President Camacho...
https://youtu.be/ig446isvXlI?si=3DipbcVD9APj5d9a
Nothing to do with Lil Flip, it's Ridley...
https://youtu.be/zkfebcus_yQ?si=crqtGxEh73J6Z1jJ
Red Herring latest.... Ok so there I was, expecting to get Robespierre and his older buddy. Robespierre and I being in our late 40s and the buddy being like old enough to be our dad or something. Some Aussie guy but more Australian than most as has lived in northern territory which is a real Australian place.
So I'm approaching the jetty at royal motor yacht club and the wind starts picking up and I'm all nervous and shit like I can't handle this wind. It was gusting like crazy. Also Robespierre's buddy leaves a confused sounding voicemail. My engine suddenly stalls and I'm about to smash into a half million dollar looking catamaran on the jetty (I'm insured but absolutely don't want any accidents). I run to the bow of Red Herring and give the catamaran's hull an almighty judo push. It works. Red Herring is about to ram this half million dollar catamaran and the pilot's face cannot be missed, shock and dismay. "What are you doing??" He says.
I panic, "my engine stalled unexpectedly, the wind blew me over," my almighty shove had worked and the Red Herring was deflected. The pilot yells for me to throw a line so he can catch my boat but I know my engine. It's quite new but has a certain quirk. I run back several steps to the stern and almost fall over.
"Be careful!" The pilot advises. I quickly restart Red Herring's motor and avert the catastrophe. Looking back, my father only once ever judo pushed me in the chest like that and without the same level of force I used on the catamaran. I took a step.back when my father judo pushed me. It was 1999 and I had just said that, 'everyone was waiting for the second coming.' Now that I mention that, I realise that Napoleon actually changed the calendar and shit so the normal months were gone and they just renamed all the months. What an asshole.
Anyway so I circle around a bit more on the Red Herring and the wind is blowing like nuts. I'm ready to pussy out. Robespierre's buddy, who rides a motorcycle says Robespierre has covid and hasn't attended. I psychically start dialing into his level of sailing confidence. Even from fifty yards away as I'm on the Red Herring and he's on the jetty. I'm confident to go with him so I make the approach to the jetty. Something I was extremely reluctant to do due to the tremendous gusts. I'm mustering all my Christian faith to stop the wind as the old Master would have advised. I don't know if it works but I make the approach to shore beautifully and John boards with his motorcycle jackets. Apparently he's left his helmet with his bike. I tie my two lines to the jetty cleats like an old hand and tell John to board and we're off.
The wind picks up and I remove my mainsail bag and raise the mainsail for the first time since the almost catastrophic trip to Dangar Island the previous Easter in blistering westerlies. The number one jib goes up. Eventually we catch 16 knot winds so strong the Red Herring dumps her couch loads of things and we tip fully sideways. John is of the opinion perhaps something is wrong with my rudder as some winds are so strong it's like they completely take over Red Herring.
After a couple of hours of fine sailing I pack up the sails and make a textbook perfect approach to my local sailing club's short pontoon and drop John off in his denim pants. We are somewhat protected from the southeasterly wind in that pocket. I gimme more to Red Herring and kayak back. John says he watches me on the kayak ride back through his binoculars. I drive John ten minutes or so back to his motorcycle at royal motor yacht club and proceed to two different gardening job locations in Avalon. A fine day of adventure on the Red Herring. I gage John is ok but not more than a seven out of ten as a sailor. If I'm a five and a half. And that's at the most. A lot of guys I sail with or hang out with are over nine and nine point five.
Maybe he's a seven point eight as a sailor. We both ate lunch under sail however I think I'd dropped the jib by this point.
Le petit garçon Alexandre a eu une probleme lien avec des bateau aussi. Mais sans securiteé (insurance).... nous verons....
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Hot in the city new York!
https://youtu.be/PinBVYKQGeM?si=eydwDLsUae4slmr1
Zee second coming of zee plane
https://youtu.be/7YLm3pkAiJQ?si=X4jBiWr6nkzUYDJe
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