Sailing is.........................................

[LONG_KEELER]

Breaking the local speed limit under sail.?

 

[mrming]

…telling your work colleagues “Of course there’s no signal at sea” when you’re usually only a couple of miles offshore when travelling and in a harbour most nights.

 

[westernman]

…telling your work colleagues “Of course there’s no signal at sea” when you’re usually only a couple of miles offshore when travelling and in a harbour most nights.

I have done exactly that.
And yes, we are not planning any long trips and will be at most a couple of miles offshore the whole time next week.

And where we are the mobile phone coverage and internet works well the whole time. But don't you dare tell my colleagues.

 

[Tomahawk]

That feeling when you bear away after pulling up the main and the rig tightens a bit. Then you pull out the Genoa and kill the donk... then bear away some more. You take the tiller and feel the surge of energy as the boat stiffens when the wind properly fills the sails and she becomes a wild creature of the water wind and elements ready to take you wherever you set your gaze.

 

[zoidberg]

That's almost lyrical, Tom, and not a single spelin mishtook....!

 

[Concerto]

............telling people you own a yacht.
They think you must be a millionaire, if they believe what is published in most newspapers. Little do they know most people spend more on holidays per year than it costs to run a small yacht. Silly reporters.

 

[Laminar Flow]

... 14th century space travel.

 

[Dragon461]

That feeling when you bear away after pulling up the main and the rig tightens a bit. Then you pull out the Genoa and kill the donk... then bear away some more. You take the tiller and feel the surge of energy as the boat stiffens when the wind properly fills the sails and she becomes a wild creature of the water wind and elements ready to take you wherever you set your gaze.

And you got hurtling along at 4.5 kts.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

Counting the bruises on a Sunday night when you notice yourself in the bedroom mirror.

 

[Daydream believer]

Counting the bruises on a Sunday night when you notice yourself in the bedroom mirror.

Tell your mistress to wear the riding boots & you keep the whip

 

[Sandy]

Abit like dodgems with pots! So far, Plymouth to Hartlepool, Flamborough Head (not an albatross in sight) was the worst.

 

[Tomahawk]

And you go hurtling along at 4.5 kts.

Ahem... Methinks you have never sailed a proper boat.

 

[Dragon461]

I had an old

Ahem... Methinks you have never sailed a proper boat.

I owned a Swan 46 for a while then a Farr 45. Now a caravan

 

[Ink]

............telling people you own a yacht.
They think you must be a millionaire, if they believe what is published in most newspapers. Little do they know most people spend more on holidays per year than it costs to run a small yacht. Silly reporters.

That's what I tell my wife too!

Ink

 

[Tomahawk]

I had an old
friend
I owned a Swan 46 for a while then a Farr 45. Now a caravan

If you only got 4 1/2 knots out of a Farr 45 you were doing something very very wrong

 

[Tomahawk]

That's almost lyrical, Tom, and not a single spelin mishtook....!

you cheeky focker

 

[zoidberg]

Akshully, it's spelled 'Fokker'.... as in Dr.1 triplane.

 

[Abestea]

Sailing is just a croc of carp!

 

[Dragon461]

Probably droping the anchor

 

[Deleted member 36384]

That feeling when you bear away after pulling up the main and the rig tightens a bit. Then you pull out the Genoa and kill the donk... then bear away some more. You take the tiller and feel the surge of energy as the boat stiffens when the wind properly fills the sails and she becomes a wild creature of the water wind and elements ready to take you wherever you set your gaze.

Very good Tomahawk, I am inspired to get on the water reading your prose. It did remind me of Captain Billy Tyne's cast off speech. It didn't end well for him though.