cruising is just so stressful

[sailgoodthefaultless]

this week I was sat on my cat in a small bay. The icemaker broke down and we spent some hours down below wondering what to do. The aircon cooled us to some degree but it was no substitute for real icy drinks. SWMBO was all for a quick dip when through the glass she spied some old duffer with a pair of binoculars and a pair of shorts that had seen more antifoul than a trawlermans scraper. I claim the shorts were violet but my wife insists they were indigo.

 

[Evadne]

He must have bin a bit twisted.

 

[deuc02]

it's the cat I feel sorry for. Have you thought about getting a dog

 

[SamanthaTabs]

People don't realise how stressful it is, cat at anchor in good holding, the decision whether to move or not??
Thank heavens the ice maker is working, poor you!

 

[Bosun Higgs]

Joking apart, cruising is much more stressful than racing. Cruising you are usually with SWMBO ie single handed. The boat must be upright - none of that leaning bit. You have to arrive at a suitable marina by 5 pm and whats more the weather has had to be good. F3 warm sunshine, no rain. And finally the mareina has to have clean showers with lots of hot water and no one playing Def Leopard at 0200 hrs over their mobo speakers. Failure on any count and you're in the poo.

Racing on the other hand, you go out with the lads on a fully crewed boat in any weather, have fun thrashing to windward, wrap the spinny round the forestay, get back to the club, have a couple of pints, take the michael out of the loser and wander back home for the sunday lunch which swmbo has made.

now which of these two alternatives is more fun?

 

[jac]

Hm, what if SWMBO likes Def Leppard. I mean deaf people go sailing.

 

[oldbilbo]

Not a good idea to sit on one's cat. One is likely to experience claws on the arris....

 

[Bosun Higgs]

Hm, what if SWMBO likes Def Leppard. I mean deaf people go sailing.

Sadly SWMBO likes the Carpenters!

 

[SeamanStaines]

There was one dinghy I front of me to get onto the dock this morning, does that count as stress?

 

[SamanthaTabs]

Um seems that there's a huge difference between cruising and occasional day sail "marina hopping", the swmbo's I know are as active in boat stuff as you skipper blokes

P.s. love the carpenters, great night watch music.

 

[daveyw]

There was one dinghy I front of me to get onto the dock this morning, does that count as stress?

That's rush hour for you!

 

[Twister_Ken]

P.s. love the carpenters,

Certainly handy if you need any woodwork fettled.

 

[Twister_Ken]

this week I was sat on my cat in a small bay. The icemaker broke down and we spent some hours down below wondering what to do. The aircon cooled us to some degree but it was no substitute for real icy drinks. SWMBO was all for a quick dip when through the glass she spied some old duffer with a pair of binoculars and a pair of shorts that had seen more antifoul than a trawlermans scraper. I claim the shorts were violet but my wife insists they were indigo.

The old duffer can't have been doing any jetwashing, then; not in shorts - that way lies grit-blasted ankles.

 

[jac]

The old duffer can't have been doing any jetwashing, then; not in shorts - that way lies grit-blasted ankles.

Doesn't that depend on the relative length of the legs of the shorts and the legs of the said old duffer.

A slightly shorter old duffer combined with long board shorts may provide adequate ankle protection whereas a lanky old duffer combined with hot pants may reveal the amount of leg normally only seen in a lakey picture.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Doesn't that depend on the relative length of the legs of the shorts and the legs of the said old duffer.

A slightly shorter old duffer combined with long board shorts may provide adequate ankle protection whereas a lanky old duffer combined with hot pants may reveal the amount of leg normally only seen in a lakey picture.

I believe the answer to your question lies in the word "shorts".