tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62304792124947833342024-02-19T02:35:26.152-04:00'Guiding Light' a 1936 Gauntlet Class 12 ton CutterGuiding Light(1936) soon to be 82 years old The ADVENTURE voyage continues.......photo by Tim, 2017
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462918080674035412noreply@blogger.comBlogger392125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-52785631609624926262020-09-25T10:08:00.001-03:002020-09-25T10:16:03.185-03:00<p> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Hello Everyone,</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After 22 months, the High Court of St. Lucia has ruled that Roy's Fleet can be transferred to new ownership.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We are delighted to report that both yachts now have new owners.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 8px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 10px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Manuel Puente Casal is the new Skipper/Owner of Apollo of Brough, currently berthed at I.G.Y. Rodney Bay Marina, St. Lucia. Manuel says he will be happy to meet any of Roy’s followers on his way.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 8px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Guiding Light is now safe in the tender loving care of Alasdair and Gill MacLean, who are intending to restore this old lady to her former glory.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Guiding Light is currently also at I.G.Y. Marina, St Lucia.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 8px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 10px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Alasdair welcomes all who would like to follow Guiding Light’s progress, restoration and further adventures to look out for his up-dates on Guiding Light’s FaceBook page:-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/YachtGuidingLight">Guiding Light Facebook Page</a></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">We think Roy would be very happy to know that both of his beloved yachts are in good hands; we wish them all happy sailing and fair winds.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 8px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 10px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lynne and Janet. </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Karen - Roy's niecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776203060909870353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-86513061516834470242019-11-15T06:44:00.001-04:002019-11-15T06:44:22.289-04:00<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">Loving memories of our Dear Brother Roy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">Lynne & Janet</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-6409708826570685172019-07-25T10:20:00.000-03:002019-07-25T10:20:04.464-03:00July 2019 UpdateHello Everyone.<br />
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At present, with no date yet for the Coroner’s High Court Hearing in St Lucia, we are concentrating our efforts on trying to find potential future owners for Roy’s boats.
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For Guiding Light, we hope to find someone who will love this historic old boat enough to be able to repair her keel leak while she is out of the water, then recaulk before her relaunch.<br />
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To this end, Classic Boat Magazine is going to publish a feature about Guiding Light in their September 2019 Issue. (Out early August).<br />
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We wanted Roy’s blog followers to have the information first, in case anyone knows of a person with genuine interest, who has access to the skills required to bring GL back to her former glory again. She is being maintained on the hard in Rodney Bay Marina, but is looking rather tired, needs plenty of T.L.C. If anyone wants to reply via the blog comments we’ll give you more details.<br />
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Apollo is also needing a new owner – as you know from Roy’s blog posts and pictures from August 2018, he had just finished giving this lovely fibreglass yacht a complete electrical overhaul and generally getting her ready for his next adventure, cruising her in Caribbean waters. Roy was just about to begin the necessary work to sort out Guiding Light’s problems when he went missing.<br />
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Roy had Apollo’s last Survey from 2015, and was delighted with her condition – he had sorted a few minor details and given her a new coat of varnish. He was also thrilled by the ease with which he could sail her. He spoke of enjoying a ‘magic’ sail from where she was berthed in Antigua to Falmouth Harbour; he then went on to sail her single-handed to Rodney Bay , St Lucia. On the blog there are more photos of his ‘fleet’ as he referred to the boats, moored together on the same finger in the marina. Apollo is still in very good condition, being maintained and berthed in Rodney Bay Marina.<br />
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Again, if anyone has a serious interest in this ‘ready to cruise’ yacht, please get in touch for further details.<br />
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We have details about the tributes and ‘Celebrations of Roy’s Life’ that have taken place in various places.<br />
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Lynne and Janet and the rest of Roy’s family have been very grateful for all the expressions of sympathy that have been sent , and by the high regard shown by many people for him.<br />
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At the Antigua Classic Regatta the family were touched by the Tribute published in the programme. (reproduced here with kind permission)
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The photos which follow here show the Memorial Service held in St Lucia in the Boardwalk Bar last March, when Roy had been missing for 3 months. Photos are from Juliet Sutherland.
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The following is from the ‘Celebration of Roy’s Life’ held at Beaumaris on April 6th 2019.<br />
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A short ceremony was held on the pontoon at Beaumaris Pier, when a wreath was cast into the water, in sight of the house Roy had owned on the front and Guiding Light’s mooring buoy. A sad moment, but it helped us to move forward again.<br />
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Afterwards, about 80 family and friends from far and wide remembered Roy’s eventful life in a variety of ways, with the music he loved and with the ‘Yarn of Roy’s Life’, the tribute from Roy’s family.<br />
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Many of the model boats Roy loved to build were on display, plus lots of memorabilia from his life at sea and the boats he sailed in – from huge tankers and cargo ships to luxury yachts and of course the boats he sailed as Skipper/Owner.<br />
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The Service Sheet</h4>
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The video (by Susan) which began the service can be seen on YouTube: - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGOaqk-OM4" target="_blank">Song of the Ocean Charlie Landsborough</a><br />
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The Yarn of Roy’s Life – the tribute to Roy by his family.</h3>
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<b>Nick</b><br />
The Yarn of Roy’s life is our tribute to Roy by his family. (You may think this is long, but to do justice to his achievements we need a week so you’re getting off lightly!)<br />
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<b>Lynne</b><br />
We are holding this service of thanksgiving for Roy’s life without his body, but with the memories of him so strong among us here that his presence is tangible.<br />
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If only, like Mark Twain, Roy would walk in here and say, ‘ The rumours of my death have been highly exaggerated’.<br />
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All of us have had the greatest difficulty in coping with the fact that he’s not here any more.
Roy was a legend in the Caribbean, universally known as the Skipper of ‘Guiding Light’, and as an ‘Old Salt’ who loved to tell his (often long!) but hugely entertaining yarns from his many adventures and times at sea.<br />
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Roy cheated death on numerous occasions, having survived electrocution off the coast of Miami, muggings in Odessa, a machete attack in China, and near drowning (by his mates!) when they threw him into a Southampton dock in freezing conditions fully clothed. Roy should have sailed on HMS Derbyshire in 1980, but asked for compassionate leave as our mother had died. Sadly that ship sank with great loss of life, including the Electrical Officer who took Roy’s place.<br />
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From an ordinary background he became a Master Mariner, having been a Skipper and Skipper/Owner, a qualified Marine Electrical Engineer and a Marine Diagnostic Engineering Consultant.<br />
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His friends remember him as a calm sailor, who loved the exhilaration of racing at a huge rate of knots, always full of joie de vivre, gregarious, up for any fun and ready for a good laugh; always true to himself and willing to stand up for what he believed to be right.<br />
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While his family too, fondly remembers him in this way, Roy also used to drive us to distraction, as
he worked to tide times and had little idea how we land-lubbers operate our schedules, necessary rules and home maintenance! Although he thought he did!
