Why do we go sailing??

[jonic]

I can look down on other sailors all of whom are less competetent than me - especially whe n it comes to entering and leaving marinas - something I seldom do as the boat doesn't move that often

I love to make a noise when I come back from the bar as a stumble along the marina pontoons late at night telling anyone who will listen what a great sailor I am

on quiet moorings, and this is a favourite of mine, I like to run my engine at all hours to keep the batteries charged up and the generator to provide power for the TV and microwave

I wear very expensive wet weather tops while in the marina - festooned in safety harnesses and whistles and personal epribs. I never wear the bottoms though - not needed

I love those very expensive leather deck boots too - great for country walks so everyone will think that I would rather be sailing

I can complain about the outragous costs of chandlery these days and how much it costs to keep a 40 foot boat in a marina on the Hamble/Orwell/Ramsgate harbour

accumulate ever more impressive RYA certificates for day skipper, night skipper, afternoon skipper, offshore skipper, onshore skipper and marina skipper

Check that my radio is still working by sound signal checking with anyone I can think of

tell people not to tread on my lovely clean sheets

tell other people what, and what not to do while on my boat

ask rhetorically "what happened to customer service"

I can write the most precise log book in the world to show my non-sailing friends what a deeply technical business sailing is and then I can enter it for competitions where people will judge how lovely my log book is

Brilliant.

Can you shout really, really loud at your crew after failing to brief them or making a misjudgement of your own too?

 

[KristiferColumbus]

accumulate ever more impressive RYA certificates for day skipper, night skipper, afternoon skipper, offshore skipper, onshore skipper and marina skipper

lol

 

[Jamesuk]

Freedom (pretty much)