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The approaching menace
On 2013-10-29 14:25:19 +0000, Martin said:
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:04:38 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 2013-10-29 11:51:27 +0000, David Rance said: snip Well, as you can see from the sig, we got back to Reading safely. The crossing was a bit bumpy but nothing worse than we have experienced on a number of occasions in the past. And, as we approached Portsmouth at around 7 p.m. yesterday evening, the wind had dropped almost completely. The ferry was packed as Brittany Ferries had cancelled a sailing (a fastcat) from Cherbourg and we had all their passengers as well. Heard on the news this morning that parts of the outskirts of Reading were without power but they didn't specify where. Wasn't us! David Glad to hear you're safely - and comfortably - back on dry land! The cats won't go if it's lumpy because they just can't handle it. The wave height limit on Harwich Hoek High Speed Catamaran Endeavour ferry was 4 or 5 metres. It was more than that on the North Sea far too often, so they transferred it to the Irish Sea. That was the end of us being able to take our car to England in 3.5 hours. The catamaran ferry from Ostend to Ramsgate was stopped for the same reason. Endeavour had bits of GRP knocked off by large waves. It also lost two cars and a large truck carrying tonnes of fish and the cargo door, when Endeavour accelerated at the start of a crossing. Somebody didn't chain down the truck and the driver left the truck in neutral with the hand brake off. There were fish washed up on beaches. Endeavour uses diesel engines to leave port and switches to gas turbine engines for the crossing. The sun is out here, there's a gentle breeze and it's a really lovely day! Matthew has gone sailing but probably only within the length of the Dart! The cats from Poole/Weymouth to the CIs run all summer, except in very rough weather but they stop in winter. Then it's the long 8 hours to Portsmouth. We tend to avoid that one! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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