will Dan crane ever sail his boat

[dylanwinter]

now chaps... I am worried about Dan Crane - YBW most prominant dinghy sailor

I think that it is time he got afloat

he might get scared of the water if it carries on this way

so could some-one local go to see him, spend a morning getting the boat ready for the water, take him to a local lake and push him out to sink or swim

the whole summer will pass before he sails otherwise

Dylan

 

[Uricanejack]

For some people all the fun is in working on the boat rather than taking it out.

 

[prv]

I think he might, eventually and possibly only the once.

After all, I never thought he'd get as far as having a boat, and it's only taken him three years to prove me wrong

Pete

 

[Iain C]

I'm just waiting for him to start a thread asking whether he needs to stir paint clockwise or anticlockwise...;-)

 

[Woodlouse]

We will know when he does go out because he'll start a thread asking whether he should tack or not.

 

[dylanwinter]

We will know when he does go out because he'll start a thread asking whether he should tack or not.

arf arf

 

[VicS]

I'm just waiting for him to start a thread asking whether he needs to stir paint clockwise or anticlockwise...;-)

You must not stir paint anticlockwise.... just as you must not stir your tea anticlockwise .... at least in the northern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere you must stir things anticlockwise.

 

[Uricanejack]

I'm just waiting for him to start a thread asking whether he needs to stir paint clockwise or anticlockwise...;-)

I'm sure it's Anticlockwise. In the Northern Hemisphere.

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

I'm sure it's Anticlockwise. In the Northern Hemisphere.

I doesn't make any difference. Urban myth.

 

[Lakesailor]

Depends on how long a drying time you want.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

and what colour it is....

 

[Lakesailor]

On a serious note. I think he has missed some important opportunities always with the excuse that the side-decks are too weak, there have been holes in the hull, it isn't warm enough, the life jackets haven't arrived, the water is wet, etc

It really is time to dip a booted foot into the water, fill the sails (however badly they hang) and have a bit of enjoyment. It doesn't have to be f4, a bit of ghosting about in a fitful f1/2 will be plenty whilst he sorts out his bits and pieces.

I think he may have thought it all through too much and it has become a heavy weight around his neck.

A posse of local forumites to carry him kicking and screaming to the boat sounds like a plan.

 

[prv]

A posse of local forumites to carry him kicking and screaming to the boat sounds like a plan.

So where's "local"? He talks about Chichester Harbour a lot, so I guess Emsworth sort of way. But maybe he lives a long way inland?

Pete

 

[VicS]

On a serious note ............. whilst he sorts out his bits and pieces ..........however badly they hang ......... become a heavy weight around his neck.

You know too much about this poor fellow.

 

[Lakesailor]

Possibly make excellent floatation devices.

 

[Ru88ell]

But maybe he lives a long way inland?

Pete

Doesn't seem to hinder me at all.

 

[Wansworth]

Years ago I took a breif holiday from sailing myb dads tore out day boat to sailng a modern dinghy a 420...all I remember was the wretched thing going so fast then sort of sailing itself underwater and being incrediblely tippy ...who advised him to bu a racing boat?

 

[prv]

Doesn't seem to hinder me at all.

No, but it would hinder me if I had to "carry him kicking and screaming" for twenty miles down the M3

Pete

 

[dunedin]

Might be safer to keep to the theory, rather than actually launch the boat

 

[Searush]

(snip)...who advised him to buy a racing boat?

I understood it was a Wayfarer rather than a racing boat.

Might be safer to keep to the theory, rather than actually launch the boat

I believe that is actually his plan.

I got fed up of telling him to get is finger out & JFDI.