Artie Fartie crew

[jimi]

In the near future I run the risk of having an emminent scriptwriter sailing with me. How should I keep the bugger occupied? Should I ask him to write up the log or just sling an A4 lined exercise book at him with some some pencils?

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[MainlySteam]

I would give him a colouring in book and some coloured pencils so he can learn to illustrate as well as Peyton.

John



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[Fill]

Just make sure he doesn't get his penknife near any of your teak!

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[jimi]

Aha wrong scribe .. I did in fact invite Teakie aboard but so far no response, think he's waiting for at least a Swan ..

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[wishbone]

If he is of the teacher type, then cast off before he arrives!!!!!!!!! At best he will stand at your side telling you how to do everything better cos' he's read about it, At worst he will make you stand in the corner or give you lines...............NOW if it is a young petite bespecticled lady with pleated skirt, crisp white blouse, teacher type, dont bother Il'e take her out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[snowleopard]

sailed 500 miles with a crew who never ceased to remind us he was an artist. he would look at the scenery when we needed warps & fenders, plot a gps course over the top of a rock ('i don't bother with details') yet thought he was about to become a yachtmaster. oh, and he had moths in the wallet.

let 'em do their own thing but issue firm orders when things need doing!



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[Jeremy_W]

Just tell him about some of the regulars on this forum. By the time you reach the first harbour he should have a TV soap planned.

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[LadyInBed]

>A4 lined exercise book< Not lined, far too restrictive for a freethinking mind /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[claymore]

he whole point

is to release their mind from the workaday minutuae of running the boat as this will in all probability, stifle creative instincts.
Ronnie Wood did appear to subscribe to the notion that the wacky stuff did in fact enhance his creativity when speaking with Mel on the SBS last night - South Bank Show - not Southampton...
Alice in Wonderland was the product of a drugged mind and Wordsworth et al had a whale of a time on the laudanum and opiates. If you could therefore create a suitable environment for your writer friend, perhaps in the forepeak, that is probably going to help.

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[tcm]

Re: contractual details

It is vitally important to ensure that all scribblings and doodles made on board REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE SKIPPER. Unfortunately, most skippers don't have the necesary paperwork in place, hence boat-bound artists down the ages have scarpered with their work since the time of Noah, leaving the skint skipper with only blunt pencils and rough outlines on the back of a chart.

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[claymore]

Re: contractual details

Might I make so bold as to contend that the scribblings remain the intellectual property of the artist thus ensuring that the skipper should make some contribution - if only to help the artist maintain his meagre garret, clothe body and feed inner self? An artist starved though poverty is a dead artist - a dead artist - in my experience at least - tends to be fairly unproductive. Think of Michaelangelo - its been years since he did anything of any use.

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[tcm]

Great Art

I'm not sure that you have any idea of what makes a great artitst. Poverty is in fact the key requirement, as demonstrated by the fact that no city types ever get further than wearing a weird-coloured tie. Continual suffering ultimately leading to death is well known to result in decent art qv Beethoven, Mozart, Van gogh, cave painters and all the rest. By contrast, artists with a few bob start doing loads of dodgy stuff eg Picasso, Dali, and the multimillionaires (warhol, jk rowling) turn out total rubbish. The very worst thing to do is own a boat (claire francis) and this is second only to being good at football. So, there's hope for many around here, provided that they fix up the boat first to reduce their wealth to zero, then give it away and embark on a program of self-harming. Oh, and having a beard is okay but not really a requirement - but it does result in much higher likelihood of a statue later on after you're dead which is a lot easier to make, obviously.

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[Gunfleet]

oi - wossis?

I am reliably informed the crew will be happily occupied checking the skipper's passage plan and saying things like, 'doesn't red and green mean they might run us down?' Or 'why are there scrape marks all down the side of the Wightlink ferries?' Or 'if this is the sea where's the mud?' Being an East coaster he is easily occupied... just give him a bit of rope to splice and a glass of wine in the corner of the cockpit and he'll be no trouble.
ps I'm sure your finger stuttered on the key but so as other people don't get the wrong idea about spelling it's either eminent or imminent but never emminent.

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[jimi]

emminent

acshully 'twas a a very clever use of language meaning "shortly about to become famous" .. oooh errm could that be a problem .. ummm

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[claymore]

Re: Great Art

Hmm
Well having dined in a place with rude urinals in the heart of Covent Garden and supped with your noble self when you were suitably attired in the Floor Length Red Leather number I must bow to your superior knowledge on the subject. I have no art - I failed the photoshop and dreamweaver courses due mostly to my lack of vision and inability to create. I did however manage to paint the fascia boards on the gable ends of Claymore Towers over the weekend without the aid of a safety net or tower scaffold as Dear Heart considered these to fall within the category of avoidable expense. Funny old world really - having secured a place within her affections as a result of my labours, I was forced to decline offers of a horizontal nature as the fatigue had overcome me. I don't suppose this happened to Michaelangelo as he just seemed to spend all his time lying down so wouldn't be nearly so knackered as I was.

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[Gunfleet]

Re: emminent

he has laboured in tv hell for many years without ever becoming famous and I believe he doesn't think it necessary for a happy life. Just enough lolly to run away to sea and he'd be happy. He doesn't even need a teak deck.

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[Gunfleet]

Re: Great Art

It's a well known fact that yours or anyone else's wife could have offered Michaelangelo horizontal favours until the cows came home and he would not have taken her up on it. He was... er... oriented differently, as the PC folk would have it

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[Ohdrat]

Re: Great Art

He however might be very interested in Weekend Julie.. if only ... instead of the Mona Lisa we might all know of a rather more interesting work of art...

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[tcm]

Re: Great Art

Well! You have been keeping all this very quiet - painting parts of houses definitely qualifies as Great Art. Provided that it is interstingly dribbly, I wd imagine that the house is now worth tens of thousands of pounds, easily - and TWICE that amount (to your wife anyway) if you had dramtically fallen to your untimely death. If the house gets stolen, that also helps with the value and progess towards Greatness.

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[zefender]

Re: Great Art, great fart

I think this esteemed flora has given Jimi sufficient information now to enable him to make a successful passage with his artie crew. However the fartie bit possibly needs more discussion, though maybe Jimi is ably qualified to grasp the basics here. He's just being a little modest.

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