Absolute Beginner - Please help!

What a shame your idea of a learners' flag has petered out; it's the best idea I've heard for ages. A whacking great white flag at least three yards with a big L in the centre should do. You could just hoist the code-flag for Lima, but it means something else and some of us are too rusty to remember the alphabet.

Sorry, no disrespect intended, but I've had so much damage from other craft that I'm getting crotchety(er)
 
Steve,

given your additional replies, I reckon for this occasion charter is deffinetly the best bet. how about this for a plan:

google something like "yacht charter Skippered + location of your choice" e.g. Cornwall, spain etc.

I found this http://www.swanyachtcharter.co.uk/sun_odyssey.html very quickly as an example, £1500 for the weekend inc skipper.

tell them what you're planning, and that you want to sail to a quiet anchorage where the skipper can go ashore for a couple of hours. this means you will drop anchor in a bay of some descripton, and the skip will leave by inflatable dingy for x time.

you do the kneeling bit, spend the rest of the weekend having a blast sailing, get hooked, do you competent crew course, build on your experience by going out with various friends, eventually decide to invest in your own boat and cruise of into the sunset...

I'm glad I'm not the only romantic chap left on the planet!

in the short term I think you would find this to be the cheapest and most enjoyable thing to do. Boat ownership is a huge commitment that will drain your cash, time and energy in vast quantities(comparable to the kneeling thing?!)

at the end of the charter all you have lost is the £1500, you have no commitment to show any other interest ever again, as opposed to going and buying a boat...
 
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Most women do not appreciate being soaked and frozen, or scared half to death in a force 7

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Or men either, if they are honest!
 
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Most women do not appreciate being soaked and frozen, or scared half to death in a force 7

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Or men either, if they are honest!

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That would suggest there is another way, which is just plain silly. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Bear in mind that if you want the sun to go down behind the sea horizon, then you will either need to be on the West coast, or quite a long way out on the other coasts - possibly too far to anchor, and certainly too far to expect the skipper to row away in an inflatable!
 
a) Decide Power or Sail

b) Look through back of mags for Sea School / Charter companys and decide where you want to charter / crew for a long weekend.... along with others.

c) Decide if you like it ... and she likes it ? after charter.

d) Do a practical course with a recc'd Sea School ... ie Practical Crew etc.

e) Review again whether you like it.

f) Go join a local club or club where you want to sail.

g) Look at boats they have ... and decide which you like ...

h) make known and put on club board offer to crew.

Rest is as you make it ... and NEVER think you know all the answers - not even the best of best knows all the answers ....
 
Those of us who are a tad 'old in the tooth' will remember the song 'I'd like to get you on a slow boat to China all by myself alone'. See you're not the first with that idea!
 
Sorry I have taken so long to reply but everything is now entirely ruined - I am completely distraught.

I had just posted my own reply and chose to go and take a shower while I waited for more responses. I stupidly left the thread open on the screen and when Joan came back from work earlier than usual it was first thing she saw.

Not only has the surprise been ruined but she now knows I was going to propose. We’ve just had a little argument where amongst many other things she said that there was no way I would have got her on “one of those boats” and that for me to even think of proposing to her on a boat means that it’s unlikely we are ready for marriage.

Joan is out at the moment so I thought I should post this quickly to prevent anyone wasting their time trying to help me out.

Thank you all for your very informative replies, you were more helpful than I could have ever imagined. I doubt I’ll be back on this forum anytime soon.

Thanks again

Steven Reynolds
 
Yes, I wondered too about this but then again I am a cynical old git, why would someone want to do this, is it a perversion, can it be treated, is it contagious or should I perhaps just take it all with a large pinch of salt???

Ted.
 
Hello there,

My name is Dave and I am the original poster posing as Steven Reynolds. I just wanted to come back temporarily to tell you all that it was a hoax.

I am an aspiring comedy writer and you have been part of one of my online forum projects.

My unreserved apologies if any of you feel I have wasted your time and/or offended you – this was certainly not my intention. I hope now you are able to see the funny side!

If anyone is interested in seeing any of my others from other forums I would love you to visit my website with the following link:

greenfour.co.uk/ronaldsummers

Lastly I just want to say a big thank you to everyone that responded to me - I had a bit of a giggle myself.

Thanks again

Dave (Steven Reynolds)
 
He has no copyright on the ybw content, as the copyright will reside with the forum when he signed up to post here. I'd suspect the same applies to the other forums he has used.

As far as comedy writing goes, he's pretty useless, and should take a look at some of the work that has been done on these forums when Jimi goes trolling on caravan sites etc /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

His comment on his forum about not naming forums etc is a load of rubbish, as you can search for many of them. RAC etc.
 
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