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Anyone sailed round britain on a dinghy?
Does anyone know of any accounts of a person sailing around Great Britain on
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Re: Anyone sailed round britain on a dinghy?
in message <A1UPc.881$UA2.570@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>, Mike Mc
('news@REMOVETHISBITamateur-astronomer.ANDTHIScom') wrote: > Does anyone know of any accounts of a person sailing around Great > Britain on a sailing dinghy ? I'm fairly confident one of the Wayfarer loonies has done it - but someone will be along in a minute to confirm. It's certainly feasible. -- simon@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; Human history becomes more and more a race between ;; education and catastrophe. H.G. Wells, "The Outline of History" |
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On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 22:08:32 GMT, "Mike Mc"
<news@REMOVETHISBITamateur-astronomer.ANDTHIScom> wrote: >Does anyone know of any accounts of a person sailing around Great Britain on >a sailing dinghy ? > Saw a guy coming into Beaumaris on Anglesey, North Wales. Heard him talking to the sailing club launch as there was a race currently going on in front of the pier. Turns out this guy is sailing around the UK in a Laser, all for charity. He was day sailing and camping at each stop from what I could hear. Photo of him here >>> http://www.topcatsail.co.uk/Top_Cat_...html#beaumaris Don't know if he has completed yet, but he did seem in good spirits at Beaumaris, though the weather did change after that. Jools http://www.topcatsail.co.uk |
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"Mike Mc" <news@REMOVETHISBITamateur-astronomer.ANDTHIScom> wrote in message news:A1UPc.881$UA2.570@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... > Does anyone know of any accounts of a person sailing around Great Britain on > a sailing dinghy ? > > There was that guy about 18 months ago who kept coming onto the group telling us about his attempt to do it with a wayfairer and a windsurfing rig. Don't know if he made it though. Cheers taz. |
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In message <opf5u1-h6d.ln1@gododdin.internal.jasmine.org.uk>, Simon
Brooke <simon@jasmine.org.uk> writes >in message <A1UPc.881$UA2.570@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>, Mike Mc >('news@REMOVETHISBITamateur-astronomer.ANDTHIScom') wrote: > >> Does anyone know of any accounts of a person sailing around Great >> Britain on a sailing dinghy ? > >I'm fairly confident one of the Wayfarer loonies has done it - but >someone will be along in a minute to confirm. It's certainly feasible. > Frank Nye and his wife (name?) were well known Wayfarer cruisers. They were based on the East coast and cruised thousands of miles, including up into the arctic circle. He wrote a book (title?), including his account of riding out a gale underneath the upturned dinghy. Spike |
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On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 10:21:43 +0100, NotMyRealName
<spike@notmegov.com.yuk> wrote: >In message <opf5u1-h6d.ln1@gododdin.internal.jasmine.org.uk>, Simon >Brooke <simon@jasmine.org.uk> writes >>in message <A1UPc.881$UA2.570@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>, Mike Mc >>('news@REMOVETHISBITamateur-astronomer.ANDTHIScom') wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know of any accounts of a person sailing around Great >>> Britain on a sailing dinghy ? >> >>I'm fairly confident one of the Wayfarer loonies has done it - but >>someone will be along in a minute to confirm. It's certainly feasible. >> > >Frank Nye and his wife (name?) were well known Wayfarer cruisers. They >were based on the East coast and cruised thousands of miles, including >up into the arctic circle. He wrote a book (title?), including his >account of riding out a gale underneath the upturned dinghy. but they didn't sail around GB. -- Martin |
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taz <taz24taz24@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:bx0Qc.968$FE4.9990211@news-text.cableinet.net... > > "Mike Mc" <news@REMOVETHISBITamateur-astronomer.ANDTHIScom> wrote in message > news:A1UPc.881$UA2.570@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... > > Does anyone know of any accounts of a person sailing around Great Britain > on > > a sailing dinghy ? > > > > > > There was that guy about 18 months ago who kept coming onto > the group telling us about his attempt to do it with a wayfairer > and a windsurfing rig. Don't know if he made it though. It wasn't a wayfarer, and he didn't make it. I think IIRC, it was an aluminium dory. I think that he also kept getting rescued, and wasn't very popular with the RNLI. -- PyroJames Help population control: Sponsor a plague today. |
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Re: Anyone sailed round britain on a dinghy?
