email from Southern Ocean

[ParaHandy]

thush morn' whilst dae'ing ma ablutions
I heard the laird bickering
ah wus'nae paying attention
the wind wus backing
it wus daeing a rotation
his boat wus gang backwards
bog aff, says I, the violent motion
has got ma backside
stuffed hard inside yer ablution

Stop yer girning, ye auld goat; at least yer 20,000 places further forward than youse left me in the last leg .. !!

there's a video link HERE of conditions in the VOR. jings ...

[Booby Trapper]

Incredible video. sailing but not as we know it. Imagine doing that for days on end.

[claymore]

There is a message here never to lend your boat to Parahandy.
I should have learned from the Crinan Canal incident but no - my generosity of spirit saw me giving him another chance.
Now I find myself wallowing in 40+000position with him about 2000 miles ahead of me.
Mean spirited is not a phrase one often gets to use but it seems to fit here....