[Public-List] Back stay
Gordon Laco
mainstay at csolve.net
Thu Jan 31 10:11:10 PST 2013
Hi Rod - how's your Perseverance wintering?
G
On 31/01/13 12:53 PM, "Rod Symmes" <weatherhelm at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Who new what evil lurked behind that friendly smile ??? Live and learn. I
> may have to think twice before accepting another invite to crew on SURPRISE.
> Glad, now, that I was wearing my Mustang.
>
> Cheers, Rod
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>> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:53:01 -0500
>> From: mainstay at csolve.net
>> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Back stay
>>
>> Well here's another; I may have already told this one....
>>
>> Back in the wooden boat days, the same fellow and I decided one weekend to
>> sail from Toronto to Niagara, about a 30 odd mile crossing. We set off in a
>> spanking breeze, only to discover that once well out into 'the void', we
>> discovered the boat was leaking. We took turns at the pump and found we
>> could keep ahead of the leak but only by concentrated effort. It was
>> exhausting. While my crew was taking his turn pumping, I'd go down into
>> the cabin and lift the floorboards to look for the source of the water (so I
>> claimed) what I was actually doing was adjusting the flow of water into the
>> boat through a sea cock I opened or closed in order to modulate the level of
>> anxiety my crew was experiencing. He never noticed that the water seemed to
>> come in more slowly when it was my turn at the pump.
>>
>> Finally the far shore of the lake hove into sight. Our happiness was
>> hampered by a sudden increase in the rate of the leak... Pumping was
>> accordingly increased to a near frantic rate.
>>
>> Then, when both of us were required to hand the sails in preparation to
>> enter Gillingham's Marina in the mouth of the river, paradoxically the leak
>> stopped. My crew by this time smelled a rat and I was exposed. He took the
>> joke well until I pointed out the health benefits of four hours hard
>> labour....
>>
>> We're still friends.
>>
>> Gord #426
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