In message <HDctkFHnqKEBVAua@robur.co.uk>, NotMyRealName
<spike@notmegov.com.yuk> writes >In message <opf5u1-h6d.ln1@gododdin.internal.jasmine.org.uk>, Simon >Brooke <simon@jasmine.org.uk> writes >>in message <A1UPc.881$UA2.570@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>, Mike Mc >>('news@REMOVETHISBITamateur-astronomer.ANDTHIScom') wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know of any accounts of a person sailing around Great >>> Britain on a sailing dinghy ? >> >>I'm fairly confident one of the Wayfarer loonies has done it - but >>someone will be along in a minute to confirm. It's certainly feasible. >> > >Frank Nye and his wife (name?) were well known Wayfarer cruisers. They >were based on the East coast and cruised thousands of miles, including >up into the arctic circle. He wrote a book (title?), including his >account of riding out a gale underneath the upturned dinghy. > >Spike Sorry - name should be Frank Dye - apologies Spike |
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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:36:13 +0100, NotMyRealName
<spike@notmegov.com.yuk> wrote: >In message <HDctkFHnqKEBVAua@robur.co.uk>, NotMyRealName ><spike@notmegov.com.yuk> writes >>In message <opf5u1-h6d.ln1@gododdin.internal.jasmine.org.uk>, Simon >>Brooke <simon@jasmine.org.uk> writes >>>in message <A1UPc.881$UA2.570@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>, Mike Mc >>>('news@REMOVETHISBITamateur-astronomer.ANDTHIScom') wrote: >>> >>>> Does anyone know of any accounts of a person sailing around Great >>>> Britain on a sailing dinghy ? >>> >>>I'm fairly confident one of the Wayfarer loonies has done it - but >>>someone will be along in a minute to confirm. It's certainly feasible. >>> >> >>Frank Nye and his wife (name?) were well known Wayfarer cruisers. They >>were based on the East coast and cruised thousands of miles, including >>up into the arctic circle. He wrote a book (title?), including his >>account of riding out a gale underneath the upturned dinghy. >> >>Spike > >Sorry - name should be Frank Dye - apologies The book is Dye, Frank, & Margaret Dye Ocean-Crossing Wayfarer: To Iceland and Norway in an Open Boat London, United Kingdom: David & Charles, 1977 Very Good/Good. Memoirs of a voyage in a 2-person boat in the North Atlantic, stopping not only in Iceland and Norway but also in the Faeroes and in northern Scotland. Some info on sailing techniques as well as on geography. Hardcover, 144 pages plus bw plates; hinges tight; no markings; very minor wear; dj a bit edgeworn ISBN: 0715373714 He and/or his wife also wrote Frank Dye Sailing to the Edge of Fear London: Adlard Coles Paperback. Mint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN: 0713653051. B/w photographs, maps. ISBN: 0713653051 both available 2nd hand from http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/...rank+Dye&sts=t -- Martin |
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PyroJames wrote:
> > taz <taz24taz24@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message > news:bx0Qc.968$FE4.9990211@news-text.cableinet.net... >> >> "Mike Mc" <news@REMOVETHISBITamateur-astronomer.ANDTHIScom> wrote in > message >> news:A1UPc.881$UA2.570@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... >> > Does anyone know of any accounts of a person sailing around Great > Britain >> on >> > a sailing dinghy ? >> > >> > >> >> There was that guy about 18 months ago who kept coming onto >> the group telling us about his attempt to do it with a wayfairer >> and a windsurfing rig. Don't know if he made it though. > > It wasn't a wayfarer, and he didn't make it. I think IIRC, it was an > aluminium dory. I think that he also kept getting rescued, and wasn't very > popular with the RNLI. Wasn't that the geezer off the east yorkshire coast (Filey?), who kept setting off to sea and making it a short way before needing a tow back. IIRC didn't some sea school or yachting magazine give him a free RYA course and he refuesed to do it, instead setting off the following week only to be rescued again. PG > > > -- > PyroJames > Help population control: Sponsor a plague today. -- ALTERNATIVE SAILING TERMS - Oil: Thick viscous substance poured by sailors on troubled waters in former times, but now more frequently on troubled beaches, troubled marshes and troubled seabirds. http://www.Love2Sail.co.uk |
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wasnt there a guy a couple of years ago that kept having the lifeboats out
to him coz he was sailing the uk in a dingy and had a road map to navigate ? fragged "Mike Mc" <news@REMOVETHISBITamateur-astronomer.ANDTHIScom> wrote in message news:A1UPc.881$UA2.570@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... > Does anyone know of any accounts of a person sailing around Great Britain > on > a sailing dinghy ? > > |
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Hello friends
I was brought up in Kendal, the Lake District. Despite what I'm about to do I was never brought up in a sailing environment. But in April 2000 my life was turned upside down when I was involved in an accident at school, which left me with a back broken in 3 places. While in hospital I made a list of activities I did and sailing was one of the only things the doctors said I could do. I won't bore you by going into huge details of my past boats but here's a summary. I have always followed a traditional 1950s style way of learning to sail. My dad couldn't sail but it never stopped him trying to teach me! We had a family dinghy which we sailed all of 3 or 4 times. After that I bought a small 8 foot sailing tender/dinghy with my brother, then moved up to a Mirror sailing dinghy and finally up to a small 16 foot trailer sailor that had a very small cabin. My parents started to understand sailing was never going to be just a hobby, they decided I needed proper lessons, so sent me off to White Cross Bay Water Sports Centre, a couple of years later I ended up working with them for 3 seasons. When I was just 16 I went off on a 5 day competent crew course through Lochaber Water Sports Centre in Scotland. In the following winter I went to night classes and passed my Yacht master theory exam, one of the hardest theory exams in yachting. At only 16 I was one of the youngest people in Britain to ever achieve this. Thanks Tuition London Last edited by violet : 02-25-2010 at 10:40 AM. |
