What is a Skipper?.
With acknowledgements to "Coastguard”.
A skipper is a ‘gentle. reasonable and loving husband, father or friend who turns into a raving demon when overtaken by a hire boat.
A skipper calls his wife "Darling" from Monday to Friday and "you blithering idiot" on Saturday and Sunday, except on holiday cruises when he probably doesn't speak to her at all.
A skipper honestly believes that his wife/girl friend can lasso a bollard 30ft away with a 25ft line.
A skipper is courteous to all other water users - except hire craft, rowing eights, sailing dinghies, children on lilos, members of rival yacht clubs.....
A skipper likes the simple life, he never moors near supermarkets, shops or stores. hairdressers or post offices.
A skipper likes the quiet life, he frequently moors by a riverside pub which disgorges its entire population, including him, at 11.p.m., telling raucous stories and leaping over mooring lines.
A skipper is tolerant. He tries to understand why there is no fresh food, no stamp for his postcards, why his wife's hair looks a mess, why she gives him a filthy look instead of an aspirin for his headache.
A skipper doesn't think, he knows. His crew doesn't think he knows either.
With acknowledgements to "Coastguard”.
A skipper is a ‘gentle. reasonable and loving husband, father or friend who turns into a raving demon when overtaken by a hire boat.
A skipper calls his wife "Darling" from Monday to Friday and "you blithering idiot" on Saturday and Sunday, except on holiday cruises when he probably doesn't speak to her at all.
A skipper honestly believes that his wife/girl friend can lasso a bollard 30ft away with a 25ft line.
A skipper is courteous to all other water users - except hire craft, rowing eights, sailing dinghies, children on lilos, members of rival yacht clubs.....
A skipper likes the simple life, he never moors near supermarkets, shops or stores. hairdressers or post offices.
A skipper likes the quiet life, he frequently moors by a riverside pub which disgorges its entire population, including him, at 11.p.m., telling raucous stories and leaping over mooring lines.
A skipper is tolerant. He tries to understand why there is no fresh food, no stamp for his postcards, why his wife's hair looks a mess, why she gives him a filthy look instead of an aspirin for his headache.
A skipper doesn't think, he knows. His crew doesn't think he knows either.
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