fog blog prompts missive

[dylanwinter]

I posted a blog about sailing in the fog



today in the post these arrived from a sailor called Mick

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gill-Helmsm...6G/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1363217826&sr=8-16

amazing!




incidentally if you are a fan of vogon poetry... click the little subtitle button

 

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you'll be wearing all the fashionable yachting brands before you know it. We'll be calling you "Dylan the Bling"

rob

 

[dylanwinter]

you'll be wearing all the fashionable yachting brands before you know it. We'll be calling you "Dylan the Bling"

rob

the only thing I have blagged from a company was the tiller pilot

since then every parcel has come from ordinary sailors

so far.....

soup

pot noodles

books - including one on Ransome
and a brilliant one on Holmes of the Humber

2 rope shackles

winch handle

and now gloves

I think any companies taking a look at the blogs will pretty soon decide that I have little to offer when it comes to style and cross promotion

Dylan

addendum....

plus the pipes

 

[donaldson]

I have had two pairs of these and neither pair were waterproof.

 

[Blueboatman]

I am disappointed that the FrayBentos marketing dept are missing such a marketing opportunity Dylan ?
Pure fog food

 

[dylanwinter]

I am disappointed that the FrayBentos marketing dept are missing such a marketing opportunity Dylan ?
Pure fog food

sponsored by Fray Bentos has a certain ring to it

as the leading boat cuisine blogger in Britain then I would have thought the supermarkets would have been very keen to get involved

Dylan

 

[Ru88ell]

How could you? You forgot to mention the special lighters for the Origo.

 

[dylanwinter]

you are quite correct

How could you? You forgot to mention the special lighters for the Origo.

slapped hands

they were one of the most bizarre things to arrive



D

 

[Applescruffs]

How could you? You forgot to mention the special lighters for the Origo.

Most likely due to tax reasons.......looks like an expensive bit of kit to me......probably made by a luxury car manufacturer.