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<b>Karen</b><br />
Uncle Roy was also very unconventional – my daughters, who are Roy’s grand-nieces, Marie and Cede, remember very vividly that he always kept his lovely BMW motorbike in the hall of his home at Beaumaris, and that they were sometimes allowed to sit on it! I took the girls on board Guiding Light in Liverpool Marina during one of Roy’s trips there.<br />
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My brother Rob’s memories are that Uncle Roy was always his ‘cool’ uncle. Rob recalls how he made cool models of boats and engines, some just for show but the ones that were working models were always the most fascinating to him. Rob says, “Uncle Roy used to take me for rides around Liverpool and show me the sights, Show me around the docks, Knotty Ash and tell tales of Jam Butty Mines. He used to give us rides on the back of his motorcycle even though there was only one helmet to use with instructions to hop off and hide if the police ever saw us. We used to go and visit him when he was in Beaumaris and the highlight would be going out with him sailing on his Boats and Yachts, fishing and learning how to get your sea legs.”<br />
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My own memories include the time Uncle Roy taught me to play the riff from The Logical Song by ‘Supertramp’ on the guitar – he loved all sorts of music, particularly Rock ‘n Roll and the Beatles, and since being in the Caribbean, added a love of reggae and steel bands. His playlist lasts for 28 days!<br />
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<b>Katie</b><br />
Uncle Roy was also my Godfather. I don’t think he had any choice in the matter, and was somewhat reluctant at first: he told me several times that he kept being given me to hold during the christening, and was terrified he was going to drop me! But much later, he chose to accept that role. On the day of Dad’s funeral, he told me that if I ever had a big decision and wanted Dad’s opinion, I could ask him instead. “I might not give the same answer as your Dad would have done because we’re different people, but I’ll tell you what I think would be best”. Of course whenever I did want an opinion he was at the other side of the world somewhere, but it was good to know that the possibility was there.
My brother Steven remembers as a little boy having a sail in a blue boat (Hindel B) down the Menai Straits. Steven has very happy memories of his stay overnight on board Guiding Light in Liverpool Marina. This was after visiting several hostelries during the evening before Uncle Roy and his friends sailed to Holyhead on the first leg of their voyage to New Zealand.
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In Roy’s house at Beaumaris was an indoor workshop full of sawdust and tools of every shape and size. Here Roy also enjoyed his lifelong hobby - model boat building. He was extremely skilled at this, just loved building them; from the age of 14 Roy had built steam engines and radio controlled boats; he sailed the boats with other enthusiasts on Walton Hall Park Lake in Liverpool.<br />
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I remember Roy constructing a steam driven pulley system out of my bedroom window into the garden, on which he transported various bits ‘n pieces back and forth. He also used to enjoy putting a poker in our open fire until white hot, then tempering it in the kitchen sink while supposedly baby-sitting his little sister!<br />
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You can ask Lynne later on why she never eats cream doughnuts and what connection this has to Roy...
In later years, he built a fantastic Steam Tug, 1:10 scale, a Yamaha sailing yacht and his favourite – a scale model of Guiding Light with radio controls that operated the sails.<br />
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The model was built with the same materials as GL which Roy had used when he was rebuilding her. He was a very skilled craftsman with wood and metal, and could make electrical motors from scratch.
Beaumaris has a permanent memorial of his woodworking craftsmanship at 2 Alma Street.
He needed a new front door, so designed and made one for himself out of beautiful teak with a genuine ship’s porthole. Glad to say the current owners like it too!
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<b>Lynne </b><br />
Roy was born in Whiston, Liverpool in 1947, on 7th April, (the same day as his first cousin once removed Beryl. There are still a few people around who remember Roy as a small mischievous scamp of a boy with scant regard for how he looked – to our Mum’s despair his preferred style made him look like a ragamuffin! A dare-devil, into all sorts of scrapes, our Mum reckoned that Alder Hey Hospital had Xrays of every part of his body...<br />
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Roy served a six year marine electrical engineering apprenticeship before he went to sea in 1968 at 21 as an Electrical Engineering Officer with Cunard Steamship Company in the Merchant Navy. Roy was very proud of his home city of Liverpool, and was often called the ‘scouse lekky’.<br />
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Lunchtimes during Roy’s early apprentice years as an armature winder in the early 60’s were often spent running down the Dock Road in Liverpool up to ‘The Cavern’ where he would listen to the Beatles perform before they became famous.<br />
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<b>Ken </b><br />
I’ve known Roy since he was 10, and already mad on boats. At age 16 Lynne and I took him with us on a Norfolk Broads Cabin Cruiser holiday – this ignited his determination and dream to own his own boat one day.<br />
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When he finally began to earn a bit of money Roy did buy his first boat - an empty hull!
All he could afford! His plan was to make a cabin cruiser out of it. However, as he then went away to sea, it never happened!<br />
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It must be said that Roy knew, more than most, the risks he took. He was a sailor with the greatest respect for the sea, tides and unpredictable weather, but was willing to engage with all of this to pursue his dream. During his later years at sea with Guiding Light Roy told us many times that we shouldn’t worry about him, he was doing what he had always wanted to do – and loved doing it. The relaxed and laid-back surroundings of the yachting community in the Caribbean exactly suited him, with the bonus of stunning scenery and beautiful weather.
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<b>Janet</b><br />
In the early 70’s Roy bought a cabin cruiser from Mr Barnes moored in Abersoch called ‘Senrab’. This was a converted lifeboat from the ‘Empress of France’ which needed a refit.<br />
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On Roy’s first voyage in Senrab, sailing towards Liverpool the engine failed just outside Bangor. Dickies Boatyard gave him a tow, and Roy ended up on the Point at Beaumaris as the best place to repair and store Senrab while he was away at sea.<br />
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Our Mum and Dad went to visit the boat, as caretakers while Roy was away. They spent many happy times there, using it as a holiday home for a number of years.<br />
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It was during these years, during his leave times that Roy got to know so many friends and felt Beaumaris was his own special place.
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<b>Karen</b><br />
Roy bought ‘Hindel B’, named in memory of his Mum, our Grandma, and in 1982 bought the house in Alma Street with his Dad and Pete Randall. Pete was an ‘Old Salt’ who lived on his boat in the summer and maintained the moorings at Beaumaris in the winter. Eventually Roy bought them out to own the house himself and lived in beautiful Beaumaris for 30 years. When on leave he used to love sail his boat and his house was the place for many good times and parties with his friends<br />
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‘Hindel B’ was a beautiful Cornish Shrimper and a very speedy vessel. The members of the Royal Anglesey Yacht Club were very intrigued by Roy’s sailing competence and his lovely boat.
During his long career at sea he sailed with Cunard, the Bibby Line, then in many foreign flag ships, including large container vessels.<br />
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Roy then became Electrical Engineer on board a luxury yacht, ‘Midnight Saga’ owned by Mr Petter Sundt, the Chairman of Bergesens Norwegian shipyard.<br />
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Still on the lookout for his dream boat, in late 1993 he saw a beautiful old wooden historic boat badly in need of restoration – built in 1936, her name was Guiding Light, and Roy fell in love with her. He sold Hindel B, bought Guiding Light, then during a lengthy spell ashore in Southampton in 1994 restored her to sailing condition and sailed her back to Beaumaris.
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<b>Nick</b><br />
Later, he served on ‘Midnight Saga II’ as Skipper/Engineer. On one occasion Roy sailed down the Menai Straits, Anglesey, to show Mr Sundt where he lived, and moored just off the Pier.<br />
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After this he spent a few years in Holland as a Marine Electrical Engineer and Commissioning Engineer working on the construction of a number of beautiful yachts including one of his favourites, the ILONA.
