For all those who are looking for an incentive to do winter boat works !! Cheers everyone !
(I removed one pic, just in case anybody might think their rights are infringed upon! Thanks)
Last edited by Yannis on Jan 21st, '16, 10:10, edited 1 time in total.
moguls2go wrote:I have a love/hate relationship with this post! It's 32 and snowing outside.
I'm familiar with weather in the Mediterranean and Adriatic... Maybe they're having an exceptional warm spell in the Adriatic right now but I strongly suspect these pictures are from the summer... I.e. they're supposed to be motivation to get your boat ready (in the winter) so as to have fun (in the summer)...
If you're looking for for a 365 day per year boating season you should come down here (SEF - South East Florida)...
Navatech wrote:y're supposed to be motivation to get your boat ready (in the winter) so as to have fun (in the summer)...
Precisely so !
By the way, it's the Aegean (the Adriatic is in Italy), but except for the weather, you can tell by the tomatoes that they're summer pics.
I'm not looking for 365 days of sunshine, it gets boring. I love sub zero temperatures, snow, evenings by the fireplace etc and the alternation of the seasons makes the exercise interesting. Which brings me to thinking that the seasons should not be the only alternating thing in life....if you get my point !!!!
The only thing is that you can only invite so many ladies aboard, given ...the amount of space they each take-up - lotion bottles, handbags, towels spread out everywhere etc, a lady consumes roughly twice the space of a guy... Anybody arguing this ? ha, ha.
Perhaps any of you with high % of female population families (plus their girlfriends) can explain better !!
My master bedroom has 3 closets -- one a walk-in and the other two double door width. Where were my clothes???? In the guest room closet...the one down the hall.
Hey, Tom, it's when you sit down and think with whose money those closets were filled up, that your suicidal instincts surface !!
Best to walk away...
I have a friend who's been with many, very many...in the high hundreds...I asked why? He said because he's not rich enough to have a permanent wife...
Yannis wrote:He said because he's not rich enough to have a permanent wife...
Some friends of mine keep telling me that owning a boat is not smart money wise... They claim (probably with much justification) that charting one once in a while is cheaper...
Yannis,
I wish that was the weather here in Greece today! My ship is in port in Perama right now and its 30* outside with a 30 knot northerly wind! Cant wait for the warmer summer months looks like its a blast!
Brian Vanderspek
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Yannis,
Unfortunately we are sailing tomorrow headed to Malta, or else i would love to meet up! I went over to Piraeus, "Marina Zea," last night for dinner and saw two Bertram's in the harbor. When they say the "Sun never sets on the Bertram EMPIRE" they really do mean it. Its an absolutely beautiful area even when it is cold, cant wait to make it back!
-Brian
Brian Vanderspek
B38 Off Hand BERL1215M82
Sold B31 Fun 'N' Games 315-174-1285
Hey, Brian, you're sailing tomorrow ! That's in 24 hrs ! Imagine how many more Bertrams you can see till then !! (or NOT be able to see, depending on the program...)
Going to be 15 tonight here in NJ, wind takes us down to 0. Calling for big snow this weekend. But, 12 inches is big to us. My sister in law lives up near 1000 island NY and had over two feet of snow last week. Now that is big. Not Boston big, as in last year but it is a lot of snow.
Last May when he put in the boat, he had to push the icebergs out of the way. Guess that is why his location is Frozen Tundra and I thought Mass was cold.
Call me when you see this on 6944356937..... I haven't seen you in about 15 years so running across you here is a pleasant surprise! You haven't changed (looks...) and your boat looks messy (as always)! Filia, Mat
I'll call you this evening; yesterday was my birthday and I'm trying to recuperate...I haven't slept much. Remember we were both good in staying-up late... !!
Filia.