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From: Owen H. Morgan (no email)
Date: Sun Feb 03 2002 - 17:14:43 EST
Howdy!
I wrote (>> ):
>> I have heard the rather inelegant term "slutter"
>> for a sloop with an inner forestay. It's up to you
>> whether you want to adopt it...
George Geist replied (> ):
> I think not.
I didn't think you would. It sounds too much like an insult. I trust my life to this old boat, and certainly wouldn't want to do or say anything to offend her. I'm still not sure she's forgiven me for hanging Christmas lights in her rigging.
> Anyway in my neighbourhood it is
> customary to refer to a boat by her registered
> name or her nickname, not by built or rigging.
In mine too, but few people own boats famous enough that her name alone will be enough to describe her. Of course, what I do is pull out the photo which holds pride of place in my wallet. Some people have photos of their sweetheart or wife and kids (or all of the above), I have photos of my boat, my (now deceased) dog and the '46 Ford V8 Coupe I used to drive.
(No, I'm not that old... I sold it 10 years ago when I moved onto the boat.)
> Several years ago, I bought a British built Hurley
> 22. She had twin/bilge keels and when we lifted
> her for the first time, one marina client laughed
> out loud and shouted: "Looks like a guppy!" No
> matter what I or the next owner named her after
> that, she was always known as the "Guppy" -- until
> she got moved to another marina far away....
Poor little thing. I hope she didn't take it too hard and punish you for it. Boats can be so sensitive, especially the little ones. My Betty B., a 19 foot British built Privateer never forgave me for ramming a rock face with the tip of her bowsprit. It was all my fault of course. I tried to come about, but she would have none of it. Some silly SOD had left the centreboard up. She did try to tell me, but I wouldn't listen. To add insult to injury, it happened on the Swedish west coast in the middle of the holiday season with at least a hundred witnesses.
I just had a thought. On my trip last year to the North Cape, I only saw a few sailboats in harbours and a total of three actually at sea. (I think one of them was just a local daysailer.) Apart from that, there were only the occasional fishing boats and commercial vessels. That must be why I managed the whole trip with no cockups. There would have been no witnesses, so they would have been wasted.
Owen
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@ Sjøhussenteret marina
68°43.13'N 15°24.74'E
Sortland in Vesterålen, Northern Norway
Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-9311
c/o Idrettsveien 6, 3188 HORTEN, Norway
http://home.no.net/naomij
Phone: +47 92053097
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