tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post12345335724567881..comments2024-03-26T06:23:27.120+00:00Comments on Arwen's meanderings: Dinghy cruising: Sailing to Fowey stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06932550661580632605noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-37450943283089836812016-08-29T09:14:00.516+01:002016-08-29T09:14:00.516+01:00Ooooh! Well you learn some new phrases everyday. I...Ooooh! Well you learn some new phrases everyday. It was baffling me when a I read it or heard it somewhere a few weeks or so ago because I couldn't work out why you wouldn't do a close reach/haul.............well dur! My manners have been updated.......thanks Stuart 😄<br />stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932550661580632605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-65544063823431747122016-08-29T09:07:27.443+01:002016-08-29T09:07:27.443+01:00Great description, Steve. Keeping busy and one'...Great description, Steve. Keeping busy and one's head (and, therefor, vision) above the gunwales is one way of avoiding (or suppressing) the mal-de-mer, but it's clear that you were busy all the way, so that's not an immutable rule, obviously! Gentlemen sailors never going to windward refers to the need for a weewee and avoiding you and your fellow sailors getting an unwanted warm shower!<br />StuartStuartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-34862992024590450312016-08-28T10:11:00.149+01:002016-08-28T10:11:00.149+01:00When the urge comes upon you there's not much ...When the urge comes upon you there's not much you can do about it.. I have a personal theory (ie. no facts!) that low blood sugars is something to do with it, so I chomp on a choccie digestive for a quick sugar rush..... either that or I find something to focus on.. fishing or the like... or I bear away/up just to change the angle to the wavesSteve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com