YanTei in China was where he worked again as the Marine Engineering Consultant, for 3 years commissioning the yacht ‘Nero’ and supervising modifications after the sea trial.<br />
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In between his times at sea, he always returned to Beaumaris and set up his own Marine Diagnostic Company, ‘Boatwise’.<br />
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He completed the restoration of Guiding Light and really enjoyed sailing her. When in Beaumaris he loved sailing the Straits, competing and winning trophies in local and the Conway River Festival Regattas, and sailing to Ireland, Isle of Man and Liverpool for the fun of it.<br />
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<b>Lynne</b><br />
In 2008 Roy decided now was the time to have an adventure with Guiding Light. So, as is now recorded in his Blog, he set off in May 2009, age 62, to sail to New Zealand to see how far it was.
The rest of Roy’s story is told in his own words in his Blog – something our family will always treasure. It’s open for all to read at his Blog address.<br />
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It tells the story of how amazing his adventure turned out to be - with enormous highs and totally devastating lows - and many hilarious moments too. (Such as when he tried to make fishcakes out of the flying fish that landed on deck in the middle of the Atlantic!)<br />
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The worst moment, of course, was when Guiding Light went on the reef and for two days looked as if she would be lost. His adventures included visiting the wonderful islands of the Caribbean,
entering (and often winning) the many regattas in Antigua, St Maarten, St Kitts & Nevis, Martinique, St Thomas, B.V.I’s, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Trinidad and more; but St Lucia remained very special to him.<br />
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The highlight of Roy’s adventure came in 2010, after sailing single-handed across the Atlantic in Guiding Light when he went on to win the Vintage Class of the Classic Regatta in Antigua;
together with the Concors d’Elegance in the Vintage Personally Maintained Yachts category.
Roy himself was awarded the Arnie Fritzel prize, for sailing Guiding Light single handed across the Atlantic, displaying exemplary seamanship under adverse circumstances: the committee citing Guiding Light a sound vessel for strength and safety at sea.
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This was the moment when Roy with Guiding Light completely fulfilled his dream; he owned this sweet old wooden boat that had responded to his seamanship by winning the Classic in such a spectacular way.
And although his adventures have ended, there are not many people who have had their dream come true in such a wonderful way – and this is a great comfort to us.
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Last Words
Rev’d Alan Leach </h4>
Let the last words be Roy’s own. From the interview he gave to Classic Boat Magazine after his wonderful win Roy is quoted as saying,<br />
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“This venue is a fantasy dream that you never think you’d be able to achieve. But you never know where life is going to lead you, and here I am.<br />
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I think The Beatles, my favourite band in the 70’s said it best – ‘It’s a magical mystery tour’ that’s what life is.<br />
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Just look at what we’ve done...to have crossed the Atlantic with this boat alone was a dream come true. Then to achieve this is ...well magical”.<br />
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Blessing - Rev. Alan Leach </h4>
So, farewell Roy.<br />
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Go gently on your voyage
Slip away with the ebb tide<br />
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Rejoice in the new sunrise<br />
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May the moon make a path across the sea for you<br />
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The Son provide a welcome<br />
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May the sea receive you as you go from our love into the presence of love’s completeness.
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<b>April, 2019.
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Memories of Roy from friends and family</h3>
These have been scanned from written comments at the celebration<br />
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<b>Posted by Lynne and Janet - July 2019</b></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-54307874361510945352019-01-26T17:43:00.000-04:002019-01-26T17:43:33.298-04:00Hello everyone who is visiting Roy’s Blog.<br />
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As promised, we are letting you know how things are proceeding.<br />
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Sadly, we are now certain that Roy has been lost at sea.<br />
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In St. Lucia and in Beaumaris there will be a ‘Celebration of Roy’s Life’.<br />
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In St. Lucia this is to take place on Friday, February 15th at 7.00pm onwards at the Boardwalk Bar, Rodney Bay Marina. This will be the 3 month anniversary of Roy’s disappearance.<br />
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In Beaumaris, UK, this is to take place on Saturday, April 6th, from 12.30pm - 5.00pm at Beaumaris Leisure Centre ( Canolfan Beaumaris) Rating Row, Beaumaris, LL58 8AL North Wales. This is the day before what would have been Roy’s 72nd birthday. It will be an informal service followed by a Buffet.<br />
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On both occasions we hope everyone will find comfort in sharing their memories of Roy, and remembering all the fun, the yarns and happy times we spent with him.<br />
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We still have no time scale at all for the High Court Hearing in St. Lucia; the legal aspects regarding missing people take a very long period of time to proceed. Until this has taken place we are not able to publish an obituary; but we are working on an article to give to the local newspapers to acknowledge Roy’s life and achievements.<br />
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In the UK the British Maritime Foundation keep a Memorial Book for seafarers in ‘All Hallows by the Tower’ in Central London, for all who have been lost at sea with no known grave. They have a Service of Remembrance every year in October. We intend to put Roy’s name in the Book, which is also in digital form. The on-line version has a photo with the entry too. We will be putting the photo of Roy with Guiding Light in the on-line book as soon as we have had the High Court Hearing and our loss is legally recognised. Again, we will publish the link and details of this on the Blog and Guiding Light Facebook pages.<br />
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Lynne and Janet, Roy’s sisters.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-80294109943161553142018-12-24T09:38:00.000-04:002018-12-24T09:38:05.388-04:00Christmas Up-dateHello everyone,<br />
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Our latest news is that there is still not much more to tell you.<br />
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It’s the most difficult part, the not
knowing what happened to Roy.
All we know is that sadly, the Coastguard and Royal Marine Police of St Lucia have concluded their
searches and investigations after six weeks. They and the Foreign Office believe from all their
investigations that Roy and his dinghy are lost at sea.
