Farewell, Minnie

Salty John

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Yesterday Minnie was loaded up and towed away to her new life in the south. Sarabande, Claymore and I applied our, er, expertise to the task.

At times it looked like a scene from Last of the Summer Wine.

Claymore very kindly lent his trailer and considerable enthusiasm to the task, Sarabande clambered around connecting straps and ropes and wires and things, I stood by ready with advise and managerial input. Carol handed out water and lost the key to the toilet block.

She's gone to a good home - I'm a happy boy.

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Salty John said:
Yesterday Minnie was loaded up and towed away to her new life in the south. Sarabande, Claymore and I applied our, er, expertise to the task.

At times it looked like a scene from Last of the Summer Wine.

Claymore very kindly lent his trailer and considerable enthusiasm to the task, Sarabande clambered around connecting straps and ropes and wires and things, I stood by ready with advise and managerial input. Carol handed out water and lost the key to the toilet block.

She's gone to a good home - I'm a happy boy.

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Great story, very good of all of you - made me feel all warm and fuzzy.
 
I feel so sorry for poor Carol being sent to a good home just 'cos she lost the key to the toilet block! Bit harsh a punishment if I may say so! ;)
 
"I'm a happy boy"

Not half as happy as the new owner, my daughter. Despite having to be at work with the riding stables for 9 am, she was up with the lark, and helping untie all the straps and stringy bits. A grin from ear to ear.

And the Chief Engineer and Senior Deck Officer is now tasked with antifouling, servicing the winches, polishing the mast, and setting up the rigging, with deadline of next Saturday for launch.


This forum is quite outstanding. Not only exceptional kindness from SJ and his SWMBO about the boat, but also from Claymore, valiantly taking time off from the end of term office tasks to help load in (I am told) in normal Lancastrian sunshine and temperatures of at least 30C.

Pics will follow as the boat slave makes progress :)
 
sarabande said:
"I'm a happy boy"

Not half as happy as the new owner, my daughter. Despite having to be at work with the riding stables for 9 am, she was up with the lark, and helping untie all the straps and stringy bits. A grin from ear to ear.

And the Chief Engineer and Senior Deck Officer is now tasked with antifouling, servicing the winches, polishing the mast, and setting up the rigging, with deadline of next Saturday for launch.


This forum is quite outstanding. Not only exceptional kindness from SJ and his SWMBO about the boat, but also from Claymore, valiantly taking time off from the end of term office tasks to help load in (I am told) in normal Lancastrian sunshine and temperatures of at least 30C.

Pics will follow as the boat slave makes progress :)
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Where will she be moored?

Paul
 
I like the referrence to being like an episode of "Last of the Summer Wine" There are a bunch of us retired old gits that hnag around the yacht club. I often liken them (us) to the bunch on summer wine. Indeed a whole need series of Last of the Summer Salties perhaps. About old gits messing around with boats. I am fortunate to live near the YC so usually get invited to the mast lowering parties etc. All good fun. I like the referrence to 30 degree temps. I am sure you enjoyed that. (I must say however that when you get excited about 30 degrees we get excited about 40 degrees.) All good fun good luck Salty John and Sarabande olewill (one month of winter left and 2 months to relaunch.
 
Our club used to be run principally by a band of mates, all 50+ and practicing for retirement. It got a bit cliquey, but once you understood what the arrangement was you could go into the lounge anytime and get advice based on half a century of experience and could always muster a crew to do the donkey work in the yard, once they'd finished their tea. Sounds just like your gathering to get Minnie loaded.

The new generation are far more earnest about things, although they are beginning to mellow, but there is the modern tendency to have rules and procedures rather than being bluntly told that no-one will talk to an a@@@hole who behaves like that (when one does something amiss). We once had a problem moving my boat into a difficult location in the yard. All the new generation refused to help, but one of the old school said he'd drive the lifter for me but wouldn't put the boat down. He meant it - he poised the boat over the chosen spot and he insisted that I should operate the lifter at my own risk to put her on the ground, albeit hovering close by in case it became an emergency so as to absolve him of blame when he took the controls.

Rob.
 
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