Where does the butter melt?

[Barton Seagoon]

Fridge is full of elephant of course, no room for butter.

How can you tell the elephant is there, if there is no butter for it to leave footprints in?

 

[capnsensible]

You beat me to it. And much more succinctly put too.

We were down the marina today chatting with one of the mini globe adventurers. Friend of a friend, we've met a couple of times and weather routing is his hot topic. There aren't supposed to use forecasting en route in the spirit of the adventure.

Hence the big question his how much south and how much west gets the best balance on leaving the Canaries. Could be an early turn is on the cards this month. I like the Cape Verdes so have tended to go there on route. But more direct can be a bit of a lottery with no access to weather forecasting, can't it. Interesting watching how the faster yachts in the annual arc often take a more direct route.

He doesn't have any butter.....

 

[GEM43]

How can you tell the elephant is there, if there is no butter for it to leave footprints in?

It’s a fair point…….

 

[PabloPicasso]

Does it not depend if you have the diesel heater on.

If you need the heater on you're still far too far north

 

[WoodyP]

Using TCM as a valid source will lead to anarchy. Lovely bloke, but reliable?

 

[Boathook]

It might not be butter. Could you believe that?
Do you keep it in the fridge?

It was butter and ended up being in the fridge to stop it melting !

 

[Blueboatman]

Thread drift no1
A long ( long) time ago I knew the skipper of a Nicholson 55 as the dad of a friend ..Being an airforce boat it went to sea with rations on board. The discerning crew would nip off and upgrade to food they wanted to eat at sea.. And along we came into La Corunna with an old leaky boat and paltry funds but quite a lot of Spanish brandy and some dubious vodka..
We traded, oh yes we did. And TINNED butter is absolutely wonderful stuff.. straight from the bilge or locker, it didn’t last long enough to melt in Spanish waters..

Drift no2
Tonight’s dessert here in wintry England was microwave steamed treacle pudding. In theory 4 minutes .. But first you have to melt the butter .. By the time it was added to the other ingredients in the mixer by me it had cooled sufficiently ( my bad) to be solidifying again .. still delicious .. Uk in winter eh
Butter is butter

 

[Daydream believer]

Fridge is full of elephant of course, no room for butter.

Could you keep the butter in a trunk then?

 

[Boathook]

I should add that there is no room in my fridge for elephants as any spare space is allocated to tonic water and white wine.

 

[Blueboatman]

I should add that there is no room in my fridge for elephants as any spare space is allocated to tonic water and white wine.

That is indeed the elephant in the cabin .

 

[Wansworth]

You beat me to it. And much more succinctly put too.

Not so poetic though

 

[mjcoon]

I've had butter melt when sailing along the south coast.

For the benefit of Stingo it was salted butter

If you want it for maintaining your marine chronometer it had better be the Best Butter (as applied by the March Hare)!