Wildlife
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Topic: Wildlife
Posted By: Rob.e
Subject: Wildlife
Date Posted: 17 Feb 07 at 8:28pm
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Unashamedly nicked from HISC website, taken by one of the girls in the office, Sydney the Seal:
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Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 19 Feb 07 at 1:31pm
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we had a seal in hill head haven once now i have to find a picture ------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |
Posted By: allanorton
Date Posted: 19 Feb 07 at 2:48pm
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Basking sharks at Porthpean sailing club, Cornwall, early last July. ------------- |
Posted By: radixon
Date Posted: 19 Feb 07 at 5:51pm
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I'll try and dig out pictures from the Blackwater. I know of a sailing club where the seals sit on the moored Day Boats!!
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Posted By: damp_freddie
Date Posted: 02 Mar 07 at 10:36pm
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A bloke told me that he "tacked" a basking shark into an enterrpise fleet at prestwick in the 1970s........shouting "shark" as it followed their foils into the slow moving race...
fishy tale that one.....but you do get basking sharks in the firth of clyde |
Posted By: Helz
Date Posted: 06 Mar 07 at 9:44pm
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I havn't seen basking sharks in the north sea but we have been known for many wales to get beached and loads of seals to be swimming around. Whats better though, I was sailing in the Canarie Islands and dolphins were jumping around the boat and a giant turtle swan by, it was amaizing ------------- luv Helz |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 06 Mar 07 at 10:33pm
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I Remember being 'buzzed' by a school of dolphins in the Thames estuary (off Herne Bay) whilst moving a race mark during the Albacore Worlds in the late eighties and a few years later having a game 'peepo' with a seal whilst rowing out to the committee boat. ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 9:31am
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we get dolphins here all the time, also lots of fish,jellyfish and sharks. last year i saw a bull shark jump up out of the water and spalsh back down on its side. pretty cool.good game for the summer out here is go out for a sail in the harbour and see how many jellyfish you can collect on your centerboard by the time you come back in. ------------- |
Posted By: Calum_Reid
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 9:50am
Just to prove that Scotland is inhabitable for wildlife at this time of year. Some pics I took (on my phone sorry about quality) as we motored out of Rhu Marina in our departement yacht yesterday.
And on the way back in 
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Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 3:48pm
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thats a lot of seal ------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |
Posted By: lozza
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 3:57pm
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No so nice when you sail into them at helensburgh though!!! Happened to my old man last year in his contender - broke the board rope and almost ripped the rudder off. Seal seemed a bit discontented too ------------- Life's a reach, then you gybe |
Posted By: Andrewst
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 5:34pm
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Dave the Dolphin
Seen most of last year off Folkestone, Kent |
Posted By: Helz
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 5:42pm
kl, i luv animals. I think the wildest thing i've seen while sailing is my helm - he a total ledgend. ------------- luv Helz |
Posted By: Contender 541
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 8:18pm
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I think she just said Cool, I love animals. I think the wildest thing I have seen whilst sailing is my helm - he is a total legend
Damn - did not resist the temptation. Sorry guys ------------- When you find a big kettle of crazy it's probably best not to stir it - Pointy Haired Boss Crew on 505 8780 |
Posted By: Pierre
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 8:47pm
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Good man, carry on
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Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 8:52pm
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I've seen worse...
------------- MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
Posted By: Contender 541
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 8:55pm
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I know, we all have - but there are standards you know ------------- When you find a big kettle of crazy it's probably best not to stir it - Pointy Haired Boss Crew on 505 8780 |
Posted By: les5269
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 9:14pm
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I'm afraid the only wildlife we get are irate fisherman when we nick their lines !
*edit because I just realised I can't spell! ------------- 49er 531 & 5000 5025 and a mirror(now gone to mirror heaven)! http://www.grafham.org/" rel="nofollow - Grafham water Sailing Club The greatest inland sailing in the country |
Posted By: Contender 541
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 9:49pm
Try being the one who corrects everyone else! E.G. Where should the ' go in corrects?? You may not know, I may not know, but someone will and will tell you, which is why the reply should read Try being the person who influences others ------------- When you find a big kettle of crazy it's probably best not to stir it - Pointy Haired Boss Crew on 505 8780 |
Posted By: English Dave
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 10:56pm
Sometimes I swim under an assumed name! ------------- English Dave http://www.ballyholme.com - Ballyholme Yacht Club (You'd think I'd be better at it by now) Hurricane 5.9 SX RS700 |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 08 Mar 07 at 11:59pm
You've got your job cut out with our new friend; her spelling mistakes are bigger than her (sorry Helz, it's cheap I know, but your sharp public-school wit will find a suitable cutting reply, I'm sure) ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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.Posted By: Contender 541
Date Posted: 09 Mar 07 at 7:58am
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I admire anyone who is brave / stupid enough to stick there head above the parapet, but do expect to be shot at - especially if you start shooting first ------------- When you find a big kettle of crazy it's probably best not to stir it - Pointy Haired Boss Crew on 505 8780 |
Posted By: Helz
Date Posted: 13 Mar 07 at 8:33pm
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I can cope with having my spelling and gramatical errors corrected. It is good for me I might actualy learn something useful rather than apsoluty useful peices of information such as how to work out a break even point or find out if a coastline is concordant or discordant. ------------- luv Helz |
Posted By: vscott
Date Posted: 14 Mar 07 at 4:34pm
Bravo!  ------------- Mk IV Osprey 1314 Think Again 
Kielder Water Sailing Club |
Posted By: scottish_tornad
Date Posted: 15 Mar 07 at 8:07pm
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Didn't a basking shark bring a RS800 to an abrupt stop at Prestwick in 2005? Have seen Dolphins within arms reach at Stonehaven sailing out to the race course on the 5.9 a couple of years ago and plenty of seals at my home club Dalgety Bay SC ------------- tornado GBR389 www.dalgetybaysc.org/home.htm |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 22 Mar 07 at 10:38am
I'm sure all you contender sailors are well aware that Looe - venue for this year's nationals - is the shark fishing capital of the UK! Can we have protective nets like they had in Sydney for the 2000 games pretty please ? |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 22 Mar 07 at 11:26am
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That's a good idea - Looe needs to do something to protect the sharks. ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 22 Mar 07 at 4:00pm
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im sure you wont be a problem for them bns, hows the contender going at the moment? been out in it lately or are you still crewing the 4tonner? ------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 22 Mar 07 at 4:23pm
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I remember one memorable Scorpion nationals at Sidmouth. Busy planing along on a tight reach (no kite, it was blowing 25-30kts) and a school of dolphins decided to swim through and around the fleet. Was one of those truly magical moments see a dolphon swin within inches of the boat....well it was until the helm started hollering at me to hike out harder (slave driver she was). ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |