temptress
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Yes
Do you talk to your boat
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chinita
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I talk to my boat all the time, and give her a little kiss when leaving.
Me too. I also say 'Now, you be a good girl while I am away - no playing with strange dinghies........' when I leave her.
When I get back I slide the hatch and say 'What a good girl'.
PhillM
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Yes, and she talks back to me too.
We have a very physical relationship - in that I have touched, sanded, painted and varnished every part of her inside and out. In return she has covered me with everything from bilge dirt to antifoul.
We have a very physical relationship - in that I have touched, sanded, painted and varnished every part of her inside and out. In return she has covered me with everything from bilge dirt to antifoul.
tigr
Member
I talk to the boat, I love her, She does not talk back but does things to please me or really annoy me.
I talk to my wife.....
I talk to my wife.....
oldharry
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Boat talk is at two levels in my end of the universe:
Firstly is me swearing at her for not getting it right when I got it wrong, and occasionally congratulating her (and me!) on the rare occasion when something really went rather well. I usually congratulate her too when between us we actually managed to get somewhere as planned, without hitting something, sinking, getting totally lost, and particularly each time we managed again without help from RNLI!
Then there is the boat talking back: she has her own language. Galloping along in a good beam wind and comfortable sea, I can hear the grin - everything going smoothly. Battering into a head wind and bad sea, she is making lots of unhappy noises, throwing things around below, strange noises from the rig and so on telling me very plainly that at her time of life (41 years) this really isnt much fun, and cant we turn round and go the other way. Or the creaks and groans ona downwind run with a bit too much sail on, and i cant be bothered to get up and reduce sail to make her a bit more comfortable.
Then when I am not really paying attention and holding her on course, there's that impatient shake of the sails, or if Im pinching her too close in order to get round the spiut without having to take a tack to clear it, and she will be shaking her head, and sails, pawing the waves and telling me to go about and do the job properly.
And at the end of the day, anchored up with supper on and alls well with the world, there's that gentle hum of contentment which any decent sailing boat will share.....
Oh yes, boats talk alright, once you've learned their language. So why on earth would you not reply? Even if it is to ask just what the heck is she playing at now!
But then I single hand nearly all the time, and there isnt anyone else to talk to anyway....
Firstly is me swearing at her for not getting it right when I got it wrong, and occasionally congratulating her (and me!) on the rare occasion when something really went rather well. I usually congratulate her too when between us we actually managed to get somewhere as planned, without hitting something, sinking, getting totally lost, and particularly each time we managed again without help from RNLI!
Then there is the boat talking back: she has her own language. Galloping along in a good beam wind and comfortable sea, I can hear the grin - everything going smoothly. Battering into a head wind and bad sea, she is making lots of unhappy noises, throwing things around below, strange noises from the rig and so on telling me very plainly that at her time of life (41 years) this really isnt much fun, and cant we turn round and go the other way. Or the creaks and groans ona downwind run with a bit too much sail on, and i cant be bothered to get up and reduce sail to make her a bit more comfortable.
Then when I am not really paying attention and holding her on course, there's that impatient shake of the sails, or if Im pinching her too close in order to get round the spiut without having to take a tack to clear it, and she will be shaking her head, and sails, pawing the waves and telling me to go about and do the job properly.
And at the end of the day, anchored up with supper on and alls well with the world, there's that gentle hum of contentment which any decent sailing boat will share.....
Oh yes, boats talk alright, once you've learned their language. So why on earth would you not reply? Even if it is to ask just what the heck is she playing at now!
But then I single hand nearly all the time, and there isnt anyone else to talk to anyway....
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SoulFireMage
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I thought I was the only nutter around, this thread would have had me spilling beer if I'd been daft enough to drink whilst reading it!
I do like your description oldHarry, I might pinch it for a story sometime
I've been spending a lot of time with Dreamfinder in the last six months-and yep, we have full on conversations, debates and all sorts. Both Andy my mate who owns her now and I can tell she appears to enjoy a rough old force eight - I bloody didn't!, coming back from Poole earlier this year. She rides it out well and there's just this sense of being in her element.
When we are on First Edition, our canal cruiser, it's much the same though she doesn't present me with anything like the list of jobs that Dreamfinder does.
The trouble starts if I talk to other boats and get an answer...
I do like your description oldHarry, I might pinch it for a story sometime
I've been spending a lot of time with Dreamfinder in the last six months-and yep, we have full on conversations, debates and all sorts. Both Andy my mate who owns her now and I can tell she appears to enjoy a rough old force eight - I bloody didn't!, coming back from Poole earlier this year. She rides it out well and there's just this sense of being in her element.
When we are on First Edition, our canal cruiser, it's much the same though she doesn't present me with anything like the list of jobs that Dreamfinder does.
The trouble starts if I talk to other boats and get an answer...
Easticks28
Well-known member
Why on earth wouldn't I ?
SoulFireMage
Member
Tbh, if you've worked on her and travelled any decent distance at all on her, I suspect conversation might be the one thing you can choose not to exchange with her, sort of. I'd feel a bit mean not exchanging that too!
Scotty_Tradewind
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always a pat with a "hello" and "goodbye", and always a "thankyou" for keeping me safe.
bun
New member
no but I talk to my motorbike when she don't behave
lenten
Active member
never talked to the boat but always talk to the sea----to that rogue wave---get down you b--tard or don t worry i saw you coming----always greet dogs with a hallo or good morning dog----thought this was normal??
