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Old 31 August 2011, 13:28   #21
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Here's the bit where it got "interesting"
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Old 31 August 2011, 13:33   #22
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I should cocoa! M2 moving while still touching the sand/silt.
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Old 31 August 2011, 15:54   #23
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It is even more amazing watching it back on video. It seemed like 10 minutes or so at the time, but to see that we went from grounded to floating in 3 minutes is quite something. That's a lot of water.
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Cool pics!

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It is even more amazing watching it back on video. It seemed like 10 minutes or so at the time, but to see that we went from grounded to floating in 3 minutes is quite something. That's a lot of water.
Hehe its like you were all afraid of sinking in 50cm of water

(note to self, anchor independently when drying out with massive tidal range)
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Old 31 August 2011, 17:09   #25
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Jeepers! You lads had it sporty. It IS all wotsits fault - he would get in trouble in a puddle. That's like a wee shallow Corryvreckan - lots of potential for disaster there...

It looks like you had a lot of fun though, and that's what you need - lots of fun and a little danger to season the mix.

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Bit like the swellies on the Menai straits on a good day that martini.
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Old 04 September 2011, 10:00   #27
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View from Land

Well - you guys certainly know how to make what is normally a boring wait for the boats to float a bit more interesting!
Here's what it looked like from the land.....
Sorry the quality's not great but they were taken on my phone and then cropped.
In a time line...
1) Where you started from on the sand.
2) 19.24 - "this could take a while"
3) 19.25 - "ah - we may float soon - still time for a photo though"
4) 19.25 - "hmm - this may get a bit tricky"
5) 19.26 - "we may need to push ourselves off a little"
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1) 19.26 - "oh sh** maybe we should have thought about this whilst having our last crepes.
2) 19.26 - "at last - Martini II starts to float"
3) 19.26 - "it's nearly over"
4) 19.27 - "where did the other boats go?"
5) 19.28 - "now, what was all the panic about?"
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what was all the panic about?
Not so much panic, as rapidly responding to an unexpected situation as it unfolded.
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I like the view of the mooring buoy in the last photo. It's been pulled clean out the water and is hanging upside down .
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Good reportage photos Trevor! Did you get to go to Pontaubault to see the incoming tide in the end?
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Good reportage photos Trevor! Did you get to go to Pontaubault to see the incoming tide in the end?
We did indeed - there was a Mascaret fete in Pontaubault the following evening so we camped there to see the tidal rush. Thanks for the tip!
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After all the excitement of the water reaching the others, we did expect a bit more from you than the conventional method of just waiting for the water to rise - very boring!
1 - GJOKYZ rising floating sedately off the sand
2 - Martini II, Into the Red, La Frette and GJOKYZ heading off into the sunset.
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