Does a monkey make you less competent as a sailor

[Bobc]

Discuss

 

[Tam Lin]

No.

 

[Burnham Bob]

Just don't sail into Hartlepool or you'll lose your crew

 

[fisherman]

No, and as a bonus imagine the benefits of having an Orang Utang on the crew: no more worries about going up the mast for a jammed halyard or light bulb change.

 

[Bobc]

No.

Spoilsport

 

[sarabande]

OOOOOK !


("I am an ape, not a minkey")


Oh, PS.

A chimp would certainly help if you had to send a Pan Pan message


(Taxonomist joke)

 

[Biggles Wader]

A monkey isnt enough to go sailing.Several grand is required.

 

[Dave-Shafa]

 

[NickRobinson]

Reading this thread wind bound in Hartlepool- born there too....

http://britainbyrivendell.weebly.com/

Whitby next... Goths and Dracula coming to a page near you!

 

[xyachtdave]

There is an intersting bit in Sell Up and Sail by Bill and Laurel Cooper regarding a pet monkey on a boat.

Apparently a mega trendy, ultra cool family had one that attracted much attention which they enjoyed but when it saw a rather large dog climbed on the owners head and let a large number 2 out.

I've got enough trouble with the dog.

 

[laika]

imagine the benefits of having an Orang Utang on the crew

"Hard a'starboard Clyde"

Oh wait. that'd be sound signals on a boat. Less desirable coming from an orang-utan.

 

[LittleSister]

I've never been sure quite what makes me less competent as a sailor. I suppose it could be a monkey!

 

[armchairsailor]

Best ask him

 

[armchairsailor]

or possibly maybe not...

Repel boarders!!

 

[Dave-Shafa]

In the 70's I was an AB on an Iron Ore carrier visiting West Africa where half a dozen monkeys were bought.
They were kept tied to the boat deck which became a total mess with shit. The Captain demanded the monkeys were removed.
One sailor [not me] tied a rope attached to a large shackle to each monkey, then we watched as the monkey watched
the coil spin round and round as the shackle plumbed the depths before the monkey did.

 

[Steve Clayton]

We can ask an expert!

 

[Boreades]

Do you have a license for that monkey?

 

[jac]

There is an intersting bit in Sell Up and Sail by Bill and Laurel Cooper regarding a pet monkey on a boat.

Apparently a mega trendy, ultra cool family had one that attracted much attention which they enjoyed but when it saw a rather large dog climbed on the owners head and let a large number 2 out.

I've got enough trouble with the dog.

Dave - the thread is about being less competent - not less continent!!!!

 

[Max K]

That's only a PART of it - a "Monkey's Fist!" Where is the rest of the animal?

Max.

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[Avalon]

Depends what you spend it on.