Notices by Piers Cawley (pdcawley@mendeddrum.org), page 2

@goatsarah I loved my Squib. I wasn't ever very competitive in it, but had a great time. Much twitchier than the YODs, which were great family boats. Best sailed by two and a half adults, so lots of husband and wife teams with either their own kid or a club cadet on board. The steering was a bit slow motion, but a great way to learn about yacht racing.

@goatsarah J24s, Squibs and Yorkshire One Designs (25 foot wooden keelboats, kind of XODish – gorgeous things).

@goatsarah sheeeit! Scary stuff.

I've never had to deal with really fun tides. We were mostly sailing off Bridlington, so it was pretty much running one way or t'other with no serious complications. Could still get up a fair lick, and wind vs tide off Flamborough Head could get nasty, but nothing like the Channel or all the complications around somewhere like the Isle of Wight.

@goatsarah Been a while since I sailed, but once I started sailing on the sea, lakes seemed so *boring*. There's nothing quite like racing a buoy and losing to make you appreciate how fast the tide can run.

@tomasekeli Car Sex? Is *that* what the self-driving thing's up to with all those crashes? It's not trying to kill anyone, it's just trying to shag other cars.

@goatsarah sounds like @Knitronomicon last night. You don’t live in the same part of London do you?

@muse @goatsarah @MzAprilDaniels Mate, if you think she's being vague you should hear someone going full on British Civil Servant one of these days.

Fuckwits like you don't understand what she's talking about, but 'no one'? Fuck all the way off into the sea.

@davew @clacke @danlyke certainly it'd be great if I could subscribe to an arbitrary RSS or Atom feed from Mastodon.