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Jon Fuller
11-03-2005, 11:38 AM
Who reckons they'll have their boats going by/still going, for the weekend of September 10/11?

Honda have a F4SA race in Guernsey that weekend! :banana: :seaman: :up: :bolt:

It always used to be a great venue, well worth a trip over. (as long as it's 'Ray-Ban' weather!)
Matt
11-03-2005, 12:16 PM
That might give me enough time.
Gav
11-03-2005, 12:30 PM
i fancy a go at that! how far is guernsey?
Matt
11-03-2005, 12:47 PM
Don't team up with R-Don or you'll only be going at 25 knots.
Jon Fuller
11-03-2005, 12:55 PM
Originally posted by Gav
How far is Guernsey?

Abart a 100 statute miles from Sarfampton, but don't go fkkn telling me I'm wrong all you fkkn nobbas, coz I said Abart, as in approx, awright!
Jon Fuller
11-03-2005, 12:57 PM
Originally posted by Matt
That might give me enough time.

Well you'd better get ya darncin trarsers on and get that fkkn boat goin, innit!
Matt
11-03-2005, 12:58 PM
Kinnell, not sure I can carry enough fuel for that.
Jon Fuller
11-03-2005, 01:02 PM
Originally posted by Matt
Kinnell, not sure I can carry enough fuel for that.

re-fuel at Yarmouth, and again at Cherbourg or Alderney.

I can get there and back on a tank! :D (that's about £120) :banana: :booty:
Matt
11-03-2005, 01:07 PM
I'm not sure I own anything that ain't broken at the moment.

Originally posted by Jonny
Well you'd better get ya darncin trarsers on and get that fkkn boat goin, innit!
Tony Davis
11-03-2005, 03:17 PM
Originally posted by Matt
That might give me enough time.

I think he's talking about Sept 05!!!!!!!! :D
glen76
11-03-2005, 09:02 PM
i think jon L jr is planning on going and taking a small clan of 3 or 4 boats jony. might be work askin him, i remember him sayin about a jaunt to guernsey
Jon Fuller
12-03-2005, 01:25 AM
Could be a bita fun, I think I'll mark it as a definite go-er, weather permitting.
Mark Wildey
12-03-2005, 01:41 AM
Fuel will be cheaper at Alderney although you need to be there at a decent part of the tide.

Poole -> Alderney is 58nm and then Guernsey is about an hour from there.

Count me in!

Cheers

Mark
Cookee
12-03-2005, 03:27 AM
Could be a nice trip after Cowes weekend! Only 80 - ish from Salcombe I think!
Captain Chaos
12-03-2005, 07:34 AM
i think i'm gonna need a bigger boat!
Jon Fuller
12-03-2005, 10:32 AM
just had a better look, it's 120 statute miles from Town Quay Southampton.

25 to Needles

70 from Needles to Alderney

25 from Alderney to St Peter port.
Ciao
16-04-2005, 10:40 AM
I'm going to cheat. Aurigny Airlines Gatwick to Guernsey! (about £50 return).

My mate in Guernsey now has a Sunseeker and rang me today to invite me over, (he saw this post)

P.S unleaded is currently 51p a litre over there.
Silversurfer
16-04-2005, 04:05 PM
Originally posted by Cookee
Could be a nice trip after Cowes weekend! Only 80 - ish from Salcombe I think!

Less than that I thought it was 64 - 69 NM used to go a lot in my dad Sunseeker. Mr Stone delivered a 16 foot seaskate from Salcombe to the Channel Islands u should be fine Cookee!
Ciao
17-04-2005, 06:46 AM
How about a Gouliot Passage (between Brecqhou and Sark) challenge!

Highest boat out the water buys the beers?

Steve Bourne trying on an earlier attempt.
Jon
17-04-2005, 10:06 AM
Originally posted by Matt
Don't team up with R-Don or you'll only be going at 25 knots.

Team up with Matt and youll be eating sausage sarnies in the boat yard!:lol:lol:
Matt
17-04-2005, 10:18 AM
Bacon sarnies actually! :D
Jon Fuller
17-04-2005, 11:44 AM
Hey Jon, where did you go today? we came back up southampton water a few minutes after we saw you, and you were nowhere to be seen! ..I reckon you swanned into Hamble, probably largin it up at the Jolly Sailor or summet, but we couldn't see you.

jf
Jon
17-04-2005, 12:13 PM
Jolly Sailor! Not me!

Nah, went up the Hamble for some go go juice, then over to cowes, down to Ryde, across to the Portsmouth Eye, back into Southampton water and then back to Shamrock Quay just before the rain came in.

Not a bad run, a mixture of sea states followed by a race with the passenger ferry up Southampton water.

Just a quick fix to see me through another week of work.

Weather could have been better though.

Sounds like you all had a good time Saturday night. I was intending on turning up, but after getting caught in the Football traffic when i left Shamrock quay on Saturday afternoon, it left me with the right hump.

It took me 45mins to get from Shamrock Quay to the itchen bridge! and i had another 45 mins to go before i got home got changed and then came back again!

Southampton has been completely F**ked up by the City Council ever since i can remember.

The sooner i can get a berth at Bucklers Hard the better, only 15 mins from home. Trouble is there is a 3 year waiting list! and its expensive, but worth it to me i guess.

So, spill the beans Jon, which one of your hoe's polished your boat to mirror perfection then?
Jon Fuller
17-04-2005, 12:30 PM
Originally posted by Jon
So, spill the beans Jon, which one of your hoe's polished your boat to mirror perfection then?

All my own work Mr Don, but to honest, it always looks shiney, coz I've never given it a chance go dull, plus it is only 4 years old, and always had an all-over cover, so the glass still has a pretty good natural lustre.

As the nobs on RIBnit like to call me,.. 'Jonny the Wax'! (amongst other things) fkkn nobbers!