This weekend ……action!

[Bouba]

There are far too many Rule 1s of boating, so I'll call this one Rule 379 of boating.

For every job one ticks off the To Do List, two more appear.

That would be the Rule of Twos

 

[Bouba]

Anyhow, rule 3 is never say to the wife that this is the last major cost for the season
In fact never say it aloud

 

[Stemar]

Even thinking it ensures that you are wrong

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Although when I had a boat I worked on it extensively, I can think of only two instances where work was outsourced to a professional: Shotblasting / antifoul removal and application of an epoxy barrier and reantifouling and the fitting of replacement cap rails. In both instances I was to be found lurking in the background ready to admonish or advise or instruct should it be necessary.
When a few years back I was actively thinking and close to buying another hole in the water one of the things that was uppermost in my mind was where I would find suitable and complete gardiennage services because I had no intentions of squirming into small claustrophobic spaces, getting covered in antifoul or removing heavy sails and running rigging unless circumstances and the absence of suitable service providers dictated that I might have to. The objective was now that I was unencumbered with work and time rich was to sail the bloody thing rather than work on it.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

$64,000 question, did the outboard start, was Wansy even able to pull the starter cord.

 

[Bouba]

I’m more interested to know how he’s going to carry a sofa to the boat and get it onboard and inside

 

[Wansworth]

$64,000 question, did the outboard start, was Wansy even able to pull the starter cord.

It started first time since October ,this weekend hopefully itwill do so again

 

[Wansworth]

I’m more interested to know how he’s going to carry a sofa to the boat and get it onboard and inside

Sofa is a ubiquitous word …..sofa anywhere youcanmeasureyour length

 

[LittleSister]

. . . I had no intentions of squirming into small claustrophobic spaces, getting covered in antifoul or removing heavy sails and running rigging unless circumstances and the absence of suitable service providers dictated that I might have to. . .

Go on, you know you miss it really!

You have to lean into the martyrdom of it.

Think of all the sympathy you could generate for enduring such troubles on here and at home!

 

[Bouba]

Go on, you know you miss it really!

You have to lean into the martyrdom of it.

Think of all the sympathy you could generate for enduring such troubles on here and at home!

You can have sympathy for Hackett....but not empathy

 

[Stemar]

Sofa is a ubiquitous word …..sofa anywhere youcanmeasureyour length

On my day skipper course, the instructor said that one should never buy a boat where the cockpit seats are too short to stretch out on. We have not regretted following his advice.

 

[lustyd]

it’s not the most enjoyable time....in fact it can be hell.

Tie up in St Helier marina, it’s hotter than hell and more stressful than the most absurd boat jobs.

 

[DownWest]

Sofa is a ubiquitous word …..sofa anywhere youcanmeasureyour length

Measure your length??!! Hope the censures/mods don't see that! Better find your beach shoes..

My little new one has just enough room to seat 4 on the berths. If kipping, feet under the cockpit. Sofas, not.

 

[Bouba]

I removed the original two seater couch/sofa bed...the original sofa was amazing as a sofa bed...just like a permanent bed...but the sofa was only big enough for one person or one dog to be comfortably stretched out...even foot stools couldn’t make it work.
I swapped it for a two man electric fully reclining sofa from Wayfarer....heaven. Two people can now sleep on it while watching telly...it can’t get better.
To swap it out took two people and wore me out...despite the boat being backed in with a pontoon along one side, full patio doors and an onboard crane that did the heavy lifting.
But I’m still glad I did it...one of the best improvements I ever made..because it makes the boat more livable. People assume that you have to compromise with a small boat...but if you really think about it there is always a way to make a boat more comfortable

 

[Bouba]

PS...I connected the electric sofa to a 12v battery...so it is usable underway or at anchor

 

[DownWest]

PS...I connected the electric sofa to a 12v battery...so it is usable underway or at anchor

Shock Horror!
That is not a boat, just a transported TV relaxing area..

Confession.. a boat needs bits of cloth to move forward. Opinions might vary....

 

[LittleSister]

. . . I swapped it for a two man electric fully reclining sofa . . .

That wouldn't fit in my living room, let alone my boat!

I'm sure the dog would have been quite satisfied with the sofa bed, and you could have had a hammock.

 

[Bouba]

Shock Horror!
That is not a boat, just a transported TV relaxing area..

Confession.. a boat needs bits of cloth to move forward. Opinions might vary....

I am trying to inspire Wansy

 

[Bouba]

Right now we have just tied up after a little sea voyage and I am now relaxing on my sofa…something for Wansey to aspire to

 

[Chiara’s slave]

We have to sit sideways in the fore cabin to get that kind of experience. For which you climb through a kind of oval hole which would remind Captain Sensible of his earlier career. It reminds me what we have given up for the sake of speed.