Where's my son?

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Where\'s my son?

Readers may remember that I foolishly lent my 21yr old son my yacht.

He left Falmouth just over a fortnight ago and since then SWMBO has suggested that he has sunk, he has run out of water, he has been run down etc. etc. and whatever has happened to him is all my fault for encouraging him and lending him the boat blah blah......

Text message last night from Porto Santo where he has arrived safely.

Result! . /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Possible updates on his travels at http://jarvist.googlepages.com/
 
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Congratulations to him. All of you should be very proud.
Swmbo can stop worrying.
And you can start worrying...you say you 'lent' him the yacht.
He's sailed it all the way to Porto Santo only to give it back? I don't think so /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
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Some years ago we (SWMBO and I) went to meet the Winston Churchill in Weymouth as one of the crew was eldest daughter, aged 25ish.
WC arrived, no sign of daughter on deck ah says I, there she is up in the rigging.

SWMBO cries what's she doing up there tell her to get down NOW!

Are all mothers short on humour at times like this?
 
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Congratulations to your son! I'm sure you are really proud of him.

I try to assume all is well UNLESS my kids contact me. So far, that assumption has worked out. But as a mother (and it does seem that mums worry more than the Dads), it's been pretty hard at times.
 
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Had I been in your position, the subject of my posting would have been 'Where's my boat?' !!
 
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Here's the e-mail I've just got.

Tet & myself are relaxing in Porto Santo, Madeira, after a 15 day
passage from Falmouth.

Sailing was great, very hot - not much wind but otherwise very
pleasant. Thirty-Six hours running before a Force 7 with just the
storm-jib up, as the odd wave collapsed and gave us a good old wallop
but otherwise nothing at all dangerous. Once out of Biscay and the
shipping lanes off NW Spain we saw just a handful of ships all the
way. Went some 3 days without a single sighting. Just long days
listening to Crazy Christians on Shortwave from the bible states,
swimming with 4km of water below you and reading every last printed
word on the entire sloop.

The best aspect has probably been the amazing wildlife that we´ve seen
as we drifted down to 36 degrees North. Whole fields of sea-potatoes &
surreal algae light-bulbs drifting below the keel. Every 24hrs across
Biscay we were ambushed by a school of dolphins that seemed to take
great delight in racing alongside (easily outstripping our speed) and
then leaping our bow-wave. I´ve got some amazing film footage on my
digital camera, but unfortunately this machine doesn´t seem to have
any way of uploading...

The best 24hrs was probably the day before we arrived at Madeira - the
sky cleared to a perfect blue, we swam simply to cool down. Streaming
a rope behind the boat you could hold on and get dragged along &
washed effortlessly.

As the sun dropped lower, we sailed past a sea turtle, a killer whale
surfaced and blew its blowhole just a few meters to the stern and then
we were overtaken by an enormous army of big black porpoises, leaping
again and again as they zoomed past us.

Will probably only be here a day or two, to take on some of the lovely
Madeiran water (tasty stuff), restock our tins and then head off -
perhaps direct to Dakar. Legs very sore after only a little walking
into town, will be hiking up some of the volcano cones later today to
get a little exercise in before leaving land once more.
 
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Problem is he only had permission from Dad for a weekend trip to Brixham. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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Yes, but I bet dad forgot to ask him if he was going via anywhere interesting!

Should not allow this sort of thing here, it only serves to make me jealous! Well done to him, long may he hog the boat!
 
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Cor tough lot you raggies aren't you?

...........not much wind but otherwise very pleasant. Thirty-Six hours running before a Force 7 with just the storm-jib up............

So what do you call a bit blowy then?
 
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So what do you call a bit blowy then?

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Dunno - never been out in a blow ... always gentle breezes! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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running before a 7 is preferable to beating into a 5 .All the same I wonder if the text may have been aimed at calming mothers nerves?
 
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You must be overwhelmingly proud of him....

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Im damn sure I would be.
 
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Hope his PhD is as successful as his sailing!

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God knows! I don't even understand the subject matter of 'Monte Carlo Modeling of Charge Transport in Molecular and Semiconducting Nanostructures'.

According to son he has a cunning plan in which if he remains an academic he will never earn enough to pay back his student loan which he hopes will really piss off the Government.

Bloody hippies. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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I don't even understand the subject matter of 'Monte Carlo Modeling of Charge Transport in Molecular and Semiconducting Nanostructures'.


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neither do I or your son probably /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Sounds like he has a strong grip of seamanship though.
 
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Do you have plans to fly out and share some of the cruise Bob and if so where do you fancy meeting up with the boat?
 
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Professional interest - where is he doing the PhD?
I may come across him, assuming he returns and doesn't sail off into the sunset (rather too literally).
 
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