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Ouch!!
Why is it rubbish?
Geoff
Why is it rubbish?
Geoff
tcm
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Re: Sell up and Sail - abridged
1. Could you go?
Answer these questions
a) Are you up for it? Eh wassat, speakup! Reckon you could do it do you? Oh really, been at sea for years and years have you? As full time job, none of this weekend rubbish, hmm? No, thought not. RYA "courses", pah! You've no chance, no chance at all, I see this time and again....
b) Have you got enough money? Hmm? What?? You've got how much? Good Lord, where the hell d'ya get that much then? Probably some city slicker are you? Anyway, it's got nothing to do with money, nothing at all. Having that much money almost proves you've got no chance.
c) What sort of boat would you have? Well, what have you got now? PLASTIC??? Useless!!! It'll last to the needles fairway buoy, and that's it, probably dissolve. Wood's nearly as bad, okay for light coastal work, but chancey.
d) Can you do any four of these knots right NOW: sheet bend, bowline, bowline on a bight, complicated floor mat, monkey fist. You're saying yes, eh? Go on then. No, you can't "go and get some rope" you wimp, it says right NOW, that's what I meant, and you said "yes"! Hah! So, you can't do the knots, typical of today's so-called sailors, I don't know what the country is coming to etc etc....
results:
Are you bill cooper? if yes, 1000 points
Have you sailed around the world already? Score 10 points per circumnavigation.
Otherwise, maximum 4 points and feel MUCH more worried that before you started.
etc etc
1. Could you go?
Answer these questions
a) Are you up for it? Eh wassat, speakup! Reckon you could do it do you? Oh really, been at sea for years and years have you? As full time job, none of this weekend rubbish, hmm? No, thought not. RYA "courses", pah! You've no chance, no chance at all, I see this time and again....
b) Have you got enough money? Hmm? What?? You've got how much? Good Lord, where the hell d'ya get that much then? Probably some city slicker are you? Anyway, it's got nothing to do with money, nothing at all. Having that much money almost proves you've got no chance.
c) What sort of boat would you have? Well, what have you got now? PLASTIC??? Useless!!! It'll last to the needles fairway buoy, and that's it, probably dissolve. Wood's nearly as bad, okay for light coastal work, but chancey.
d) Can you do any four of these knots right NOW: sheet bend, bowline, bowline on a bight, complicated floor mat, monkey fist. You're saying yes, eh? Go on then. No, you can't "go and get some rope" you wimp, it says right NOW, that's what I meant, and you said "yes"! Hah! So, you can't do the knots, typical of today's so-called sailors, I don't know what the country is coming to etc etc....
results:
Are you bill cooper? if yes, 1000 points
Have you sailed around the world already? Score 10 points per circumnavigation.
Otherwise, maximum 4 points and feel MUCH more worried that before you started.
etc etc
tcm
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Re: book writing
absolutely right, rtboss. Did you know that most novels are completely made up, and that the journalists who write about lots of things in the papers didn't do those things themselves, they just heard about them from someone else, and then wrotem down. And even charts, all secondhand information, the printers themselves just copied the thing from a piece of paper given to them. Pah!
absolutely right, rtboss. Did you know that most novels are completely made up, and that the journalists who write about lots of things in the papers didn't do those things themselves, they just heard about them from someone else, and then wrotem down. And even charts, all secondhand information, the printers themselves just copied the thing from a piece of paper given to them. Pah!
ghostwriter
New member
Sell up and Wail
Pity the man is not here to defend himself.
The book is boring in itself , but we should be grateful for allowing us the odd insight in the man's racial superiority wanking , otherwise there would not be a lot to read , would there ?
The man is not boring at all , you can like him or dislike him (previous phrase should be enough to show at which end of the spectrum this one stands) , but at least give him the credit for saying what he thinks.(if that is really what he thinks , otherwise give him credit as a very crafty winder-upper)
as a non-Brit (allow me to apologise deeply for that ), the man's attitude strikes me always as a fine example of the "Old British Empire" syndrome : everywhere he goes , he expects to be "fêted" (his word) , to be hailed as the superior benign being that comes all over the world to teach those poor and dumb locals the principles of civilisation , and oh dear if ever some vilain would not be grateful for that !
but hey , if that's o.k. with him , it's o.k. with me too , one should have respect for ALL forms of life /forums/images/icons/wink.gif (I'll now go into hiding for the next six months , please forward any post to Timbuctu)
Pity the man is not here to defend himself.
