The Retirement Thread

[slow scot]

Wet here, and windy.

 

[Paulus]

Wet here, and windy.

The rain has turned up and the temperature has dropped quite a bit.

 

[Dave7]

Just had a late brunch of bacon and egg on toast.
At weekend my daughter normally does me a breakfast on Saturday and a meal Sunday evening.
Today, I am told, I am on sausage, mash and veg etc.

 

[ktmbiker58]

Morning all . We made it back home ….. with a boat 😀. But not the one I posted the picture of. The deck looked great as were the sails . The dagger board and rudder put the first doubt in my mind as the bottom edges looked like they had been worked over with a corse file ( it’s a sign the owner has been less than carful when coming back in to shore) . Then Mrs exlaser called be over , she had been checking under the front of the boat . The boat had a 10 mm hole in it 😳. We made our excuses and left .
The one I have bought is a bit older and a little rough round edges but it seems a genuine boat and the price was right too , saved myself nearly a grand over buying the first one. Which means I have spare cash to use to put right any faults that might show up or a new sail if I want one .
The boats is actually the one I’ve been using as my profile pic for the last few days so I don’t even have change that lol . I was aiming to rig it all up today but its look like it’s going to be very wet this morning so it might not happen .

Stay dry folks and have a good day. 😀

I remember the Lasers from years back when I did a bit of sailing - they were always very fast but with a slight tendency to eject the crew for an impromptu swimming lesson - I was envious of Laser sailors as we cruised along at a leisurely pace in dad's Mirror dingy, Enterprises were popular too, our local sailing club was a blaze of colour on a weekend, red sails on the Mirrors, multi-colours on the Lasers and blue sails on the Enterprises, I wish I had some photos!

 

[PeteXXX]

Pleasant snooze has been snoozed 💤 👌

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I remember the Lasers from years back when I did a bit of sailing - they were always very fast but with a slight tendency to eject the crew for an impromptu swimming lesson - I was envious of Laser sailors as we cruised along at a leisurely pace in dad's Mirror dingy, Enterprises were popular too, our local sailing club was a blaze of colour on a weekend, red sails on the Mirrors, multi-colours on the Lasers and blue sails on the Enterprises, I wish I had some photos!

First time I ever got a boat planing was on a laser in Greece

Didn;t even know what it was called at the time but it seemed damn fast!!
(wish someone had told me about not slowing down to gybe!!!)

 

[Dave7]

@Paulus ......I see that Villa have taken the lead with 10+ minutes to play.