I'm sure you'll both have loads of fun with Fair Breeze. We had a boat of similar size when I was a kid and (despite my dad's tendency to turn Captain Bligh) was a great thing.

If you need crew any time then give me a holla!

Congrats, Random. I'm sure you and the BOH will have many wonderful times enjoying your boat

That sounds fantastic Random!

Have a great time on Fair Breeze, mate. You deserve it

I went sailing for a week at the Norfolk Broads - you should have loads of fun .

Ah, the sound of water lapping up the sides of the boat the pubs along the riverbank

Have mucho fun!!

I've never actually been on a boat
I'm hating u SO very much for having 1 of your very own...
That said, have fun and try not to fall overboard...


xx Taz

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by Random

Her name's Fair Breeze, she sleeps two, and she's based out of Horning - those of you brought up on the Swallows and Amazons books will recognised the village immediately from Coot Club and Pigeon Post.

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I loved those books. I actually have the entire series and wanted to get them on vidoo too. Well, the ones that were filmed at least. (There was more than one wasn't there?)


Lioness

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by Lioness
(quotes) (There was more than one wasn't there?)


Lioness

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Sort of - Swallows and Amazons was filmed for the cinema (in the 1960s I think - me and Keeny both remember it as kids, and it wasn't brand new then either).

Coot Club and The Big Six were televised by the BBC in the 1980s with the (utterly illogical) umbrella title 'Swallows and Amazons Forever'.

(Oh, and hon - apparently this new board has a rule against signatures. If they catch you there'll be some sorrowful finger-waving occurring )

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by Random
(Oh, and hon - apparently this new board has a rule against signatures. If they catch you there'll be some sorrowful finger-waving occurring )

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Thanks for the heads up. I posted this (as my first post) before reading the FAQ's (bad girl ) and didn't know until I spotted a few people being told off about it. I stopped already

(Edited by Lioness 07/03/2002 00:39)

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by Lioness
(quotes) I posted this (as my first post)

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/me bows deeply:
I'm honoured and humbled to to be the recipient of your very first time here

Well, I had to post somewhere and where else than a post which included some of my favourite books.

Update time...

Last Saturday, while many of you were at the Nos pre-meet doing unspeakable things to Whistler's new girlfriend, me and the Other Half were on the river taking Fair Breeze out for the first time in nine years.

There are many words that could be used to describe what happened... 'success' and 'fun' are two that completely fail to spring to mind in this context... 'fiasco' and 'shambles' fit rather better.

Remember the weather on Saturday? Wind? Lots of it? Yeah... Even with the sails down, under engine, we kept going sideways instead of forward. A number of handbrake turns were performed in mid-river (with me three-quarters out of the boat and hanging on by my fingertips on one occasion). And we moored by bouncing off the bank (and other boats) until we came to a stop...

So, on the whole, I think you could say that it was an... interesting experience.

Still in love, though

Glad to hear it

Sorry for not replying to your message ... Pages was kinda loud! Tea and biccies soon to update (and show 'photos')