Guest Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Bowmen rule End of discussion A Bowman has Spoken Concur totally. Go the Brotherhood Love and kiss's A bowmen at heart but with occasional flirtations at being flat arsed lazy sh*t of a driver. Disclaimer - The above statement will cease to exist if Toles reads it.... don't want you getting any ideas big boy Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 I'd be more than happy to do bow again, but every time I wander forward of the mast AA runs past , yelling at me to take the helm - something about bow down trim not being fast. Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Now Squid the basis of your claim is true (bow down is slow) but yelling? I don't think so! Besides you're way better at headsail trimming than I am! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rocket Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 We can sometimes see the bowman's mouth moving up in adventureland when he is looking/glaring (longingly?) at fantasy land - we generally just presume he is apologising for being a little tardy so tend to tune it out.... Link to post Share on other sites
Adrianp 120 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Strangest moment I had during my bowman days was doing a gybe during a spinnaker rumrace on Mustang Sally (Awesome boat BTW) We started the gybe, I swapped the pole over perfectly and looked up the rig to check everything was looking good when I noticed the forestay doing a massive sag out the side of the boat and realised the mast was going forward as the new masthead backstay hadn't been pulled on (with an inline rig). At this point I thought it prudent to step out from in front of the mast and notice a huge hole opening up at the back of the mast where it came through the deck. They got the backstay on just as it broke. Well it broke into two bits but landed on itself and the rig stayed up. I started scream to blow the kite halyard and everyone looked at me like I was crazy as none of them had noticed the broken mast! I took a few trips by different people from the back of the boat to believe me it had broken at which point I was left to drop the kite as no one wanted to come up to help me! Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Well it broke into two bits but landed on itself and the rig stayed up. I started scream to blow the kite halyard and everyone looked at me like I was crazy as none of them had noticed the broken mast! I took a few trips by different people from the back of the boat to believe me it had broken at which point I was left to drop the kite as no one wanted to come up to help me! Cockpit Crew 1: Just as well I was quick enough to get that backstay on before anything happened to the rig. Cockpit Crew 2: Yeah good job. Anyway if anything had happened, we could always have blamed it on the foredeck again. It would have fallen into their part of the boat. Both: Hahahaha. F*cking bowmen. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubthumper 0 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 I've plenty of bow work on in the last 5 years of sailing on this harbour. Most worrying experiences are on the boats that are looking for a new bowman, you figure out why after the first half hour of being on the pointy end with someone swearing at you! Still remember getting pinned between the forestay and side of the pulpit on G'net after the new runner was a little slow coming on, can't believe the rig stayed in the boat! Sailed on a boat last summer for the squadron series, the skipper screamed at me something rotten, but always apologised after. And that's why bowmen make good boat owners!! Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 And that's why bowmen make good boat owners!! and good cockpit hands as they whats happening at the sharpend, know when to let the guys, sheets, foreguy topping lift, halyards go slack, easied, tightened. Nothing better as you go forward with the kite bag and the guy & sheet have enough slack in them to go around the forestay ready to be clipped on. Link to post Share on other sites
Gappy 9 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Take a look at this link my skipper kindly brought this t-shirt for me http://www.dryshirt.com/merchant5/merch ... _Code=Club Link to post Share on other sites
tuffyluffy 76 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 We nicknamed our last bowman 'Tangles'. Havent seen him for a while now, i hope hes OK Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Sharpen up you pointy people, it's the other end wot pays the bills. Just be grateful we let you stuff about up there. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 I had a particularly stroppy foredeck union on Castanet in the 1970s. Here's one of their meetings. Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Most boat owners have been bowmen (and women - with a deferential nod to BB and Zoe) It's why we buy boats, so that we can pay the bills while everyone sails on our boats for free. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 I had a particularly stroppy foredeck union on Castanet in the 1970s. Here's one of their meetings. I think that could be the boat a mate of mine brought last year. Was it up the Tamaki for a while do you know? I know he brought a old school 30 odd footer called Castanet, which sort of fits the boat in the Pic. Look at these loser blunt end boat dudes trying to lay the cock-ups on the foredeck. Get a grip you lazy good for nothing buggers. If it wasn't for your hard working, multi tasking, verbal diarrhoea absorbing, often the best looking dude aboard foredeck you'd be still finishing Simrad R1 Oh I'm so conflicted right now. 1/2 of me want to tell the other half to just shut the f**k up and as I've already gybed the bow, as per the call, so am I planning on gybeing the stern anytime soon? and the other 1/2 really wants to ask me why the kite's still in it's bag knot up the bloody mast and whot the f**k am I doing up there, baking a frecking cake? Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 i had a particularly stroppy foredeck union on Castanet in the 1970s. Here's one of their meetings. You would expect a strong foredeck contingent on a boat like that as it has been built with two bows! Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 You've reached the foredeck... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 One dark and still night: Skipper - "Get that f**king spinnaker down" Bowman - "I can't, it's stuck in a tree" Link to post Share on other sites
wal 27 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Most boat owners have been bowmen (and women - with a deferential nod to BB and Zoe) It's why we buy boats, so that we can pay the bills while everyone sails on our boats for free. .... and I'm still up the front ...at least they're nice enough to not ask if it's being done today Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Sloop -"Nothing better as you go forward with the kite bag and the guy & sheet have enough slack in them to go around the forestay ready to be clipped on." Surely you are teasing! When has that ever happened? They have to re-invent the wheel back there every time the brace & sheet needs to go around the forestay. Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Sloop -"Nothing better as you go forward with the kite bag and the guy & sheet have enough slack in them to go around the forestay ready to be clipped on." Surely you are teasing! When has that ever happened? They have to re-invent the wheel back there every time the brace & sheet needs to go around the forestay. Slacko it happened every time I was in the backend , when I was allowed to come aft of the mast. Link to post Share on other sites
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