http://www.followtheboat.com Tales (not just) from the high seas Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:34:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/08/16/hip-hoperation/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/08/16/hip-hoperation/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:09:35 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=160 Unfortunately I was made to sleep in the saloon, which was odd since there was a spare bunk at the back of the boat. It didn't really bother me until I realised I hadn't brought any sleeping gear with me! Ooops - school boy error. The one pain in the ass feature with the drop keel is the big column that sticks up in the middle of the saloon - the drop keel. And when I say pain the ass I mean it. The first time I eased myself down the steps backwards into the saloon I dropped straight onto the steel column, smashing my coccyx. Another school boy error!]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/08/16/hip-hoperation/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/08/15/test-post/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/08/15/test-post/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2004 09:22:22 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=152 This trip was a very odd one. For starters I'm not sure I was invited. It was skippered by an old boy who, despite lots of experience, should not really have been sailing. But more importantly with hindsight I realise that some of the mistakes that happened could just have easily been blamed on myself. Let me explain some more.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/08/15/test-post/feed/ 0