The book is boring in itself , but we should be grateful for allowing us the odd insight in the man's racial superiority wanking , otherwise there would not be a lot to read , would there ?
The man is not boring at all , you can like him or dislike him (previous phrase should be enough to show at which end of the spectrum this one stands) , but at least give him the credit for saying what he thinks.(if that is really what he thinks , otherwise give him credit as a very crafty winder-upper)
as a non-Brit (allow me to apologise deeply for that ), the man's attitude strikes me always as a fine example of the "Old British Empire" syndrome : everywhere he goes , he expects to be "fêted" (his word) , to be hailed as the superior benign being that comes all over the world to teach those poor and dumb locals the principles of civilisation , and oh dear if ever some vilain would not be grateful for that !
but hey , if that's o.k. with him , it's o.k. with me too , one should have respect for ALL forms of life /forums/images/icons/wink.gif (I'll now go into hiding for the next six months , please forward any post to Timbuctu)
colinroybarrett
New member
We have been privileged to spend somewhat longer than 2 minutes with both Bill & Laurel aboard “Hosanna” and thoroughly enjoyed our visit. They were most courteous and seemed happy to answer all of those ‘dumb questions’ that must have been asked of them hundreds of times before. With 26+ years of living afloat, since “Selling up” I think they have every right to their opinions!
Having also met a few of the contributors here; face-to-face, I can whole-heartedly agree with Andrew’s comments! - Now Andrew, how did we shape up?
Cheers,
Colin & Urszula Barrett
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.kahawi.co.uk>http://www.kahawi.co.uk</A>
Having also met a few of the contributors here; face-to-face, I can whole-heartedly agree with Andrew’s comments! - Now Andrew, how did we shape up?
Cheers,
Colin & Urszula Barrett
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.kahawi.co.uk>http://www.kahawi.co.uk</A>
Opinionated
New member
Re: Published and be damned
Oi, stop taking my punch lines!!
Bill and Laurel have been around the block a few times, so must have lots of good stuff to offer. But they sail a BARGE for goodness sakes!!
(I don't have to agree with YOUR opinions, but I'll defend your right to express them).
Oi, stop taking my punch lines!!
Bill and Laurel have been around the block a few times, so must have lots of good stuff to offer. But they sail a BARGE for goodness sakes!!
(I don't have to agree with YOUR opinions, but I'll defend your right to express them).
Opinionated
New member
Re: Precisely my point
If you are self-opinionated, you are in VERY good company!! You are probably related to the ordinary non-self-opinionated genus. Where were you born? I would be interested to find out if you are the Hampshire branch of the opinionated family.
(I don't have to agree with YOUR opinions, but I'll defend your right to express them).
If you are self-opinionated, you are in VERY good company!! You are probably related to the ordinary non-self-opinionated genus. Where were you born? I would be interested to find out if you are the Hampshire branch of the opinionated family.
(I don't have to agree with YOUR opinions, but I'll defend your right to express them).
tcm
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Re: Colin \"The Hat\"
the cap'n hat is very dodgy, sir, imho. I assume that you wore it for a bet? Webcraft is right, it's the personal stuff that is most fun!
the cap'n hat is very dodgy, sir, imho. I assume that you wore it for a bet? Webcraft is right, it's the personal stuff that is most fun!
colinroybarrett
New member
Lagging for Thermal Radiator
I’ve a strong suspicion the ‘Captains Hat’ came from a second-hand chandlery in Gdansk (it was last seen leaving Cherbourg, as we sailed in)! The wearing of it has a lot to do with the can in my left hand, on this occasion.
Mind; if you think that’s dodgy, you should see the combined Balaclava/Bobble-Hat my Mummy knitted me!
