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.

That comment is hilarious. Would you take advice from a blogger with no idea or a yacht master ocean instructor?

Geezz, the boat didn't get a full shake down, it hadn't been used in ages and didn't have full sea trials nor did it have a survey! His head went totally (massive anxiety attack) (( I do not hold that against him, i know how it feels)) and half the crew were sea sick, even seasoned sailors and you're telling me this was a well executed trip? Lots of rose tinted glasses on here and maybe that's good for a blog. I hope he and his girlfriend get to love the boat again after a harrowing experience. All this was pre-Dover and the only reason i have posted here was to get the best (read hardest) part of the trip from the crew that actually did it!!!

My point was he chose to ignore every bit of advice he was given from very able seamen that are commercially endorsed and now we see the results. Argue it if you must but safety is worth more than a bloggers blog.

It's his boat, he owns it and insures it. He was on board so the final decision is with him in a legal sense.

Fair enough, but YBW isn't a Norfolk Broads forum, far from it. Your rules so all cool.

I have also amended my post on YBW as after reading it back i can see how it appeared disrespectful to Doug (Brundall Navy). It was not meant to be disrespectful and for that i apologize.

We do know the details of the setup, Robin has told us all. We or I, just would like to hear about the last part of the trip (Dover onward) when Robin wasn't on board from someone who was. Please don't think anyone is being disrespectful as that definitely not the case.

That isn't the case, we know Doug wasn't a delivery skipper and that it was a bunch of friends moving a boat. It's just nice to hear about trips like this from the people that actually did it and not second hand. That was also not a dig at Robin, i enjoy reading and watching his blogs.

Me quoting Doug on the other forum was in no way mocking him or trying to be disrespectful, I used the snippet to show a "First hand" description of the bad conditions from someone who was on the boat and a very experienced sailor.