Article about prep. for being offshore

[Loren Beach]

A Cruising World Featured Article:
"Advice for the Offshore First Timer"
by Andrew Burton

http://www.sailnet.com/forums/seamanship-articles/43592-advice-offshore-first-timer.html

Real nice article on what to expect in a blue water passage. Informative without being cutesy or condescending, IMO.


Loren

 

[Jeff Asbury]

Good Advice: "Since most drowned sailors are found with their flies open, we never pee over the rail offshore; we always use the head."

 

[sleather]

Good Advice: "Since most drowned sailors are found with their flies open, we never pee over the rail offshore; we always use the head."

If it wasn't so tragic, it would be funny

Hospital urinal, they come in M and F styles, at Walgreens. Disposal is up to the individual. They're easier than using the head(at least for the guys)

 

[Jeff Asbury]

I never thought it was funny. I was just surprized to hear that.

 

[gareth harris]

If it wasn't so tragic, it would be funny

Perhaps an epitaph: 'He died with a smile on his face.'