So now it really seems that Roy’s wonderful adventures with Guiding Light have ended.<br />
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There is to be a High Court Hearing in St Lucia at a date to be arranged sometime in the future, but
we have no time scale for that. Until then, we have arranged for Roy’s boats to be maintained and
looked after while these necessary legal processes proceed.<br />
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To those of Roy’s friends and neighbours in Beaumaris, the family hope to have a service to
celebrate Roy’s life and achievements in February/March. Details will be posted here.<br />
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After the hearing in St Lucia we will perhaps arrange a similar service for those who knew Roy in his
life in the Caribbean. We will then also be making a statement to the press, but as we have no more
information at present, all we can say is a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to everyone who has supported and
helped us during this traumatic time.<br />
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Roy wouldn’t want these events to cast gloom over everyone at this time of year, so hope you will all
remember past happy times with him very fondly and enjoy the Christmas and New Year festivities
in your usual way.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-56115613606793048672018-12-07T06:33:00.000-04:002018-12-07T06:33:43.686-04:00A message from Roy's sistersThis is a message from Roy’s sisters Lynne and Janet.<br />
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Hi everyone who is visiting this blog<br />
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While still hoping that Roy will turn up with a <b>really amazing yarn</b>, sadly there is still no news
of him; he remains missing.<br />
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We would like to thank everyone for their messages of love and support, it is a difficult time
for us all. We know that Roy meant a great deal to lots of people.<br />
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We will update this site immediately should we receive any information from the Marine
Police, our Solicitor and contacts in St. Lucia should there be any further news of him.<br />
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In the meantime, please be assured that we are in the process of arranging a maintenance
programme for both boats, thus ensuring Guiding Light and Apollo are being cared for as
safely as Roy would wish.<br />
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Anyone with any further information should contact the Royal St. Lucia Marine Police, or the
UK Foreign Office. You can also leave a comment on this blog - click the title of this post to
open it in a new page, and enter your comment in the box at the bottom.<br />
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Please note: comments will not be published unless the family can reply personally, through
the Administrator, which means a return email address is required.<br />
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Love Lynne, Janet and Roy’s family.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-72194696440269536352018-11-25T04:57:00.000-04:002018-11-25T05:11:43.290-04:00Roy missing from Rodney Bay anchorage, St Lucia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Roy Boughton, the author of this blog, went missing on 15th November 2018. This is a message from his sister Lynne:<br />
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For all Roy's friends who may visit this page:-</blockquote>
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Thank you for asking sailors far and wide to look out for Roy and for your concern. As yet there is still no news or sightings, the coastguard have had an air and sea search going on today. </blockquote>
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We hope and pray for a happy outcome. Will post any further news here as well as contacting others. Lynne, Roy's sister. 22 November 2018</blockquote>
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Anyone with any information should contact the Coastguard or the UK Foreign Office. You can also leave a comment on this blog - click the title of this post to open it in a new page, and enter your comment in the box at the bottom.<br />
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This message was posted by his concerned friends in Beaumaris, Anglesey, which Roy called home for 30 years.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462918080674035412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-29765903921421841452018-10-30T14:44:00.000-03:002018-11-25T04:59:07.275-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi Everyone,<br />
No Pics today cos left the camera on the boat!<br />
Update<br />
Have just about finished tidying up Apollo after giving a lot of the wood a fresh coat of varnish, She is looking good now. Have been moving my clothes to Apollo via 'Suds' laundry as it's nice and dry there, make a change from wearing damp T shirts.<br />
St Lucia is now in the rainy season and we have been getting a lot of it. Trinidad got it very bad and had lots of flooding.<br />
Boats are both at anchor, I do have some pics to post next time I come into the marina, I have been toying with the idea of filming the journey from the fleet to the internet place and show some of the scenery on the way so look out for that later. will also post the pics of Apollo when I have all the jobs done.<br />
So will sign off now, being a long way outside, I have to choose the right time to get ashore, need at least 1 hour!</div>
From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-15750108221042190132018-08-22T12:34:00.001-03:002018-08-22T12:51:44.046-03:00St Lucia UpdateHi Everyone!<br />
Well here I am in IGY Marina Rodney Bay, and at last they have fixed the internet service, its only taken six years to happen !!! So this Post has pictures as well !!!<br />
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First three pics were taken after buying Apollo and antifouling the bottom ready for the launch No other work required. <br />
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I hope the plum bow shows up ok.<br />
Next job was to take her round to Falmouth Harbour from the boat yard North Sound Marina.<br />
After launching Guiding light I took her round from the Slipway boat yard and anchored her just off the Sailing Academy dock in Falmouth.<br />
So then went up to North Sound with Susie (Spirited Lady) and her crew James who had volunteered to help with the fist sail. We had already put the sails on ready.<br />
So Apollo was launched and we has a magic sail around the coast to Falmouth, it was a long journey, it took 4 hours and having launched a bit late we just made it to the dock before it went pitch black.<br />
Next morning I moved her off and anchored next to Guiding Light<br />
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I then did a full survey of her to find everything, I hadn't found all the batteries even. Afterwards I found the engine batteries were dead, I had to go and buy 2 new ones, The reason for this was an incorrect voltage SSB transceiver had been fitted ! ie 12 volts DC instead of 24 volts DC which is the fitted system aboard, To get 12v whoever did it connected the negative wire to the centre strap of the 2 engine start batts, this then fried both 12v batts with 24 volts ! being a lecky I fixed this buy completely removing the equipment and selling it to Ian on Salima, he had helped me in Antigua when my last engine blew up a couple of years ago, its on the blog, 2015 I think. During this I found the service batteries, they are 2 banks of 2 batts each giving 24v, but they had been paralleled, not good ! Having no shore power or charger they relied on running the main engine to charge them up, being large capacity ie 460 amp hours in total the engine could not achieve this, so that was a future job when I had the boat down In St Lucia. Meanwhile my friend Renford helped sand and varnish seal the cockpit sole and the shower grating.</div>
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It was then time to move both boats, First to go was Apollo, she has no dinghy as yet so I coulden't take GLs and would have to go into the Marina when I arrived. This journey was my first in Apollo on my own, putting sails up sailing and so on which was all new to me. I had an amazing sail in high winds, leaving on Sunday late afternoon and arriving in Rodney Bay early Tuesday morning....But it was blowing a hooligan, 32 knots and now I had to drop the sails. Genoa is a furling one so that was dead easy, Main however was becoming a pain as being much lighter than GL I couldn't manage to keep her head to windward, I had fitted Lazy Jacks in Falmouth so.....I took the engine out of gear and drifted with the wind (all done in the shelter of the cockpit) loosed the main-sheet then when the boat seemed calm enough still blowing 32 knts I just let go the haliyard, I couldn't see the sail from where I was, but did hear it coming down swoosh, looking out the sail had flaked itself perfect on the boom and with just 2 sail ties I secured the sail and went into a berth in the Marina !!! Magic !!<br />
I then attended to the Batteries, drew out a connection diagram bought a couple of switches and wired them up properly. Couldn't find a Battery charger but the engine could now do a better Job<br />
