Planning a round uk trip june 2018 - Page 3

Pikey Dave · 21 May 2018, 14:34

Anglesey to Tobermory is a hell of a trip in a day, kudos[emoji106]

jambo · 21 May 2018, 14:36

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Anglesey to Tobermory is a hell of a trip in a day, kudos[emoji106]

Sure is Dave especially with the bits of water to navigate it can be onerous in good conditions. Keep safe[emoji106]

Pikey Dave · 21 May 2018, 14:37

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Originally Posted by blackadder

4am start Day one Compleate Anglesey to Tobermory weather turned a bit and ended up in fog for the last two hours , shame missed the views had to do it in navigation and radar see what day two brinks

Do you have an AIS transponder aboard?

Fenlander · 21 May 2018, 15:00

Facebook page... https://en-gb.facebook.com/mark.hickman60/

Despite being a mere sibber I've spent time on larger craft (mostly slow ones though) on longer passages. So... much respect for achieving that first day. In the spirit that it all helps I'll drop a modest donation on the justgiving page.

blackadder · 23 May 2018, 14:18

Day 3 just arrived in the Orkneys for a well deserved beer sat in the sun next stop Edinburgh

Brian · 23 May 2018, 19:21

Well having set out from Tobermory they went went to Ullapool ??
Thats a further 117nmiles. And then on to Stomness?? Thats another 110nmile (easy day lads?).
If they go Stromness to Edinburgh tomorrow that will be a 226nmile leg.
Respect!

kawasaki · 23 May 2018, 19:39

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Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Do you have an AIS transponder aboard?

Do you have an M Overend on board?

Brian · 23 May 2018, 21:05

Kawasaki,
Yes I believe Mark is on board.

Fenlander · 23 May 2018, 21:15

I don't know the guy and am just interested overall to see how the trip goes but he is mentioned as crew on the justgiving page...

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/myles-aweigh

blackadder · 24 May 2018, 21:17

Day 4 eleven hours of being battered Orkneys to Edinburgh snaped an Ariel broken the radar one seat fell to peices and to top it lost neutral ,so late start tomorrow day of fixing things first thing

jwalker · 24 May 2018, 22:47

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Originally Posted by blackadder

Day 4 eleven hours of being battered Orkneys to Edinburgh snaped an Ariel broken the radar one seat fell to peices and to top it lost neutral ,so late start tomorrow day of fixing things first thing

Yeh, that North Sea is a bugr. After one trip I vowed never to do it again.

If you need help PM me. I run a KAD300 and have stuff you might need plus general boat fixing stuff and I'm Edinburgh area.

And well done, that's a long, hard trip for one day! Actually, well done for all the days!!

blackadder · 25 May 2018, 16:34

Cheers for that
Day 5 had s short day to Whitby lost the fly by wire throttle only get 25nt at best so been a long slog just to do 130 mile big thanks to coastal rides for sending me one out on a overnight to Whitby hope it turns up

blackadder · 27 May 2018, 18:31

Day 7 left this morning in a 6 on the nose after 3 hours turned down the channel to a mill pond for 4 hours just in Cowes and raised over 8k so far thanks to anybody that’s donated so

blackadder · 28 May 2018, 23:07

Day 8 over what a day a friend Scott set a challenge to get from Cowes to Holyhead before midnight at 9-15 and he would round the justgiving page up to 10k got in at 10-30 430 miles in one day what a gruelling day but well worth it, a big thanks to everybody constructive comments and a big thank you to Brian who helped plan the trip , it’s a trip people should do but only once

blackadder · 13 June 2018, 04:09

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Day 8 over what a day a friend Scott set a challenge to get from Cowes to Holyhead before midnight at 9-15 and he would round the justgiving page up to 10k got in at 10-30 430 miles in one day what a gruelling day but well worth it, a big thanks to everybody constructive comments and a big thank you to Brian who helped plan the trip , it’s a trip people should do but only once

The Just Giving page is just about to close, a big thank you to anybody who donated , at present we have raised £13500 for the local kids cancer charity

Maximus · 14 June 2018, 15:33

Well done a commendable effort

willk · 14 June 2018, 17:58

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Originally Posted by blackadder

Day 4 eleven hours of being battered Orkneys to Edinburgh snaped an Ariel broken the radar one seat fell to peices and to top it lost neutral ,so late start tomorrow day of fixing things first thing

Sounds like a long hard day. I missed this post first time around - can you give us more details about the damage and kit that failed? I've killed a couple of shock seats myself and I've always wondered about radar domes in the really rough stuff. Snapped antennae are dime a dozen. What happened to the fly-by-wire? How did you muddle through without it - emergency controls?

Well done on your cruise!

Maximus · 14 June 2018, 19:20

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Originally Posted by willk

Sounds like a long hard day. I missed this post first time around - can you give us more details about the damage and kit that failed? I've killed a couple of shock seats myself and I've always wondered about radar domes in the really rough stuff. Snapped antennae are dime a dozen. What happened to the fly-by-wire? How did you muddle through without it - emergency controls?

Well done on your cruise!

Killed TWO Shock seats?.. In ...HOW long??...you're only a Bantam weight!

...maybe you should expand on that...or at least the manufacturer/fault.
Low Mounted Radar Arches (on a RIB)..and REALLY rough Seas..I reckon you know how that one goes

blackadder · 14 June 2018, 19:32

The radar failed twice the first time the cables snapped off the inside of the connector did away with the connector , the second time it’s just stoped working , I don’t think they can take a lot of rough stuff , the fly by wire we eventually found neutral half way up the Rev range which enable us to start it ,but after a hard slam we lost the revs above 2400 so could not let it off the plane which was really hard in a heavy sea for nearly 2 1/2 hours

Xk59D · 14 June 2018, 20:29

Looking at pics of rib it was ullmans.

someone told me a few years ago some composite bit can break on them (he said he seen a "few"), as I don't have them I had no idea what he was talking about nor cared too much at time as I had no intentions of getting suspension seats. He described it as some kind of support or spring if memory serves.

As long as no one was injured I'm sure it will be fixable, all that matters really.

Well done on trip and support for cause!