Wencombe /Kingsbridge Regis/Louville Lane

[JimG]

Just thinking about what happens at my sailing club, I think we moor to a buoy or anchor, but tie up to a jetty. I will have to ask the next time I'm up.

Jim.

 

[Phil.c]

Nice touch with the "Parking" rings and tyres. I think a little more weathering on the white parts of the boats and red lorry and that area would add icing to the cake.

Phil

 

[Alan]

Not sure where you sail Jim, but I was basing the small boat moorings I have of Mevagissey and Phil's photos of Dartmouth on the page before this (post 804)

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

I think we moor to a buoy or anchor, but tie up to a jetty.

Probably correct, I know when I go sailing with my neighbour around the west coast of Scotland we moor to a bouy. I've never heard him referring to tying up to a jetty or harbour wall. More than likely I wasn't consciously listening - too busy ready to leap from the yacht to the jetty with the mooring line.

 

[Alan]

These are pictures from Mevagissey where small (rowing type boats and small inshore fishing boats are moored bows to the quay wall and sterns outwards. The buoy in their case has been lifted onto the aft deck.
Forgive the faint fuzziness on the 1st photo it's just a small area of the original photo




Indeed as you can see in the 1st photo even yachts were moored this way. It's a way of getting more boats in. Mind you it must be a nightmare coming in andd making sure one doesn't get ones prop wrapped round the buoy chain or cable.

 

[JasonBz]

Nice pictures of Mevva there (and Dartmouth too of course !)

Up to the harbour wall, thats the natural way to moor boats, mooring buoys are for yachts and visitor type vessels - and they are moved about quite often.
One approaches them with care on either the auxiliary or floating

 

[Alan]

Just for a change rather than carrying on messing about with boats (to slightly misquote Ratty) I actually ran a train. The early morning goods behind D6331.

 

[Alan]

Back to the boats and another one now securely moored. This time Hero an old fishing boat now used as a houseboat by a local artist.





You may also noticed that Bachmann boat in the background has now had its registration changed and is now a Dartmouth boat, called Blue Mist. I need to some more work on her before mooring her securely.

 

[Phil.c]

Looking good and dirty, just curious, how does the artist get on and off the boat?

Phil

 

[Alan]

The next part of the morning sequence.

After dealing with the Goods D6331 toddles of to the carriage sidings to get the coaches for the Manchester train.





Meanwhile Sprightly is arriving with the Newton Abbot local as D6331 has left the coaches in the main platform.





After the passengers have dis embarked Sprightly runs round its train and attaches itself on the front of the Manchester train.





after that move has been completed D6331 moves across and reverses its coaches which will for the return stopper to Newton.

 

[Alan]

Phil, there is a ladder between the two taller mooring posts near the wheel house, and also a gang plank is being constructed.

 

[Alan]

Sprightly leaves leaving D6331

 

[Alan]

Having crossed the Manchester train at Wencombe the Exeter train arrives at Kingsbridge.







The next departure will be D6331 returning to Newton

 

[Alan]

Apart from general clutter on the harbour side all boats are now fixed, from the smallest to the largest.

the smallest on the slipway



The largest



and the harbour scene

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Nice work on the Harbour scene Alan .

Just need a few gulls now....

 

[Alan]

Your right there Dave, it's unfortunate that most of the Langley ones look a bit odd. I think I'd have to play around with them to make them look real.

 

[Phil.c]

Now it's come together...as mentioned, some good scale seagulls and a few people

Phil

 

[Alan]

a yea people, I have a box of them. However I sometimes think that one can put too many people on a layout. The time period is early season June-ish. So not a great many holiday makers around, although there will be a few fishermen on the harbour.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

However I sometimes think that one can put too many people on a layout.

Too true, it's okay if you are modelling a commuter line and I tend to find 'Pompeii' action poses rather amusing.

I usually have a handful of people on layouts at the most but keep it down to two or three - it's just about keeping the right balance. Your photograph looks like a Sunday morning.

It has been good following your progress on the layout and I bet there's plenty more to do .

 

[Phil.c]

As I mentioned, a "few" people, but they have to be placed right......that's easy as you have a thousand options

Maybe someone on a boat tidying up.....for some reason one doesn't usually see this with model railways....and just a couple more as it seems to be a Sunday morning

Phil