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13 June 2021, 21:04
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Lundy Trip
First of all we need some of BP’s finest motion potion
Launched at Appledore and headed out about 2 hours after high tide and scooted out over the bar
About an hour later we landed at Lundy and the seals gave us a warm welcome. Didn’t go very fast on the crossing as it was beautiful and the autopilot was steering anyway.
Spied on the local dive trip boat
Lots of rocks, some just below the surface
Then dropped the anchor in the bay (we are furthest boat to the right - no ferry today)
It was stupidly hot
Said hi to the locals
Lundy main road
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13 June 2021, 21:11
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13 June 2021, 21:11
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The route, not sure how many miles
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14 June 2021, 08:26
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Nice day for a run over
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14 June 2021, 09:56
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Fantastic what you've done with your boat Jake. Nice to see everyone enjoying it, thanks for inspiring and sharing the pics.
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Originally Posted by jakew009
The route, not sure how many miles
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Was approx 52 miles total, 21 miles from Appledore.
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14 June 2021, 21:32
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Wow, kind of wanted to do this and now really want to! Thanks for sharing
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15 June 2021, 10:44
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Originally Posted by jakew009
The route, not sure how many miles
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Nice trip!
There's clearly something wrong with AIS though, as your pics show you as still being in Bideford.
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15 June 2021, 11:53
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Originally Posted by willk
Nice trip!
There's clearly something wrong with AIS though, as your pics show you as still being in Bideford.
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That would be it's last reported position just before I switched off on the slipway
I was quite surprised it picked up the position when I briefly switched the boat on at home before leaving.
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15 June 2021, 11:59
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Originally Posted by Obsidian
Wow, kind of wanted to do this and now really want to! Thanks for sharing
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I wouldn't say it's particularly difficult but I guess you want to know your boat is well sorted, you're a long way from help but that's the same with most of the North Devon / Cornwall coast.
Tender essential for getting ashore and a good anchor setup.
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15 June 2021, 12:59
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Originally Posted by jakew009
That would be it's last reported position just before I switched off on the slipway
I was quite surprised it picked up the position when I briefly switched the boat on at home before leaving.
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This is why AIS doesn't work. Even now I can still see your boat in Bideford ^
I recommend a RADAR
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15 June 2021, 13:03
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Quote:
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This is why AIS doesn't work. Even now I can still see your boat in Bideford ^
I recommend a RADAR
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Who needs a radar when you can just blow your horn every few minutes
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15 June 2021, 16:51
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Who needs a radar when you can just blow your horn every few minutes
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Oh, I don't have a horn. I wasted all my money on AIS.
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15 June 2021, 16:54
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Quote:
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Who needs a radar when you can just blow your horn every few minutes
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Bad man willk [emoji6]
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15 June 2021, 16:59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pikey Dave
Bad man willk [emoji6]
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Long grass...
Imma be in it
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15 June 2021, 17:05
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jakew009 - a really nice trip - enjoyed the pics. Are you running a heading compass on there somewhere?
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16 June 2021, 08:39
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Quote:
Originally Posted by willk
jakew009 - a really nice trip - enjoyed the pics. Are you running a heading compass on there somewhere?
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The autopilot has a heading compass which is used to display the heading of the boat on the plotter too. I don't have a manual compass at all.
It's strange watching the autopilot drive the boat along a heading but it actually looks as if it is going sideways because of tide / wind.
I haven't used the autopilot much but it's brilliant on a longish jaunt like this since you can just set it and relax rather than constantly trying to stay on course.
It's mounted here in the console:
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