Cats also tie terrible knots. Never trust a cat to tie you up securely. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC
On 22 April 2015 at 19:10, svpegasu...@gmail.com <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Being a live aboard, my crew (aka cat Dinghy) gets locked in the brig > (v-berth), he can tell when I am thinking of leaving the dock. It's > terrible being out smarted by a cat. Once under way, he likes to sit on > cushion layed over clutches, makes it tough to adjust the main, all the > while giving me the finger, (mentally), for making him go sailing. When > arriving back at slip first one off is supposed to take a line. Yeah he > doesn't do that either. > > > Doug Mountjoy > > svPegasus > > LF38 > > just west of Ballard, WA. > > ------ Original message------ > > *From: *Dave Godwin via CnC-List > > *Date: *Wed, Apr 22, 2015 17:57 > > *To: *Martin DeYoung;cnc-list@cnc-list.com; > > *Subject:*Re: Stus-List Crew duties during a race > Before the Great Refit, often when my wife and I went out for an afternoon > sail it went like this: > > Me: “Honey, could you just take in on the mainsheet a bit?” > > Wife, putting down her knitting and cranking: “Is that enough?” > > “Yes. Thanks” > > Wife goes back to knitting. > > “Honey, could ease the traveler down a bit?” > > Wife: “Okay… Is that enough?” > > Me: “Yes. Thanks.” > > Me in a few seconds: “Could you bring the traveler up a bit?” (after > cranking in on the jib” > > Wife: “Your racing again, aren’t you?” > > Me: “Well, there’s a boat on the horizon and I think he’s pointing higher > than us.” > > Wife: “Really…?” > > Me: “Just pull it up a little bit, okay?” > > Wife goes back to knitting… > > AKA: Competition Cruising. > > Cheers, > Dave Godwin > 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin > Reedville - Chesapeake Bay > Ronin’s Overdue Refit <http://roninrebuild.blogspot.com/> > > On Apr 22, 2015, at 8:28 PM, Martin DeYoung via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Me: Having too much fun to really quite grasp that no one else is. > > > This is why I often sail singlehanded. Wife, son, and dog got tired of my > general yahoo approach to sailing even on a cruise. > > Martin DeYoung > Calypso > 1971 C&C 43 > Seattle > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com > <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com>] On Behalf Of Andrew Frame via CnC-List > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 4:43 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Crew duties during a race > > > My crew: > > Spouse: Hanging on tightly convinced we're going to capsize when we heel. > > Daughter: Total lack of situational awareness, particularly noticeable > when on the foredeck, we're coming about and the jib and lines proceed to > mummify her. > > Son: Panic-frozen in place, terrified of the body-hugging apparatus called > a PFD. > > Me: Having too much fun to really quite grasp that no one else is. > > > Andrew > C&C 24 > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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