We sailed a racing yacht for a work team-building session last year. Fuggern

nightmare that was.

Ran it aground once (IJsselmeer isn't deep everywhere), then almost capsized it trying to keep the keel off the sand, then came within a few feet of broadsiding a fishing boat full of tourists doing the fun glass of wine style "sailing", and finally the gearing jammed in the harbour and we crashed it against the jetty causing a fair old bit of damage.

300k worth of yacht. Owner was not happy (they had a race the next day)

Posted By: Steve in Holland on February 20th 2009 at 15:18:46

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just got back from grit yarmouth (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 20, 14:49:42
- If you'd been to the car boot sale (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 20, 14:53:00
  - like (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 20, 14:55:41
    - They're not that posh and smug as you think (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 20, 14:56:37
      - I went to a car boot sale once, encouraged by those antiques programmes (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 20, 15:01:10
        
        I have an uncle that specialises in watches (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 20, 15:27:10
        
        probably similar to ebay, at first when no one was on, you'd get something for a quid (General Chat) - pants, Feb 20, 15:04:07
        
        I love ebay and I regularly bless your little cotton socks when Bidnapper strikes (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 20, 15:08:49
        
        Bidnapper. I don't get it. How does it improve your chances above putting in your maximum (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 20, 15:21:51
        
        bids for you with 2 seconds to go (General Chat) - pants, Feb 20, 15:26:28
        
        So it stops sellers with multple accounts from logging in to ebay? But how? (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 20, 15:35:32
        
        What if 10 different people are all using bidnapper ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:28:03
        
        their heads fall off (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Feb 20, 15:31:04
        
        There's a fantastic electronic traffic jam (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 20, 15:30:02
        
        My brain is refusing to make any sense of this information. (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 20, 15:32:42
        
        Look, jafski (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 20, 15:40:11
        
        Thanks OG, so I guess you "surprise" people at the last minute thereby getting the item (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 20, 15:44:19
        
        But what about what pants said about it stopping people logging in? Thats wrong intut? (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 20, 15:45:01
        
        I was saying, because you bid with 2 seconds to go (General Chat) - pants, Feb 20, 16:00:12
        
        This is what pants means ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 15:59:32
        
        Do people really do that sort of thing? (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 20, 16:19:23
        
        getting a second chance offer 5 minutes after the auction ends (General Chat) - pants, Feb 20, 16:58:03
        
        Oh yes. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 16:24:36
        
        plus you can have as many accounts as you want on there (General Chat) - pants, Feb 20, 16:01:40
        
        no mates! bonus! (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Feb 20, 16:04:27
        
        haha (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 20, 16:06:31
        
        If you start trying to make sense of what pants says (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 20, 15:46:32
        
        Good point, well made. I'll just move on from this whole episode. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 20, 15:48:31
        
        haha (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 20, 15:09:41
        
        no it was always shit (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:07:51
        
        ahh cool, I've never been (General Chat) - pants, Feb 20, 15:09:00
        
        Pretty much (General Chat) - Small, Feb 20, 15:20:06
        
        Think so. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:12:30
        
        "quite a lot of seemed to have been stolen." made me lolf (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Feb 20, 15:04:03
        
        Jane Goody placemats, betamax videos about the Queen mum, and badly put together Ikea (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:02:19
        
        IKEA is fukkern shit apart from the hotdogs (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 20, 15:07:40
        
        the hot dogs is shit (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 20, 15:10:41
      - there is a possibility you meant something other than what you typed (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 20, 14:58:46
        
        Only in your bottom inspired brain (General Chat) - pants, Feb 20, 15:00:49
        
        that also might benefit from some additional grammatical help (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 20, 15:03:54
        
        Nah I've been reading "Beware of the poor and the smell of selwyns" (General Chat) - pants, Feb 20, 15:06:25
        
        anyway, good. (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 20, 15:09:16
        
        Is this Great Yarmouth? (General Chat) - pants, Feb 20, 15:15:35
    - yacht (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 20, 14:56:04
      - Yacht? On the Broads? (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 20, 14:58:53
        
        yes and no (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 20, 15:00:20
        
        OK (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 20, 15:03:12
        
        I learned to sail on Filby Broad when I was 17. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 15:12:10
        
        That's a dinghy (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 20, 15:15:32
        
        Same concepts though. Our former MD has a yacht - he tools around the greek islands (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 15:28:27
        
        It's NOT the same (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 20, 15:31:32
        
        We sailed a racing yacht for a work team-building session last year. Fuggern (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:18:46
        
        I can just imagine it! (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 20, 15:27:39
        
        That was one good thing about the racing yacht. Dunt need brakes. You just (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:32:33
        
        i did some sailing on Grafham water in a little optimist (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 20, 15:15:29
        
        I agree (General Chat) - Small, Feb 20, 15:10:56
        
        Sailing is difficult. I quite like the sitting on the bow drinking wine variety but (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:07:21
        
        I call my boat the "Urinator" (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 20, 15:04:56
        
        should've called it the Urinal then shirley? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 20, 15:09:48
        
        No expert, but aren't the Broads actually the big open bits? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 20, 15:00:03

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