There’s nowt wrong with ‘em sailing a barge now, “Farewell” was a true blue-water jobbie and they spent 17 years it that!
The thing we find most difficult is working out which of them has written which paragraph/chapter etc. They do jump around a bit; still an entertaining read and the questionnaire in “Taking the Ulysses Option” is very valid today, now that ever more of us are wanting to “Sell Up”.
“It’s not that I’m going bald; rather that I am taller than my hair”
Cheers,
Colin & Urszula Barrett
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.kahawi.co.uk>http://www.kahawi.co.uk</A>
I’ve a strong suspicion the ‘Captains Hat’ came from a second-hand chandlery in Gdansk (it was last seen leaving Cherbourg, as we sailed in)! The wearing of it has a lot to do with the can in my left hand, on this occasion.
Mind; if you think that’s dodgy, you should see the combined Balaclava/Bobble-Hat my Mummy knitted me!
There’s nowt wrong with ‘em sailing a barge now, “Farewell” was a true blue-water jobbie and they spent 17 years it that!
The thing we find most difficult is working out which of them has written which paragraph/chapter etc. They do jump around a bit; still an entertaining read and the questionnaire in “Taking the Ulysses Option” is very valid today, now that ever more of us are wanting to “Sell Up”.
“It’s not that I’m going bald; rather that I am taller than my hair”
Cheers,
Colin & Urszula Barrett
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.kahawi.co.uk>http://www.kahawi.co.uk</A>
Mr Cassandra
Well-known member
Re: book writing
I wonder ,do you know anything about high horses? that should make a good read
neigh lad not pah hoofs.
cheers bob t
Bob T
I wonder ,do you know anything about high horses? that should make a good read
neigh lad not pah hoofs.
cheers bob t
Bob T
tcm
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Re: ouch! Prescotted!
By all means have yet another incoherent go at me, rtboss, but could at least try using a better metaphor and perhaps even a meaningful sentence or two! I wonder, can you at least agree to consign the bizarrely self-promoting claim that your mate told the venerable Cooper all he knows to the "drunk and disorderly" department, please?
By all means have yet another incoherent go at me, rtboss, but could at least try using a better metaphor and perhaps even a meaningful sentence or two! I wonder, can you at least agree to consign the bizarrely self-promoting claim that your mate told the venerable Cooper all he knows to the "drunk and disorderly" department, please?
Mr Cassandra
Well-known member
Re: ouch! Prescotted!
Haven`t you got someone else to impress
Bob T
Haven`t you got someone else to impress
Bob T
Robin2
New member
I thoroughly enjoyed Sell up and Sail. If authors were not opinionated books would be very very dull.
Another somewhat similar very enjoyable book is "Sensible Cruising: The Thoreau Approach"
by Don Casey, Lew Hackler.
Another somewhat similar very enjoyable book is "Sensible Cruising: The Thoreau Approach"
by Don Casey, Lew Hackler.
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Jamie, Bill and Laurel
Do you think I ought to put in my invoice for all this publicity?
Geoff
Do you think I ought to put in my invoice for all this publicity?
Geoff
Mr Cassandra
Well-known member
Re: Jamie, Bill and Laurel
Hi you can only but try . but i think Bill will explain where you can stick it.
cheers bob t
Bob T
Hi you can only but try . but i think Bill will explain where you can stick it.
cheers bob t
Bob T
NigeCh
New member
Bill & Laurel (365 days a yaer)
Criticism in the worst form comes from those who are still sitting on their arses cricitising those who are out there doing it.
Some of us (well north of quiet namsy-pamsy Solent waters) are still doing it all the year round.
My advice to you all is to wake up and start to live your dreams by getting up off your soft couches and then go do it and learn how to sail with a fresh wind on your cheek for say a year or two and with no winter respite - That should sort you out.
Criticism in the worst form comes from those who are still sitting on their arses cricitising those who are out there doing it.
Some of us (well north of quiet namsy-pamsy Solent waters) are still doing it all the year round.
My advice to you all is to wake up and start to live your dreams by getting up off your soft couches and then go do it and learn how to sail with a fresh wind on your cheek for say a year or two and with no winter respite - That should sort you out.