Rogues Gallery, (The Crew). |
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The Working Sailing Team, with whose help I am very grateful. This page started of as a bit of a joke, but as they have all contributed and are are still helping out I feel there photographs require recoginition, as there are always ready to dirty there hands when required.
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We have those who like to work on the boats, we have those who like to sail and fish on the boats, and those who like to give their expert advice. This gallery is those who have helped in the repair, and in the modifications, the advice, and the pleasure of there company in the sailing of the Ballerina Yacht “ceirastar”.
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Click on the photos to view in a seperate browser.
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Ronnie
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If anything goes wrong, we always blame the Ronnie. Just don’t ask him to shove his finger anywhere. .
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Peter
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Peter is the owner of the Vivacity.
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Drew
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Our ex-quartermaster now our safety man. Although he takes a good photo, he hates picture taken.
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Gordon
Myself
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Myself of course, up to the elbows in and taking on to much as usual.
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Jimmy
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Drew, Dave and Ronnie
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Jimmy is our quarter master, landlord and all round good guy, whose support has been invaluable.
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Andy
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Andy helps out regularly when he is not windsurfing
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Dangerous Dave
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Robert Dorrans
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Dangerous Dave. One time Scottish football star, and all round expert, enough said.
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Ian
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Wee Graham
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Ian is the newest member of the of the team, and worked hard this winter. He is also an expert on malt whisky’s, so a very very valuable member.
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Colin
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Pat &
John Green
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Colin, the ex-mechanic and micro-light pilot, continually trying to chill out.
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Stevie
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Stevie, our off-shore rigger, owner of a 225 HP Bayliner.
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Gary
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Callum
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Gary and his boy Callum, normally prefer their jetski or Bayliner, but still enjoys the sailing.
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Louisa and Wendy
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Sean
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Louisa and Wendy and Sean are never far from the water. There boat has a 130 HP engine.
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The Gallery
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Martin & Family
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The audience, or gallery, always there to egg us on, or so they say.
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James
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James is the owner of this 20 foot bilge Keel Yacht.
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The boys in the middle of winter, too cold to work, but not for a half.
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Christine
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Christine and Star, the wife and GSD, without whose support, would not let us out to play.
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Young Alan,
Ronnie’s Boy
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The Dogs
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Star, Ceira and Blue, Alsatians, were not short off, and there is more of them.
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Gordon Sprott
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Gordon is a nurse who now resides in London, but who enjoys the fishing and sailing in Scotland.
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Cameron
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Raymond
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My brother Cameron who love out in the boats. Raymond also, you can just make him out.
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Craig
My wee boy.
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The Role of the Crew. |
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A good crew are worth their weight in gold. The most important qualities are a positive attitude, a sense of humour, and we have plenty of that, along with the ability to get on with each other, both while sailing the yacht and when we are doing repairs. If the crew also has good sailing or navigation skills, the skipper can consider himself fortunate.
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I am fortunate, my crew are involved in the boat's management and passage planning, and I do listen to their opinions. Unfortunately, the crew must remember, however, that a vessel at sea might appear to be a democratic environment but ultimately the skipper is in charge and must make the final decisions.
This can be difficult, but to date I have had few causes for concern. The worse I have experienced was when I was in a speed boat and the engine got stuck on full throttle, and it would not disable and I could not let go of the steering as we were in dangerous waters. It took a lot of shouting above the engine to disable the engine. Fortunately no harm was done, but the boat was full of people, including the mother in law and two kids.
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