Poppy Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 That's funny,seen many times people on there first day on the river,thinking they are Lord Nelson.With a little bit of Capt Jack thrown in. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 On 17/11/2018 at 15:11, Chelsea14Ian said: That's funny,seen many times people on there first day on the river,thinking they are Lord Nelson.With a little bit of Capt Jack thrown in. And I've seen more than a few like that.... on their last day on the river 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 ...And those that 'know it all', until it all goes t!ts up that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagypsy Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 I was a sailor now I'm just a boater 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddybear Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 13 hours ago, Seagypsy said: I was a sailor now I'm just a boater Well that's a true statement to be a sailor your boat needs Sails but a lot of us have now gone the motorboat route or stinkys as sailors like to call us, So yes I too am now a Boater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 I also went power when we left the sea. I had a good friend, now sadly passed. His family moved to the Chilterns to find work in the 1930s from Sunderland and he was born a Bucks Man. Money was tight as the only work was agricultural but they got a cottage and food was plentiful being grown and shot.(plenty of rabbit then) In the 1950s he was called up for National Service and managed because of family history to join the Royal Navy. He did infact stay in and did a total of something like 26 years. The thing is, there was no such thing as a family holiday. When he got on the train at High Wycombe to report for basic training he was 18, I think, and had never seen the sea!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagypsy Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Sailor not sailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZimbiIV Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 The average person is too intelligent to rely on the variables of wind and tide, when there is are other means of reliable propulsion available, so the average person would never choose to be a sailor! paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Griff (BA) used to wear a hat like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Griff (BA) used to wear a hat like that! I did too although it never said 'Newcastle' on it. Plenty of other names but to mention just some of em:- Raleigh, Mercury, Rame Head, Display Team, Cincfleet, Antrim, Glasgow, Gibraltar, Whitehall, Droxford, Attacker, Forest Moor, Falklands, Kolsas, OXP (Lots of em) Quorn, Explorer, Gibraltar and the current one? - Strawberry Mivvy (Civvy) Griff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 2 hours ago, ZimbiIV said: The average person is too intelligent to rely on the variables of wind and tide, when there is are other means of reliable propulsion available, so the average person would never choose to be a sailor! paul That rather depends on how seaworthy you want your craft and how far you wish to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 17 hours ago, BroadAmbition said: and the current one? - Strawberry Mivvy (Civvy) Oh! You surprise me!! I thought it said "This way up" !!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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