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• Tug Finals at Wicksteed Park: September 15, 2007 - September 16, 2007

[Colin Bishop]

And some more...

[ministeve]

the pics are great but i hope all boats will be ok after a good dryout who won the day? any more pics

[Colin Bishop]

I'll post some tomorrow - long drive back!

[Martin (Admin)]

Look like Tugboat ken has to relinquish his crown!   

[BB STE]

HI EVERYBODY
                         FIRST OF ALL A VERY BIG THANK-YOU TO ALL THAT CAME TO THE FINALSTHIS WEEK-END, ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZING TEAM  . SATURDAYS SHIPHANDLING COMP' AS YOU CAN SEE FROM PHOTOS, WHAT A BRILLIANT DAYS SUNSHINE, SOME OF THE BEST TUGS DOING THE BUISNESS , A GOOD MIX OF SEASONED TUGGERS AND NEWCOMERS, BUT MOST OF ALL SOME OF THE BEST PEPOLE AND FREINDS TO SPEND THE DAY WITH  .
WELL DONE TO THE ESSEX LADS, I'M GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT, HAVE YOU MANAGED TO FIX ALL THE BITS THAT BROKE OFF  .
SUNDAY WAS VERY DIFFERENT STRONG WIND BLOWING UP THE LAKE MADE CONDITIONS QUITE DIFFICULT AS YOU CAN SEE SOME SINKINGS TOOK PLACE  :( BUT WERE SALVAGED  :) WELL DONE TO ALL GETTING ROUND THE COURSE AND TO ALL THE WINNERS  .
                    CHEERS FOR NOW STEVE J    AND KATH  H

[Colin Bishop]

Here's some of the majority that survived unscathed, some very nice boats to be seen.

[Tug-Kenny RIP]

Look like Tugboat ken has to relinquish his crown!   

Sad but true.

What dramatic photo's, guys.   I know how you must feel.

The good news, of course is the recovery of your craft afterwards.  They do seem to be resilient and tend Not to have any lasting effects of their submersion.

All the best


Kenny

[BB STE]

HI COLIN
           VERY GLAD YOU ENJOYED YOURSELF, YES THERE WERE SOME VERY NICE BOATS, GOOD PHOTOS AS WELL  
 THANKS STEVE J AND KATH

[BB STE]

HI JOHN
           SUPER SHOTS, STEVE JONES'S (WIRREL) ALEXANDREA LOOKS SUPERB GOOD PHOTO OF TOP TUG  .
           DO YOU THINK MARK WAS PRAYING FOR A CLEAN RUN ? 
              CHEERS STEVE J

[Colin Bishop]

Kenny,

My Reculver tramp steamer was almost one of the casualties as well, the after well deck was awash by the time I got her to the bank and when I opened her up she was half full of water including a submerged Maplins speed controller. I dried her out overnight and found that everything worked except the RX which is an old Futaba M series and I had a spare one of those. The RX had some water in it so it might return to life now that I've opened it up and run the hair dryer over it. Normally the boat is a good seakeeper but the wind was laying her over right on her side with the boat deck submerged. She is only 4 inches wide anyway!

[Made it to 80 (25p Richer now)]

And just to prove how heavy the weather was here are a couple more of her

[Ghost in the shell]

that would have been TOO rough for Celestia or Gemini, and Yamato well forget it, waves that high would be riding over her turrets. in that respect im glad I sailed where i did this weekend.

[Made it to 80 (25p Richer now)]

And a few pics of the mini ships (bath time fun ) at Wicksteed Park

[Colin Bishop]

Thanks for that Bob - could you send me the originals - I'll PM you my email. It was even worse than it looked from the blunt end of the aerial then!

Colin

[poll]

   Hi Guys,  Some more tugs from the Saturday towing.

   Regards

   John

[bigford]

hey pics!! whos happy hunter is that in the last two pics???
just wondering if that is at the proper water line ??

[poll]

    Hi Big ford,  Yes that is it's water line,You can just see the brown showing.

    Regards

    John.                           POLL