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Midt i de forfærdelige beretninger om faren ved batteri-eksplosion om
bord og andetsteds, som jeg virkelig synes er gruopvækkende
"eye-openers" ... er der i den engelsksprogede news group en debat om
single-sejlads og de dermed forbundne risici ...

En af de flittige skribenter - Larry, som er "alt-mulig-mand" på en
større cruiser - krydrer ofte alvorlige debatter med en morsom (men ofte
også med en god pointe) anekdote/oplevelse. Her er en af dem:

"We all keep an eye on our captain, especially if the CO2 in the
Sospenders is near the expiry date. He just disappears, having jumped
overboard to see what we'll do to come back after him. I've had him do
that with 6 non-sailor guests and me aboard, before. Try that on your
boats. It borders on pandemonium until the unprepared get used to the
idea he isn't going to drown laying back there in his Sospenders.

Step 1 - CRANK ENGINE! Furl Sails. I'm not much of a purist, I'm
afraid....(c;

Sometimes I just wish he wouldn't play dead when we get back to him,
just
to see if we can get 225# of dead weight aboard. "Just leave him
dangling from the mizzen boom. I think he's dead.", I mused to their
horror. "THANKS, MATE!", I hear from the end of the boom...(c;

We don't want him stinkin' up the whole cabin, do we?"

Jeg tror de ofte har det morsomt på den båd ...

Han har ind imellem også nogle ganske slående sentenser - her er en af
dem:

"Me, I follow a very important rule:

"It is far, far better to be standing on the dock, wishing you were at
sea.....Than to be at sea, pukin' your guts out, wishing you were
standing on the dock."

I've been to both and the former is where I don't mind being....at my
age."

Nå, det var en smule OT - og dog ... Jeg har én gang oplevet at skulle
trække et afkræftet besætningsmedlem op af vandet - og havde ikke i min
vildeste fantasi forestillet mig, hvor svært det var ... og han var ikke
i 225 pund-klassen!

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Flemming Torp
'kun en tåbe frygter ikke haven'




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Flemming Torp
'kun en tåbe frygter ikke haven'