Ooh nice. My first "real" boating was on a yacht on Chasewater, when I was the tender age of 11
Suitably jealous Ian Cardinal aka Norman the Narrowboat > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bru > Sent: 03 December 2009 15:29 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [canals-list] RE: Different Boats (was Re: Carrying capacity) > > Yup, a bl**dy yacht :-) > > Fed up with ditch crawlin', gonna go do some sailing > > Well, bit of a mixture in truth 'cos we've hired a Moody 28 > on the Caledonian for a week next year > > It's kind've a trial run - I used to sail a lot in my teens > and I've fancied getting back to it for quite a while now so > this is a gentle(ish) way back (no tides, no big seas ... > although Ness can get quite choppy I'm told) > > If we enjoy it then we we'll probably try something a bit > more ambitious the following year and if we're still up for > it then we may well buy summat small and handy. You can pick > up a nice little 20-odd footer in good order for just a few > grand and that'd do us nicely. > > Bru > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Steve Haywood > > Sent: 03 December 2009 14:56 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Re: Carrying capacity > > > > 2009/12/3 Bru [email protected] > > > > > > > > Still, least we got some boating to look forward to now > ... even if > > it is > > > summat with a big stick up the middle and a different > sort of motive > > power! > > > > > > Wozzat then, Bru? A bl**dy yacht?! > > > > Steve > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
