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Old 20 June 2005, 19:10   #1
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Ribnobbers take on the yachties
Martin (Ashley D) kindly left me in charge of Scooby for the day whilst he & Rob M took part in the Round the Island Race. How difficult could that be? How long would it take? Rather a long time, as it happened.

Here is the abridged story of a very long day!

Our heroes make a scortching start
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Old 20 June 2005, 19:12   #2
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Martin "Are we nearly there yet"
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Old 20 June 2005, 19:14   #3
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13 hours later: "Are we nearly there yet?"
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Old 20 June 2005, 19:17   #4
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Sunday Morning, and the all is well with the world.

Reunited with 250 of the finest horse power!

Ian.
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Old 20 June 2005, 21:17   #5
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Hahaha


Cool photos Ian

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Old 20 June 2005, 21:51   #6
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Ian

That looks like a Westerly STORM, not living up to its name.

A chum of mine finished at 21:50. How does that compare?
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Old 20 June 2005, 21:54   #7
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This evening Mark??
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Old 20 June 2005, 22:01   #8
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Naa, it was still saturday when he finished.

There is a time limit and anyone who crossed the finish line at 10:00.01 or later had done the whole thing for nothing.
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Old 21 June 2005, 06:23   #9
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Ian

That looks like a Westerly STORM, not living up to its name.

A chum of mine finished at 21:50. How does that compare?

Hi Mark,

I think it is a Westerly Tempest.

Unfortunately they got to the line at about 22.20.

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Old 21 June 2005, 08:14   #10
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......There is a time limit and anyone who crossed the finish line at 10:00.01 or later had done the whole thing for nothing.
There were two boats that crosses the wrong finishing line so they did it all for nothing too Des
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