YOBs Adrift

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:59 pm

I have just returned from a delightful ten days sailing with some newly hatched YOBs. Organised largely by Christian Collins (ex Grecians East) and Jonathan (in limbo between Peele A and Grecians West), some seven of us set off for Brittany at midnight following a barbeque on a deserted moonlit beach. As we sailed along the Breton coast, the sun shone, the sea sparkled, basking sharks basked and the skin peeled off our noses while the spinnaker set in a gorgeous fecund curve.

Moules and crepes were consumed at Trebeurden, rowing tests raged around the red rocks of Ploumanac'h, and anchor watches were set under the stars at the I. de BrÃ©hat. In St Peter Port, Charlotte Gray (she of the Schola Cantorum) entertained at a Karaoke bar while, on our return to Flushing, she teamed up with Alexandra Murr to come last in the ladies bathtub race despite cries of "Come on, Housie!" from the shore.

Olivia Bartleet climbed atop the sixty foot mast in mid-Channel amidst a rising sea while Christian Collins carried off the accolade for the best galley chef. As chief steward and counsellor, Alexandra produced suitable refreshment at opportune moments for skipper and crew alike. Jonathan, first mate and entertainments officer, taught knots and navigation by day and showed films by night. Charlotte claimed that she had at last discovered the real purpose of buoys. (Sp???!)

When someone teaches me how to place pictures (or video?) on the forum without troubling Julian I will do so.

PS Fired by their experiences, Christian and Alexandra are shortly off to Lisbon to join a delivery crew sailing a super yacht from there to the Hebrides.

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:01 pm

WOW!!! Sounds absolutely wonderful!! (apart from the moules!!

)

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:16 pm

Jonathan has posted a couple of videos elsewhere; the first is of himself, Alexandra, Charlotte and William (a friend of Jonathan's from Cornwall who sailed with us) attempting to sing "Will your Anchor hold?" at a lifeboat service on Fowey Town Quay ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPLM2uvUt2E ) while the second is of a Wind Dance by Blues past and present on St Anthony's beach prior to departure for Trebeurden ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk8dHynJZIY ).

He tells me he has also posted some pictures on his Bebo site ( http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.jsp?P ... 1467922558 )

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:17 am

Sounds a great experience for one and all. Did you see more sea life than other years? We are seeing far more dolphins than most years in Cardigan Bay.

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:51 am

Sounds like great fun!

Post by **jtaylor** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:08 pm

I'd be happy to host some photos - just email them to admin@chforum.info

Send biggest size you've got, and I'll shrink them down for thumbnails on the forum!

J

midget · Post by **midget** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:49 pm

DBTS your lyrical description should be set to music! (and you obviously have dancers and singers already lined up). Sounds as though a great time was had by all

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:50 pm

Ruth has inspired me to try pics - so here we go!

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The Crew

Olivia Bartleet points the way to France

Christian Collins concentrates among the rocks at Ploumanac'h

The afterguard showing off on the swim platform

Skipper and crew on the beach

Alex Murr and Olivia Bartleet steer an erratic course

Evening at anchor

Hooray!

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:11 pm

you need to take the square brackets away from the link itself

it should go - read square brackets for round ones:

(img)http:.........(/img)

not

(img)(http:.........)(/img)

sorry to confuse by useing wrong brackets but i didn't want it to think my typing was link...!

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:13 pm

yeah - tried that as above. must be the aol worms!

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:16 pm

probably!

without wanting to divert this thread, it was so good, how about trying the website given in the sticky topic? photobucket.com

it just worked for me

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:17 pm

ok! we can always ask for these posts to be removed later.

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:19 pm

DavebytheSea wrote:Ruth has inspired me to try pics - so here we go!

So what is wrong here?

The picture was there when you first posted because I looked at it

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:21 pm

no it wasn't! i didn't get to see

one time i looked at the page i saw a link

then it went back to text

hmmm

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:22 pm

Ruthie-Baby wrote:no it wasn't!

I saw a picture of DBTS (I assume) sitting round a table with 4 or 5 girls and 1 (I think) lad