth. English Channel and Irish Sea in November. This could get interesting ....

oh. and she's a former inshore minesweeper, timber built.

33*7*2m, 273 ts, 2*550 bhp, 18 kts

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RLBH

Professional

Posts: 762

Friday, September 15th 2006, 6:58pm

Arr!

Brace thar mainspar, she be shipworthy and seasafe!

Or be that spar thy mainbrace?

Arr, I forget. It's this sea air.

Arr!

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Red Admiral

Italian Stallion

Posts: 7,019

Friday, September 15th 2006, 7:09pm

Remember to avoid the ferries, tankers, container ships etc when coming down the Channel.

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LordArpad

Professional

Posts: 1,032

Friday, September 15th 2006, 7:18pm

hell yes! we are going to hug the coast so tight, it'll scream harassment!

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AdmKuznetsov

Sage

Posts: 2,918

Friday, September 15th 2006, 7:21pm

So you Brits still use pressgangs huh...

Ignore me. I'm just jealous as hell...

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LordArpad

Professional

Posts: 1,032

Friday, September 15th 2006, 7:41pm

Stu, calling an Irishman a Brit is downright hazardous for your health

And I am German.

Part from that the sentiment is appreciated

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thesmilingassassin

The Chosen One

Posts: 13,513

Saturday, September 16th 2006, 7:12am

Looks like fun. Closest I ever got to being a seaman was helping haul up the anchor chain on an old Tugboat, The "Ivanhoe", during one of our company's old fishing trips. She's one of the oldest tugs in the area, think she weighed in at around 300 tons or so.

Fishing trips where no fish were caught but we sure got drunk at night. Drinking usually started about 9:00 in the morning as we were sailing out of the Burrard inlet.
You can emagine the shinanigans aboard as we sailed past Stanley Park.....

Have fun!

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Swamphen

Mr. Dynamite

Posts: 4,191

Saturday, September 16th 2006, 1:53pm

Just make sure she understands, she ain't a minesweeper no more so don't go sweepin' no mines...

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Commodore Green

The Irish Legend

Posts: 3,266

Sunday, September 17th 2006, 3:30pm

Firstly I apologize for the following.......

[SIZE=4]BASTARD!!!!!![/SIZE]

I am seriously envious!!!!!!

p.s. Drogheda is in County Louth,
and calling a Louthman a Meathman is just as bad!!

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LordArpad

Professional

Posts: 1,032

Monday, September 18th 2006, 10:22am

oops. edited.

we are still looking for crew though. how is your boating experience?

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ShinRa_Inc

Mad Scientist at Work

Posts: 4,307

Monday, September 18th 2006, 11:50am

Too bad I'm not local, I grew up on boats

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Commodore Green

The Irish Legend

Posts: 3,266

Monday, September 18th 2006, 12:18pm

Quoted

Originally posted by LordArpad
oops. edited.

we are still looking for crew though. how is your boating experience?

Not as much as I'd like it to be, better with maps and charts though.
But unfortunately, November is in the teeth of "Silly Season"[SIZE=1]tm[/SIZE] , and there is no way I'd get time off!

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