Most remarkable thing

Today I got a ten dollar tap from Eniko  who sails one of these

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pacific+seacraft+flicka+20&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LhU5VcH4LsnSaJi5gJAL&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1152&bih=622

jolly nice little yacht she has there - fully enclosed heads. Really lads if you are expecting to sail with a lady then an enclosed heads is the minimum.

I emailed my thanks for the tap

 

thanks E,
that is very, very nice of you
I have looked around the NY coastline on google earth and it seems you have some great places for gunkholing along that bit of coast
D
she replied
 
Yes indeed, Dylan. My husband and I make the most of the Great South Bay in our Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20. 20 feet long, full enclosed head, sails like a champ. The fleet webmaster lives in Dorchester, UK.
 
When we can't be on the water, your videos soothe our souls. One question, what is an MOB?
Your marketing is most impressive and well done!
 
Best to you and your family,
-Eniko and Nick DeMarco
 
I replied
it stands for Mostly Old Blokes

although one alternative is mainly old boats

another is married old broads
 

bless you for calling it marketing

it is nothing as clever as that

what you see is what you get

I am jolly grateful that people click on the paypal buttons - and some people send me cakes or old boat bits and books they liked very much. One bloke sent me some size 12 bright red deck-shoes

how he knew I was size 12 and why he thought I wanted red ones I have no idea
 

I have been a hack for many years and have never become involved in anything like this before

I am enjoying the adventure of the sailing, I am learning about my own island, I love making the  films for a very small group of a few thousand small boat owners

they have great names - winston, lancelot, Ricardo to name but three

sometimes I am sailing and I imagine 2,000 well informed, erudite and opinionated MOBs from the english speaking world on board with me

I came home last night from 14  days on the boat (ten ashore in a boat park.

 
A bloke called Thor from Tasmania had come over to the UK for his daughters wedding in Oxford. He asked if he could drop off some packages in the shed while I was in Scotland.  Rum, cutting boards - a book he knows I will enjoy
 
Dylan
This is what Thor left for me.
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Now, is that not a most remarkable thing for one sailor to give to another sailor he has never met?

Thor has just covered my months pontoon space at Port Edgar,  provided the booze and the entertainment as well as surface where the sailing gourmet can practice his high cuisine.

 

 

 

here is an old film

 

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10 Responses to “Most remarkable thing”

  1. 23 April, 2015 at 8:13 pmApplejack Jim says:

    Some very handsome woodwork there. A boat, a book and a bottle, what more do you need?

  2. 23 April, 2015 at 8:16 pmdylan winter says:

    nothing more

    perfection

    and I cannot see the joints

    brilliant stuff

    very, very grateful

    thanks Thor

    D

  3. 24 April, 2015 at 7:49 amthor says:

    Hi fellas just showing the appreciation that we all share when Dylan gives us so much in return. cheers thor from tasmania ( last name is pedersen of course)

  4. 24 April, 2015 at 8:47 amdylan winter says:

    this is the Rum Thor left

    https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-4446.aspx

    it is called Bundy in Oz – and it is the smoothest rum I have tasted

    just had nip last night as the sun went down

    D

    PS – don’t let Thor’s generosity stop you guys from the $1 taps chaps. On this occasion he settled the monthly pontoon bill in one hit – but those small taps all add up

  5. 25 April, 2015 at 7:11 amPaul says:

    Just happen to have a glass of Bundy and coke in front of me! Must say, that is an amazing bit of appreciation there – Good on you Thor!! Lovely woodwork!

    Bundy is the standard Rum in Oz and anything else is a compromise!. Most rum drinkers do tend to drink it with coke though, in which form it can be very dangerous because it goes down like heavenly lollie water. :-)

  6. 25 April, 2015 at 7:44 amdylan winter says:

    I shall buy more – prefer to drink it straight though – very smooth – as are the joints in Thor’s woodwork. The boards are on the dining room table and absolutely demand stroking

    I am not sure what he had in mind with the cleats on either end of the paler board. He said it might make an emergency rudder. The boards are too good for the boat. We have already had a drinks session with neighbours out in the garden watching the sun go down and used the boards for the dips. Marvelous.

    I served box wine – the rum is strictly for the cockpit

  7. 25 April, 2015 at 9:43 amJonK says:

    I’m glad Eniko asked about MOBs. I just assumed it was Men Over Board – Anyone that wanted to be with you but couldn’t physically be there.

    I’ve only just found your site. It’s fabulous. As an armchair boater it keeps me hopeful that soon I will get a boat and be out there too.

    JonK

  8. 25 April, 2015 at 10:00 amdylan winter says:

    quick, quick buy a boat as soon as you can

    the summer has started

    remember J – sailing is easy, sailing is safe

    buy anything with a decent outboard that always starts and go sailing

    this is the place to look for small crap boats

    http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/Sailboats/Trailer-Sailers-for-sale#K5W51Iv4KVVldO0P.97

    buy this morror offshore for £500 and off you jolly well go

    http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/Sailboats/Trailer-Sailers-for-sale#K5W51Iv4KVVldO0P.97

    Dylan

    PS thanks for the paypal tap

  9. 26 April, 2015 at 2:50 amJ. Peter Haliburton says:

    I thought that the “Slug” was a great boat for the size. It might not have been fast, but it looked pretty safe for short passage coastal cruising, when everything was in good repair, and perfect for the river trips.

    There really isn’t much of a financial barrier to being on the water. A homemade duck punt, or a small cruising dinghy can get you started sailing. I love rowing and paddling too.

    And, if you really can’t afford anything, or the storage or transportation is impossible, make friends with people with boats. We are always looking for eager crew. Before Wednesday night races at our marina would be a good place to hang out to see who could use an extra hand.

    Still ice on the harbour here, but winter covers are coming off, and boats should start splashing in soon. I’m looking at mid to end of May, depending on how fast I can get a couple of pre-launch projects done.

  10. 26 April, 2015 at 8:01 amdylan winter says:

    The Slug was indeed – and still is – a most excellent boat. She could handle a lot of bad weather and I only once got the foredeck wet from the sea. The wet never came into the cockpit. Had it not been for the engine I am sure I would still be sailing her. She sailed much better than she should and an average of four knots for a days passage was often achieved.

    I felt very safe in her

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