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30-12-2015, 05:22
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#376
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Round Bay, Severn River
Boat: Formerly Pearson 28-1, now just a sailing dinghy
Posts: 1,332
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
Has a generator but turns it off at night?
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30-12-2015, 05:28
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#377
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Round Bay, Severn River
Boat: Formerly Pearson 28-1, now just a sailing dinghy
Posts: 1,332
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
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Originally Posted by MarkJ
Wonderful sound... from 5 miles away. Well a couple hundred meters anyway 
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I do have a smaller set that I usually use
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30-12-2015, 05:51
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#378
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Hurricane Highway
Boat: Cal 29
Posts: 3,906
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
Quote:
Originally Posted by brownoarsman
Have you tried playing a bagpipe inside? You'd go deaf! No, it's proper place is above deck. You'd be surprised how many pipers there are on boats. Thank god for Newfies.
Of course, you're probably one of those curmudgeonly types who hate all the conch-horn blowers too.
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What I truly dislike are discourteous people, Cap.
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30-12-2015, 06:09
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#379
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Everywhere (Sea of Cortez right now)
Boat: PSC Orion 27
Posts: 1,363
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
The pipes are the only musical instrument considered a weapon.
No, really.
goat
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30-12-2015, 06:22
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#380
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Round Bay, Severn River
Boat: Formerly Pearson 28-1, now just a sailing dinghy
Posts: 1,332
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
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Originally Posted by Blue Crab
What I truly dislike are discourteous people, Cap.
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Like those who would consider shooting at someone or their musical instrument of choice?
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30-12-2015, 11:12
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#381
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Long Range Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australian living on "Sea Life" currently in England.
Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life"
Posts: 12,826
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
In Antigua a bagpiper played from the old fort in English harbour on the headland near the anchorage (not Shirley heights) at sunset.
It really was beautiful... untill a cruiser shot him.
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30-12-2015, 13:55
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#382
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Everywhere (Sea of Cortez right now)
Boat: PSC Orion 27
Posts: 1,363
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
Bon Scott. My favourite Piper.
goat
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30-12-2015, 14:02
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#383
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2011
Location: St-Barthelemy Island, French West Indies
Boat: Ericson 34
Posts: 339
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkJ
In Antigua a bagpiper played from the old fort in English harbour on the headland near the anchorage (not Shirley heights) at sunset. It really was beautiful... untill a cruiser shot him.
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The cruiser must have been an aussie who tought the bagpipe player was an aboriginal playing the didgeridoo
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30-12-2015, 14:24
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#384
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Hurricane Highway
Boat: Cal 29
Posts: 3,906
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
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Originally Posted by brownoarsman
Like those who would consider shooting at someone or their musical instrument of choice?
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Choice ... Good word. It's what others don't have when you start playing. Gots to go with Plan B.
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01-01-2016, 19:35
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#385
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Cruising the Gulf of Mexico.
Boat: 1980 Morgan 415
Posts: 1,452
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
As tension mounts, the likely hood of unpaid companions lessens.
I'd rather be lucky than good.
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Working on spending my children's inheritance.
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01-01-2016, 20:28
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#386
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cruiser
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Carolinas and Bahamas
Boat: cal 29
Posts: 65
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
I'm sure he'll be able to find a fine young woman in Haiti
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07-01-2016, 23:25
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#387
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Pacific Ocean
Boat: Swanson 28
Posts: 2
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
It sounds as though you have already made up your mind. Living and cruising on a boat can be an awesome way of life if you are in love with the lifestyle, but people change and what was heaven for you ten years ago may not be so now. It will not get better once your project boat is finished and to miss your 'window' for finding love and happiness might leave you resentful of the sacrifices you make for the dreams of yesteryear.
I am assuming you are only joking about living in a shipping container, but maybe selling the boat and doing a bit of world travel - Asia, Europe, inland areas or driving the West coast in a Mustang ... whatever floats your boat (oops ... too soon?).
Look at your priorities, find your partner (having neither looks nor money myself, I would be cashing THAT cheque if I were you) and if she is boaty, then find something to sail together.
Just don't forget that pre-nup.
Best of luck!!
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08-01-2016, 05:20
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#388
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2011
Location: St-Barthelemy Island, French West Indies
Boat: Ericson 34
Posts: 339
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
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Originally Posted by MammothHunter
It sounds as though you have already made up your mind. Living and cruising on a boat can be an awesome way of life if you are in love with the lifestyle, but people change and what was heaven for you ten years ago may not be so now... Look at your priorities, find your partner (having neither looks nor money myself, I would be cashing THAT cheque if I were you) and if she is boaty, then find something to sail together.Just don't forget that pre-nup. Best of luck!!
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How about a motorhome ? It's like a boat on wheel; you can ride up north to Nunavut as the planet gets hotter, while the Republicans keep saying that it doesn't & that it's just another Chinese plot to destroy our oil-based brilliant civilisation  (Used to be a commy plot, but the only left are in the Chinese politburo & event there I'm not sure  Pretty soon you'll be sunbathing in Kuglukluk in February
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18-02-2016, 08:21
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#389
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 1
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
Having gone through a divorce recently myself, I understand how emotions can cloud reason and common sense. But I have a great solution.
Buy a boat in better condition! The OP says he makes 200k a year, so it should be no problem to find a boat that needs only minimal work, besides it won't be a boat that was shared with the ex.
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18-02-2016, 12:18
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#390
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Boat: Island Packet 40
Posts: 4,434
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Re: Single Men Living Aboard and Cruising... an honest look.
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Originally Posted by ALAIN97133
The cruiser must have been an aussie who tought the bagpipe player was an aboriginal playing the didgeridoo 
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Nah, we all love didgeridoo players. Must have been a Pom.
I recall a joke re Brits and Scots during their many wars.
The armies are drawn up on the sides of a valley full of mist waiting for it to clear so they can have at it.
A voice comes out of the mist "One Scotsman can whip two Brits", two Brits dash into the mist, much clashing and clanging.
The voice comes again "One Scotsman can whip four Brits", four dash down, same result.
The voice comes again "One Scotsman can whip eight Brits". Same again but this time a bloodied Brit crawls out of the mist and with his dying breath says "Don't go, there's two of the bastards".
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