do you have a sou'wester?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 16 May 2011, 13:36, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

sadly, no
mostly I just use a baseball cap or nowt at all.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 16 May 2011, 13:38, Reply)

that's a shame
I always lamented not having a sou'wester during my sailing days
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 16 May 2011, 13:39, Reply)

I always lamented not having an automatic life vest
luckily, it never ended up mattering.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 16 May 2011, 13:43, Reply)

my dad's old boat sank a few years back
due to being on a fouled mooring when the tide came in.

They raised it and found that he had to dismantle the lockers because the lifejackets had gone off in them and he couldn't get them out through the hatch.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 16 May 2011, 13:47, Reply)

arf. It's not really funny, of course, but it kind of is.
We broached a yacht in the middle of the Channel at 3 am in a race a few years ago. that was 20 mins or so of new underwear time before we got it upright. Would have preferred at least a hammer action one then.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 16 May 2011, 13:49, Reply)

it is quite funny
it was an 80 year old wooden racing dayboat, had been out of the water all winter, and as such, once the mud was scraped out it had actually done it some good.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 16 May 2011, 13:51, Reply)