Xmas Prezzies

[Porthandbuoy]

Mrs Santa was so good to me this year. A Douglas Gill sailing jacket and a handheld VHF radio. I can only assume she's trying to encourage me to sail more but keep in touch. Bless her.

I hope everyone is having a thoroughly enjoyable Christmas.

 

[yoda]

I got 'Survive the savage sea' and a road atlas. Not sure what Mrs P is trying to say.

Yoda

 

[Porthandbuoy]

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I got 'Survive the savage sea' and a road atlas. Not sure what Mrs P is trying to say.

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Perhaps she doubts your navigation skills.

 

[Stemar]

My best prezzie was a bottle of 18 year old Talisker from No 1 son. One of the younger ones - a student, so impecunious by definition, got me the Book of General Ignorance - fascinating! Did you know that champagne was an English invention?

 

[CalmSkipper]

I'm just getting into yachting so for the first time in decades I wasn't actually a problem to buy for! I got some sailing vids (tuition type), binoculars with compass/range, a torch that floats and doesn't need batteries and a VERY warm large jumper!

 

[Achillesheel]

Nothing boaty at all from Santa this year, not even the Almanac I heavily hinted for. But we did get a digital camera so watch out for some more photo posting once I get the hang of the thing.

 

[NPMR]

Mrs SWMBO seems to be a bit "sniffy" with me, STILL!

I thought she'd be pleased with the <span style="color:red"> </span> <span style="color:red"> </span> boat toilet <span style="color:black"> </span> I bought her!

I just can't fathom her out. But there's always her birthday and we'll need antifouling by then ....

 

[Sans Bateau]

SWMBO gave me, amougst other stuff, a boxed set, containg an ABM AMRO book, scale drawings on film of ABM AMRO 1 + 2, both signed by the respective skippers and a piece of sail, yellow and green from the Volvo boats!

A gift to be treasured.

Ah! Contacts! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[tazzle]

An intelligent 'curiosity' pressy from the sis-in-law - a 1977 edition of of one of John Mellor's sailing books. Pre-IALA, this is NOT recommended reading for novices:

"...we will find on our starboard side a series of black conical buoys, and on our port side a succession of red or red and white can shaped buoys .... there are other buoys we might come across; .... green ones mark wrecks, and yellow ones mark sewage outfalls..."