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I had to wait till the next Tuesday for a flight back to Antigua to get Guiding Light. Arrived there then because no one had one in Antigua I tried to get one sent to St Lucia first, from Island Water World and having it sent to St Lucia, that got very complicated so canceled that one after ordering and paying for it. They wanted 180 US $ delivery charge from St Maarten, a similar story from Budget Marine store and that was me Failed. So decided to sail to St Lucia Via St Maarten and get it myself. This I did, took only 1 night to cross between Island stayed 3 days getting all the bis successfully then left St Maarten for St Lucia.<br />
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As a little note I had met a friend in Antigua 'Kevin Gray' who told me of the disastrous effects of the Hurricanes last year !! he himself had been wiped out with his boat sunk and no clothes losing everything he had. He introduced me to a new weather site that he claimed was so accurate as to be scary. His boat wasn't to blame for it sinking as he had known and prepared for it, unfortunately a huge steel boat like 80 foot had broken free and sank on top of his boat in Road Town Tortola. 235 mile an hour sustained winds for over 20 minutes !! I can not imagine what that must have been like.<br />
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So before leaving St Maarten I checked out the forecast on the site, I had a 2 day weather window or have to wait more than a week before the tropical wave coming had passed. This meant leaving Friday late afternoon, and had to get to Dominica late Sat but before Sunday otherwise it would get me !!!<br />
I trusted the info and left, I was able to watch as the storm approached and engulf Guadalupe and Dominica Saturday night sailed all day Sunday with it behind me and arrived in Rodney Bay Monday morning at 0700hrs journey taking only 50 hrs in calm weather. Site is called Passagemaker.com . and IS accurate !!<br />
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following 2 pics = going round to Jolly Harbour to clear customs and be legally entitled to leave Antigua with minimum cost ! very scary two days. After being threatened with paying 18 months of cruising charges which I wasn't about to do, I waited the weekend and went again on Monday morning, they went through all my documents and came up with the cost as only 20 EC$ that's about £5.00, and now legal with no worries<br />
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So that is me all up to date, Apollo has now been moved to anchor GL next but have a few items to attend to first<br />
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<br />From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-24660432806928110452018-08-04T12:19:00.002-03:002018-08-04T12:19:43.175-03:00GL is on her way.Hi Everyone,<br />
Well GL is now ready to go, first to Jolly harbour for shopping and clearing customs , and then a small change to plan 'A' I will go to St Maarten first, this is to pick up a 24 volt DC charger for Apollo. I failed to get one sent to me in Antigua, so.... it will also give me a chance to get 2 spare parts for Guiding Light, and have them sent there from the states. Not worried about Apollo as on the dock. So next post should be from St Maarten.<br />
have fun everyone.<br />
A very special get well soon wish goes to Jayne Mac. had a very mild attack similar this year so have a slight knowledge of what its like.<br />
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RoyFrom Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-85506232849627309722018-08-01T12:25:00.000-03:002018-08-01T12:25:09.412-03:00Udate of Apollo and Guiding LightHi everyone<br />
Arrived in St Lucia week ago today at 08:30hrs, very strong winds for the whole trip, wind was then up to 32 Knots !! in Rodney Bay.<br />
I was worried about getting the sail down, not having done that yet.<br />
I couldn't keep the bow into the wind so stopped the eng. and waited for Apollo to stop, then whilst still in the cockpit I just let the main halyard go ! The sail came down perfectly folding itself up on the boom, wow I was impressed. I went out and put 3 ties round the sail and then went to a berth in the Marina.<br />
Yesterday I flew back to Antigua and I am now aboard GL again, couple of jobs to to then I'll do the same trip again in GL.<br />
Apollo behaved very well and is seriously a very good sea boat, I would have no qualms on taking her out on the Ocean. didn't even get wet in the white out rain that came down on us ! I do get wet on GL as nowhere to hide. <br />
So amazingly everything went to plan, lets hope the next installment has the same result<br />
More coming<br />
RoyFrom Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-88698426834547691042018-07-23T13:37:00.002-03:002018-07-23T13:38:03.382-03:00Sy Lucia here I comeHi Everyone have cleared customs and now legal to take Apollo anywhere.<br />
Leaving right now for Falmouth then St Lucia.<br />
RoyFrom Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-19505195419176607892018-07-20T15:11:00.002-03:002018-07-20T15:11:19.129-03:00Apollo FirstI am ready now to move, I am starting with Apollo tomorrow move to customs and clear out then off to St Lucia, Have a weather window. Arrive there clear in go to pub, book flight back to Antigua and bring Guiding light there. Next bit down to Carriacou I will need someone to take Apollo there, have a good way of getting someone by offering them Apollo to take part in the regatta there in 2 weeks time no Charge.<br />
But this is boats and it can all change at the drop of your hat overboard !!!!<br />
More coming<br />
RoyFrom Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-44286364533404575642018-07-12T09:29:00.001-03:002018-07-12T09:29:21.395-03:00Hi ALL,<br />
Getting the new boat ship shape and Bristol Fashion.<br />
it has taken longer than I thought it would, but nearly ready now, Anyone fancying a Grenadian winter sailing holiday this year? I am taking orders now, giggle giggle. Could even include doing the Grenada Sailing Festival Racing !!! She is a fast boat and a comfy ride ! Sailing in the Tobago Cay's is a Joy you can't imagine till you've done it.<br />
More about Guiding Light later.<br />
Roy<br />
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<br />From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-42911371360193662132018-06-05T09:38:00.000-03:002018-06-05T09:39:13.526-03:00Intro to ApolloHi Everyone,<br />
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Well lots of unexpected work to the boat when all I wanted to do was fit the new echo transducer.<br />
After all the bad weather from November last and no extra leaks or other issues it was a big and scary surprise for me.<br />
photos following are some not all of the classics, my repair of the lead to wooden keel and finally fitting the transducer. I am now antifouling the bottom, and of course my first photo of Apollo on the hard in North Sound Marina Antigua, That was checked this Monday with friends and all was in serious good condition. I am trying to upload some pics now.<br />
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these last 2 pics are me lining up the sounder horizontal, port, starb., fwd and aft before welding it all together, all now done<br />
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Roy<br />
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<br />From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-37878462521192371292018-04-17T14:29:00.002-03:002018-04-17T14:29:49.954-03:00Antigua 31st Classics 2018Hi Everyone,<br />
Well here I am in Falmouth Harbour for the classics this year, This will be the 8th time since arriving in the Caribbean.<br />
Boat is at anchour right now and I go along side tomorrow for the free dockage.<br />
Don't think there will be time to do a post during the event, there are just to many parties to attend, all of which I am looking fwd too !!!!!!!<br />
Will post afterwards when I have recovered.<br />
Roy<br />
<br />From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-90771428150450858622018-03-31T11:34:00.002-03:002018-03-31T11:34:35.333-03:00Now in AntiguaHi All,<br />
Well got the sail on ok and left for Antigua on Monday afternoon 1500 hrs 12th March arriving there on Wednesday morning at 11-15 hrs, had a good wind and direction so was able to actually steer the right course for a change, 45 hours isn't a bad crossing time either.<br />
Sail was still not right so will have to use my very very old sail from 1955 ! it is still ok and was made by Ratseys in New York USA. it is stained though, but looks definitely in character. have now sorted all the photos into there right folders, so next blog should have some pics as well.<br />
Only other news is I've gone stark staring bonkers and bought another Yacht.....I know...I am mad.<br />
So I will post something about that after the Classics is over, will try and put a pic as well.<br />
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As always I am looking forward to the racing and meeting all I know there, trying to put a bit of training in ! er not for racing silly, for the <u><b>PARTIES </b></u><br />
Roy<br />
<br />From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-8763141801423786042018-03-13T09:05:00.000-03:002018-03-13T09:05:11.088-03:00St Lucia update Hi everyone,<br />
Doesn't time fly, its now half past March already.<br />
I have registered in the Antigua Classics again this year, and hopefully get the new main up again today, so I will be able to sail fast again. Boat looks very tired and weather worn, shes been through 'hell and High Water' these last few months, and I've had no time to make her look nice.<br />
All issues have been done, new stays have been made, both the bumpkin and bowsprit! as they were both the same age. Spares for engine were ordered and received, and also the spare for the Generator which has been out of service for quite some time. They will be fitted soon. Issue with the bilges also sorted and after a trial sail Jerry has adjusted the main.<br />
