We could have our hugfest on one of those ships next year if you're willing to come over...
The time to start the work to make it happen is about now, if there are people who would like the experience of sailing in the Netherlands. I'm positive I can get the ship pretty cheap, but I'm not sure there are enough people on this forum who want to join and make the trip to Harlingen. We'll need about 14 people minimum with a max. of 24 (or 40, if I ask my other skipper-bestie as well).That would be lovely. I will remind you about it nearer the time.
Are you all getting jealous of me if I tell you the weather looks to be great for the weekend around here and I'm going to be sailing on a traditional Dutch flat bottomed ship for three days?
We could have our hugfest on one of those ships next year if you're willing to come over...
Well, that makes four of us. Only 20 more to go (as 10 of them won't come when it's time for booking the ferry/flight/tunnel)Very tempting. I think that could be fun.
Well, that makes four of us. Only 20 more to go (as 10 of them won't come when it's time for booking the ferry/flight/tunnel)
I might try it again next year!
A friend of mine sailed on the STS Lord Nelson a few years ago and she says it was the experience of a life time. I'd be tempted but my sea going days are over I think.
I'm in the south east too.Lovely and sunny in the South East today. I've had a nice relaxing day at work and life is good!
When first posted as crew on RAF Long range Recovery Launch Sea Otter I was sick as a dog every trip, I remember one night at 2 AM crawling onto the bridge to fix a radio fault the skipper saying to me you will be ok John you get used to it I thought he meant you get used to it and stop being sick, what he actually meant was you get used to being sick.My late hubby (mariner) used to say that I would get seasick sitting on damp grass. So, sadly, I would exclude myself from this hugfest cruise.
I'll make 5Well, that makes four of us. Only 20 more to go (as 10 of them won't come when it's time for booking the ferry/flight/tunnel)
Hugs on a boat sounds interesting but not for me I'm afraid. Any spare time I have is spent in our motorhomeWell, that makes four of us. Only 20 more to go (as 10 of them won't come when it's time for booking the ferry/flight/tunnel)
Sounds like a perfect reason to have a holiday in the Netherlands with your motorhome and go for a couple of days sailing halfway through!Hugs on a boat sounds interesting but not for me I'm afraid. Any spare time I have is spent in our motorhome
@JohnEGreen and @Guzzler , in the fifteen years I've done this job for about 120 days a year with an average of about 22 guests ech day, I've seen about 1 seasick person every two years. We're not sailing on the North Sea but on the Dutch 'Lakes and estuaries', so no high waves, and overnight we won't be sailing but spending our time on an Island or in a small historical village. So don't fear seasickness.
Also, we've done this with all kinds of groups, including 93 year olds, toddlers, people who are blind or deaf, homeless with multiple psychiatric conditions and addictions, and wheel-chair users.
I'm sure we can handle a couple of bad knees and I'm as good as sure no-one will get seasick.
Ok. Sounds like you could be that 'one in two years' person. That's sad, because I think you definitely belong at the hugfest.I got seasick on the Kiel Canal! It's not just rolling seas that can cause it, it also involves sight disturbance and balance. It never stopped me travelling with my hubby but I was always the first on to the gangway to get back my landlegs.
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