Fowey

Charles · 22 January 2003, 16:45

Because I am too lazy to find out myself, can anyone tell me how long it would take (the distance) from Fowey to Plymouth please?

Mike Garside · 22 January 2003, 16:59

Idle bar steward! I presume you mean by water, not road. About half an hour I reckon. Nice easy ride. When are going to Fowey?

Alan Priddy · 22 January 2003, 17:09

About half the time it would take you to get to Lizard Point seeing as it is in the middle!!

Alan P

Charles · 22 January 2003, 17:28

Gee thanks Alan.

Mike, I am toying with the idea to blast across on Friday 9 May to spend the day with some friends - I believe it is a stunning spot - and then head to Plymouth late afternoon for THE BASH.

Mike Garside · 22 January 2003, 17:46

It's real neat. Moor up to one of two town pontoons on the left hand bank as you go in. No charge. Wander up the gangway and into the high street filled with pubs. One of my fave local runs with guests at lunchtime.

Enjoy...

Julian · 23 January 2003, 08:00

Its a great place Charles. Well worth a visit. It would be better to spend the weekend there and have a good look around.

Perhaps another cruise to organise

Julian

Charles · 23 January 2003, 08:20

Let's think about it - Cruise to Fowey. I have just read the article in PBO all about the place and it looks marvellous.

Brian · 23 January 2003, 11:22

So why didn't you ask me ???
The S/W Cruise goes to Fowey each year for it's lunchtime stop.
My mate Mike runs a small restaurant/outside eaterie called "Chuffers"-right by the Bodinnick Ferry, next to the town car park.
Go in tell him you are a mate of mine and he will probably ask you to settle my last bill there.

Seriously, Foweys a lovely place.

If I can tempt you to come on this years S/W Cruise, we will take you to lots of nice places, right. Lots!!

Oh, and by the way, from Mayflower Marina to Fowey bar is 22nmiles.

Charles · 23 January 2003, 11:30

Thanks Brian. Forgot that this was your stomping ground. Probably take me 15 minutes...

We have friends who run a Bar/Tavern next to the water somewhere there, so I thought I might catch up with them. I have not discounted the SW cruise, just wondering how I am going to fit everything in?

Alan · 23 January 2003, 11:42

Fowey could also be quick cruise at the rib.net gathering. If alls well with the weather its about 30-40mins or 15 for Charles + 1 refuelling stop!

Just a thought.
Alan

Jonny Fuller · 23 January 2003, 11:42

Charles,
WOW! that's an average of 80mph, you should be entering some rib races!

Jonny Fuller · 23 January 2003, 11:52

Charles,
I used to do quite a bit of work in your neck of the woods a few years ago (more than a decade in fact) with the ski racing and local club racing, some of the best times of my life! Is Bob (the nob) Gallichan still around, boy were some stories about him a few years ago!

karlT · 23 January 2003, 12:14

jon,

Yes Bob the Nob is still there "greecehian Marine" sommit to with his private life?????

Jonny Fuller · 23 January 2003, 12:34

KarlT,

A friend of mine in st helier is computer mad and goes to all the computer fairs and bits and bobs jumbles. A couple of years ago (probably 10) he bought a secondhand hard drive at one of these. When he got it home and accessed it, it turned out to be from a computer belonging to a personnel company owned by a strange woman called "Sandy", who rented a house with BG, she was also a customer of mine with "Waterbird"(a ring 21 2x 275hp mod VP avgas race merc's, the previous owner of this boat was clocked at 103mph behind it in a ski race!, mad!) as she was a ski racer. Clearly, living with BG (merc agent for jersey) and having me look after her boat was no vote of confidence in BG. Anyway, I digress, this hard drive turned out to still have all sandys diarys on it, well I'm telling you, that fella's not quite the ticket! my pal kept faxing me all these pages and pages from said diary, I think it's safe to say he's a bit odd!

Charles · 23 January 2003, 15:22

Good thinking Batman (Alan). Hey, you should do it in the same time with Blue Ice?
Jon, the least said about BG the better - trust me!
I prefer cruising to racing, more civilised and sociable, I could not afford it anyway Jon.
BTW - you seem to have come out of nowhere and are obviosly quite knowledgable about many things nautical. Why don't you get a decent boat (Rib) and join us on our cruises/ races whatever?

Tiger · 23 January 2003, 18:30

Fowey is a great little town, a definate to visit if down that way.

Cant tell distance, but at 15 - 20 knt Looe (also very nice) is about 1 hour.

Reasonable tides (though not Channel Island).

Watch out for the china clay ships, they just park in the middle of the river while you have a pint or two and its a surprise to find them there when rowing back to the visitors pontoon!!!

tiger

Charles · 23 January 2003, 19:04

Hey, Chaps - check out what's going down in Fowey on OUR week-end!!

Daphne du Maurier Festival of Arts and Literature 2003
Restormel Borough Council
Fowey and surrounding area
9th - 18th May 2003
Daily

Lets' skip the rib meeting thing and go to Fowey!

DM · 23 January 2003, 19:40

Quote:

Originally posted by Charles
Hey, Chaps - check out what's going down in Fowey on OUR week-end!!
Daphne du Maurier Festival of Arts and Literature 2003

I'd like to attend but I'm meeting up with Rebecca in the Jamaica Inn and then going for a cruise up Frenchmans creek on that day.

David(oh to be so young again)Manning

Jonny Fuller · 23 January 2003, 20:46

Charles,
I will take your advice about mr G, i'm sure you have good reason for your comments!
I'm sure your being very modest when you say you couldn't afford to race, it's not for everyone and that's as good a reason as any!

With regards to getting a decent boat so that I might cruise/race with you chaps, I do wonder what atributes you think a rib might afford me that my boat does not? the 9.5 m twin O/B Scorpion you have, is in my opinion a quite superb offshore machine (but not because it's a rib) with similar qualities to mine (cabin), however, I look forward to cruising with you some time, at a hugely lower cost than yourself

, when maybe you will see the qualities a boat like mine has

Regards JF

Jonny Fuller · 23 January 2003, 20:55

Is that dirk i see online? I thought you'd run off with crazyhorse to the moon!