So just about ready to go up to Antigua, if I go early enough I might be able to tidy her up to look at least halfway decent (as though the owner takes some care).<br />
That's me up to date then.<br />
Wish I had time to upload some more pics, but the sail is calling me to get it up.<br />
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Roy From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-62692508887836200242018-02-22T11:09:00.000-04:002018-02-24T07:33:15.179-04:00Clarks Court Bay Grenada to Rodney Bay St Lucia-- and now Part 3Hi everyone,<br />
I had arrived back in time for Grenada sailing week with only no real problem, except my new mainsail was not quite right, and it was not driving the boat very well in any wind direction due to how much shape Jerry had given it. I had anchored in St Georges first to get a new steering compass, this is to replace my broken original one. I have tried now for over 8 years to find a replacement, second hand as they are not manufactured any more. The reason for that was simple, my chart plotter would not display any information and I had to go back to using my paper charts on the way down island. (at some point I will try and get it fixed) While I was choosing a new compass I saw another plotter in 'Island Water World', Its a Garman of similar type but 10 years ahead of my old one with all the latest Tech improvements, couldn't stop myself from getting hold of it. I then left and went round the south coast to 'Secret Harbour' where sailing week was due to start, bit scary going through the reef without any Nav info and also all the channel marks leading through were missing. Got in OK and had arranged to pick up a mooring ball, local guy came out and helped me with that.<br />
I got to work right away on taking the new main off and putting my old repaired sail back on for the racing, then I installed the new plotter and steering compass. Plotter is magic and since putting into service I am getting up to date with the latest innovations that have been thought up, also how to use the thing. Computer technology as moved forward by leaps and bounds were Navigation is concerned. Sailing week started and we all had a great time, I had 2 crew for all races and a third and forth crew for the first three, I had made friends with Wolfgang and Mathey before and a young sailor Micheal who was gasping to crew on a classic yacht, Emma was there too for the first three. Being the smallest boat there and having a mainsail with no battens in it, I didn't do very well, There were 7 boats in our class and I came 6: 6: 7: 7: 7: in the 5 races. My friends Jud and Chrissy on 'Galatea' (1899) won the lot, and was the overall winner in our class, and Gerry on Free Spirit was Third.<br />
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After all the racing parties were over I wanted to get back to St Lucia ASAP to fix my new sail and attend to the engine as I have found the blocked filter had damaged the fuel lift pump diaphragm. All the forecasts were dire, so from 4th of Feb I have been waiting for the winds to go down, there was no sign this was going to happen any time soon.<br />
On Friday 16th a forecast gave the winds going down that weekend, just for a couple of days then back up again on the Monday 19th of this week. So took a chance and left on Saturday 20th at 0700hrs. This journey is about 135 NM from Bay to Bay and normally takes me 2 days and one night to get there, Not This Time, it took me 3 days and 2 nights in the biggest seas and highest winds I have ever seen in the Caribbean !!! I was going to call in on Carriacou on my way up to clear customs, I got to within 3 miles and then tacked, I was blown out to sea with wind and current taking me away and couldn't get there, unbelievable. I was in over 10 foot waves on the nose with 25 knts of wind blasting the boat, lee rail was more under water than above, this carried on hour after hour for the whole trip! sometimes more and not often less.<br />
I was now approaching St Vincent with Mustique and Bequia on the Starboard side, I could see the loom of their lights in the clouds above them as it got dark on Saturday night, I was about 20 miles to the west of them. This is were the waves got even higher and wind much stronger. Its my habit to stick my head by the hatch to light a cigarette out of the wind, I had just come out of the cabin after a quick snooze for 10 mins. After a good look around I poked my head in to light a fag...I was hearing water sloshing around without really understanding what I was hearing, after all I had only just come into the cockpit. Cabin was in total darkness so slid the hatch back and shone the torch in there. Holy ***""*** Bilge floorboard was floating on top of the waves down there, what the ??????? poor old hart started to go into top gear, what could it be???? plank come off somewhere??????? that was a lot of water very quick?????? I had only just come out of there?????? ?????? ???????<br />
I shot down there power switch first, had something hit it and turned it off? no it was on. hand down into the water to feel the pumps were running or not, engine bilge yes, emergency 3000 gall an hour yes, cabin sort of, 2 big towels were wrapped round it so running but not pumping any water, removed towels pump ok, check water is going out, all three overboards were discharging water, big EM pump didn't seem to be pumping a lot? down again water was very slowly going down?????<br />
put all on to manual running, waited for a bit, water was definitely going down, when the level passed the overflow from engine to cabin there was a waterfall of water coming through, have I sprung a plank down there somewhere????? I then thought why is the cabin bilge taking so long to empty???? because that's were the big pump suction is and should already be dry????? I turned the big pump off and the engine bilge pump emptied the bilge! ah ahha put the big pump back on bilge filled up again, shit there is a split in the hose, so a combination had happened, towels down bilge 1 pump nobbled, engine bilge fills up overflows into cabin, cabin bilge fill up starts big pump, big pump is just circulating bilge water from cabin to engine bilge, engine pump can not keep up complete bilge fills with water. With both bilges now back to normal no planks have fallen off the boat!! That was a bit of a scare, poor old hart took an hour to calm down after that! Back in the cockpit I finally got to light that <u>FAG.</u><br />
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As I started to pass St Vincent it became even nastier, I kept hearing a bang that night, I couldn't find out where it was coming from, at 0300hrs with the wind about 30 odd knts and seas way over 12 feet, I had 3 bangs one after the other then a big bang happened, I then got the torch and noticed the wind vane frame was moving, a closer look showed me not the frame but the Bumpkin was lifting up alarmingly, it was starting to pull out the 4" coach screws, I looked over the stern and the wire stay holding the backstay in tension had completely shredded, the mast was now pumping back and forward with the jib stay slack but under serious loading from the wind, if I didn't do something quick I would be losing the mast top! a quick think then, I, quick as I could, tacked the boat and heaved too, pulled the main in hard to help the mast and bring the boom end reachable, took off the topping lift shackle and rigged it around the wind steering rudder post, (sounds easy, this whole frame was going under the sea 2 feet every second with me trying to hang on to it and tie the topping lift to it!) once done back to the mast get the haliyard run that back to the frame end then off with the main sheet and on with the haliyard on the winch, with both ropes now in as much tension as I had the strength to muster on the winch I monitored the mast top for a while getting my breath back (and had a fag or 2) Back stay was now loose and the frame was holding steady, I tacked back on course watching everything like a hawk, all was good. Jib stay was taught again, I got away with that one whew! was doing 6+knts into this wind and sea, hard on the starboard tack, boat loving every minute of it, it amazes me this boat.<br />
The rest of that Sunday night I battled into this weather, I couldn't make the course to St Lucia and was going further away from the island mile by mile.<br />
Finally I got far enough north to make the coast a good deal higher than the Pitons, this about 0600hrs Monday 19th morning over 35 miles from St Lucia to the West. going fast as off the wind a bit, think the very strong current was helping this time as I made the coast close in quickly.<br />
I knew next problem would be getting the sails down in such high wind, there is not any shelter in Rodney Bay, I had blown out this sail last year trying to do just this sail down pain here! came as close as I dared to a hotel beach North end of Cuti Cove just before Rodney Bay, still have to fit the new transducer for the new plotter so no depth sounder as yet.<br />
Began just after 12 noon, order is 1st little jib, second is big jib then the main sail. again sounds easy but keeping the boat into the strong wind is the problem. 1 hour later I have not managed to drop the big jib yet, so down wind I go, Gusts are coming at me 25 deg. either side, have to let the boom out a lot to keep the wind up my backside, Da Ja Vue while half way getting Jib down a 30 degree gust slaps the boat hard....boat gybes...main goes round top spreaders....... I do one quick tie on jib....... then I try and gybe back...... before I get to rudder another gust...........as now getting a long way from beach..... this gust is full strength.......mainsail rips itself free...... turn into wind sail is slapping and tearing itself to pieces...... motor back to beach takes another hour! even closer this time..........<br />
