Wiggo
Well-Known Member
Re: Rising to the bait...
Oh dear. Deckwork, eh? I don't think I've ever seen a riding turn on a chain gypsy. Why would we still be at anchor in conditions where it was no longer safe to be on the foredeck? Or do you enjoy that kind of thing? Towrope? Not had to do that one, but I've been on the foredeck in a good 5-6 retrieving one of the warps that'd been forgotten and was threatening to go over the side and round a prop. Pretty safe, but bloody wet when the bow stuffs in.
Majority of the outside space inaccessible? We can sunbathe on the foredeck, or on the flybridge (which can seat about 8 comfortably, though I think the record was 12), we can chill in the cockpit with a glass of something, or we can socialise in the saloon, while enjoying the view out. Oh, yes, I'd much rather have a slopy bit of coachroof in the middle of a cat's cradle of strings and stuff. Much more accessible.
We have two fridges, a galley that can comfortably cater for the four of us, 425Ah of battery, and a 300 mile fuel range if we decide to eke it out. The only reason we have to put in is that we run out of water. We can last about 3 days between fill-ups with a family of four showering every day. Two or three nights at a stretch on the pick is delightful, thank you very much.
So we have 3 LCD tellies. So what? The kids bring a playstation each, so if they want to play, they can sod off and do it on their own TVs, and we can watch Sky in the saloon.
Yes, we do bring the living room along: we spend 100+ days a year aboard.
Oh dear. Deckwork, eh? I don't think I've ever seen a riding turn on a chain gypsy. Why would we still be at anchor in conditions where it was no longer safe to be on the foredeck? Or do you enjoy that kind of thing? Towrope? Not had to do that one, but I've been on the foredeck in a good 5-6 retrieving one of the warps that'd been forgotten and was threatening to go over the side and round a prop. Pretty safe, but bloody wet when the bow stuffs in.
Majority of the outside space inaccessible? We can sunbathe on the foredeck, or on the flybridge (which can seat about 8 comfortably, though I think the record was 12), we can chill in the cockpit with a glass of something, or we can socialise in the saloon, while enjoying the view out. Oh, yes, I'd much rather have a slopy bit of coachroof in the middle of a cat's cradle of strings and stuff. Much more accessible.
We have two fridges, a galley that can comfortably cater for the four of us, 425Ah of battery, and a 300 mile fuel range if we decide to eke it out. The only reason we have to put in is that we run out of water. We can last about 3 days between fill-ups with a family of four showering every day. Two or three nights at a stretch on the pick is delightful, thank you very much.
So we have 3 LCD tellies. So what? The kids bring a playstation each, so if they want to play, they can sod off and do it on their own TVs, and we can watch Sky in the saloon.
Yes, we do bring the living room along: we spend 100+ days a year aboard.
