MrB

Gianneschi pumps are the best.

Good write-up, looking forward to the next installment.

This thread gets more comedic by the day.

How unpleasant. I was just setting the record straight as everything on here is a little one sided and viewed through rose tinted glasses.

Robin was never advised to retro-fit stabs to his boat (£70k), he was advised to hold out and buy one that had them as they make it a much better boat! That was from people who have owned them or been on them unlike Robin. He knows better though. As you say, the only time that boat will see the sea again is when he sells it so it's all irrelevant.

Ok, in the morning read back and tell me how i insulted you, Griff and Robin. Good night :)

How have i insulted Robin and Griff? I find Griff a great guy, very funny on the videos and a very able sailor.....I look forward to his posts on the trip . I also like Robins blogs? Geez, hard audience here!

How did i insult you? If i did i apologize profusely, I'm just not like that.

I want to hear what a great job Griff did.....Robin wasn't on the boat. Keep up!!

Keep up lol

In my eyes no. He (Griff) read the weather for the day and made an informed judgement on his ability, the boats and the crews. A write-up would be very informative on a cruise up that side of the coast in winter in a Trader. I have no doubt they had fun, it would be nice just to hear about it.

Yes, i liked the post and respect that.

You shock me as an YM offshore instructor but that's your call. I have absolutely no doubts in Griffs ability, his take on the trip would be nice as that's all i wanted to hear, he and his crew did a great job and the write-up would be epic. It looked like a difficult trip and a write-up from the crew that actually did it would be fantastic.

Enough said!

He was lucky to have Griff on-board....imagine if he didn't? It was an easy enough** trip for him and the other RN guy but at the cost of the rest of the crew either being ill or leaving the trip!! ** Griff and the other RN guy can deal with these conditions, they are used to it but the rest of the crew? I'm going to leave this one here now as i'm flogging a dead horse, ocean going and caravan club springs to mind.