Some reasons not to stop sailing!!

[steveeasy]

Here’s a few images that have made me smile over the last few days. Is a good reason to keep going?. Better than Telly.

 

[Quandary]

It was 2016, I was 76 and up the 15m. mast all day with spreader templates setting up the discontinuous rig of our Finngulf 33, my wife was below on deck winding the winch i was swinging on, when I eventually came down my arse was numb, my arms were aching and my arthritic fingers had stopped moving. She said 'Do you not think we are getting too old for this?' At the time I agreed and the boat went on the market, we had owned it only 9 years from new. It sold but the itch I had persuaded me to buy a motor boat, retiring yacties buy Nimbus so I got one of these, trucked up from Norwich. We set off for Tobermory, by the time we got there sitting behind a couple of windscreen wipers slapping back and forth we knew we had made a mistake. Fortunately there is a strong demand for this type of boat in places like Loch Lomond and we sold it at the end of that season. I bought a Moody S31, my wife liked it okay but our dog hated it because he could not manage the companionway steps but we kept it until 2021 by which time the wife's hip had given up and the dog had expired. The Moody was okay but i have always regretted selling that Finngulf. I bought a sailing dinghy but miss Gairloch , Lochinver, even just the circuit of Mull. Nowadays I have to be content with helping other sailors through the Crinan Canal.
The moral of this story is that if you are a sailor do not be tempted to give it up without very serious thought and do not take advice from your wife

 

[WoodyP]

Do not take advice from your wife, unless she says do what you want.

 

[Stemar]

Do not take advice from your wife, unless she says do what you want.

 

[Baggywrinkle]

 

[Marsali_1]

Surely the biggest reason not to stop sailing is because you're not there yet. When you get there you can decided whether that really is there or if it is a port at which you can re-provision and carry on.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

After a weekend’s sailing like this, the last thing on my mind is giving up. Even though we went nowhere, just sailed around some lumps of metal and plastic.

 

[steveeasy]

Surely the biggest reason not to stop sailing is because you're not there yet. When you get there you can decided whether that really is there or if it is a port at which you can re-provision and carry on.

Defiantly not there yet! But I recon it doesn’t really matter too much where you end up. Would be a shame to give up and miss out on all the fun, no matter how hard it is at times.
Steveeasy

 

[Laysula]

Do not take advice from your wife, unless she says do what you want.

When your wife say's "do what you want". Don't it's a trap. If you insist on doing it make sure you have a comfortable couch to sleep on.

 

[DownWest]

When your wife say's "do what you want". Don't it's a trap. If you insist on doing it make sure you have a comfortable couch to sleep on.

I hope you now get on better with your wife... Mine fell on the quai a few years ago and is less interested in sailing since. We work out the differences quite well.

 

[capnsensible]

When you've had a couple of days at sea, reach a harbour and smell the reek of car exhausts.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Taking grandsons, ages 8 & 12, to Ireland. Gareloch ~ Sanda ~ Rathlin ~ Ballycastle ~ Holy Isle ~ Tighnabruaich ~ Gareloch.
Letting them take the helm; explaining bearings, tides & overfalls; how to start/stop the engine; trim sails; and so on and so on. Some of it will stick I hope.
I’m leaving my boat to my grandkids when I expire. Maybe there will be a ding-dong battle for custody

 

[rogerthebodger]

When your wife say's "do what you want". Don't it's a trap. If you insist on doing it make sure you have a comfortable couch to sleep on.

Thats what the boat bunk is for