demonboy
Well-Known Member
To balance the books from my previous thread on landlubbers I thought I'd list the most annoying things fellow yachties say. This is just a bit of fun so if you are guilty of saying any of these, well, don't say them.
No boat ever sunk of osmosis
We received encouraging and supportive messages when we posted about our osmosis woes, but if I had a pound for every person who said this, I could pay to get my osmosis sorted! I mean, how do you know no boat ever sunk of osmosis? Where's the proof? I bet if you researched hard enough you could find evidence to the contrary. And it still doesn't make me feel any better about my osmosis!
Sun's over the yardarm somewhere in the world
Just say you want a drink.
One job a day
Said by sailors who spend most their cruising life in a marina.
(From Liz, probably directed at me) There's no such thing as a rope on a boat
Yes there is, the boat's full of ropes. They just have stupid names.
We've never dragged
Liar.
Any discussion about anchors
Blah blah blah.
The marina fees are extortionate
Don't go there then.
My wife and I split the jobs evenly
Even I say this because Liz and I have an equal relationship (ie she tells me what to do) but when it comes down to it, there's still pink jobs and there are still blue jobs. I've yet to meet a couple where she is the mechanic and he does the washing.
They have a lovely Oyster/Swan/S&S/HR/insert expensive blue water cruiser here
Who cares? Some of my best friends have Beneteaus!
That's it for the moment. There are more so I'll add them as they come to me, now that I have a place to rant about them.
Any to add?
No boat ever sunk of osmosis
We received encouraging and supportive messages when we posted about our osmosis woes, but if I had a pound for every person who said this, I could pay to get my osmosis sorted! I mean, how do you know no boat ever sunk of osmosis? Where's the proof? I bet if you researched hard enough you could find evidence to the contrary. And it still doesn't make me feel any better about my osmosis!
Sun's over the yardarm somewhere in the world
Just say you want a drink.
One job a day
Said by sailors who spend most their cruising life in a marina.
(From Liz, probably directed at me) There's no such thing as a rope on a boat
Yes there is, the boat's full of ropes. They just have stupid names.
We've never dragged
Liar.
Any discussion about anchors
Blah blah blah.
The marina fees are extortionate
Don't go there then.
My wife and I split the jobs evenly
Even I say this because Liz and I have an equal relationship (ie she tells me what to do) but when it comes down to it, there's still pink jobs and there are still blue jobs. I've yet to meet a couple where she is the mechanic and he does the washing.
They have a lovely Oyster/Swan/S&S/HR/insert expensive blue water cruiser here
Who cares? Some of my best friends have Beneteaus!
That's it for the moment. There are more so I'll add them as they come to me, now that I have a place to rant about them.
Any to add?
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