engine just ticking over in gear and into the fluctuating wind, wait for the right moment, it takes 20 seconds to drop, wait for it, wait for it, NOW let go haliyard, nothing, sail doesn't move??????<br />
I am on the boom jumping off holding on to the sail, manage it down to the top spreaders, it will not come down any further?????? sail is now going berserk and making so much noise shaking the boat like a dog shakes a rag, I now have the whole beach full of hotel Guests watching this performance. Well what the hell, I tied as much of the sail to the boom, it now looks like a parachute and is having a similar effect on the boat! I go full throttle into the wind and round the corner into Rodney Bay, Full wind in my makeshift parachute allows me nearly 2 knts forward motion, quite good thinks me. Carried on to the channel then stopped to call the marina and arrange a berth, I sorely need one now.<br />
While stopped 2 friends have spotted me and came over in their dinghies to give me some help, John who I met in Antigua Classics last year was a volunteer boat herder, very fit, and Robin whose classic boat was damaged just after I was hit, we decided to anchor get sail down then go into marina. After anchor was down John swarmed up the mast undid the sail and it dropped down no problem. Block however would not move and is even now waiting for me to fix. We then lifted anchor again and I am now in the Marina D22 berth. Got the ships papers and went to clear customs, very very knackered, customs had gone home, went to nearest bar and bought a bucket of beer (5 Bottles) when gone got another one, then up to Bosuns bar ordered a beefburger and fries and another beer, back to the boat at 8pm eat burger and fries and crashed out doing a deck head survey!<br />
Roy <br />
<br />From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-79833208263504078252018-02-21T08:44:00.000-04:002018-02-21T09:02:01.764-04:00I go to Union Island- New year 2018----Part two of 3<span style="background-color: cyan;"><b>I go to Union Island- New year 2018</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: cyan;"><span style="background-color: white;">Susie went to Union Island day after boxing day, its only 8 miles away but north east of Carriacou. I was under instructions to get there come what may for New Years Eve celebrations, I left it to the last minute because of wind direction north east. On New Years EVE EVE weather was good to go, its only 8 miles away ! I hoisted the dingy up on the fore deck and lashed it down, I would go with just the mainsail up. I left Carriacou at 1000hrs doing approx 3 knts, I had all day to get there, weather was sunny and a was enjoying the lazy sail. Looking aft about 1400hrs I saw a huge dark black cloud engulfing Carriacou, serous squall, and as it was behind me I would miss it completely in the north east wind.......as I watched this cloud was overtaking me traveling north west opposite wind to what I was in......not forecast at all!.... I watched as it drew closer and closer, I could now not see anything behind it because of the white out rain under the darkest cloud I have ever seen. Wallop it got me.... must have been well over 40 kts of wind with horizontal rain, wind whipped up the sea blowing the tops of the waves off adding to the downpour, the boat was heeled so far over lee rail under water and now going away from Union Island very quickly, I was only 2.5 miles away when this happened. It lasted a good hour and a bit, I was now 3 miles from Union Island in the current and there was no way for me to tack back, I was going to miss the Island completely.....as time went on I knew I would have to start the engine to make it at all. But I couldn't start my lovely very reliable engine at all, even put the electric priming pump on didn't make any difference, I knew I was low on diesel fuel that combined with the tossing about I had just gone through had disturbed all the crud in the tank and the filter had blocked up. I had been telling Susie at anchor what was going on, so she organized a local fishing boat to come out and tow me in this took another hour and it was now going dark! as I was taking the sails down I noticed bits of broken painted wood scatted on the deck, after a short look round there in the bottom of my dingy was a huge hole, the waves had smashed and stoved in the floor. Fellow cruisers helped me anchor the boat, the wind was still viscous with very strong gusts, and about 2 hours later now pitch dark my anchour dragged and off I went heading for a very big luxury motor yacht! again fellow cruisers came to my rescue and herded me back in and I anchored again, thank the stars I had fitted that electric windless.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: cyan;"><span style="background-color: white;">I didn't dare leave the boat that night and although there was a party and B-B-Q on the beach I didn't go, one local guy came out and offered to take me to the beach I had to say no, he came back about 15 mins later with a huge plate of BBQ food for me Magic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: cyan;"><span style="background-color: white;"><u><b> </b></u>Susie had organized a powerful local boat to take us all to the town of Clifton for celebrating New Years, its a long way from</span></span><span style="background-color: cyan;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: cyan;"><span style="background-color: white;"> Chatham Bay against the big seas and wind, we went very fast into the waves doing I think maybe 20 + knts and arrived at Happy Island about 1600hrs, this island is the Kite Surfing Capital of the Caribbean! I counted about 20 kite surfers doing some amazing stunts, like coming at the dingy dock so fast in the calm shallow water of the reef and launching into the air between the dinghies like 2" away from them going over the bar and our heads turning and landing again in front of the dinghies shooting off at high speed away from us, wish I was a bit younger to have a go at that.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: cyan;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: cyan;"><span style="background-color: white;">After all that was over and quite a few beers we were taken to the town for the party time, it was all happening,we Partied Hard went to the town dock before midnight and watched the fireworks, a few more beers and about 0200hrs 1st January 2018 we were taken back to Chatham Bay, I was very drunk at the time!</span></span></span></span><br />
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From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-13390929339632194122018-02-21T07:10:00.001-04:002018-02-21T08:06:48.423-04:00Clarks Court Bay Grenada to Rodney Bay St Lucia-- Part One of 3Hi All,<br />
Guess what, I have internet on the boat ! and as long as I do it early before it slows down I can do a catch up.<br />
Just so everyone knows, the weather in the Caribbean has been very strange this year, the Xmas winds arrived as normal middle of December but from the North East instead of East, and they have been blowing very strong ever since, the dry season didn't happen and still hasn't happened. This has caused very big swells to keep building bigger and bigger, and this combined with winds over 20 knts from the north east has made it difficult to travel north from the south. Getting to St Lucia last time was a pain, but managed it in a small 2 day window.That was to pick up my new sails from Jerry Bethal in February.<br />
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I did make it to Carriacou for Xmas eve against wind and sea, 26 hr journey, and was invited for a champagne breakfast aboard 'Spirited Lady' Susie's boat on Xmas morning at 0830 hrs. I tootled over in my dingy at 0815 hrs with my unopened pressy and card from Lynne and Ken (sister & brother in law in UK), and armed with a bottle of wine. There was to be a first footing type celebration called a serenading afterwards were a group of cruisers and locals travel all over the island visiting many many places and peoples houses were food and drink are offered by locals, singing, dancing, drinking which goes on all day etc. etc. </div>
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Arriving at Susie's boat it was deserted, her dingy wasn't there, also no sign of her or her 2 dogs and the cat, they normally bark meow when they hear my outboard motor. So thinking she was ashore walking the dogs I went looking for her, its a long beach and I couldn't see her dingy on any of the small piers. I then waited for a bit watching her boat from the beach for her to return, nowt. So after 30 mins or so I got a bit concerned. It was now after 0900 hrs ! I Then did a search in my dingy the whole beach looking for hers as it might be pulled up the sand, no sign of it anywhere ! I then thought she might have carried on her Xmas eve party on someone else's boat. So I went all around the boats at anchor looking for her dingy. this took a good 30 minutes, time now was 1000 hrs ! and couldn't find it at all, having not found her dingy anywhere I was now getting very worried ! I then thought I would do one more search of the beach, if I couldn't find it I would call a 'May Day' emergency call on the VHF. for a missing person and dingy, she might have drifted out to sea ! I started at the boat yard end and spotted her dingy pulled out and at the entrance to the yard, I hadn't seen it the first time cause looking for it tied up. She had a friend staying in a cottage so I then assumed she hadn't made it back to her boat and had stayed there for the night, whew! As it was now obvious there was no breakfast going to happen it being 1015 I went back to my boat, opened my pressy and card and had a couple of slurps of wine to cheer myself up. I have to insert here every time I leave the boat I turn off the VHF radio to save battery power. </div>
