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2016-01-11 09:08:42

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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Here the flotsam and jetsom of a Timed Race off Stockholm with course changes every 8 minutes.

Puts a poet-in-spe on quite a tight schedule ... wherefore these broken lim'ricks:

I was told by a tillerman tellin' me
That for us to lead by a millime...
"Do not go aground.
Stay with the island all round.
And just hand me a beer lest you're killin' me."

I am told that I sound like a Dutch
Could it be all the glasses of Scotch
I am Danish you see
That's the best I could be
And as such I don't understand much.

Well, Bonk my head and what a Hoot
We have a winner and to boot
He's not a punk
He is but Bonk
He's greeted with a mighty "TOOT".

And this one is for Bonknhoot:

I would like to invite you to dinner
Because you are so much of a winner
With Jepsom in line
WTF just behind
And in fourth just a regular sinner.

[In this limerick, WTF only works if you spell it out. This, however, is NSFW.]

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2015-04-28 20:31:45

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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Gazing at the endless horizon and pondering the words ascribed to Theocritus and Cicero: "While I breathe, I hope."

Any sailor who thinks he's a hero
Will know the words 'dum spiro spero'
He'll be sailing his best
While he's shouting with zest:
"If I cannot be first, I'll be zero"
2015-04-28 14:25:44

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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Another day, another bay. MustangMark and Pocket Rocket were exchanging friendly banter when I arrived in chat. Please, forgive my inept language at the end.

A dapper young Briton named Mark
Has escaped the attacks of a shark
He saddled his mustang
Rode off with his SOL-gang
And beached the poor shark in a park

But his friend has a trick in his pocket
And it makes that boat surf like a rocket
He has kept Mark at bay
For at least half a day
I dare think Mark is thinking "Oh, f... i.!!!"
2015-04-28 07:05:03

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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It's always scary to be ahead of ITA10267. Usually it's an indication that you are in the wrong place at the wrong time:

Oh, I know you are all chasing ITA
From the front but he's still gonna beat ya
He'll be lurking awhile
While he's checking your file
Then he'll pounce. His attack's gonna freak ya.
2015-04-24 14:24:31

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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Distractions from a quiet Friday afternoon SW of Itaya, Brazil, in the South Atlantic. Bonknhoot, who's actually Irish, was target practice:

To follow the swings of the wind
Is a struggle that taketh no end
Starboard or port
South maybe North
To our monitors we are all pinned.

I don't really know where you are from
But I've followed you, flotsam and Jepsom
A Swedish SOL god
With courses quite odd
And the cola to add into our rhum.

Oh, Bonky, don't mind me at sea
I'm an old fart and barely can pee
There are courses aplenty
But as long as we're friendly
We are certain to meet at the quay.

There is a young man name of Bonkhoot
Who is Swiss, Dutch and British to bootboot
He must be unmarried
His life is unharried
I will hail him with my chipper toot-toot.

So my Irish friend met with the Hooters
Not in Mexico - that would be putas
Must have been USA
Or at least so they say
For he bonked them and now he will mute us.

There was a good fellow from Cork
Who was anything else than a dork
He was SOL'ing quite wisely
And often did nicely
Based on imports of good Danish pork.
2015-03-26 16:06:45

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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Musings on the oddities of DTF in the South Sea.

Oh, I'll spin ya a yarn about South
Just as true as my name it is Mouth
We don't know where we are
Except far from a bar
And there's nothing that rhymes well with 'outh.

So, to help us establish positions
We have SOL-tools and ample provisions
DTF round the Pole
When you're sailing with SOL
Is a curious case for magicians.

Yet another boat takes on the lead
Being fed by his Blue Water feed
DTF is a riddle
I'll just play with my fiddle
To distract me from what I must read.

....

And here is an excellent read for improved understanding of the DTF-in-the-South phenomenon: A blog post by Hmm

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2015-03-09 22:49:40

Short Races

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A friend, Wolff, and I have talked about the joy of short races as compared to taking out whole weekends or weeks.

We would like to create a series of race proposals for SOL comprising e.g. nine races - three in each time zone, US, Europe and Australia.

The races would be short averaging about three hours and thus could be completed in one sitting.

Up-down courses are probably not feasable since the races would have to be planned and coded long before the WX. Alternatively, we could do round-island races.

We'd be interested to hear what you think of the idea and we'd be happy to hook up with someone in the US and in Australia who'd be prepared to set up races in their time zone.
2015-02-26 16:40:43

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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Courtesy of Scallions:

To Owa Raha we go,
Most have passed it, I know.
Some went West,
But was it the Best?
We now chase the SOLer called Smo.
2015-02-26 11:47:36

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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Reflections on a race where the Top 37 spots are completely out of reach:

To struggle to be 38
Is a thing that most sailors hate
You want number one
But the options are gone
With regret we accept it's too late.
2015-01-22 15:55:47

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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An ode to Rumskib
(Rumskib means 'spacecraft' in Danish)

A young German sailor with brains
Doesn't care if it blows or it rains
His boat is in orbit
His aid is an asset
But from chatting he mostly refrains.

As the Rumskib was tracing its rhumbline
Through Malacca, we all felt just so 'klein'
He is so far ahead
While the wind's mostly dead
Whereas Rumskib must feel he's on cloud nine.

When comparing myself to a spacecraft
I feel much like I pilot a liferaft
The spacecraft is Rumskib
And I waste my rhum keep
So at least I will know why I'm so daft.

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