Oolite Bulletins

nijineko wrote:

ummm. what about oars? take out some of your frustration. ^^

Which somehow closes the circle and brings us back to our friend Maegil. I'm sure he will be more than willing to ...ahem... "take out" some of your frustration. Just stand over there for a moment and keep your head still.

Very still.

<moment of silence>

<chakkk>

<moment of silence>

<noise of falling body>

Thank you. No frustration left (or anything else, for that matter).

Commander McLane wrote:

our friend Maegil.

Many people thought of Maegil as a friend. You certainly wouldn’t want to think of him as an enemy.

Ahruman wrote:

Commander McLane wrote:

our friend Maegil.

Many people thought of Maegil as a friend. You certainly wouldn’t want to think of him as an enemy.

There are times I don't want to think of him at all

Captain Hesperus

Ahruman wrote:

Commander McLane wrote:

our friend Maegil.

Many people thought of Maegil as a friend. You certainly wouldn’t want to think of him as an enemy.

Curiously, I don't have any enemies. </me jumps into a foxhole>

Captain Hesperus wrote:

There are times I don't want to think of him at all
Captain Hesperus

Don't worry, then, I'm sailing off in a little while and will be out of touch for about 2 days.


See ya all!

P.S.: I'm going through a place where Columbus lost a ship to the rocks on a calm. I will try my best to avoid joining these much more experienced mariners of yore in Davy Jones' locker.

Cmdr. Maegil wrote:

Don't worry, then, I'm sailing off in a little while and will be out of touch for about 2 days.

Only joking, Maegil. May you keep a following wind.

Cmdr. Maegil wrote:

P.S.: I'm going through a place where Columbus lost a ship to the rocks on a calm. I will try my best to avoid joining these much more experienced mariners of yore in Davy Jones' locker.

Unfortunately, Columbus didn't have GPS. Or an engine (should I not go there?)

Captain Hesperus

Curiously, I don't have any enemies.

They don't live very long

Chuckles aloud.

Still in harbour, had (yet) another problem and will have to postphone my trip until next week...

And you guys thought that all those stories about the idilic sailing life were true?!

In "The Wind in the Willows" the water rat enthuses about messing around in boats. I forget the words but at point he says "never going anywhere, always going somewhere".

One of the reasons that boats are called "she" is that they are fun, fast and expensive.

I sympathise with your problems and frustrations but rest assured, you are not alone. I've never owned a big boat but the small ones are also maintainance-intensive. At least you can always look forward to finally going somewhere.

I'm off the water by doctor's orders (back problems), and being boat-free is even worse!

Good luck

Messing about on boats in Wind in the Willows was inland waterways, though. Out at sea, sailors always claim to love it and never seem to. At any rate they always seem desperate to get out to sea when in port and desperate to reach port when at sea.

probably it is this desperation that makes one 'feel alive' and bring the endorphin rush.

Helvellyn wrote:

Messing about on boats in Wind in the Willows was inland waterways, though. Out at sea, sailors always claim to love it and never seem to. At any rate they always seem desperate to get out to sea when in port and desperate to reach port when at sea.

Split personality disorder is such a sad thing.

“You don’t want to go to sea, jiggit. That’s where worse things happen.”
— Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

On a keelboat: Sails vibrating, water almost lapping over the gunwhale....

On a dinghy, planing, hanging out with the water brushing your back, the wind actually whistling through the rig....

There's not much that can compare to these.

(Other than the sheer terror when it all goes pear-shaped )