Stuff that makes us laugh

The ominous words: “And then the engine stopped.”

2020-11-06T11:26:04+00:00April 24th, 2018|Yarns|

By Andrew Bray I once co-authored a book with Des Sleightholme and Bill Anderson. It was titled What Now Skipper? and dealt with all kinds of small-boat seamanship problems. One author would pose a problem, another would attempt a solution and the original author would come back with his answer. You’re probably familiar with this [...]

Lucy L Ford: She’s a mistress, so why bother learning to tie a knot?

2018-05-08T12:58:59+01:00February 5th, 2018|Yarns|

The skipper took his first mistress in 1992. She was not the blonde, slim thing that I had been expecting. In fact, when I first saw her, I thought she was sagging a bit round the axils; she was defiantly broad in the beam. He however was clearly besotted and disappeared down her hatch to [...]

Lucy L Ford and her “dinghy experience”

2020-11-06T11:28:11+00:00November 11th, 2016|Yarns|

We have some great writers on Classic Sailor. And here is a great piece, from Lucy L Ford, on the pitfalls of going ashore in the dinghy: The ‘dinghy experience’ for the ungainly housewife has never quite been welcomed as the opportunity for ‘challenge and adventure’, that it should have been. On the contrary, it [...]

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