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Potential FAQ for Flying Pig visitors
"Flying Pig" wrote:
Hi, Rosalie, and group, "Rosalie B." wrote in message .. . "Flying Pig" wrote: Comments, please... How is life aboard Flying Pig different from my life ashore? 1: Flying Pig is a boat. Aside from times in the boatyard, where it's up on stilts on shore, it's in constant motion. This takes some getting used to, but most accommodate it very well. If you know you get seasick and have a remedy that works for you, be sure to bring it. We (that is Bob and I) have ginger aboard which works for some folks, but I will not supply prescription medication to guests (or anyone). Bob's preferred remedy is to have the seasick person take the wheel and to eat saltines. I personally prefer to have hot tea and sleep through it I cover seasickness in a different section; we've found Stugeron to be VERY effective, and non-drowsy/eye impairing. If one of our guests knew in advance that they were subject to seasickness, likely they'd already have developed their own coping skills and meds... I just thought that if you were going to lead off with the motion issue that you should cover motion sickness at that time, or else not mention it at the beginning. 4: Accomodations, for a boat, are generous, but very small by home standards. The best place on the boat for sleeping in "normal" (not rough seas) weather is in what's called the VEE berth, so called because of its shape. It's a 7-foot equilateral triangle, and accomodates most "normal" sized couples handily, though, of necessity, the feet tend to be touching We always slept the other way - with our heads close together at the pointy end. Of course that means that the reading light is at our feet. Ya, but that's because of your layout. You couldn't effectively sleep the other way, if I recall your aft cabin setup. In the vee, most would prefer the biscuit in, or, in any event, if not, their feet would be at the pointy end. In your boat, you have the advantage of it not coming to a point where your shoulders are :{)) I wasn't talking about the aft cabin - talking about the V-berth. In the V-berth (which was where we slept when we were chartering before we bought our boat), we slept with our heads at the pointy end. It is somewhat squared off because the chain locker is up there at the REAL point. Neither of us is over 6 feet, and we mostly sleep on our sides spooned so the shoulder issue - isn't. In the aft cabin, we sleep fore and aft but with our heads at the stern. Bob has a lee cloth for the single bunk in the main cabin so he can sleep there if it is rough and I'm at the helm. I personally lie down on the floor next to the mast (assuming a keel stepped mast). If it is just ordinary rolling, and he's at the helm, I just sleep crossways in the aft cabin. Our pull-out is our lee-cloth place, too, though not in its extended position. In our roughest times we've never felt the need to use it. We do have a KS mast, and the sole is a possibility, too. Our pull-out is now a single, and Bob has used the lee cloth. 3: Because fresh water is at such a premium both in amount we can carry, availability/difficulty of transport and/or cost, we normally bathe in the sea. We carry so much water (400 gallons) that with the two of us it is hard to use enough to keep it fresh, so we don't generally conserve that much. We CAN, but generally don't. We've never had a freshness issue, even when it's been RO water (most of the time it arrives chlorinated if we're refilling at a fuel dock, but in the Bahamas, that's rare, even if we've not had to jug it), for which we're very thankful. Our full-up condition is about 325G, and we're into the forward tank, now, which has been there for over 2 months; still fresh. If you are using it regularly, it stays fresher. We only use one tank at a time, and just the two of us don't use that much water. We just use washers in marinas when required. We never see marinas :{)) other than for fuel... On the ICW, there are some marinas that you can dinghy to that have dinghy dock fees which include the use of the showers and washers etc. Bob has made decorative pillows for the V-Berth and into the pillows we put the bed linens for that berth. 10: Related to #9, and just generally, as it's our preference, as we're predominantly in very warm (not uncomfortably so) climates, we tend to wear very little clothing, I was told when we first chartered a boat in the Virgin Islands, that I should not sit around in a wet bathing suit as I would have skin problems. I found that is true. Thus the admonition to have at least two, one for the line and the one you're sitting around in fresh. Bob insists that we wear shoes at all times when on deck for safety reasons. Proper shoes really are more non-skid than feet. (I have tested this myself.) If I didn't know that shoes were more slip resistant, I wouldn't wear them. Bob does have more tender feet than I do and he can't stand to walk on the non-skid on the deck, plus he's broken toes in the past so he wears shoes in places that I go barefoot, but I do as he wishes in to wearing shoes on deck. Also we wear SOSpender type life jackets at all times when underway and insist that all guests do the same. My son-in-law the fisherman thought we were being quite silly to make him wear a life vest. Of course he's a power boat person and he doesn't have a boom swinging around. Ours is mostly over top of the bimini, but it is still possible for it to knock you overboard unconscious. I don't require the grandchildren to wear life vests if they are in the cabin napping. Otherwise, they all wear them when we are not at the dock. Excellent additons, though we'd cover that in our briefing sessions when they arrive. We discuss "boat bites" of which the majority for most visitors will be toes (not too many hit their heads like I do, predominantly, these days, as I've managed to habitually miss the others which used to get me, door frames if I happen to be standing right next to one before I set off somewhere else. In motion [getting up a head of steam before the door] I never get them any more). Over and above toes - you don't want people slipping on the deck. We do harnesses unless we know we're going to have to be on deck, and have 5 SOSpenders with integrated harnesses aboard for such situations. You might also mention that male guests might do better with getting urine in the toilet if they sit on the toilet seat rather than try to hold on to keep their balance while trying to aim. We do demand that all guests sit, for safety reasons as well as sanitation, in our orientation on marine toilets. However, I'll add that to the toilet discussion in the FAQ so it's not a surprise. Thanks for the reminders. L8R Skip |
