Tuesday at 18:081 day Opened fire with "warning shots" towards British yacht.British and French vessels responding together with a helicopter. Russia typically given a bullshit reason for it, but this is a heck of an escalation.
Tuesday at 18:311 day Author If it does it again, then it's next mission should be sightseeing for wrecks on the bottom. 😀
Tuesday at 18:381 day Maybe they could take a few dinghies out If they're pissing around out there for a bit.
Tuesday at 19:061 day 32 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:If it does it again, then it's next mission should be sightseeing for wrecks on the bottom. 😀Alice Roberts on the TV in the corner of the room just said there are 40,000 shipwrecks around the British coast... 40,001 soon if those Ivans don't watch out
Tuesday at 19:311 day 7 minutes ago, Sweep said:Have we sent it top sailor, @Spider down to sort it out?We don't know it wasn't him they were firing at
Tuesday at 19:331 day Author 1 minute ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:We don't know it wasn't him they were firing atExactly!
Tuesday at 21:221 day 1 hour ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:We don't know it wasn't him they were firing atfingers crossed.
Tuesday at 21:241 day The boats in La Rochelle at the minute so it would take about 4 days to get back to the Solent.This is clearly just some posturing by bored Russian sailors
Yesterday at 07:381 day 10 hours ago, Spider said:The boats in La Rochelle at the minute so it would take about 4 days to get back to the Solent.This is clearly just some posturing by bored Russian sailorsPissed off at losing one of the tankers they were supposed to be escorting ☹️
Yesterday at 08:131 day 10 hours ago, Spider said:The boats in La Rochelle at the minute so it would take about 4 days to get back to the Solent.An hour and a bit up the road from us.If you ever sail it up the estuary to Bordeaux you'll pass our house.
Yesterday at 14:451 day 6 hours ago, wakey said:An hour and a bit up the road from us.If you ever sail it up the estuary to Bordeaux you'll pass our house.Plan was to go to Bordeaux but the tidal changes are really dramatic down there and it’s a bit of a bastard on a spring tide, gets really choppy.Might give it a go but will depend on timings.Might be best if I don’t because if I head off to St Emilion I might never return 🍷
Yesterday at 17:341 day Just hope you don’t get a low pressure system combined with a spring tide. I’ll keep an eye out for you from the Bembridge Coast Guard station as you return to the Solent. 🫡
19 hours ago19 hr 7 hours ago, Spider said:Plan was to go to Bordeaux but the tidal changes are really dramatic down there and it’s a bit of a bastard on a spring tide, gets really choppy.Might give it a go but will depend on timings.Might be best if I don’t because if I head off to St Emilion I might never return 🍷Not been to St Emilion yet (and don't do wine!) but Bordeaux is a fantastic city for a day or two stopover.Some nice little ports on the way down too.
10 hours ago10 hr 13 hours ago, White on Tyne said:Just hope you don’t get a low pressure system combined with a spring tide. I’ll keep an eye out for you from the Bembridge Coast Guard station as you return to the Solent. 🫡Posh round there….
1 hour ago1 hr On 17/06/2026 at 15:45, Spider said:Plan was to go to Bordeaux but the tidal changes are really dramatic down there and it’s a bit of a bastard on a spring tide, gets really choppy.Might give it a go but will depend on timings.Might be best if I don’t because if I head off to St Emilion I might never return 🍷You still bringing Afghans in at 5k a pop?
Opened fire with "warning shots" towards British yacht.
British and French vessels responding together with a helicopter.
Russia typically given a bullshit reason for it, but this is a heck of an escalation.