Southampton

mike k · 02-09-2005, 09:18 AM

Anyone around on Saturday (3rd Sept)? I was thinking of launching at Mercury Yacht Harbour and having a blast over to Cowes. Maybe lunch at that pub down the river on the left. High water is about 12.00 lunchtime, low at 17.30. Forecast is sunny Saturday and heavy showers on Sunday.

Jon Fuller · 02-09-2005, 09:53 AM

Chaos, truck, and myself are out on sat, so could possibly meet up, lunch at the folly sounds cool

we'll be coming from the Itchen river (farther up Southampton water, on the right).

chaos and truck will be launching at the public slip under the Itchen bridge.

mike k · 02-09-2005, 10:11 AM

Sounds good. What time you launching?

Jon Fuller · 02-09-2005, 10:15 AM

Not sure yet, i'll probably be going down tonight and staying on the boat.

hopefully before 10am

Captain Chaos · 02-09-2005, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jon Fuller
Not sure yet, i'll probably be going down tonight and staying on the boat.

hopefully before 10am

10am

Looks like an early start for me!

Matt · 02-09-2005, 11:37 AM

Looks more like you'll be late.

Jon Fuller · 02-09-2005, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Captain Chaos
10am

Looks like an early start for me!

you said you were gonna go down tonight after work, and stay at a hotel!

nobstick

Captain Chaos · 02-09-2005, 12:50 PM

I also said i could drive a boat........some peoples are natural born liars!

heres the deal, if i leave work early enough..........i'm straight home, collect cherokee, down to sarfampton & we'll buy you a ruby!

If its my usual 9.30 oclock kinda rubbish.....i'll be up & out by 6am and see you at drivers.

Jon Fuller · 02-09-2005, 01:02 PM

Oki Doki nobstick

mike k · 05-09-2005, 07:58 AM

Hope you guys had a good run over to the Folley on Saturday.
Something cropped up which fecked my weekend up completely so I couldn't make it.

Jon Fuller · 05-09-2005, 08:17 AM

Yeah, it was good, chaos managed a couple of superb submarine manouvres!

Was a bit sloppy, the oul woman wasn't too impressed with the requent 'air' that appeared beneath our boat.

But all in all, a good day, and an excellent lunch.

bert · 05-09-2005, 08:52 AM

were you out sunday came back from the ski area towards hamble about 5.30 it was one of the roughest i`ve ever seen

Jon Fuller · 05-09-2005, 09:06 AM

No, just saturday, South Easterly, brisk, blowing straight up southampton water, which at 4pm ish, was blowing against a falling tide, nice.

Captain Chaos · 05-09-2005, 09:08 AM

Agreed...........really had a lovely time. Lots of grub & wagging tongues

although i did get feckin WET!

Johnny Rocket · 05-09-2005, 09:42 AM

Now listen here you two. What you need is a . . .

Jon Fuller · 05-09-2005, 09:59 AM

You're banned!

Johnny Rocket · 05-09-2005, 12:28 PM

. . . mooring in the south of France, where the weather is nice.

Seriously though, you can fly down to Nice for next to nothing, and would probably get a greater number of enjoyable boating days in a season than you do here. If you're not a rufty tufty ribnobber and don't like it when it's choppy or a bit damp, you're in the wrong country!

Captain Chaos · 05-09-2005, 12:42 PM

er......I was on a proper boat quite near to Nice earlier on this year...........Force 9 isnt exactly an enjoyable day!