Potential FAQ for Flying Pig visitors
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Potential FAQ for Flying Pig visitors
Good luck with this comprehensive list / narrative. I've tried doing the
same but the reality always seems to surprise newbies. If you sail out of sight of land, I'd suggest you discuss with your new passengers that if they feel anxious when land disappears, that they should speak up. I've found even experienced coastal cruisers sometimes freak out when land disappears. The older the newbie, the greater the anxiety probability. I'm supposing from your post that you wear full clothing and use the toilet fixture even underway. If you don't, if clothing is optional or you prefer 'saving' your toilet for when close inshore, I suggest you mention that as well. When underway, we run clothing optional and the taffrail is the 'head'. |
Binocs Potential FAQ for Flying Pig visitors
Hi, Mark,
Good idea - the grandkids brought little birdwatchers we'd given them years ago. As it happens, we have several sets of non-critical binos aboard for guests. One's a West Marine, another is a venerable set I had for many years, a sears, and there's yet a third which provenance I forget. The motion-stabilized 12x stay in the cockpit... L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) |
Potential FAQ for Flying Pig visitors
"slide" wrote in message
... Good luck with this comprehensive list / narrative. I've tried doing the same but the reality always seems to surprise newbies. :{)) If you sail out of sight of land, I'd suggest you discuss with your new passengers that if they feel anxious when land disappears, that they should speak up. I've found even experienced coastal cruisers sometimes freak out when land disappears. The older the newbie, the greater the anxiety probability. Good thought. Other than for passages, likely we'll always be in sight of land, even transiting EC islands, though... I'm supposing from your post that you wear full clothing and use the toilet fixture even underway. If you don't, if clothing is optional or you prefer 'saving' your toilet for when close inshore, I suggest you mention that as well. When underway, we run clothing optional and the taffrail is the 'head'. Heh. No, actually, if you read closer, you'll see that we are normally in very brief bathing attire. As to peeing over the side, we cover that for the men when they arrive - but women are usually uncomfortable with that :{)) As we don't have a "true" head, usually, absent a cedar bucket like Wilbur espouses, most of the time solids are dispensed with through the facilities, anyway. As to "clothing optional" Lydia's very uncomfortable with the thought, though I'm not, so she's always dressed at least in a bather. Whether or not our guests (none that we have in mind fit the bill as far as I know) care to go starkers is entirely up to them - but given the grief I get about my bathing suit from her, that prolly wouldn't sit well with Lydia, either, so, I dunno. I guess I'll just have to ditch her, and like my friend Jere, sail naked, as the bumper sticker and T-shirt sez, and anyone who cares to wear clothing is welcome aboard, but I'd not tolerate their dictating what I wore or ate (unless, as previously discussed, they wanted to buy it and share) :{)) And, FWIW, when we're not accompanied or in immediate view of others, we do sail nekkid... L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) |
Potential FAQ for Flying Pig visitors
Flying Pig wrote:
Heh. No, actually, if you read closer, you'll see that we are normally in very brief bathing attire. As to peeing over the side, we cover that for the men when they arrive - but women are usually uncomfortable with that :{)) As we don't have a "true" head, usually, absent a cedar bucket like Wilbur espouses, most of the time solids are dispensed with through the facilities, anyway. As to "clothing optional" Lydia's very uncomfortable with the thought, though I'm not, so she's always dressed at least in a bather. Whether or not our guests (none that we have in mind fit the bill as far as I know) care to go starkers is entirely up to them - but given the grief I get about my bathing suit from her, that prolly wouldn't sit well with Lydia, either, so, I dunno. I guess I'll just have to ditch her, and like my friend Jere, sail naked, as the bumper sticker and T-shirt sez, and anyone who cares to wear clothing is welcome aboard, but I'd not tolerate their dictating what I wore or ate (unless, as previously discussed, they wanted to buy it and share) :{)) And, FWIW, when we're not accompanied or in immediate view of others, we do sail nekkid... I've also found that the motion of the ocean makes many couples a good deal more 'active' than otherwise. I don't think you need mention that. They will figure out why women always waited for their men to return from the sea. BTW, this Wilbur fool has it wrong once again. It's an 'oaken' bucket - not a cedar one. Cedar does start as being rather nice smelling but it is an absorbent wood where oak is a good deal less absorbent. I think you can see the obvious advantage of oak over cedar. |
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