Since you offered, I'd love to see your FAQ list.
Cap'n Dan Hall aboard "Apella" on Cayuga Lake On May 11, 2011, at 3:23 PM, Flying Pig wrote: >> Do any of you all have a "formal" or "informal" guest policy. >> > > Yes, we do - and I also have a "FAQ for guests on Flying Pig" which lets > them know they're not in Kansas any more. > > Before we leave, I sit everyone in the cockpit, and stand in the > companionway, and do "the talk" - which includes holding up a joker valve as > part of my explanation of why nothing you haven't eaten yet, other than > modest amounts of paper, flushed as you use it, goes in the heads. > > As to how long, you set the rules. We've found that folks who aren't REALLY > into sailing and the marine lifestyle, but really want to be there, do well > with about 10 days tops. OTOH, Lydia's mother was with us for 6 months the > last time, and it was OK, though a bit long. This time, assuming she gets in > shape (she's 85; she was 83 the first time) at my sister's, where she is > now, it will be a couple of months. > > If you have pre or early teens aboard - alone, likely only if you're > grandparenting or perhaps aunt/uncle-ing - be prepared for a severe culture > shock for them. They need to be prepped (unless you're of the dockside and > restaurant crowd; we're definitely not) as to how diet and schedule (and > internet and telephone) will be a radical change from what they're used to; > if they can't agree (and keep to it) in advance, or adapt, I'd suggest an > agreement with the parents that they can be put off at the first opportunity > (assuming you're cruising, of course). > > We've not had any guest pets; that would be challenging in any event. > > As to safety, our rule is that one is harnessed and jacklined whenever out > of the cockpit for any under 16, and, in any "weather," jacketed as well. > The "one hand for the boat" and "three point contact" rule is also > demonstrated... > > I can send the FAQ if it's of interest; it covers water and electricity, > heat, bugs, bathroom realities, diet and a host of other things... > > L8R > > Skip > > Morgan 461 #2 > SV Flying Pig KI4MPC > See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! > Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog > and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog > > "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you > didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail > away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. > Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com > > To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
