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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2007

 

 

Lucy GU/Oxford Puddle Banks Compare  longago   bettertimes   7Nov2008  13Jul2015  3Sep2017

[DandV]

In our upside down world on this side of the planet we have day when you have night and summer when you have winter.

So yesterday was the 182 anniversary Auckland Regatta, and one stage reputably the largest one day sailing regatta in the world.

So time to race the classics. Forecast 15 rising to 20 knots so on the 1894 vintage 58ft gaff rigged cutter Waitangi we readied 5 sails. Main, topsail, jib, staysail, and jib topsail.

With covid disruptions and a Christmas break we had 17 crew recovering from sailing deprivation. A full boat

Pre start winds were already in excess of 20knots so the topsails were not hoisted. 

Although racing is up to 35knots our Classic Yacht Charitable Trust has an upper wind limit of 25knots to limit the demands on the already high maintenance budget on their vessels. 

We actually raced in 25knots gusting 30 knots. With such huge sails, 1200sq ft main, and no winches,  the large crew had plenty to do on a race of about 20 nautical miles . 

The extra loads on our 55m of mainsheet endured, ended it's life in that task, as it showed some serious fraying at day end.

The warm weather and warm sea temperatures made the inevitable interaction with the waters of the Hauraki Gulf not too chilly.

For those on the headsail sheets, and changing over the backstays it was at times an immersive experience. 

Tiring as well, making you way up and down a deck at about 40 degrees.  

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calcutt Locks GU  

Taking pairs of boats

on the way to a

shared-boat-show ...

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... with their expensive satellite dishes ...

 

 

 

 

... at inside 

and outside of

Braunston Marina 

(GU)

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Edited February 1, 2022 by PeterScott
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[Victor Vectis]

Yesterday.

About 400yds north of 'The Navigation' at Lapworth.

 

 

I wouldn't have minded but I only wanted to go round the corner to our mooring at Kingswood Basin.

Edited February 1, 2022 by Victor Vectis

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Braunston Turn  Northern Oxford / GU

 

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2020

by Birdham Road Bridge  Chichester Canal

Photo ©PeterTrimming  Geograph

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2013

Sunny Morning in Brayford Pool

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standing on our centrally-heated towingpath at Little Venice Visitor Moorings, crew-glumness was caused by the reluctance of the engine-battery to start the engine.

 

Welcome assistance came from the boat behind which connected our battery to its charging mechanisms while both crews exchanged boating stories and coffee. While we can normally stand our ground on things-wound-around-the-prop, our sometime-yachtsman-neighbour had needed anchor, diving-gear and serious cutting-tools to extract his propellor from a trawlnet in shark-patrolling waters.

 

We resolved to stick to bedsteads on the Rochdale.

 

(repost from 2021, from which these photos disappeared into the ether)

 

 

 

 Routine policecar patrols had been suspended for the day, and replaced by footpatrols, which themselves seem to have become community-engagement by way of snowballing.

 

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repairs to Leeds Lock  A+C.  Looking through the disused parallel chamber with the upper gates to the right of the image and the stopplanks in the outer lower gates in the distance. The staircase is for a C&RT open-day alongside a theatrical event entitled Hidden Depths, to celebrate the lock repairs. This was planned for the bottom of the lock, but a pump malfuction caused relocation to the stepped semicircle at the adjacent Leeds Dock  (and a refund of the ticket price)

 

 

There were nibbles and mulled-substances. The audience were each issued with a flatcap, and two pieces of string - one to tie around each trouserleg as defence against rats. This was to put us in the mood of the times described, rather than against a modern threat. Or So They Said. It would have been more atmospheric at the bottom of the lock, but brilliant nonetheless.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited February 2, 2022 by PeterScott
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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2021

 

 

 

The End of the Innes Canal  Pictures ©AnneBurgess through Geograph (#2)

 

 

Edited February 2, 2022 by PeterScott
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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2006

 

and on this day in 2002

 

Gatherings of (shared) boats outside and inside  Braunston Marina (GU) Reposted from 2021 (2Feb2006 , 2Feb2002) of pictures that disappeared into the ether

 

On this day in 2007

 

 

 

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Leeds Dock A+C (Once Clarence Dock) 

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2014

 

Abandoned Fishing Vessel near Corpach

Photo   ©StevePartridge through  Geoograph

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2018

A gloomy day at Saxilby

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cowley Lock No 89 GUSouth   Compare 3Feb2009 (posted this day 2021)

[PeterScott]

This afternoon 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slaithwaite Guillotine Lock HNC

and above Lock No 25E 

 

Water levels are down.

 

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[PeterScott]

This afternoon 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slaithwaite HNC

the restored canal through the town centre

 

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[PeterScott]

This afternoon 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slaithwaite HNC, below the town centre: Winding hole (3pics), Lock21E (2pics), Original site of 21E, towards 20E

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2009

 

Above Copper Mill Lock GU South (repost of 2021 from which this picture disappeared into the ether)

 

 

 

[Stroudwater1]

3 hours ago, PeterScott said:

This afternoon 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slaithwaite Guillotine Lock HNC

and above Lock No 25E 

 

Water levels are down.

 

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21Jul2011

The guillotine seems to leak a lot, the paddle was down and gate fully down top paddles full up yet the top gate was very tough to open due to the leaking guillotine both times we went through this year. 
 

[DandV]

While boating is nice all boats need work and money. Big old wooden sailing boats needs lots of work and lots of money to keep them afloat and doing what they were built to do.

In the case of the 100 year old plus yachts of the Classic Yacht Charitable Trust in Auckland that is to race.

Back to the work. Slipping for antifouling and anode replacement this morning. The two biggest boats of the fleet, 1894 Robert Logan designed and built Waitangi, and the 1897 Arch Logan designed and built Thelma.

Almost identical rigs but half a generation difference in the hulls.

Bit like icebergs  nearly 3m underwater on Waitangi.

[gatekrash]

6 hours ago, DandV said:

While boating is nice all boats need work and money. Big old wooden sailing boats needs lots of work and lots of money to keep them afloat and doing what they were built to do.

In the case of the 100 year old plus yachts of the Classic Yacht Charitable Trust in Auckland that is to race.

Back to the work. Slipping for antifouling and anode replacement this morning. The two biggest boats of the fleet, 1894 Robert Logan designed and built Waitangi, and the 1897 Arch Logan designed and built Thelma.

Almost identical rigs but half a generation difference in the hulls.

Bit like icebergs  nearly 3m underwater on Waitangi.

Think I'll stick with my own anti fouling job. Done in just over 2 litres !

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Braunston Marina GUSouth. Inside and outside.

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Edited February 4, 2022 by PeterScott
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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loxwood Wey&Arun  Compare   24Oct2007  4Feb2008 (posted this day 2021)  25May2009

 

[TheBiscuits]

On 02/02/2022 at 17:57, PeterScott said:

 

 

 

Just imagine the sulking on here if one 12 foot widebeam was moored in that position ...