Youtube: Alcohol at sea - yes or no?

[john_morris_uk]

Perhaps this a reason for allowing alcohol or should I continue to run a mainly dry boat whilst at sea?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9D0pjkWbpg

PS Why isn't the weather like that here?

 

[Searush]

Why should it be a binary choice? There are times & places when alcohol is appropriate & others when it isn't. It's all about commonsense, innit?

Some 'ave it & some don't.

 

[Roberto]

what if they had been drinking alcohol instead of mineral water

 

[john_morris_uk]

Why should it be a binary choice? There are times & places when alcohol is appropriate & others when it isn't. It's all about commonsense, innit?

Some 'ave it & some don't.

Uuh - I wasn't trying to start a real discussion. Perhaps I should have put it in the lounge? (Except I'm trying to avoid that place at the moment...)

 

[john_morris_uk]

what if they had been drinking alcohol instead of mineral water

If its only mineral water they're drinking, I'll have some of their mineral water please.

 

[[70521]]

Not keen on their singing!

 

[john_morris_uk]

Not keen on their singing!

But Roberto says they are only drinking mineral water....

 

[laika]

Swigging Pinky vodka from the bottle 8 seconds in. For anyone who wants to see whether it has the same effect on their boat it's far cheaper at Asda than anywhere else.

 

[Roberto]

But Roberto says they are only drinking mineral water....

someone should warn them that re-filling disposable plastic bottles may bring all sort of diseases

was the orchestra director lady on the right still alive at the end of the cruise ?

 

[xyachtdave]

someone should warn them that re-filling disposable plastic bottles may bring all sort of diseases

Is there any facts to back that up?? I've been doing it or a while!

 

[Elessar]

Perhaps this a reason for allowing alcohol or should I continue to run a mainly dry boat whilst at sea?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9D0pjkWbpg

PS Why isn't the weather like that here?

just a normal day out on a mobo

 

[chinita]

(Except I'm trying to avoid that place at the moment...)

Me too. Lasted about three days. Really need to see somebody.

BTW, they have been saying some terrible things about you.

 

[john_morris_uk]

just a normal day out on a mobo

Is that why I feel drawn to the dark side from time to time? (So long as someone else is paying the fuel bill!)

The trouble is that most of the time that I spend on a power boat nowadays is when I am conducting YM exams and for some reason the candidates don't usually offer me alcoholic refreshment.

 

[Searush]

Is there any facts to back that up?? I've been doing it or a while!

We do it all the time, we carry tap water, or milk for a flask of coffee, in small disposable plastic bottles. We reuse them several times & simply wash them out & rinse before use. Not died yet, or even been ill for years.

We also carry an old pop bottle of tap water for the dog, or rinsing hands if needed - have even used it for topping up screenwashers & coolant & as a hotwater bottle. I wouldn't have any qualms drinking the water either if I was thirsty & there was no cleaner source. I don't think I would drink from puddles like the dog does tho, even tho she is as fit as a fiddle.

I guess I am just lucky.

 

[Rossynant]

But then add some alcohol, so any bacteria gets it. Done. 2% enough for hygiene. More for taste

 

[yoda]

Well it would seem rude not to fill a fitted drinks cabinet, may as well not be there if not used! Moderation in everything - including sobriety.

Yoda

 

[wotayottie]

Perhaps this a reason for allowing alcohol or should I continue to run a mainly dry boat whilst at sea?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9D0pjkWbpg

PS Why isn't the weather like that here?

From morning until the mooring / pontoon is picked up for the night it should be a dry boat IMO. Had one amusing but potentially dangerous misjudgement early in my sailing career from no more than 2 pints at lunchtime, and I've never had a drink underway since then. Nor has anyone else on my boat.

 

[lustyd]

Is there any facts to back that up?? I've been doing it or a while!

The main issue is filling from an office style water cooler (the ones with the big water bottle on top). You drink from your bottle then fill it, transfering germs to the tap on the cooler which then multiply and make other people ill. When you get these coolers the instructions explain all this, as well as why you should dispose of the disposable cups each time rather than refil.
Filling your own bottle won't harm you if you wash it out regularly, otherwise Camelbak would be out of business! Ideally, if you touch a bottle you've drunk directly from to the tap then clean the tap too.

Long story short, normal people won't die. Those that do were either already weak (for instance due to some kind of disease or treatment) or their parents were way too clean in the home growing up.

 

[Jamesuk]

Perhaps this a reason for allowing alcohol or should I continue to run a mainly dry boat whilst at sea?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9D0pjkWbpg

PS Why isn't the weather like that here?

Humm your watching videos of young girls nothing wrong with that, just like there is nothing wrong with drinking on board.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Humm your watching videos of young girls nothing wrong with that, just like there is nothing wrong with drinking on board.

Thank you for your vote of confidence. Just to explain that I don't spend all day searching for videos of drunken girls on You Tube; I noticed it listed in the side bar of videos when I was watching a video clip of self steering gear.

I'd better stop there or someone will think I am protesting too much.