finally...

[Phoenix of Hamble]

You know your making progress when you get home and there's a copy of YM that you didn't buy laying on the coffee table, with various boats in the back 20 pages circled in red ink! /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[StugeronSteve]

Congratulations!

<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Now I face the challenge of 'selling' the fact that minor details like keel configuration, AVS and chart table size are equally as important as "oooh that looks nice in blue"!

Or maybe I'm fighting a losing battle..... /forums/images/icons/crazy.gif

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[StugeronSteve]

Pick what you want, but give in on the colour.

On second thoughts you are fighting a losing battle, just settle for a boat that suits you both and enjoy...

<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

I should add all seriousness (in case my missus is reading this forum) that it is she who suggested that she should do a YachtMaster theory course for when we buy a boat so that I'm not the only one who knows how to navigate, she who has become chief racing rules instructor to our 9 year old daughter, she who suggested that we go and do the practical exams in the area that we are planning to keep a boat to get some familiarity with the area before owning our first boat there, and she who sits on the bank/clubhouse week in week out while I race dinghies, yet still keeps smiling! [grin]

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[cloudnine]

Good Man!

Have you woken up yet!!!

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[WayneS]

You are a lucky, lucky........ very lucky man.



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[MrG]

I don't know if I could put up with a purple hull though...

<hr width=100% size=1><font color=blue>Regards Mark

 

[StugeronSteve]

It'll look a treat with the pink sails and fenders, you see.

<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.

 

[WayneS]

That's the bit to change......

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[AndrewB]

Be warned ...

... next thing you know, she'll be wanting to take it out for expeditions on her own while you're slaving away to pay for the thing.

Weekend before last, as I had to work during Saturday's heat-wave, SWMBO decided to go off on a private jolly out in the channel. I asked her how she got on, as there hadn't been much wind. "Great, I stopped for a swim". Somewhat concerned, I asked her how she coped with the risk of being swept away from the yacht by the strong tide. "Oh, I thought about that so I decided not to anchor and let the yacht drift with me. I did take the sails down".

Dooohhhhhhh!!!!!

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[Becky]

You should remember that if it looks good, it generally is; takes a woman to recognise, especially in blue.

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[Becky]

Re: Be warned ...

Brilliant! Just what I would do. Can't pull the anchor up anyway, too heavy.

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[Talbot]

Re: Be warned ...

Good idea if you are doing that is to have a fender astern of the boat on a long bit of rope, then if a gust of wind starts to move the boat away, you can att least grab hold of the fender and pull yourself along the rope.

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[Clive_Rigden]

Re: Be warned ...

What if the whole caboose starts drifting astearn ?

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[Talbot]

Re: Be warned ...

Will only do that if you are at anchor and the tide is taking it astern (which is why you see this frequently at Osbourne Bay) if there has been no wind, and then a light breeze starts to move the boat away, it will normally be the boat that moves first , and if you are worried about that, there is nothing to stop you adding a drogue to the fender!

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