gravid
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posted on July 28, 2001 12:58:36 PM
Thursday the wife and I took the day and whent to Port Huron MI to see the parade of tall ships come up the Saginaw river.
The boats were beautiful and the sailors included many a young girl that swarmed up the masts and cut and rigged with the best of the guys. No way could I be comfortable up there walking on ropes in the hard wind. I can't imaigine doing it in rain and ice with the ship pitching through heavy seas.
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ZiLvY
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posted on July 28, 2001 02:29:37 PM
I think they are amazing, both the Tall Ships and the Crew members. I used to get all bent out of shape standing on the trampoline of our catamaran and pulling the Jib sheet around (hubby had made a small error when he rigged it and we were in the middle of a race) Course I gashed my arm badly on the rigging....and he said in his best captain voice "Don't Bleed on the new sail!" I never crewed for him again and I am still married to the same man!!
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Hjw
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posted on July 28, 2001 02:34:14 PM
Oh good God, Zilvy!
Bleeding on the yacht is grounds for divorce.
LoL!
Gravid,
What an awesome sight! We used to anchor our boat in the Annapolis Harbor and we saw the tall ships there. The anchorage area is right by the Naval Academy
and the Annapolis Yacht Club. These ships make all the yachts look like toys!
Helen
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Hjw
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posted on July 28, 2001 02:52:48 PM
[ edited by Hjw on Jul 28, 2001 02:58 PM ]
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Hjw
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posted on July 28, 2001 02:57:40 PM
Well, I think your picture looks better but at least I learned how to add a picture 
Helen
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ZiLvY
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posted on July 28, 2001 03:14:23 PM
Absolutely, and a lesson I very quickly learned Helen. He & I have enjoyed many pleasure sailing trips mostly weekends and one delightful week out of St. Thomas sailing the American and British Virgin Islands. But, there is no way I would ever crew for him in a regatta ever again...Captain Blye lives!!!
My only counter threat that fateful day was,
"Damn the sharks,I'm going overboard and you'll be on your own!" Very scary for him, you had to finish with the same crew you started with....rather extreme of me don't you think?
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Hjw
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posted on July 28, 2001 03:24:22 PM
When a man gets on a boat and becomes a captain, he immediately needs a first mate as a scapegoat for all of his screw ups.
I learned, like you, that you have to lay the law down right away.
Once, I was out on the deck with the anchor line and he kept yelling at me from the bridge to snub it down!. Well I had no idea what snub it down meant so I just left the dam rope and took over the bridge and he had to snub it down!
LoL
You handled it just right!!!
Helen
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ZiLvY
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posted on July 28, 2001 03:36:22 PM
Snub This!!
Conversley, when we got out first boat I took a course to learn all the nautical terminology and various knots. Because, he who must be obeyed (On the boat) is a stickler for terminology.
Imagine my surprise when he told me to hand him the watchamacallit next to the spring line. All that work for what???
Then there was the time he took a safe boating course and the instructor allowed him to tape the course so that I could also study...I had paid for the course but due to other unforseen events couldn't attend classes. Well I listened to the tapes, he helped me with the charts...then the TEST...dumm da dum dum. I recieved a higher grade than he did...what a dummy I am!!
However, there was one question I just didn't know the answer to (which of course the instructor had to read in class) When at the dock you hear three whistles what does this mean?? I answered I guess I am in trouble I don't know what it means unless "I am really looking good this day!" "Boat in reverse" oh yeah a likely story!
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Hjw
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posted on July 28, 2001 04:15:51 PM
ROTFLOL
Three whistles means the engines are in reverse...Give me a break!!!
It means your bikini is lookin' good!!!
I remember an old guy who got so excited that he tried to take off from the pier without removing the lines.
I took the Coast Guard course also and received many offers to become someone's first mate. Looking back, I sometimes think that I should have accepted.
Helen
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Hjw
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posted on July 28, 2001 05:10:01 PM
"From my first race on Nantucket Sound many years ago to my most recent outing as a weekend sailor, sailing has given me some of the most pleasant and exciting moments of my life. It has also taught me something of the courage, resourcefulness and strength required of men who sail the sea in tall ships."
- John F. Kennedy, April 1963
http://www.sailtraining.org/
This is an interesting link about sailing, tall ships and the American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
Helen
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gravid
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posted on July 28, 2001 06:41:45 PM
The only time I ever got the nerve to go up the mast was when I wanted to take some photos from up there.
When I was trying to get a shot I could not position the camera because of the strap so I flipped it off my neck and lost control. It was either lose the camera or lose me so I watched it fall away from me to the deck. As luck would have it imstead of hitting the deck it went through an open hatch and bounced around inside the cabin for about 5 minutes. It was a miracle and testimony to Nikon that when I went down it had 3 nice dents on it but the stupid thing worked just fine.
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jumpinjacko
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posted on July 29, 2001 12:37:08 AM
MY NEW YACHT...BET YOU WISH YOU HAD ONE...
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[ edited by jumpinjacko on Jul 29, 2001 12:39 AM ]
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gravid
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posted on July 29, 2001 04:20:00 AM
Wow - If anything ever needed a life boat that I don't see....
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