kadensa Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Taken May 2013 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrundallNavy Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Was never keen sailing on Breydon, them posts keep getting in the way . ( Yes there is a story connected with that ). Doug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Great stuff, thanks for posting. Was it overtaking you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadensa Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 No, we were going the other way, but I expect it would have done if we'd been travelling in the same direction. It was pretty windy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadensa Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 Was never keen sailing on Breydon, them posts keep getting in the way . ( Yes there is a story connected with that ). Doug. I'm sure we'd all like to hear it. You know they say confession is good for the soul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Doug, it wasn't that yellow, dog legged post was it, at the mouth of the Bure, what all the grockels went the wrong side of and ran aground? That's the one, the one that cost er-hem thousands of pounds to replace by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 One of the joys of sailing Breydon in a stiff breeze is the look on the face of (mainly hireboat) mobo crews as you overtake them! Especially bathtubs because they hardly ever see you coming and the first thing they tend to notice is a bowsprit entering their field of vision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 So long as it not via their back door! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Perish the thought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flighty Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Peter (Jenny Morgan I hope you like my avatar pic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Flighty, Reedham Ferry? 'Bout this time of year? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BrundallNavy Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 No JM not the yellow post but one at the other end. We had had a nice sail back from Cantley and the plan was to drop the sails before the rail bridge. As we were having such a nice time we carried on, big mistake. As we went round the corner on the way to Breydon the wind slowly picked up. We are now on a run and the wind is building all the time to the extent we should have a reef in, two motor boats are now right up my chuff and preventing me from coming up head to wind so we carried on until the second cruiser decided to overtake both of us pushing us to port. We are now on the point of gybing which would have taken out the windows of the cruiser so I had to luff hard to starboard. As the boom swung back out the topping lift looped the post bringing us to a very abrupt halt. With the boat now at over 45' and the deck under the water and the sail still full the only way was to cut the topping lift. Hele went down below and came back with a dinner knife, no dear a large kitchen knife please. Once released the sail gybed causing us to heal 45' the other way while pushing us forward into the mud. PL only has a small 5hp outboard and there was no way this was going to pull us off, so with Hele on the helm the outboard going flat out in reverse I tried to push us off with the quant pole as the tide was still going out I was eager to get us off the mud. After around 10 mins we stared to move. With no damage done we were very lucky as the only one wearing a life jacket was the dog. Big lesson learnt , stick to your plan and always respect the weather as you can quickly get caught out as we did. Doug. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadensa Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 Sounds like you had a lucky escape. It just goes to show how quickly a dangerous situation can arise and that even experienced helmsmen can be caught out by unforseen circumstances. A salutary lesson for us all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springsong Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Ah yes I remember it well, I thought you were remarkably calm considering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 So long as it not via their back door! Oooh Matron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Boom, boom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 One of the joys of sailing Breydon in a stiff breeze is the look on the face of (mainly hireboat) mobo crews as you overtake them! Especially bathtubs because they hardly ever see you coming and the first thing they tend to notice is a bowsprit entering their field of vision. As the owner of a Bath Tub as you call it , I did not appreciate that statement. Here goes with some snaps of the Yare Race. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 well that wasnt very successful was it, they will only come out tiny. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Found a couple more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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