Once he was at the top of the mast, his task was simple: to put a pin through the top of the forward stay cable, and then lower back down. Of course, this turned out to be slightly more nerve racking than expected. After a few moments at the top of the mast, our confident worker inundated us with a stream of disgruntled sentences.
"Damn boat, why won't the pin just go in? Argghhhh! This f***in boat always gets me." His verbal outburst was of course delivered with kicking and banging of the mast.
Eventually, the pin went in. Most pins would after the amount of hammering this pin had to endure. We lowered him down the mast, and took on our next task, attaching the other end to the bow. Again, this task was slightly more nerve racking than expected. The unstretched cable wasn't long enough to reach, and soon Grant again became angry. This time, there was a boat from a summer camp full of young impressionable children nearby the watch.
"F***in c**t of a boat!" he exclaimed, banging his foot on the boat. After the previous tirade on the mast, his anger quickly subsided and turned to angry sorrow. "Why boat? Always so near to complete then you just f**k me!"
The children were laughing, while the father in the boat quickly turned them around to deliver the children back to their parents where they can talk about what they witnessed that day over the other white meat and peas with their family.
2 comments:
I learned to swear on the family f***ing farm. That G**-D*** S**-of-a-B**** F***ing Tractor only worked if you told it to F*** off. The good ol' days.
Hey Alex-It seems that people should watch what they say in life since it affects those around them. What you say & do usually comes back to you in life when you least expect it. It sounds as though you & Topher are having the time of your life even before you start sailing. Good luck. Take care.
Post a Comment