What kind of sailor are you?

[flaming]

I still remember starting to sail and arriving at Cowes Yacht Haven and walking up the alley onto the high street to the pub opposite. We felt like we had crossed the Atlantic! We ha e crossed Biscay lots of times since then and never felt that same level if attainment. Perhaps less is sometimes more.

If you survived a trip to the anchor I can well understand that feeling.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

If you survived a trip to the anchor I can well understand that feeling.

There are a fair few sleazier dives on the Island.

 

[capnsensible]

There are a fair few sleazier dives on the Island.

When racing service yachts at Cowes Week, our favourite den was the Royal British Legion on the High Street. Awesome.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

When racing service yachts at Cowes Week, our favourite den was the Royal British Legion on the High Street. Awesome.

We have a berth at Cowes Corinthian, so for classics and Cowes week, if any drinking is done, its there or at specific socials. But these days, if you are serious, the party waits til the last day.

 

[winch2]

Fascinating read. My old dad was what I would call a slightly rough and ready old school sailor in his yellow sou'wester and mac. He sailed his home built Folkboat up and down the English Channel/Holland on and off with chums, and Ive spent my entire life trying to be just a quarter of what he was.

Well that quarter of inspiration/ability is in reality less than a 16th I bet. Seasickness is the thing that stops me in my tracks so it's gentle pottering up and down The Solent and around the harbour... both of which give us huge joy and satisfaction. But I will always admire those who can simply set sail and go off over the horizon without a care.

Even a lazy afternoon on the mooring is a huge thrill. I just love being on the water, the boat, the gear, everything, and being away from it all for a few hours. Its pretty amazing.

 

[PhillM]

So my ideal sailing is local in my cheap coribiee and ocean on a pay to play basis. Perhaps not everyone’s cup of tea but fulfils both the need to own my boat and a desire to sail around the world. I’ll get there one pay to play passage at a time!

 

[Mister E]

I enjoy being on the boat when the sea is calm with a slight breeze and the warm sun shining.
Most of the time I put up with normal British weather.

I don't think that I am cut out to be an ocean sailer, plus I don't have a real desire to do so.

 

[FairweatherDave]

Flying kites with my Dad, and graduating to a Peter Powell stunt kite on the beach in Cornwall, and belly boarding in the surf were my kick starters. As unskilled crewing a Mirror and a Lark I didn't get the bug. Windsurfing has been my addiction since the 80s. Only when family came along did I want to share and pass on my love of water. Small boats to bigger boats. We're fully qualified floating caravanners.

 

[billskip]

Being on the water.....

 

[stranded]

Don’t understand the conflict people get into about motor boating and sailing.Properly kept and managed a motor craft demands almost all the skills of a sailing boat………but thereare some motor powered craft were the owners do not treat the sea and other seafarers with respect,these give motor boating a bad name

I’ve found that the proportion of motorboatists and yachters who are tossers to be about the same - and likewise motorists, cyclists, walkers ashore. From which I conclude that it is not the contraption…

 

[Mister E]

I’ve found that the proportion of motorboatists and yachters who are tossers to be about the same - and likewise motorists, cyclists, walkers ashore. From which I conclude that it is not the contraption…

The exception is just skiers.

 

[billskip]

I’ve found that the proportion of motorboatists and yachters who are tossers to be about the same - and likewise motorists, cyclists, walkers ashore. From which I conclude that it is not the contraption…

Everyone else but you......

 

[stranded]

Everyone else but you......

Of course.

 

[Blueboatman]

The worlds a funny place,
except for me and thee.
And truth be told,
Sometimes I wonder about thee!

 

[justanothersailboat]

I’ve found that the proportion of motorboatists and yachters who are tossers to be about the same - and likewise motorists, cyclists, walkers ashore. From which I conclude that it is not the contraption…

I agree this is probably true. But motorboaters are more frequently in a position to ruin my day, so I form a logically unfair but statistically fair prejudice.

 

[Graham376]

I don't think that I am cut out to be an ocean sailer, plus I don't have a real desire to do so.

I'm certainly not, found our Biscay crossings boring most of the time. Spend roughly half the year on board in the sun but have given up day sailing except occasionally with visitors on board. Boat only moves when we're going somewhere. In truth, it's become more of a floating holiday home and find annual January maintenance (underway now) a chore.

 

[Wansworth]

I agree this is probably true. But motorboaters are more frequently in a position to ruin my day, so I form a logically unfair but statistically fair prejudic

I'm certainly not, found our Biscay crossings boring most of the time. Spend roughly half the year on board in the sun but have given up day sailing except occasionally with visitors on board. Boat only moves when we're going somewhere. In truth, it's become more of a floating holiday home and find annual January maintenance (underway now) a chore.

That’s probably an honest appraisal of many!