Musical instruments on board

In 1975, when I was 21, and whilst on my "epic cruise!" to the Med and back on my 18ft Alacrity , my girl friend Anne (from Montreal) would get here old guitar out at any opportunity and pick n play. She had a voice as great as her personatilty and an endless list of funny,sad,folk, upbeat songs to meet any mood.

I met her singing in the bar at the Lulworth Cove Hotel just before setting off and she came and joined me a month or so later. We would get invites onto all the big yachts for drinks and meals, and when times were hard she would take the guitar and busk in any town we were near.

The guitar had a hole covered in tape and most likely cost less that £20 to buy.

Anne Dewey where are you now?


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Nick





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Are there really people out there for whom nookie holds no attraction? Gosh that would be like a confirmed raggie buying a PWC (you thought I was gong to say mobo I bet!)/forums/images/icons/smile.gif

No particular scoring system but have learned over many years that if a harmonious life is the aim some actions have a postive effect and some a negative one. In it's most basic form, forgetting a birthday or anniversary would be a major point loser, close to a non-recoverable crash in fact, whereas an unexpected offer of a nice dinner out might have more positive effect. But the more usual combination of the nice dinner out to celebrate an anniversary which involves a long slog to windward in order to get there, well that has some plus points and some minus points, graded according to the restaurant quality, the windspeed and air/water temperature!

I was never in the Girl Scouts so brownie points dont come into it. I was however a confirmed Nook from way back in the teen years.

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Tell you what will tell cherbourg harbour to only let you moor on that pontoon thats sits by its self, tell the gerdames that you are a booze smuggler so they conficate all booze on board and conficate the tender so you cant stock up with any more.
Alternativly only allow methodists as crew on Amaya!:-)

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John

Took your advice and found the shop (K&S Music, Forton Rd). Great selection at very good prices. Thanks for your excellent tip. Ended up spending a bit more than I'd planned on a US made solid wood acoustic model which just felt 'right'.

Now nursing bloody sore fingers - not used to steel strings. First song in my book was 'Mull of Kyntire' so I gave this a body swerve and went onto 'The Times they are A-Changing'.

Don't hold your breath, but enjoying it so far.
Cheers
Tom

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Next season I'll bring the Guitar along and in the twilight over a beer I shall recite some old Irish favourites.... taught to me by an aged blind harpoonest from Kerry.

such as...

"The Mangled Badger"
"A Rat ate my shoe"
"The Dead Horse on the stairs"

And not forgetting my faourite..

"The old whore lying in the nettles roaring!"



Roll on May!



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"common sense 'aint so common"
 
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