What do you do instead?

[dralex]

Well, it looks like another weekend down the pan with strong winds and rough seas forecast ( and already present ). The seas off Berry head were spectacular yesterday- I hate to think how bad the seas were by the time they'd crossed Lyme Bay.

My question is, what do you do that gives you as much enjoyment as sailing, when you can't go sailing? Boat jobs don't count.

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[Talbot]

Wood work (especially if it is making things for the boat)
Genealogy (Brings history alive)

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[StugeronSteve]

Usually running offspring to and from Uni, or to general activities, or concentrating on clocking up "Brownie"/"Nookie"/"Sailing" (or whatever we are allowed to call them) points in the swmbo bank.

<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.

 

[Cornishman]

Being in a relatively sheltered location on the Tamar we haven't missed a day's racing this year yet, so I will be down the Club on Sunday morning to help with the start of the penultimate race in the Autumn Series.
It sure is blowing this morning, tho'

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[mhouse]

Whe its too windy to sail its just right to windsurf . the sials look so small after the boats.

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[Robin]

Play golf if the gales are not accompanied by horizontal rain like it looks like this weekend. Otherwise get progressively more pissed off and take it out on anyone who dares pass close. I work from home and get stir crazy if I don't get out and do something, gardening & painting & decorating do NOT count!

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[Twister_Ken]

Cinema, concert, theatre, gallery, museum. Perm any two of five.

(S'good when the kids are at Uni, innit?)

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[Clive_Rigden]

Put the roof up on the M.G. and take her out into the New Forest and slide around on the leaves a bit.

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[StugeronSteve]

Not got the hair for a perm, I'm sorry to say. Although, I have a suspicion that it was a perm (seventies racing driver phase) that buggered up me follicles in the first place.

Just need to get the other little darling off to Uni and then...

<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.

 

[StellaGirl]

Racing every Sunday in Hamble Winter Series which involves a horrible early, unsocial start. Means that my Saturdays will be spent at home, with a film on tv and a bottle of red and an early night. Aside from that - cooking - always trying to come up with new dishes that taste great and can be cooked on a 2 burner stove, beating into a Force 7.

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[cliff]

Play "doctors and nurses" or soak in the jacuzzi with a bottle of plonk and shmo.

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[StugeronSteve]

"always trying to come up with new dishes that taste great and can be cooked on a 2 burner stove, beating into a Force 7."

Wow, you have my absolute admiration. My culinary efforts don't go much further than opening a flask and pack of biccies in those conditions. There's not may peeps ever feel like eating either. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.

 

[dralex]

Is that because you enjoy boat food at home or are you genuinely trying to push the envelope of marine cooking in extremis. Have you made any major advances recently as I feel the forum could do with a little redirection away from certain flaky pastry covered products.

I'm in the process of trying to cobble together a last minute social life- non sailing friends just assume weekends are spent sailing now.



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[robp]

Catch up on all the jobs at home that I get a bollocking for not doing, due to "endless sailing weekends"!

This weekend it'll be searching for new bathroom/cloakroom suites and then a plumber...............Oh and following teen and twenties boys around re-claiming the garages after their vehicle rebuilds.

Grumble, whinge

What makes you think I'm missing sailing?

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[copterdoctor]

Autumn is for finishing off the jobs started last spring and winter to plan the jobs to start in the spring. Summer to sail and forget the unfinished work.

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[Clive_Rigden]

Some years ago I did my Day Skipper practical and we all had to take turns in the galley. We were in the East Solent in a Southerly F8 when my turn came round. "You'll find some quiches in the 'fridge and do some salad and coleslaw." I put quishes in oven made a large salad (not easy chpping spring onions in a bouncy castle!) but couldn't find the coleslaw. "Oh well, make some" said instructor. I found a white cabbage, onions and carrot which I grated and added a few extras such as chopped peppers and chives, just to grease up you understand. "Skip, where did you put the mayonnaise" said I. "Oh, perhaps there isn't any" he returned. Yes, you've got it, I found the olive oil, separated the eggs, mixed in some mustard powder (how often do you find mustard powder onboard a boat?!) and as carefully as I could in a tumble drier, beat in the oilve oil with a fork. What seemed like 40 minutes later I had just about the best mayonnaise I'd ever tasted and a whole basin the size of a washing-up bowl of coleslaw was woofed down by the skipper and other four shipmates.

I'm sure that was the only reason I got my certificate.
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[robp]

Oh my timing is about right then? I might quote you but promise I'll change the name..

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[bedouin]

Re: Got any good recipes?

I'm always interested in recipes for 2 burner stove in F7 /forums/images/icons/smile.gif Mainly because I reckon if a good cook and do it in F7, I should be able to manage it in the marina.

Our heavy-weather standby is a tin of meat and boil-in-the-bag rice but it is not very inspiring /forums/images/icons/frown.gif

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[steve_cronin]

If it\'s any consolation....

...the weather was bad in Greece last week too. Better at the moment though - now we're back at work!

Steve Cronin



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[janeK]

Salsa dancing is a great way of keeping fit during the winter, do it about 3 times per week.
Reading and watching videos that I missed over the summer plus this years winter big job is to try and clear out the loft which I have been endevouring to do for the last 3 yrs - boxes up there that haven't seen the light of day since I moved in in 91.... but then again.........

Also similar to Stellagirl trying out different recipes.

But I do try and get out on the water over the winter some of the best days sailing have been in the winter ..supposedly out this Sunday for 4/5 days hope the weather improves ... now where did I put those thermals?

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