what your Favorite bit of boating

[Sheppy]

Favourite bit of boating eh? Well where does one start!

The thrill of power, speed and the smell of 2-stroke.
Meeting new friends.
Boats shows and dreaming of boats.
The peace and tranquillity when on the water, getting away from it all.
Oh yes, and slowly cruising past the local nudist beaches with binoculars - only joking.

 

[dmmbruce]

Every time I get back on board ..... It's just a great feeling even just sitting in port oh and the beer of course

YES

Just a pity it is now coffee for me!

 

[hlb]

During my Yachtmaster Instructor "test" the examiner asked me to go between one of the gaps between the piles on the Hamble in front of Hamble Point marina, the tide was absolutely hoofing out and he asked me to hold the boat stationary into the tide, and oh he said stern to. How long I said, until I tell you stop he said! Put the boat in the gap and held it there until he said go - I felt great afterwards, it was at least 3 minutes held into the full tidal flow and I felt pretty good as I pulled out. Flying around at high speed is the easy, the most satisfying is getting the close quarter stuff right.

Tried that in Conwy, when I decided that the boat might not fit under the bridge. I learned two things. One, the boat wont actually plane backwards.

Two. If I aimed between the beams, I could just about get through.

 

[maverickofpoole]

It's all good to me even after 30+ years of boating. For example today when sat on the boat in the racks fettling away with the wind blowing a hooly all day I was as happy as larry.....brilliant all of it

Martin