RYA Yachtmaster Conference, 2012
Person 1: Not sure I can do that, I draw a line at being invaded up the stern, no matter how pleasurable that may feel to you.
Person 2: I know what you mean, I got some Day Skippers to manufacture
Who: YMO
Where: Bornemouth
Current rating: : 4 out of 6 (Click on the stars to vote)
Loading ... Nice early morning in Chichester
Man in the carpark: Could have sworn we sailed out of Chichester, how the hell can my car be in Haslar???
Who: Me
Where: Chichester marina car park
Current rating: : 6 out of 6 (Click on the stars to vote) Loading ... Commodore at the prizegiving after a 75 miles regatta:
“And the prize for the Best Navigator goes to Charles Thompson of “Sundowner” – pause accented by polite clapping – “who attempted to cross the finishing line at 2300hrs about 1 mile south of where the race information indicated it to be!” – Thunderous clapping and cheering!
Who: multihullsailor6
Where: Prizegiving at Mykonos Yacht Club, Langebaan, South Africa
Current rating: : 5 out of 6 (Click on the stars to vote) Loading ... Moscow yacht manager calls the crew at 21:00 (first time on the boat):
Manager: how are you there?
Crew: – fantastic! Sailing, swimming nonstop and so on!
Manager:- are you in marina?
Crew:- no, we are at anchor! Our skipper wanted to go to marina, but we preferred to be at anchor!
Manager:- can i talk to the skip?
Crew:- no, he said he expected bora of 40knots, took a dinghy and left the boat to see some friends…
Who: Parus
Where: Moscow Kornati islands(croatia)
Current rating: : 5.6 out of 6 (Click on the stars to vote) Loading ...On delivery to Ireland for Cork week (F5/6 gusting 8 ):
Skipper: What course are you doing Peter?
Owner: 020 degrees
Skipper: The course is 320 Peter!
Owner: I know, but this is more comfortable.
Skipper: @&*£:$
Who: Russ
Where: Ireland
Current rating: : 4.86 out of 6 (Click on the stars to vote) Loading ... Man #1: Is this varnish supposed to come out that colour?
Man #2: Yah, similar thing happened to a girlfriend of mine once. She was not impressed either.
Who: MizzenShortOfAKetch
Where: Brighton marina boatyard, UK
Current rating: : 5 out of 6 (Click on the stars to vote) Loading ... Man 1: So, the way this works is that you have the mast stepped on the compression post, and the compression post runs all the way to the keel. The post is just behind this board here…
Prolonged screeching noise is heard as the boat runs aground
Man 1: And that was the keel
Man 2: Glad we chartered
Where: Split, Croatia
Who: Skip
Current rating: : 5.67 out of 6 (Click on the stars to vote) Loading ...Next to a complete wreck of a brand new boat:
Charter Manager, rather miserably: Well, apart from this, did you enjoy your weekend?
Skipper, rather neurotically: It was not my fault!
Where: Cowes
Who: Racing gets you in the end
Current rating: : 4.67 out of 6 (Click on the stars to vote) Loading ... Man #1: So, was everyone OK after the collision?
Man #2: Yah, all good. Apart from the girl who was on the loo at the time. She was not impressed.
Where: Solent
Who: Regatta
Current rating: : 5.5 out of 6 (Click on the stars to vote) Loading ...Thursday, 24 May 2007, approx. 1915hrs.
VHF Channel 16: “This is Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban Radio. There will be no Weather Forecast at 7.15 this evening due to staff unavailability”.
Stunned silence from the airwaves for a moment, followed by a call from some vessel to ask what that was all about.
VHF Channel 16: ” I am the only person on duty and I don’t have time to read a Weather Forecast with all my other work”.
Click. Silence for the rest of the night. That’s Africa for you!
Who: Multihullsailor
Where: VHF / Sailing for Southern Africa mag
Current rating: : 5.57 out of 6 (Click on the stars to vote) Loading ...