*sigh* I'm loosing my touch. (Warning: Hi-jacked by Em)

[sourland]

Critter did the "pouty lip thing" - and now he's got another boat!

Never worked for me - you need to take lesson s from the Princess - she's a hard, hard woman.

 

[Bunnylady]

Looking out the back window at those 5 horses kinda takes the wind out of my sails . . . .

 

[sourland]

Yeah, same thing happens when I look into our back yard.

Not everyone would be that tolerant.

 

[Wisher1000]

I had horses, until recently, and he has game cameras and a Honda Four Wheeler. I have chickens and he hunts. I build coops and go to poultry shows, he now has a Polaris Ranger........it evens out................

 

[Bunnylady]

Critter was complaining that we don't seem to do things together any more (sorry, Critter, but I'm still not going to crew on the 49'er); I'm not sure there's a middle ground here. Somehow, I don't think seahorses would work for either one of us.

 

[Wisher1000]

I'm guessing he already had a second hand when he bought the 49er. Tell him that is the plan.......... Does he ride? You don't ask him to break horses to ride, right?

 

[Alaskan]

I herd of seahorses to hitch up and pull the boat?

 

[Bunnylady]

I'm guessing he already had a second hand when he bought the 49er. Tell him that is the plan.......... Does he ride? You don't ask him to break horses to ride, right?

Truth be known, like most non-horsey people, he's a bit afraid of them. He sees Latte and Sunny standing out there and says, "they're . . . big."

But no, when he got the 49er, he didn't have anyone to help sail it; neither of the kids had done much in the way of sailing. They'd ridden a few times on their uncle's Hobie 21, but that's a "party boat" (seriously, it has built-in cup holders!). The 49er is like a horse with a "lead deficiency." You must be constantly on your toes, because it will try to kill you every 5 minutes or with every change in the breeze, whichever happens more frequently. I referred to it the other day as "the sea witch," and Critter laughed. "As in 'let's see which way it's gonna capsize next?'" he said.

DS has shown some interest in sailing the 49er with his dad, but they need pretty quiet conditions in which to acquire the skills needed. They took it out a couple of weeks ago and capsized 3 times. Critter summed up their day :"We never did get a chance to try deploying the spinnaker, but I found out the righting lines I rigged on it work beautifully."

The new boat is a Force 5, which is a small sailboat similar to a Laser. It can be sailed by one or two people, and is altogether a more docile and reasonable craft than a 49er. Critter figures he and DS can take it out on days when the wind would make the 49er too temperamental for them to handle - which I reckon as being about 95% of the time.

Hopefully, they will have a lot of fun with this one.

 

[eenie114]

Halloooooo! I'm ducking in to say hello and give you all an update.

I'm still sitting here in blasted Missouri, suffering and melting because it's 103. (With the heat index, but 103 is 103!) We haven't managed to sell the house yet. Or find one to buy. My stepdad has been in WA since January and has come back to visit a few times but we're getting a bit sick of not living in the same state.

(Oh yeah, and I broke up with the Comrade once and for all with no take-backs.)

 

[Wisher1000]

Way to go, Eenie!

Take that, Comrade!