Parr8hed Posted September 25, 2013 Share #1 Posted September 25, 2013 I am watching a sailing movie this morning. Not just "a" sailing movie, but THE difinitive movie on sailing. The skipper of this vessel is probably the best skipper to ever run up a main sheet. Anyone who ever steps aboard a vessel should stive to emulate this salty man of the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted September 25, 2013 Share #2 Posted September 25, 2013 Watching Pirates of the Cariabean again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopped Liver Posted September 25, 2013 Share #3 Posted September 25, 2013 Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful trip That started from this tropic port Aboard this tiny ship. The mate was a mighty sailing man, The skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day For a three hour tour, a three hour tour. The weather started getting rough, The tiny ship was tossed, If not for the courage of the fearless crew The minnow would be lost, the minnow would be lost. The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle With Gilligan The Skipper too, The millionaire and his wife, The movie star The professor and Mary Ann, Here on Gilligans Isle. So this is the talel of the castways, They're here for a long, long time, They'll have to make the best of things, It's an uphill climb. The first mate and the Skipper too, Will do their very best, To make the others comfortable, In the tropic island nest. No phone, no lights no motor cars, Not a single luxury, Like Robinson Crusoe, As primative as can be. So join us here each week my freinds, You're sure to get a smile, From seven stranded castways, Here on "Gilligan's Isle." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted September 25, 2013 Watching Pirates of the Cariabean again? close, but no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PissedOffLaxDude Posted September 25, 2013 Share #5 Posted September 25, 2013 close, but no. Titanic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted September 25, 2013 Titanic? You're getting colder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted September 25, 2013 Share #7 Posted September 25, 2013 Mutiny on the Bounty? The Caine Mutiny? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopped Liver Posted September 25, 2013 Share #8 Posted September 25, 2013 Master and Commander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted September 25, 2013 No, and no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted September 25, 2013 Share #10 Posted September 25, 2013 You're getting colder. Well duh, if it wasn't, they wouldn't have hit an iceburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share #11 Posted September 25, 2013 I'll give you a hint... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted September 25, 2013 Share #12 Posted September 25, 2013 How closely were you paying attention? You don't run up a mainsheet. You run up a mainsail and you use the mainsheet to do it. Thought you should know before Jsharrrr came here and laughed at you ('cause that's how he is.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Administrator Posted September 25, 2013 Share #13 Posted September 25, 2013 Chipwrecked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyebike Posted September 25, 2013 Share #14 Posted September 25, 2013 c'mon gilligan...spill it! or we will make you walk the plank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 25, 2013 Share #15 Posted September 25, 2013 You are watching Captain Ron, or you had better be. However, the best sailing movie is Wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 25, 2013 Share #16 Posted September 25, 2013 Also why would the skipper run up the line that controls the main sail? You run sails up with halyards. Halyards raise sails. Sheets and in some cases guys, pull sails in or can be used to let sails out. There are a host of other control lines to help shape the sail, including but not limited to the cunningham, the outhaul, the downhaul, the leach lines, the boom vang and the adjustable back stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PissedOffLaxDude Posted September 25, 2013 Share #17 Posted September 25, 2013 I'll give you a hint... Overboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share #18 Posted September 25, 2013 You are watching Captain Ron, or you had better be. However, the best sailing movie is Wind. Captain Ron it is!!! And Wind is a great movie. Loved that one, but Ron is a better skipper than Will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share #19 Posted September 25, 2013 Also why would the skipper run up the line that controls the main sail? You run sails up with halyards. Halyards raise sails. Sheets and in some cases guys, pull sails in or can be used to let sails out. There are a host of other control lines to help shape the sail, including but not limited to the cunningham, the outhaul, the downhaul, the leach lines, the boom vang and the adjustable back stay. Hey, it's been a while since I have sailed. I don't know boats as well as I do livers and kidneys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax13 Posted September 25, 2013 Share #20 Posted September 25, 2013 this is starting to sound like someone is three sheets to the wind...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 25, 2013 Share #21 Posted September 25, 2013 parr8, weren't you in the Navy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted September 25, 2013 Share #22 Posted September 25, 2013 Watch for guerillas n the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share #23 Posted September 25, 2013 Watch for guerillas n the woods. GOrillia. He said. GO. Guer-GO. HUGE difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share #24 Posted September 25, 2013 parr8, weren't you in the Navy? Aye, I was in the Navy. Two things wrong here: 1. The Navy no longer uses saily boaty thingies. Those are just for show. They have boats that have big motors and even carry planes nowadays. 2. Although I went through Navy boot camp I never once set my feet aboard a ship in an official capacity. Hell, I never even saw a ship unless you count the USS Alabama that was de-comissioned in Mobile bay. I went through Marine Corps Field Med School and spent all of my time with the Jarheads. I was way more jarhead than I was sailor, even though my paycheck said Navy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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