Dos and Don'ts ?

[Alecadi]

NEVER ever put water in your wine !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dulcesuenos]

The absolute Best Advice I can give you being fairly new and have found this to save me repairs, and injury, is

If you even THINK about "should I do this or that?" such as furl a sail, put on my weather gear">foul weather gear, / jackline, life jacket,,, check a fitting etc etc, Then You Should DO IT!.
The other thing is I have yet to find any local weather reports that are even marginaly accurrate. Be your own weather man ( or woman) If its cloudy and you think it will rain, It will Rain and it will Blow,

Fl keeps getting hit by bad squalls and "No name " storms and the weather centers are clueless.

And last but most important, if your partner is not happy, you are not happy.

Fair Winds,
S/V Happy Ending

[atoll]

do check very carefully deck fittings when filling tanks .
ie diesel goes in the one that says diesel!!!,,and water in the one that says water,though not allways on homebuilt boats!!!!!!!

[atoll]

do not store gasoline,acetone,alchohol thinner below decks,apart from it being very explosive if it leaks in the engine compartment it can cause the diesel engine to race and destroy itself!!!

[atoll]

do not get into drinking competitions with skandinavians............

[markpierce]

Originally Posted by YankeeD

Pierce, you sound like a know-it-all unhappy guy, don't need your advice. Sailing so far has been awesome, positive, fun, challenging , and here you are calling people jerks on the forum. I'm on here to escape people like you on the Washington beltway.

Huh???

[Adamante]

There are only two rules to follow in sailing:

1. Always pick up your fenders after leaving the dock.

2. Never fly the Jolly Roger.

The rest is just commentary.

[captainKJ]

The two rules in sailing are

1) the captain is always right

2) when the captain is wrong refer to rule number 1

[Adamante]

Originally Posted by captainKJ

The two rules in sailing are

1) the captain is always right

2) when the captain is wrong refer to rule number 1

Meh... just some grandstanding by the incompetent.

“You remarkable pig. You can thank whatever pig god you pray to that you haven’t turned me into a murderer.”

[Adamante]

Originally Posted by Adamante

Meh... just some grandstanding by the incompetent.

“You remarkable pig. You can thank whatever pig god you pray to that you haven’t turned me into a murderer.”

Oh, and this one:

“I assure you, sir, that the execution of my duties is entirely unaffected by my private opinion of you.”

[tropicalescape]

Originally Posted by markpierce

Huh???

Hell I get in trouble on here if I call someone anything other than SIR? I think your going to get it now!ha ha ha ...And if you dont Im thinking this thing is rigged!..lol..Oh yeah dont carry keys or other important small items in your hands without a small float attached...dont ask how I know this...DVC

[tropicalescape]

Originally Posted by Adamante

Oh, and this one:

“I assure you, sir, that the execution of my duties is entirely unaffected by my private opinion of you.”

Flecther (?)

[Adamante]

Originally Posted by tropicalescape

Flecther (?)

Christian!

[captainKJ]

Originally Posted by tropicalescape

Hell I get in trouble on here if I call someone anything other than SIR? I think your going to get it now!ha ha ha ...And if you dont Im thinking this thing is rigged!..lol..Oh yeah dont carry keys or other important small items in your hands without a small float attached...dont ask how I know this...DVC

your not the only one who gets in trouble,,i am first in line lately,,but I probable deserve it sometimes