The origin of Messing About In Sailboats

  • The original quote is from Kenneth Grahame's Wind In the Willows: "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."

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November 17, 2008

OK Tillerman, here's who I would have to dinner

1. Robin Knox-Johnston: To bring the beer
2. Bernard Moitessier: To bring the wine
2. Ernest Shackleton: To bring the penguins
3. Captain James Jack Aubrey: To make the toast
4. Tristan Jones: For the after dinner tale

Posted by on November 17, 2008 at 08:36 PM |

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Geoff Collins

Jack Aubrey surely?

Posted by: Geoff Collins | November 18, 2008 at 05:29 AM

michael

To our wives and sweethearts...

Posted by: michael | November 20, 2008 at 11:09 AM

Adam Turinas

may they never meet

Posted by: Adam Turinas | November 20, 2008 at 11:11 AM

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