So’ton Show

me

   Went yesterday, seems a bit livelier than last year, even sense a degree of 

optimism. I wonder just how much money there must be around to 

support all those leadmines and gin palaces.

 Normally I dont like to do it to myself (wander round looking at stuff I 

cant afford or the breadknife would prevent me from acquiring anyway) 

but this time I did take the Marina tour.

Don't worry I wont upset y'all, but there was one beauty, a classic built 

sloop jobby (can't imagine me and the maintenance)but it was just so 

gorgeous i had to wander out and get closer to dream.

Then I snapped out of it, returned to realityville and dossed around the 

LDC bit trying to blag the spinnaker bits to make Frank a VareoBlaze or 

Blareo as they preferred to call him, then bumped into Mark who didn't 

look quite as young and fresh faced as the last time we met, but had the 

air of head down gritty determination that he's going to need in his new 

venture, I wished him luck and it turns out I was his first digi subscriber, 

the irony of that wasn't lost..

Tempus has such a habit of fugiting when you're in an environment you 

love, I didn't have enough time to research my hikers so went walkabout 

looking, thought with all the 50% off clearouts going on (They've all got 

too many clothes from too many crap brand labels)there might be a 

bargain to be had.

I'd seen some but have forgotten now what they were or who it was that 

did them (think a company over Ashford way might have them)they were 

more strap on easier to conceal and not wreck my hard earned core kiter 

windsurfer image than those bondage specials they offered me at the 

rooster shop (and they weren't on sale) so eventually I left empty handed.

The Alto was there and I enjoyed a chat, but had to beat a hasty retreat 

when the sales guy started asking me how to sail it on a particular 

point of sailing his pro guys found awkward. I blathered on about putting 

another hole further out in the gib track and shot off, that how we do it, 

but I can't think it's correct.   

Ayway a good day, warm sunshine lots of boats, worth a trip, oh yes one 

more thing, a totally bizarre keel thing with a young man who ought to 

be doing better things with his life than sail whatever it was (Must have 

thought me a bit strange actually telling him that) I mean why would you? 

Keel thing? From Vandercraft.?

Why would you do that?

Edited by G.R.F.