May 30, 2004
Now *that's* a boat
I have a) just bought a second hand boat (a RIB with a 40HP engine which is great fun) and b) just come down to Cornwall for the week. Hurrah! Boating or Sailing is an ingteresting past-time and can generate strange emotions in people. For instance, sail looks down on power. At the bottom rung would probably be RIBs helmed by pleasure cruising weekend newbies like me. Walking round a harbour is an enjoyable thing to do though as there are so many different types of boats to look at. Equally funny are the people who just go and sit on their boat in the harbour, have a cup of tea and never sail. It's like being in a caravan - something which I have a good deal of experience of.
Anyway, more of my boating antics another time (there were a couple of BIG waves today). Looking out from our balcony here I noticed this liner leaving. Now that's a serious sized boat. Apparently The World was here last week which is a £220m liner owned by its millionaire occupants. But you can't jump waves in it or fish over the side so what's the point? RIBs rule OK.
