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already? Don't tell me - someone had some spiffing fun with a boat,
right? Suppose I'd better have a look at sept
exploits then ... |
| JUNE
2003
SAIL
AUGUST 2003 BEER FESTIVAL BELOW
Rather
than make it all up, thought it was worth asking a few investigative questions
of the crew, just to add a sense of sobriety, veracity and immediacy you
understand.
Well yes. You're right. Fat
waste of time that was.
So here's what really happened:
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Two boats, never more than
1.5 nautical miles apart, sailing south-ish from Plymouth. Both
short-handed but well provisioned. So no opportunity to sing the Cannibal
Song! (What's that? Gnawing me, gnawing you, Aha !) |
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Horrendous thunderstorms
experienced by only one of the boats. The other was becalmed
and decided to spend all week putting up the sun awning, and fishing for
mackerel. |
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A multitude of leaks, both
structural and biological. Some of these were even enough to cause diesel
to moisten, sleeves to be rolled up and heads to disappear in innards .... |
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Even an isolated admission
of the first encounter with adrenalin since the initial midwife
slap and umbilical severance. |
For proof of all this, click on
image buttons above.
(Glad I wasn't there really.)
PS:
Thanks to SR for providing the photos and the excellent accompanying notes and
innuendos. Apologies for:
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getting
the photos out of sequence - the email went up in the air and the
attachments came down scattered all over the screen, |
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being
pretty economical with the truth, |
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not
being truthful enough, |
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not
explaining that Le Trek has (had?) two toilets (punny really), which has
got to have contributed to the surfeit of water and other liquids sloshing
around. |
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| BEER
FESTIVAL AUG 2003
Sailing on dry land? Worth a
try. The trick is to reproduce as many aspects of the real thing as possible,
while avoiding the nasty bouncing up and down and rolling around in a confined
space.
Aspects of the real thing able
to be reproduced:
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More
beer |
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Wind |
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Queasiness,
often involving throwing-up |
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Wearing
the T-shirt |
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Convivial
company |
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Getting
outside considerably large quantities of excellent food |
So click on the Beer
Festival link and witness the explicit images!
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