Sailing with Children

hm i like the sound of this BUT my kids play in the front row and one of them aged 15 already wears size 11 shoes. So, er seeing as how, you know, he er shouldn't be left out and ahem, I have caved into the request for erm well, most things actually and i don't like to bother him too much about the crewing if he is busy on the computer down below....

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Elementary Dear Boy - wait until said offspring is soundly sleeping then dish out the walloping. I know it sounds a little cowardly but we are not getting younger - look upon it as sleep being nature's way of evening out the balance

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I'll give it a try, although it can't be much of a thrashing if it isn't to wake him, can it? Should i blame "growing pains" or perhaps his younger brother? I do think you've had better ideas than this, although er wait a minute, now i'm not so sure...

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The thrashing has to be so hard that he doesn't wake for a few hours and when he does it is to great pain and total amnesia. Then you can play the concerned father and administer a wet sponge to his fevered brow. This way they think that you are a good Dad and hey man - respect.
Where it all goes wrong is if you wallop them and it doesn't really hurt them - its all linked to the key stages of growing up - the final one being when you take them out for a beer and they carry you home.

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Couldn't agree more - great things to take with you once you get them trained. Up the mast to lubricate the halyard pulleys, up the mast to change the mast head light and clean the contacts and the lens, up the mast to free of the main sail when she jams, over the side to polish the hull, under the hull to scrape off the weed, dismantle and clean the crapper when it blocks (usually the kids blocked it anyway) go to the fridge and bring father another beer, open the beer, pour the beer, get another beer......, check the ice in the freezer for the sundowner G&T, wash the decks, wash the dishes, clean the bilges, polish the brass work (and the stainless steel rails). drop the anchor, raise the anchor (NO you cant use the windlass - think of the electricity). Yes a multitude of uses. Definitely "must have" pieces of kit. Every boat should have at least two but they need to be well trained.


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