Repeated topics of conversation and debates

[Gary Fox]

Have we covered the unspeakable faux-pax, a perfectly servicable sailing vessel calling the RNLI, because she has lost engine power? Any Blue Ensign chaps, reach for your fountain pens.

 

[LittleSister]

. . . because she has lost engine power?

Are boats inevitably female? Are there transgender boats? And if not why not? (And if so, how can you tell?)

 

[25931]

Are boats inevitably female? Are there transgender boats? And if not why not? (And if so, how can you tell?)

Anything that gives a man a lot of pleasure but also a lot of expense is feminine

 

[Babylon]

Are boats inevitably female? Are there transgender boats? And if not why not? (And if so, how can you tell?)

You can tell because dysphoric boats go out of their way to tell binary boats (of either sex) that they're inadequately fluid. You'll also see them in boatyards messing with (or should that be 'in'?) the heads of younger boats. For a fuller appreciation of the subtleties you'd need to read a newspaper whose name begins with G (or, on a Sunday, O, which by the way used to know what nautical really meant), or just ask one of the three remaining listeners of Radio 4...

 

[LittleSister]

For a fuller appreciation of the subtleties you'd need to read a newspaper whose name begins with G

Would that be The Gentlewoman, or The Galloway Express?

 

[LadyInBed]

'What boat should I buy' must be near the top of the list.

 

[wombat88]

What is a 'sailboat' anyway?

Pull yourself together and get your terminology right, this isn't Facebook.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

'What boat should I buy' must be near the top of the list.

Yes, It is indeed.

 

[johnalison]

As is "I have bought a boat. How do I sail it, and what are these pieces of white cloth?".

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

As is "I have bought a boat. How do I sail it, and what are these pieces of white cloth?".

Oh, yes, we had plenty of those in the last 20 plus years.

 

[dom]

As is "I have bought a boat. How do I sail it, and what are these pieces of white cloth?".

Tricky question:

First up, white sails are deeply offensive relics from the UK's Imperial Past. Black sails are more in tune with the times and frankly much cooler

That said, dressing a Nordic vessel like a Hallberg-Rassy up in carbon sails is worse, fantasmically Minstrel-like, blacking-up worse, in fact

So you should sport a diverse mix of sails: perhaps a white main and a carbon jib? Come to think of it, associating the word main with white can be problematic, so perhaps a carbon main, white jib, and a yellow spinnaker

But be careful, while you can call your white sail 'white' and your black sail 'black', you mustn't ever call your yellow sail 'yellow'! 'Bee coloured' might be more appropriate ?

Come to think of it, it might be easier to sell-up and buy a Nordhavn!

 

[Concerto]

Dom. Wot 'bout tan sails or blue and white striped ones. They look real pretty. Do these sails work as well as white or black?

 

[Babylon]

Tricky question...

Come to think of it, it might be easier to sell-up and buy a Nordhavn!

Shocking suggestion! Mind you, at least they look like boats rather than insects....!

 

[Stingo]

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[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

What is a 'sailboat' anyway?

Pull yourself together and get your terminology right, this isn't Facebook.

.....there are some strange people around with strange comments

 

[Graham376]

IIRC, in law, a jetski isn't. The result of an unfortunate decision by an appeal judge with no experience of the sea.

True in the UK but not elsewhere, where registration and training (not that you would notice) required.