mutley is being sold on

mutley is being sold on by its new owner after the deck was repaired
it is available on apollo duck for double what i sold it. beware the description is not true about how old the sails and tramp are !!

making a fast buck i think

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mutley's departure 16th april 2010

at about 11am today mutley left swanage heading off to sunny cornwall, the home of the cornish pastie.
we managed to get him on the trailer and he was well behaved, we got the mast down no problem and everything went really smoothly apart from the tyre on the drivers side. after pumping spray foam into it overnight and then driving down in the early hours to avoid traffic, the valve on the wheell didnt like mutleys weight and started to protest. when richard the buyer was strapping on something underneath he spotted.........guess what..........a spare wheel and tyre. yippee i proceeded to change the wheel and we were all relieved.
i must admit i was  alittle sad after i seen mutley leave and thought what a good boat he was. a little love and care to the port hull and a few tidy ups and mutley will be cutting up the waves again pretty soon im sure.

this is the last post on this blog, thank you for reading.  

mutley has been sold

well i never thought i would actually get a buyer or that i would sell mutley.

i advertised him sunday on apollo duck and had a reply the same evening.

hopefully the transaction will go thru ok

more to follow

Spring series 3

Did not sail, launch wheels were out of adjustment and had to be taken home to be sorted.wind was not as predicted and was reasonably fresh early morning N.E wind.

10th april 2010

weather for the weekend was predicted to be nice and sunny and an easterly wind.

when we launched we decided to go off in the poole bar bouy direction as richard had never been there before. when we wee almost out of the bay the wind dropped and the sea was like a mirror.

we had a joke about and i said well the wind is picking up in the afternoon. we eventually got back into the bay and close to shore. we hailed a speedboat over and asked for a tow to the pier, they kindly obliged and we had a good chat to them whilst being towed. when they released us there was a bit more wind, and after we packed the boat away the wind filled in, typical. i did say it would in the afternoon and i was right.

after having problems with the launch wheels i decided eventually not to sail on the sunday. however i did stop overnight and see the sunrise over the isle of wight early morning.

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4th april 2010

SPRING SERIES 2

didnt sail due to gusty winds predicted, wasnt happy to sail with richard as we hadn't had enough pratice

Spring series 1

TEAM 4 SAFTY DUTY

The Opener 2010

the wind forcast was all over the place for the week leading upto the race, on the day the wind was light. richard my new crew was keen to sail and so was i.

we launched at 10 am and got a good bit of pratice in prior to what was going to be a short race (42 mins) we praticed our tacks and gybes so richard knew what to expect on mutley as it was only his 2nd trip on the boat.

a postponment and a very slow start didnt do us much favours, we followed the spitfire thinking he knew something we didnt. we went over the line very late but picked our way thru the fleet well by the time we had gone well right on the course. most of the race was fought against bill in albacore 8001, we had to run a longer course downwind and lost out every time.

we finished in one piece and saw that we had only raced for 42 mins ??

we ended up last on handicap BUT WHO CARES !! we had great fun.

in the evening the opener supper was well attended and we had a good meal.

17th JAN 2010 FIRST SAIL

today i finally managed to get own to swanage and get out on mutly. the road was a bit slippy near bere regis after i almost came to grief with the back end sliding out and then back the opposite way, luckily recovered it but a close call.
today i met with richard for the first time and found him very pleasant and keen.
after showing him the ropes and a few things on the boat we launched, the weather was sunny and wind about 10 knts. about 5 cats turned out all dart 18's. mike cemm, greg& mike , mark & desney
martin and louise and ourselves.
we basically went around marks in the bay all starting together, it was all informal and i wasnt really sure where we were going. it was a good time for me to get rich upto speed and he did really well. i dont think we will have any problems for the season, lots of fine tunning will help us gel to gether very well.
the 2010 season has been messed up already thanks to work. this year it looks as i might have to do the thursday series only and see what luck comes my way with the rest due to a job change and rostered shift hours at work.
hey ho never mind, i have a plan b but that may take till mid season to work if at all.