Tying on a flag

[stormeagle]

I bought her because she is like her owner, well made, and built for comfort rather than speed. I spend five months of the year on her, mostly anchoring off, pottering around the med. and enjoying the quiet life while trying to avoid the habitats of loonies on what I believe, are called PWCs.
I am the third owner, and I believe that a vessel should keep the name with she was launched. In case you wondered I regard myself as traditional rather than pompous. Come and have gin and judge for yourself


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[tome]

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like her owner, well made, and built for comfort rather than speed

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Is this a tactful way of saying you're a bit beamy with overhanging topsides, unable to muster the energy to tie your flag without the aid of a mechanical device?

 

[stormeagle]

Regrettably something in that- though knocking on 70 with yacht and pacemaker to support I tend to the "Old bull" approach,usually being short handed

 

[tome]

Tee hee, funny old life. As long a you can still maintain your hoist who's to worry how you raise it?

 

[stormeagle]

Even more regrettably, one only seems to hoist a glass these days - freed from the tyranny of the libido at last! (George Melly quote - almost as old as Swallows and Amazons).
I am at the age where a decent bottle offers more potential rewards than an indecent woman.
Ruminations such as this, brand one as either pompous or incomprehensible - I might as well be speaking swahili. Good Night and Jambo!