The wife doesn't know she is an admiral - yet

hvolkhart · Post by **hvolkhart** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:13 pm

Hopefully we don't see an ad some place:

Brand new

for sale

Or

Looking for a room – divorce!

daydreamerbob · Post by **daydreamerbob** » Thu May 08, 2008 6:53 am

i decided at the last minute to take my 13 year old out of school yesterday to go pick up the boat! She was so excited. We had so much to do at the dealer i just left my phone in the car. Well - i did not report to the admiral that i took the kid from school - so...

I guess the admiral got quite a bit afraid when at 4:45PM the bus came and went with no kid of hers getting off, and the kid is a no show at 5:00 at 5:05, at 5:15...allegedly she calls my cell phone every 5 minutes in a panic - but it is in the truck - at 5:25 the 13 year old says - hey Dad - do you think Mom knows where I am----I had someone else call the admiral...

Not a great start

Trouts Dream · Post by **Trouts Dream** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:22 am

Are you making this stuff up?

Next you can hire a service to show you around your sailing venue. Put it on the charge card and make sure it has the word "escort service" in the billing title.

I would offer to buy the boat from you but then where would you sleep.

daydreamerbob · Post by **daydreamerbob** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:35 am

I really really wish that i was making it up! It is a comedy of errors

RickJ · Post by **RickJ** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:44 am

daydreamerbob wrote:I really really wish that i was making it up! It is a comedy of errors

I'm sure that the excitement of newly owning a boat affects the brain.

When I towed mine from my house for its first sail last month, so may things went wrong. Some were definitely beyond my control, but on reflection most were my stupid mistakes, just not being careful.

Just too easy to get carried away with it all.

I'm beginning to think that a good way to get the admiral involved and feel valued is ask her to sanity-check whatever you're doing. And be prepared to eat humble pie when you realise she's right.

Cheers, Rick

tangentair · Post by **tangentair** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:04 am

RickJ wrote:
daydreamerbob wrote:I really really wish that i was making it up! It is a comedy of errors
I'm sure that the excitement of newly owning a boat affects the brain.

When I towed mine from my house for its first sail last month, so may things went wrong. Some were definitely beyond my control, but on reflection most were my stupid mistakes, just not being careful.

Just too easy to get carried away with it all.

I'm beginning to think that a good way to get the admiral involved and feel valued is ask her to sanity-check whatever you're doing. And be prepared to eat humble pie when you realise she's right.

Cheers, Rick

Yeah but what will his grandchildren think -
DDB,
you are creating family history, around every Thanksgiving table when the talk turns to how the pilgrams sailed to the new country, someone will surely bring up how you first sailed, don't listen to these "do-it-righters" just say oops sorry dear, please forgive me again and forge ahead, never turn back or ask for directions. You're the stuff that legends are made of.

MARK PASSMORE · Post by **MARK PASSMORE** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:24 am

Thank you for sharing your adventure. It has really helped me remember and relive how giddy I was the when we first got our M. It was such a stress filled but oh sooo exciting time. Keep on posting

Kelly Hanson East · Post by **Kelly Hanson East** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:28 am

When you need to, just show the Admiral this one...First Trip to Marthas Vineyard, age 9

daydreamerbob · Post by **daydreamerbob** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:17 pm

Good News and Bad News:
Bad News - Friday Night, even after a month of planning was a disaster.
Good News - I am not getting rid of her - not the boat or the wife.

I will post all the details - as pathetic as they are - once my nerves settle -

You may know that I dropped the mast, broke a spreader, lost parts to my magma, slowed down the blue hull with white scuffs, have a dangling - un-crimped topping lift, drained one of my batteries, cannot figure out my gps/depth finder (which is awesome lowrance 522 or something) and cannot park my boat properly. I also drive around a small part of the lake with 4 fenders hanging down.

The boom is still in the cabin.

pokerrick1 · Post by **pokerrick1** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:20 pm

Bob;

Have you evr considered writing for Hollywod TV SitComs - - - I know some people

Rick

Boblee · Post by **Boblee** » Sun May 11, 2008 8:54 pm

Crikey Bob you make me feel good.
Keep posting mate.

Kelly Hanson East · Post by **Kelly Hanson East** » Mon May 12, 2008 3:44 am

The best thing about boating is in a few months you will be laughing about all the silly things you have done, especially with the kids.

Those who know me, and how careful I am (

) would never believe I would hop off the boat, leaving my two 6 year-old twins on board, engine on and IN GEAR!!)

DOH!!!!

Luckily it was the first season I had the kids practice the ENGINE OFF drill and Caitlin knew how to find the red kill switch and shut her down.

Imagine that phone call to the Admiral!!

(Honey - I lost the kids.....

bastonjock · Post by **bastonjock** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:49 am

bob well buddy,i think that its the nervous tension myself,i picked up my 2001x from cornwall,it did not have a mark on it,i trailered it home,my engine boiled over three times (my fault) and when i eventually got her in the water,i took chunks out of her and scratched her,if you ever go down a river with locks in it,put fenders down both sides,cover the bow and get those quarter fenders for the stern.

I was mad with myself,but the pictures of my familly and friends enjoying a barbie with me are priceless,you can always fix the boat

Uncle Jim · Post by **Uncle Jim** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:25 pm

Bob,
hang in there it has to get better. We bought our 02X last Oct and the first time in the water the steering failed, the motor wouldn't go above an idle without cutting out.
Durning the layup I replaced the steering with a Uflex Accura zero feed back. That was also a lot of fun

not. The carbs had been cleaned out by the dealer we bought the boat form. So we're ready to drop it in.
Now the launch at cradle Creek is just about wide enough to back out of. We looked like a pinball bouncing around, finially got the board down and filled the balance and got under way. less than 100 yards the motor popped sputtered and ran fine. 75 yards again and the same thing happened. by the time we got out to the West river it died. We were out of the channel so we had a bite to eat then tried the motor again. Ran long enough to get us back in and on the trailer, still need to remount that bunk board though

and this time I cleaned the carbs myself!
Keep the faith the Admrial might decide to enjoy it. My wife just took the Womanship sailing class (she has had boating experance though) and even with the bad weather this weekend totally enjoyed it.

Mistral · Post by **Mistral** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:53 pm

Bob,

Your tales are great entertainment to all. Keep posting.
I believe we all had our hassles initially and probably still have.

After our first long weekend away at the Gippsland lakes the admiral said in the car going home " I am not going on that *&*&()(^$ boat again for at least two months".

Some of the reasons being, we had the motor disconnected and had little steering in a small cove with other boats around and got separated from friends and damaging the rudders. When trying to moor on the jetty I got it wrong and banged into the jetty, giving entertainment to all the spectators. When retrieving the boat we found that she had lost the electric winch when parking the car (My fault, I forgot to tell her to put it in the boot)
However when we got home the first thing she said was " I hope the weather is fine next weekend, so we can go out again."

So there is hope for all of us.

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