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Having had my private Xmas morning party in the cockpit alone, I went down below at approx 1115hrs and switched the radio on to call Susie up as she must be back on board by now...No reply... called again.. the boat next to her answered and the Lady told me she had already gone ashore on the 'Serenading' around the island ! they had forgotten me ! The Lady then told me what had happened, Susie woke up about 1000 hrs and found her dingy gone ! she tried calling me but I was still looking for it, then someone told her it had been found drifting by a local fisherman and he had taken it to the boat yard and pulled it out. The Lady said she was such a lucky woman not to have lost it completely, by the time she got it back she was already late for the serenading and in the rush did call me but I was at that time in my cockpit no radio having a couple of drinky poo's. They then left and left me behind. So I stayed on the boat all day alone on Xmas Day.</div>
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<br />From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-71474755618862735952018-02-13T12:05:00.002-04:002018-02-13T12:05:23.531-04:00Catch up FebruaryHi all, sorry again for the big gap in my postings, all due by not getting internet.<br />
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I went to Union Island for New Year, Chatham Bay, that's another story that will have to wait in the telling,<br />
After that I had some more work to do back in Carriacou, repair a hole in the dinghies bottom.<br />
I then went to St Lucia to pick up my new sails. I had to then get back to Grenada for Sailing week which I had entered. Nearly didn't make it due to weather, It started on Jan 29 I got there on 27th. Had a great time good fun, it finished on 4th Feb.<br />
At anchor at St Georges was 'Nero' the boat I helped build in China! The Engineer was already here having left it 9 years ago, we quizzed the crew and found out 2 guys from China were still working on board, Electrical guy I handed the new boat too and the Engineer John handed over too! WoW! We had a reunion party in Port Louis Marina catching up on the last ten years.<br />
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I am now waiting for a weather window to go back to St Lucia<br />
Roy<br />
<br />From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-23956681890902331042017-12-27T12:00:00.001-04:002017-12-27T12:00:15.056-04:00Grenada to Carriacou (the saga of)Hi all,<br />
Well to make it to Tyrell Bay before Xmas I had to leave on the Thursday before. The weather though was not good. North East wind (on the nose) 15 - 20 knts of wind with a north east swell 6 + feet.<br />
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(day one)...I left anyway, bad move as I had a terrid hangover after saying 'ta ra' to everyone the day before !<br />
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First thing big jib went up, cleared the reef, then 10 mins later the port sheet fell off ! I can not sail on starb. tack without it ! boat was rolling so bad made it very hard to get it down. This done with fall all over the deck in a mess, went and started to put it back up, well with all the rolling the halyard had gone behind the spreader, the sail and hoisting block then went round the stay maybe 6 times while I got the fall back round the spreader ! sail would not now go up or down. It started flogging violently in the high wind and so I rolled and tied it up to the leech and stay. next sail up was little staysail, all lines now completely wrapped up with each other this took a long time. No way was the main going to go up, so motored gently round to St Georges, arriving as it got dark and anchored for the night.<br />
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(day two) At approx 02:30 a very strong squall swept across the bay and off I went out to sea dragging the anchor behind me! Boat missed hitting anything and I let it go until no boats behind me then let the chain go until the boat was stopped.<br />
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As soon as it was light, about 06:45 I started to get the jib down, that took till 09:00, then after making sure every rope was in the right place put up all sail and off I went again.<br />
After being on the hook since August, I had become so unfit for sailing, things stopped working, the big things took even longer to fix, I got very tied, boat bottom was so dirty boat would only do 5 knots max. I wasn't even heading for Carriacou but going NNE BY NORTH. Took all day and most of the night until level with Union Island, that was approx 03:00 (day three) I was then able to go South East and head Straight to Tyrell Bay. I arrived at 06:00 and on the hook at 07:00 at last.<br />
Made it !!!<br />
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<br />From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-23403079540832594272017-12-14T11:22:00.002-04:002017-12-14T11:22:21.606-04:00December 2017Hi Everyone,<br />
well the battery is still ok, but, the computer is getting more and more unreliable, even when battery is full, computer verifies this saying 100% available but it will not use the battery and switches itself off! back to less than square one, cause now I am back to using the on screen keyboard as approx 60% of the keys won't work any more????<br />
No pics today, I am getting the boat ready to start moving about again now that hurricane season is over. Going through my check list as I speak. 1) anchor chain was cleaned it took 5 days! so much marine growth, unbelievable! when above the anchor it took 2 + hours too break it out of the muddy bottom, approx 20 feet of chain and anchor were buried about 10 feet down ! boat never moved 1/2 an inch. 2) have a failed mast head lamp, and my steaming lamp and deck flood don't work they have to be next on list, then all the fiddly jobs, too many to mention here.<br />
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Itinerary is Carriacou to clear customs, will prob spend Xmas there, then St Lucia to pick up the new sails I'm having made, once that's done I can then think of computer, doubt very much if I will find the same model. Then back to Grenada for sailing week, we have started a classic class, and as second to commit will be doing that. Jud owner of 'Galatea' (1899) was first to start the ball rolling.<br />
I have a lot of pics to post when next I can.<br />
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All the very best for Xmas and New Year 2018 to all who check out and read my blog!<br />
Roy<br />
<br />From Roy aboard GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886062028194703969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230479212494783334.post-55051129138818144332017-10-22T13:22:00.001-03:002017-10-22T13:28:05.231-03:00Serious Update<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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I have been having usual trouble with internet here in Clark Courts
Bay, IE:- none! and again its a dingy ride to the nearest place where
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have managed to work out how to charge the battery separate from the
computer, so now when power goes out I no longer lose everything I
have written or used, as the battery takes over again, at long long
last! So thanks to Rowan for getting the new batt to me.</span></span></div>
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off 2 0f 52 pictures from a guy named Tim who took them at the
regatta in Carriacou, he met me here and gave me all of them. Also 2
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then decided I just had to address the fresh water tank bad smell
that has returned, even after all the work I did too it in St Martin.
I could not check the tank interior as there was no inspection hatch
fitted when I had it made, so I am to blame for that. It had to come
out then and have an inspection hatch retro fitted, that meant major
disruption to my blinking bed! Everything had to come out of the fwd
cabin and be put somewhere else! and of course there is nowhere else
to put it, so it was put everywhere else at complete random! Leaving
me a tiny space to live correction </span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">EXIST</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>October
2017</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">So
on Sunday morning 1</span></span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">st</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
October, I got a call from Susie on 'Spirited Lady'. Her crew to
help take her boat to Trinidad, for a booked haul out at 'Motor Boats
Marina' on Monday morning, had failed to turn up! I had said that if
that happened I would go with her instead. She had me signed on her
crew list and be her crew by lunch time! We then had a roast Sunday
lunch in 'Taffy's Bar' 'Woburn Bay' then back to her boat in 'Port
Louie Marina' in St Georges Harbour, to get the boat ready hoping to
leave at about 6 pm. We left closer to 7pm put the sails up and went
to Trinidad!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We
arrived approx 0930hrs Monday morning, the yard had the travel lift
ready and straight in, done and dusted on the hard by 1030hrs. I
spent a week there, and as Susie had hired a car she took the dogs
and me on a tour of the Islands North Coast and the beaches, Wow!
Following the pics of that.</span></span></div>
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