Messing About In Sailboats

Cruising Sailors From Different Points of View (C/o Cruising World)

Behind the Scenes Look At Skandia GBR Prep for 2012

 

Note To Self: Buy a falcon to stop seagulls crapping on my boat.

What's Your Royal Wedding Guest Name?

  With tomorrow's blessed Royal Nuptuals of Wills and Kate, I thought it might be time for a bit of Royal Wedding Fun.

So what is your Royal wedding guest name? Start with either Lord or Lady(per you gender), a first name of a grandparent, your surname is the name of your first pet double-barrelled with the name of the street you grew up on.

Kindest regards,

Lord Arthur Osgood-Ralston of Burgess

Here are some of the ones already posted on my Facebook Wall:

• Rt. Hon. Stella Wally-Avocado, Mrs (Rtd)
• Lady Gertrude Ferdinand-Cleeves!
• Lady Hilda Jerome-Ridgewood of Kingfield
• Lord Bertie Rags -Grenville of Preston
• Lady Jack Cleo of Sutton
• Lady Elaine Gumdrop-Hendley
• Lady Jeanne Nobby-Ambleside of Avon
• Doña Ethel Nosy-Loma del Escolar
• Lady Georgiana Tikka-Ralston

Scuttlebutt's April Fool Bonanza

BERMUDA RACE COMMITTEES UPDATE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
Organizers of the annual races to Bermuda (Newport, Annapolis, Charleston, etc) have been working furiously to change their Sailing Instructions to reflect the new social media. They have basically agreed on the following, with some details to be finalized:

* The prior 4-hour delay for satellite tracking will be eliminated in favor of constant 24/7 communication;

* Placement of Sat phone antenna must be 3 feet above the mast head for  clear reception;

* Coax cable must be replaced with fiber optic cable, and power source must  be N+1;

* All yachts must have VHF, GPS, EPIRB and AIS all networked with Wi-Fi;

* Twitter feeds will be required from the rail, the bow and the cockpit;

* Waterproof smart phones or protective boxes will be required crew gear;

* Facebook/MySpace/MyLife/ISAF status must be updated for each crew member at each watch change;

* YouTube channel shall be updated with new video no less than daily;

* Navigation may be performed by crew consensus using the iNav “Hero or Zero” voting function ;

“We believe these changes will bring the various Bermuda races, one of which has been run for over a hundred years, into the 20th century,” announced Annapolis Yacht Club race director Linda Ambrose. At press time, safety engineers were working on Bluetooth compatibility and rollable flat screens for life rafts.

via www.sailingscuttlebutt.com

Craig Leweck, you little prankster! If you haven't checked out today's Scuttlebutt you really should. It's full of April Fool's Goodness. This was my favorite. Tweeting on the rail. WTF?!

Get In Shape For the Season The Pirate Way (Not The Somali Kind)

 

Fish on Fridays

"..And Giselle is modelling West Marine's new line of sailing apparel for the modern gal"

1900's Women on a Sailboat, originally uploaded by captainpandapants.

3 Men in a bouncy castle cross a lake

Story here.

In the words of Joe, the Horse's Mouth, I hope you had a better weekend than these guys

Winners and losers ......, originally uploaded by Bruce Kerridge.

What's wrong with this picture?

Very high clew jib, originally uploaded by LBena.