tonybarebones
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East coasting in a small boat... so funny... so true...
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jerrytug
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Good one...very funny... but it is a little bit close to the bone to really enjoy it 
Quite a sad portrayal of repressed brits failing to communicate, at the end.
I don't know where you get 'East coast' from, how very dare you!
Quite a sad portrayal of repressed brits failing to communicate, at the end.
I don't know where you get 'East coast' from, how very dare you!
prv
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Good one...very funny... but it is a little bit close to the bone to really enjoy it
I suspect probably largely written by Jones, based on himself as a small boy being dragged out to his dad's boat. Very easy to imagine his dad saying all those things to him. And only someone who has been there could so perfectly describe a Blake's seacock with a loose cone
Pete
Greenheart
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I love this, hadn't seen it in 15 years. I reckon anyone considering a boat with less than full headroom ought to watch & recognise what a comfort-compromise it will always be!
The persistent rain is also a great cold douche of reality, if any small-yacht owner is hoping they can get by without a nice powerful heater on board. Don't do it to your friends!
The persistent rain is also a great cold douche of reality, if any small-yacht owner is hoping they can get by without a nice powerful heater on board. Don't do it to your friends!
prv
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Actually I reckon it would be a good thing to show a friend who was due to come sailing on a small boat for the first time. Prevent them turning up all Carruthers-like expecting a journalist's "luxury yacht". And since things hopefully wouldn't actually be as dire as Mel's supposed boat, expectations would be pleasantly exceeded
Pete
fisherman
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Good one...very funny... but it is a little bit close to the bone to really enjoy it
Quite a sad portrayal of repressed brits failing to communicate, at the end.
I don't know where you get 'East coast' from, how very dare you!
"What's over the bar?"
"The North sea...."
BruceDanforth
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It is quite a large boat.
mtb
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I've known women who thought boats with no hot shower and bucket an chuck it were not for them err I didn't know em for long ;-)
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TheEcho
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I was disappointed it ended when it did... If he had been on our boat, he would have tried heating up the rice pudding, and found that the wooden spatula for stirring it had grown mould, and while the skipper was inspecting the mould, the rice pudding would have stuck to the bottom of the pan and been ruined.
And did he just walk on board? (Four Yorkshireman voice - he had it made!) Come with us, and the skipper of the tender will declare that heavy, useless cargo like you should be stowed on the floor for balance, so you will end up half squatting, half lying in a puddle, and every time the oars go in, you will be showered with seawater, and every time the oars come out, you will be jabbed in both kidneys simultaneously.
But since you ask, we had a lovely sail today, and only most of the above happened.
And did he just walk on board? (Four Yorkshireman voice - he had it made!) Come with us, and the skipper of the tender will declare that heavy, useless cargo like you should be stowed on the floor for balance, so you will end up half squatting, half lying in a puddle, and every time the oars go in, you will be showered with seawater, and every time the oars come out, you will be jabbed in both kidneys simultaneously.
But since you ask, we had a lovely sail today, and only most of the above happened.