Sunsail 56

[Twister_Ken]

The other side of the story, from Sunsail 56

There we were, sailing (note, not motorsailing) down the Needles Channel when along comes this mad Jock, no genoa, mainsail fluttering worse than a Tory party opinion poll, big bone in its teeth, not a motoring come anywhere. We are tacking as necessary to avoid denting the IOW or the Shingles. As we do so, the bekilted one, beset by screaming red-headed Flora MacDonald look-alikes of various sizes, shapes and ages, swerves across our bows as if a wasp has just stung his naked buttocks. He can be heard shouting in a Glaswegian manner "I'll have you, you poncy sassenach fatherless shites. Get oot of my road in yer poofy wee boatie. An doan look all superior jes cos youse sailing an' I'm noat. An' look at that effing stubble and oakley sunshades, call yerself a man? I've seen tougher Lorne sausage. Aye, an' eaten it too."

At this point the elder Flora Macdonald shouts across an apology. "Niver you heed Mad Jock, sur, he's a harmless old soul, it's jes that he's got one of his nuts stuck in the bilge. And a wasp has stung his ..." At this point she choked on a smell that was emanating from the bowels of the vessel and we heard no more.

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[LavvieBrush]

Re: The other side of the story, from Sunsail 56

Well ... I actually was on Sunsail 56 on Saturday as a guest. The skipper was an aggressive little man, sort of stormtrooperish with SS inclinations, amongst his few words "No quarter" was frequently emitted Schmieserlike as his jaw jutted teutonically forward, he asked me if I beleived in reincarnation and when I tactfully said yes he told me quietly that he had been Commander Prien, a U boat ace, in a previous life and that in order to continue with the destruction of Briish shipping he had signed up as a Sunsail Skipper. He kept pointing out spots where he had either torpedoed ships or Tboned yachts.

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[townquay]

IF YOU WERE A POWER DRIVEN VESSEL (WHICH YOU WERE) AND HE WAS SAILING, PERHAPS THE QUESTION IS WHY WERE YOU SO CLOSE AS TO REQUIRE A MORE-OR-LESS EMERGENCY TURN ? WHEN HE TACKED, HE WAS LESS THAN COURTIOUS BUT HE WAS STILL IN THE RIGHT.
IF HE WAS ALSO UNDER ENGINE, THEN YOU WERE STILL THE GIVE-WAY VESSEL SURELY, IF HE WAS CRROSSING FROM YOUR STARBOARD TO YOUR PORT SIDE ?

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[jimi]

Oh bugger me ... you surely are'nt sailing that there is a 100 yd exclusion zone around a sailing boat just in case it tacks .. do'nt be daft I'm a sailor myself and knowe the score .. this guy was just a plonker ...

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[tony_brighton]

Had you thought about a written complaint to Southampton HM (Western Solent is in the limits of the harbour)? Something along the lines of 'reckless and endangering behaviour'..

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[Moose]

He didn't hit the thing did he? So what is all the fuss about?

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[cgull]

Re Next charterer of Sunsail 56

Hope its not me, seems like all the solent will be watching next weekend

I am a name not a number!

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