South West Ribsters do RIBEX 2006

[roycruse]

Quite Fancy RIBEX this year followed by a trip round the Island.

Provisional Plan :-

12/05/06 (Late Afternoon / Evening) Drive to Lymington or similar.
12/05/06 (Night) Catch some sleep in travel lodge or similar (or in the car if I have to)
13/05/06 (Morning) Launch boats and store cars and trailers
13/05/06 (Day) Travel over to Cowes and spend the day at RIBEX
13/05/06 (Evening / Night) Moor the boats in Cowes somewhere and get fed, rested and watered (not in that order) in local accommodation.
14/05/06 (Morning / Day) Breakfast and then round the Isle of White stopping somewhere for lunch.
14/05/06 (Afternoon) Back to Lymington or wherever we launched from - recover boats and drive home.

Any one else fancy this trip - of course you don't have to be from the South West for any of this (except the drive back to cornwall)

[Mollers]

Hell! some long way innit?!!
Bit like that time Jeff had to take that caravan to London. He'd never bin' past Exeter before. Jeff was headin' up the 303 with the caravan on the back gettin' some worried. Eventually he thought that he must be near London by now. So he pulled over, wound the window down and said to a bloke "Excuse me, is this London?" The bloke said "Yes" Jeff said "Lovely" pointed at the caravan and said "So where d'ya wannit?"

[Hugh Jardon]

mollers boat will still be in the barn then!!!! wont be out til august for the two weeks on the sea!!

would be good to see you cornish boys up this neck of the woods, will be draging mine down yours on the 27th may for 2 weeks

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

mollers boat will still be in the barn then!!!! wont be out til august for the two weeks on the sea!!

would be good to see you cornish boys up this neck of the woods, will be draging mine down yours on the 27th may for 2 weeks

So you reckon you'll have all that wiring under control by then?
Well give us a little toot on the horn as you go by, and we'll wave as the lights come on! Hit the bilge switch and the GPS goes bang!! Key the mike on the VHF and the engine trims out!!!

[roycruse]

Originally Posted by Mollulnan

Hell! some long way innit?!!

I make it about 350 miles by car for the round trip and about 70 miles in the RIBS.

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by roycruse

I make it about 350 miles by car for the round trip and about 70 miles in the RIBS.

Are you related to the Arab Royal family or do you have a company fuel card Roy?
I fancy it Roy, I'm not good at long term planning though. Will check diary later in the year.

[Hugh Jardon]

so the answer is, wire everything up, check which switch operates which item and then do a swift bit of re lableing!!!!

get your diary sorted out or are you not up to towing that little distance?

you can then meet all the solent doggers!!

Originally Posted by Mollulnan

So you reckon you'll have all that wiring under control by then?
Well give us a little toot on the horn as you go by, and we'll wave as the lights come on! Hit the bilge switch and the GPS goes bang!! Key the mike on the VHF and the engine trims out!!!

[Kernow Buoy]

Originally Posted by Mollulnan

Hell! some long way innit?!!
Bit like that time Jeff had to take that caravan to London. He'd never bin' past Exeter before.

Me past Exeter? NEVER! therebedemons..............

[ADS]

Originally Posted by Mollulnan

So you reckon you'll have all that wiring under control by then?
Well give us a little toot on the horn as you go by, and we'll wave as the lights come on! Hit the bilge switch and the GPS goes bang!! Key the mike on the VHF and the engine trims out!!!

See your on top form today Mollers

[roycruse]

OK slight change to the Itinerary due to lack of B&B's wanting to take people in for one night in May.

Ive decided to take a couple of days off work and make a long weekend of it.

Revised Plan

12/05/06
Morning - Drive to Lymington or similar.
Afternoon - Launch boats, store cars and trailers and play around in the Solent for a while.
Evening - Moor boats at East Cowes Marina Spend the Evening in Cowes.
Night - Grab a cab to Newport and sleep at the Premier Travel Inn.

13/05/06
All Day - Get a cab back to the Marina get the boats and head off to RIBEX.
Evening - Moor boats at East Cowes Marina Spend the Evening in Cowes.
Night - Grab a cab to Newport and sleep at the Premier Travel Inn.

14/05/06
All Day - Get a cab back to the Marina and set off on round the Isle of White.
Evening - Moor boats at East Cowes Marina Spend the Evening in Cowes.
Night - Grab a cab to Newport and sleep at the Premier Travel Inn.

15/04/06
Morning - Get a cab back to the Marina.
Day - Play in the Solent till we are bored.
Afternoon - Recover boats and Drive back to Cornwall.

Ive already booked my accommodation - so I'm definitely going. Any one else ???