tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-565473525277503707.post374604036909375578..comments2024-03-02T23:25:31.363-08:00Comments on Head for the Hills: Dinghy Racing v Morgan Pootles - The two passions.Woodcrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402671220558608002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-565473525277503707.post-24985095758686801232014-10-04T14:07:25.925-07:002014-10-04T14:07:25.925-07:00Chris,
The issue with boats is dependance on good ...Chris,<br />The issue with boats is dependance on good weather to fully enjoy them. Lately we have enjoyed such settled boating weather its easy to forget the rough days. Today I felt very much overpowered in my little dinghy and questioned if its not time to swallow the anchor.<br />If you were to ring the changes why not consider a gentlemans steam launch? Brewing tea from the boiler and quietly steaming across Windermere has a certain appeal. One I spotted in Dartmouth contained a skipper tanned like a kipper stretched out in the sun going nowhere, just rocking gently against a pontoon.<br />GrahamWoodcrafterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402671220558608002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-565473525277503707.post-30247653177742436262014-10-04T03:43:47.780-07:002014-10-04T03:43:47.780-07:00Graham,
Your medical history has an uncanny resemb...Graham,<br />Your medical history has an uncanny resemblance to mine, Pacemaker, Transposition of the right and left ventricle but only discovered at the age of 70 unlike yours being operated on as a baby, polyps etc.....<br />As you know I also have a love of sailing due in no small part to my Brixham ancestry. Our recent holiday in glorious Norfolk for once not in a boat but in a cottage with a couple of Day Boats on two days has really unsettled me and I have actually been considering selling the Mog in favour of a boat...but I think that common sense has finally won the day, although a Post Boat or Dabber would fit the bill I think, to use when staying in riverside locations or trailing up to the Lakes etc.,although my wife Helen thinks that I am now too old for that sort of thing!!<br />Incidentally, my Shrimper was originally called 'Laura of Foy'.<br />Chris GleaveChuckershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138289834407541897noreply@blogger.com