Drinking...I totally get it now!

Thanks for all the posts.

It's going to be more like a wee tot of whisky tonight, my Dad's remedy for colds. I have a stinking cold and am shopping for a few bits of boat equipment on line in a rather delirious state, lobbing stuff into an ever increasing basket!

Who knew there were so many choices for life jackets? Or so many articles/posts on fire extinguishers? If my cold allows, we're off down to the boat tomorrow to check/measure/make lists/dream so will take brandy for warmth and well, why not?
 
johnalison said:
But the sea-gods do exist, and they are prepared to give up some of their leisure time in looking after idiots. For example, during a particularly bumpy motor back into the Blackwater in our Sadler 29 we arrived to find the glass from the oil lamp rolling around on the floor, entirely intact. Our friends doing the same trip suffer significant internal damage which I don't exactly recall, probably due to their failure to make the necessary libations.
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coming back from Portsmouth in winds I later checked to have been WAY out of my comfort zone, and snow, a panicked mutinous wife - and that east wind that just ripped into my body, I can tell you, the hip flask my son pressed into my hand that morning was a very welcome morale booster, and probably the reason i didn't reef but went with it whooping and yelling and having a whale of a time. It may not be PC these days to extol the virtues of booze, but the occasional libation against the cold and bad fortune is good medicine
 
Congrats on the new boat.

Just remember that a wine bottle on board is dangerous due to its lack of stability.

So buy 5 litre containers instead. :)

Interested to know why you need a gas certificate.
 
VicS said:
Paper £10 notes ceased to be legal tender on 1 March I believe. They are plastic now ( like the £5 notes) and cannot be ripped up :)
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But my little crosscut shredder turns them into confetti. Make your own 3D jigsaw puzzle. Staff at the bank could not contain themselves with laughter when I took it in all stuck together with clear packing tape and no bits missing. I think they were going to frame it and put it up in the staff room. They even gave me a nice new one in exchange.
btw. don't ask but that is the last time I ask dopey to help tidying up the office and shred old documents.
 
After fifteen years in London then abroad, I was only able to restart sailing some years after giving up drinking.

Since knocking off booze, I must have saved well over £20,000...so why can't I find even £2,000 for a yacht? :confused:

Very occasionally I think it might be nice to have real ale or malt whisky on board the Osprey, for idyllic moments...

...but my satisfaction with having a nice little boat (and nice little costs) couldn't be improved by alcohol. :D

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One of the important things to know, is that a half-empty bottle can fall over and spill.
 
Bobc said:
One of the important things to know, is that a half-empty bottle can fall over and spill.
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That is indeed a very important thing to know. Half empty bottles should never be allowed on board. I make sure, as skipper, that there are never any half empty bottles on Pagan

It's a hard life ... <hic>
 
SarahJ said:
Yesterday we had a drink to celebrate purchase of our first second-hand boat. Yippee!!
I now totally get why boat owners are drinkers.....

Evening went as follows:

Me (dreamer): "Wow, can't believe we own the boat!" big glug of Merlot slips down nicely.

Husband (down-to-earth): "It's fantastic! Have you rung the insurers to confirm?", glass drains quickly and he reaches for the bottle.

Me: "Yes insurance done. There's the engine service but that shouldn't be too much, should it?",....gosh that Merlot is very palatable.

Husband: "Well, don't forget we need the gas certificate done and two new fire extinguishers next week. Let's open another bottle, shall we?", ..off to the kitchen.

Me: "Can't wait to be out of the marina and hear the whoosh of the boat cutting through the waves,"...now we're talking..I take an elegant sip of wine.

Husband:" Hm...marina. Contract's a bit steep but will be worth it." Pours from new bottle.

Me: " Isn't that the expensive wine you got for your birthday? Oh never mind,".....delicious..

Of course, I realise now. Boat owners drink to forget about the expense! What an insane hobby! It's going to be one hell of a ride......
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Although counter intuitive, alcohol's a remarkably good remedy for sea sickness!
 
dancrane said:
After fifteen years in London then abroad, I was only able to restart sailing some years after giving up drinking.

Since knocking off booze, I must have saved well over £20,000...so why can't I find even £2,000 for a yacht? :confused:

Very occasionally I think it might be nice to have real ale or malt whisky on board the Osprey, for idyllic moments...

...but my satisfaction with having a nice little boat (and nice little costs) couldn't be improved by alcohol. :D

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Hang on a minute, I've really not been round these parts that much recently, having spent more time on forums discussing Land Rover head gaskets, and of course baby sick.

Byt what is this fine ship I see pictured before me? Is this the same boat? Wasn't it a funny colour previously? There were always about a million things wrong before, and very "unusual" ideas for doing things the Dan way! But...but...this boat looks properly sorted! What super looking machine!!!!
 
SarahJ said:
Yesterday we had a drink to celebrate purchase of our first second-hand boat. Yippee!!
I now totally get why boat owners are drinkers.....

Evening went as follows:

Me (dreamer): "Wow, can't believe we own the boat!" big glug of Merlot slips down nicely.

Husband (down-to-earth): "It's fantastic! Have you rung the insurers to confirm?", glass drains quickly and he reaches for the bottle.

Me: "Yes insurance done. There's the engine service but that shouldn't be too much, should it?",....gosh that Merlot is very palatable.

Husband: "Well, don't forget we need the gas certificate done and two new fire extinguishers next week. Let's open another bottle, shall we?", ..off to the kitchen.

Me: "Can't wait to be out of the marina and hear the whoosh of the boat cutting through the waves,"...now we're talking..I take an elegant sip of wine.

Husband:" Hm...marina. Contract's a bit steep but will be worth it." Pours from new bottle.

Me: " Isn't that the expensive wine you got for your birthday? Oh never mind,".....delicious..

Of course, I realise now. Boat owners drink to forget about the expense! What an insane hobby! It's going to be one hell of a ride......
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Hi did we meet in Portland today? It dawned me after the conversation and mention of post 3 that it could be you.

Either way good luck with the new boat and forget about costs, you've made the decision don't let those spoil the fun.
 
To SimonFa ...No we didn't meet today but thanks for kind words. Boat is not at Portland. It's at Portsmouth currently and we were there today to check her out. I'm in love obviously! She is super.
Have to admit no alcohol imbibed aboard though, as we forgot the brandy. Certainly as other posters have said all thoughts of costs melted away in the South Coast sunshine... And as a bonus, there was more equipment left on board than I had remembered! So now warming up with another glass of Merlot and knocking a few things out of my boat shopping basket....life is good.
 
Rogershaw said:
Yes I under stand so. Must see if I still have some old 10 pound notes before they cease to be legal tender. SWMBO says daughter spent our old 10 pound noted on her last visit.

Any one know when the paper 20 pound notes will cease to be legal tender.

May be I should change my post to "cutting up" 10 pound notes.
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Don’t bother just change it to ripping up £20 instead!
 
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