tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post6206688950645520633..comments2024-03-25T12:56:50.867+00:00Comments on ROWING FOR PLEASURE: Punt gunning in Chichester HarbourChris Partridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-47610659464841889372010-01-22T22:59:43.955+00:002010-01-22T22:59:43.955+00:00Yippee! Yes please!Yippee! Yes please!Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-15432539514775873432010-01-22T22:58:29.406+00:002010-01-22T22:58:29.406+00:00PS. It was not the one at Itchenor, which looks li...PS. It was not the one at Itchenor, which looks like an extended Fireball!<br />This one was narrow and double-ended.<br /><br />A taster for an Ocean Pearl Sail can be endured at....<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpbc3ghTmZkNick Gatesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-78287417226908066582010-01-22T22:52:31.976+00:002010-01-22T22:52:31.976+00:00Hi Chris,
He was using the proper gun, which was i...Hi Chris,<br />He was using the proper gun, which was in his Landrover. The muzzle was hard on the windscreen and the butt was hard on the back door.....<br />I think he comes from Emsworth, but I havn't seen him since. I was suprised to see it 'in use'. It had an aft support for the gun on a screw thread which was operated by a fan belt running to an idler. The angle of the gun could be silently adjusted.......<br />It had remains of bood and feathers inside, an aluminium mast and modern sail for down wind. A notch in the stem carried a hemp rope which went aft to each side of the gun. This absorbed some of the recoil.<br /><br />Ocean Pearl will be back on her mooring around the end of March. This year I PROMISE to get you out for a sail!Nick Gatesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-11047464040396107272010-01-21T22:43:59.696+00:002010-01-21T22:43:59.696+00:00Brian - I have been meaning to post on the West Me...Brian - I have been meaning to post on the West Mersea Duck Punts, thanks for the reminder!<br />Peter - do send the pic over if you find it, it would be really interesting.<br />Nick - I spotted a duck punt at Itchenor a couple of years ago (see http://rowingforpleasure.blogspot.com/2008/04/chichester-duck-punt.html) but it seems to have disappeared. Was your guy using a traditional gun or a shotgun, which most American wildfowlers seem to use these days?<br />And when will Ocean Pearl get back on the water?Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-57434618525228046512010-01-21T22:14:04.253+00:002010-01-21T22:14:04.253+00:00Hi Chris,
I think there is still one punt active i...Hi Chris,<br />I think there is still one punt active in Chichester. Met man, punt and gun launching about 4 years ago on Christmas eve, off to get his Christmas lunch.......Nick Gatesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-27985280835971565602010-01-21T08:46:06.583+00:002010-01-21T08:46:06.583+00:00Showing my age, I remember a couple of duck punts ...Showing my age, I remember a couple of duck punts still in use from Emsworth, and I have a photo - to be located today ! - of them afloat, but without the guns mounted. I never actually saw the guns being fired. I hate to think of the tons of lead that must cover a lot of Chi Harbour. Even in France they have now banned lead shot as it was killing more birds by poisoning, rather than by direct hits, as has happened here re swans ingesting fishermen's weights.<br /><br />Peter_WPeter Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661843394098568452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-4736673330708517982010-01-20T19:16:47.659+00:002010-01-20T19:16:47.659+00:00Hi Chris, you may already have these links to the ...Hi Chris, you may already have these links to the West Mersea Duck Punts<br /><br />http://www.duckpunt.org.uk/<br /><br />and some nice pictures of the Duck Punts racing under oars and umder sail at the West Mersea Regatta.<br /><br />http://www.mersearegatta.org.uk/cobmarsh.htm<br /><br />It's great that plans are now becoming available for thse Duck Punts.<br /><br />BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com