Passing Sailing Boats on the Severn

[TheBiscuits]

9 hours ago, LadyG said:

any sensible wavy rag sailor

I think I may have spotted the flaw in your reasoning ⛵

[Scholar Gypsy]

The PLA's latest rowing code for the tidal Thames (Putney to Kew) is an exciting read. Different rules for boats rowing with the tide and against the tide, and all fun and games when the tide changes direction.  See page 20 and onwards:  https://www.pla.co.uk/assets/THE_ROWING_CODE.pdf 

[ditchcrawler]

I wonder how many Narrowboats carry Blue Boards?

[Dr Bob]

14 hours ago, TheBiscuits said:

I think I may have spotted the flaw in your reasoning ⛵

Oi.......We were sensible.?

[TheBiscuits]

3 hours ago, Dr Bob said:

Oi.......We were sensible.?

A sensible WAFI? I am prepared to believe such a creature exists, but you were not the first name to spring to mind

Did it hurt having to be sensible?

 

[Dr Bob]

7 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

A sensible WAFI? I am prepared to believe such a creature exists, but you were not the first name to spring to mind

Did it hurt having to be sensible?

 

Yes, I had to do what I was told 'cause Mrs Bob was the yachtmaster.?

[TheBiscuits]

2 minutes ago, Dr Bob said:

Yes, I had to do what I was told 'cause Mrs Bob was the yachtmaster.?

I have never risked being sensible, so don't know what it is like!

[rusty69]

7 minutes ago, Dr Bob said:

Yes, I had to do what I was told 'cause Mrs Bob was the yachtmaster.?

All this time we thought you was the Yachmaster, when in fact you were the competent crew!

[Tim Lewis]

[howardang]

This is always worth watching.

Howard

[furnessvale]

3 minutes ago, howardang said:

This is always worth watching.

Howard

"Sail before steam, Mr Grimsdale!"

George

[larryjc]

35 minutes ago, furnessvale said:

"Sail before steam, Mr Grimsdale!"

George

Not in this case - this is in the area off Southampton water where large vessels are declared in restricted waters.  The yacht skipper got in severe trouble over this.

[furnessvale]

21 minutes ago, larryjc said:

Not in this case - this is in the area off Southampton water where large vessels are declared in restricted waters.  The yacht skipper got in severe trouble over this.

Knew I should have added a smiley.

George

[rusty69]

7 minutes ago, furnessvale said:

Knew I should have added a smiley.

George

Wasn't Smiley George in that John le Carré novel

[Dr Bob]

They were racing! 

The racing rules will invariably say the racing boats should not obstruct large vessels so the tanker skippered would just have held course. The yacht deserved getting its mast broken trying a trick like that!

[rusty69]

12 minutes ago, Dr Bob said:

They were racing! 

The racing rules will invariably say the racing boats should not obstruct large vessels so the tanker skippered would just have held course. The yacht deserved getting its mast broken trying a trick like that!

Paaah. Those racing types have their own set of rules! 

Edited April 27, 2018 by rusty69
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[WotEver]

Maybe he didn’t see it...

He might have been colour blind to red 

[rusty69]

Wots brown, and comes out of Cowes backwards? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

..The Isle of Wight ferry. 

[WotEver]

1 minute ago, rusty69 said:

Wots brown, and comes out of Cowes backwards? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

..The Isle of Wight ferry. 

What’s brown and sticky?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A twig

[rusty69]

Just now, WotEver said:

What’s brown and sticky?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A twig

Its a stick! 

[WotEver]

Just now, rusty69 said:

Its a stick! 

Yes, a twig is a stick. Well done

[Dr Bob]

Dung..........Dong.

[howardang]

4 hours ago, larryjc said:

Not in this case - this is in the area off Southampton water where large vessels are declared in restricted waters.  The yacht skipper got in severe trouble over this.

The yacht skipper was a Royal Navy lieutenant at the time. He was found guilty on a number of counts and fined £3,000 plus £100,000 costs. That is a hard way to learn to obey to the rules?

Howard

[Chewbacka]

4 hours ago, Dr Bob said:

They were racing! 

The racing rules will invariably say the racing boats should not obstruct large vessels so the tanker skippered would just have held course. The yacht deserved getting its mast broken trying a trick like that!

It wasn't just 'racing rules' he broke but colregs, hence the sanction in post 73

[Rob-M]

Had to cut a path through the little sailing boats on the Severn today. Once we had cleared them their safety boat advised that we should have moved further over to the edge, why they didn't come and tell us this before we got in the middle of them.