The "I don't want to talk about AI" thread, and the new topic is: boating and sailing

[stickygirl]

Saily boats and dinghies are the best. Lasers are my first love.

Some of my earliest memories are at my parents' dinghy club. I've loved sailing boats since I was about five. Joined a local club here, waiting for spring to put my ebay find on the water and offend all the old stiffnecks, but miss med cruising. Wish I lived at the coast, though, would love to get into keelboat racing but it's just too far to justify.

Oh well. In my next life!

I was put off Lasers after a hire one tried to drown me. I've gone for dinghies that look like a boat, not a surfboard. Kids are getting into foil boats these days but I don't have the necessary balance genes to make them work for me... can't even to stay upright in heels.

 

[onehitwanda]

after a hire one tried to drown me.

Lasers are traitorous and vindictive bitches when they're neglected.

I'm trying to stop the inner squirrel's desire for a RS Aero; the lake is far too small, but it's so pretty.

 

[stickygirl]

Lasers are traitorous and vindictive bitches when they're neglected.

I'm trying to stop the inner squirrel's desire for a RS Aero; the lake is far too small, but it's so pretty.

Oh yea - they've become popular amongst bored Laser sailors. Very lightweight build though - don't step on the foredeck (why would you?)
I'm more of a 'Look at the pretty leaf/duck/tree/fish' and lack the red-mist competitive mentality. My sailing is therapy - no doubt about it. Plus water.

 

[onehitwanda]

Oh yea - they've become popular amongst bored Laser sailors. Very lightweight build though - don't step on the foredeck (why would you?)
I'm more of a 'Look at the pretty leaf/duck/tree/fish' and lack the red-mist competitive mentality. My sailing is therapy - no doubt about it. Plus water.

Speed is life, babe! I love cruising, but there's nothing as exhilarating as a banging beat followed by surfing the waves back downwind with the halyards banging and the crew screaming and the cook swearing she's going to gut you once she's done throwing up...

I love J boats. I think I'd probably sleep with one if I could.

 

[SimonDoom]

When you dig into an erotic story for a little fun, think of it as a 3-hour boat tour. You might run into a girl next door, or a movie star. Or fantasize about being a millionaire, or experience a bit of weird science.

And if you get shipwrecked, you've always got your little buddy to play with.

 

[Trionyx]

Wish I lived at the coast, though

But 39°6'24'' N 26° 33' 26″E is on the water. Must be on holiday in the eastern Aegean.

 

[onehitwanda]

But 39°6'24'' N 26° 33' 26″E is on the water. Must be on holiday in the eastern Aegean.

Greece is my comfort food.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Grease makes wheels work better.

Weird movie too.

 

[Trionyx]

Greece is my comfort food.

And Athena is mine.

 

[WhiteTailDarkTip]

We did two narrow boat holidays a few years back, along various stretches of the Aire and Calder Navigation & the Leeds-Liverpool. When the sun’s out, it’s great. When it’s wet, a narrow boat is a damp metal prison.

 

[iwatchus]

My SO used to be a fairly serious competitive sailor. I get seasick easily and drown if I go in the water.

But sailing on a slower boat is one of the most relaxing things I can do. We went to Barbados for an anniversary a few years ago (just pre-covid) and my favorite part was a day long sail around the island on a catamaran. It is one of the few things that can turn off the anxiety in me. It is so serene.

I did rework that sailing trip into a story (Paradise). Things that unfortunately did not happen on it. If only real life was like our stories ...

 

[stickygirl]

Speed is life, babe! I love cruising, but there's nothing as exhilarating as a banging beat followed by surfing the waves back downwind with the halyards banging and the crew screaming and the cook swearing she's going to gut you once she's done throwing up...

I love J boats. I think I'd probably sleep with one if I could.

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Banging around is great fun on other people's boats, though I once vomited for six hours straight because I didn't think I'd need seasick pills. You get to see some amazing sights - like the skipper's hairy arse as he hops on one foot trying to pull his kecks up.
I once swam off a boat in the Canaries, only to be told once we were back aboard that the water depth was two miles.

 

[iwatchus]

I once swam off a boat in the Canaries, only to be told once we were back aboard that the water depth was two miles.

Once it's over my head, do I really care how much deeper it is?

 

[Bamagan]

Once it's over my head, do I really care how much deeper it is?

We must be cautious. There are fouler things than orcas in the deep places of the sea.

 

[stickygirl]

We must be cautious. There are fouler things than orcas in the deep places of the sea.

The Kraken



I think this would suit Wanda. Maybe a Lit crew coud hire one?

 

[onehitwanda]

The Kraken
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I think this would suit Wanda. Maybe a Lit crew coud hire one?

I'm always intensely distrustful of large areas of window on blue water boats

 

[stickygirl]

I'm always intensely distrustful of large areas of window on blue water boats

Sooner have toughened glass than no lifelines or stanchions on a J-class, because they mess with the aesthetic!
Anyhoo, it's getting too cold now and we don't have a heater. I hate waking up to see my breath

 

[onehitwanda]

I hate waking up to see my breath

Drink more rum. Lower the vapour pressure. Fill the cabin with rum breath mist, then you won't see when you exhale.

Or fit a diesel catalytic heater.

 

[stickygirl]

So anyway- sex on a boat? I believe it can be done on a punt provided you’ve secured the pole

 

[onehitwanda]

So anyway- sex on a boat? I believe it can be done on a punt provided you’ve secured the pole

Galley bunks are best in bad weather. Bow cabin has the most headroom.

 

[Bamagan]

Nearly anything belowdecks is fine, if one likes to do it where the sun don't shine.
That said, a cabin in the stern would be apropos. Probably why they were so often reserved for the captain and his cabin boy.

 

[Euphony]

Thread was always going to decent into madness.



Truly impressed it made it as long as it did. Bravo.

 

[StillStunned]

Thread was always going to decent into madness.

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Truly impressed it made it as long as it did. Bravo.

As long as it keeps those endless AI discussions off the front page, I consider it a success!

 

[Euphony]

As long as it keeps those endless AI discussions off the front page, I consider it a success!

All my usual foolishness aside, it's a brilliant endeavor and I endorse it whole heatedly.

I lost my mind over all the "I want to start an argument" threads that multiplied and had to make a thread for pressure release so I empathize your pain and hope this is sooths as intended.

The kitties era was particularly zen.

 

[Euphony]

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When you dig into an erotic story for a little fun, think of it as a 3-hour boat tour. You might run into a girl next door, or a movie star. Or fantasize about being a millionaire, or experience a bit of weird science.

And if you get shipwrecked, you've always got your little buddy to play with.

I will never not think of Weird Al when Gilligan's Island comes up.

Was a coolish but broken NES game too.