Pansy's Back

likewise, too tired and need to wait for my keyboard/desk/room/house/world to stop moving from side to side first
 
Just one more for tonight...

Ell's version of the deadliest catch.....................

We didn't have lobster cages but did have the next best thing..... a fire guard :)

Don't ask why we had a fire guard on board.

Suppose it was to stop embers from hitting you while you were in the bath.

Great few days with a great couple of lads. Can say that now my life is safe after Rattyhead.

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absolute class lads - well done on making it back guys. One for the story books me thinks. Ell you dont look tired at all. LOL

that steering would be something the navy would have been proud of.
 
Marc said:
Just one more for tonight...

Ell's version of the deadliest catch.....................

We didn't have lobster cages but did have the next best thing..... a fire guard :)

Don't ask why we had a fire guard on board.

Suppose it was to stop embers from hitting you while you were in the bath.

Great few days with a great couple of lads. Can say that now my life is safe after Rattyhead.

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The fireguard was probably there to stop people leaning expensive white vinyl yacht seats against the exhaust and setting fire to them just as you are entering the first of 7 lochs on the Caledonian Canal which would never happen in real life like! Marc I need to see the burning children - please:red:
 
Charlie_Thompson said:
The fireguard was probably there to stop people leaning expensive white vinyl yacht seats against the exhaust and setting fire to them just as you are entering the first of 7 lochs on the Caledonian Canal which would never happen in real life like! Marc I need to see the burning children - please:red:
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Go on then, just for you :)

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:)
 
Great news ,I was down at St.Peters today between 12 and 2.30 waiting for sight of Pansy and her crew ,shame you didn't get there for early afternoon but bloody great to hear you all got back safely.
 
Just missed us Steve! We had a couple of drops as well on the way in which delayed us a bit. Saw a load of Gannets off Amble I think, hammering baitfish and managed to get right over the Baitball, saw it about a couple of foot down - 20 feet across mad ball of herring we reckoned. I 've never seen one before. Wondered what was chasing them. Stuck a string of lures straight through it but no fish
 
If we didn't have the couple of drops we worked out we would have ran out of juice right in the dodgiest bit off the Tyne (assuming we ran out of juice at all)
 
Mark mentioned something about blowback on sea toilets ages ago when we were talking about Avogadro's principle and the best way to shoot rabbits.

Pansy's current toilet chews ya poo and blahs it out a hole.


Yes you guessed correctly - we had intermittent toilet blowback episodes (Kept you on yout toes - literally)


Luckily something told me to raise up before hitting the button on one memorable occasion. Glad I did otherwise it would have ended right back where it started from. Only happened in heavy weather - which is obviously the time when you are more likely to be bricking it.
 
Pleased you's are back safe and well,well done on all the hard work and sweat you's put into this,no doubt you will reap the rewards.Nice photos Tommy and Marc :)
 
jason said:
absolute class lads - well done on making it back guys. One for the story books me thinks. Ell you dont look tired at all. LOL

that steering would be something the navy would have been proud of.
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aye hell of a jury rig that one, think even the coastguard was a bit impressed, they kept in touch with us every 2 hours all the way and I think were a bit amazed we did it in one shoot running on that, although they did seem tot hink we were the 'yacht pansy yacht pansy' a few times till we put them right, but were also keen to know where we got the name from

she's got spirit the old girl. when the steering problems first manifested themselves, and a run to port was in order, the nearest safe haven was her original home, a very tight little harbour at whitehills (Whitehills Harbour in Scotland, United Kingdom. Buy high quality framed images, prints, t-shirts. Up to date marine weather, services information, and photos) she went in there like she was on auto pilot and even gave us a couple of dolphins riding the bow wave for a brief while.

for me that was the crucial descision of the whole trip. If we hadn't gone in there we would of hit the monster seas off rattray in the middle of the night when the steering failed totally

still waiting for my world to stop wobbling...


anyone got a hydraulic pump they don't need?
 
mark said:
anyone got a hydraulic pump they don't need?
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Funny you should say that Mark :D pretty sure Bert still has the pump that was fitted to Shady (Danfoss OSPB 160 ON), it was a bit of beast for the size of Shady.
 
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you all done amazing, saw her today and can't believe you went 27 hours non stop.:eek:
worse ever trip for me was amble to the tyne on one engine in a twinscrew boat steering on the tiller in a force 8 easterly at 16 years old. even that only took 8 hours:exclam:

you should be very proud:):):)
 
so many incidents to include we'll probably forget many for a while. There was the yacht crispins toilet dilemma, the setting fire to the posh seating, gassing the sea scouts, backfiring toilet, bilge pump failures, PC's being wimps, mac's being well hard, stick obsession, every man for themselves, engine room hatch with murderous intent, losing the bath, polishing the lemon, fighting in the pub, hokkai removal from my arse, 'Ells kitchen, and possibly subconcious desire to live in a small dark smelly hole.......


Could take a while to get out of our system this one
 
as as been said by every one else welcome home, sorry i could'nt make the st peters to welcome you back, as i had a few things to do, am still laughing at pansies chief petty officer elliot phone call yesterday...called up this morning to see the boat sitting in her new home, one hell of a journey by 3 great guys and a pansie, will look forward to the grand tour soon
 
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