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by DaveWalsh
Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Kayaks would have stood NO chance
Replies: 1
Views: 2551

Re: Kayaks would have stood NO chance

Oh yes they would.
Knotman, see the way the wash pushed them away?
Same with kayaks. in deep water.
And anyway that is a teenchy weenchy iceberg?
I'll see yours and raise you .............
DW
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by DaveWalsh
Fri Sep 04, 2020 2:15 pm
Forum: Buy and Sell
Topic: Mukluks
Replies: 2
Views: 3290

Re: Mukluks

Sold. For the full asking price ..................

New proud owner lives in north county Wicklow ....................

DW
by DaveWalsh
Sun Aug 23, 2020 5:18 pm
Forum: Buy and Sell
Topic: Mukluks
Replies: 2
Views: 3290

Re: Mukluks

This Thermarest thing that makes a chair out of your mattress might be thrown in or form its own separate "sale" in same price range and Ts&Cs. Its the more complex kind where the mattress lives in it, a chair by day and a bed by night. I prefer the simpler type myself ............ DWa...
by DaveWalsh
Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:21 pm
Forum: Buy and Sell
Topic: Mukluks
Replies: 2
Views: 3290

Mukluks

Otherwise, essentially, fur lined wellies. The "must have" accessory for anyone with northbound ambitions for post-Covid. Never rallied or raced, used only by one careful owner on a couple of trips. Need only a new home, unless someone is prepared to pay, in which case a maximum price of o...
by DaveWalsh
Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Beeves Rock now in Oileain
Replies: 0
Views: 4632

Beeves Rock now in Oileain

Oileáin has received its 587th island thanks to WISKA members Brian, Ruth and Sinéad who guided me safely there from Crovraghan Pier on last Saturday a beautiful sunny day. In passing we also tidied up some information about Coney, Trummer, Doon and the mighty Canon friary. A great day out and thank...
by DaveWalsh
Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:35 am
Forum: General
Topic: Escaping the Madness by Paul Alexander
Replies: 0
Views: 5249

Escaping the Madness by Paul Alexander

I've just finished reading the above, a 2016 round Ireland adventure, well told, harum scarum, incidents and mistakes all told with astonishing frankness, the good days are in there too. Privately published you can I suppose email the author and take it from there. Paul Alexander pompeypaulireland A...
by DaveWalsh
Tue Feb 18, 2020 4:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ghost Ships
Replies: 1
Views: 3462

Re: Ghost Ships

A synopsis ...... MV Alta is neither the first, the last, nor even (by a country mile) the most interesting ghost ship to land up on the Irish coast, or maybe any coast. That accolade surely belongs to the Zorro Zaurre, a Spanish fishing vessel that was swamped, abandoned awash, and thought to have ...
by DaveWalsh
Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Ghost Ships
Replies: 1
Views: 3462

Ghost Ships

M.V. Alta has been splashed all over the newspapers as a remarkable "ghost ship" story but dedicated followers of Oileáin know only too well its in the halfpenny place beside the story from Roancarrigbeg on the Beara peninsula. Head for "www.oileain.org" and open "Oileáin&qu...
by DaveWalsh
Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: High Tides in Venice
Replies: 9
Views: 10475

Re: High Tides in Venice

Knotman, I still struggle. When the LWs get really low, should not the HWs also get really high? In Galway I have always operated off a simple enough formula that (ignoring extreme outliers) high HWs get to 5.6, low HWs only to 3.6 and the average is 4.6, while low LWs get to 0.1, high LWs only to 2...
by DaveWalsh
Sun Feb 09, 2020 5:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: High Tides in Venice
Replies: 9
Views: 10475

Re: High Tides in Venice

Knotman, There are big tides the next few days which we tend to associate with flooding (a HW 5.6m + sustained west winds as well, Galway beware), but the low waters are also very low including one LW 0.1m beloved of razor fishermen. Is that what we are seeing here, big tides going a long way out at...