I wonder if any pirates stole their boat in order to become a pirate. Advanced piracy.
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Raggamuffin
Forest Cat
I think the first lesson in pirate school is how to steal a boat. 
A good pirate should steal his boat, makes sense.
A good pirate should steal his boat, makes sense.
Raggamuffin
I wonder if they stole the "how to be a pirate" text book. Just steal everything. Reject cost of living increases. Become a pirate.
maycontainthunder
I misunderstood what being a pirate was... I thought it had something to do with pie rating. Mmmmm!
Raggamuffin
All pies are glorious, except one's with mushrooms in.
Forest Cat
I remember I made paperboats like in trees video when I was kid, sailed them in small streams. No internet, but we had paperboats.
No internet, but we had paperboats.
Callistemon
You can probably afford a pre-loved Optimist. But will you fit? Had to sell mine as a pre-teen because the boom would hit my head tacking no matter how low I tried to go!
Another idea: Crew for someone with a boat. None of the cost and you can walk away if you get fed up and take up paragliding etc.
Another idea: Crew for someone with a boat. None of the cost and you can walk away if you get fed up and take up paragliding etc.
Forest Cat
I have heard that a boat is a hole in the water that you throw money into. The boat life is expensive.
Callistemon
That is an excellent definition, @Forest Cat! :)
Callistemon
@crewlucaa_, when I was little I had a large black poodle who loved swimming and who sailed on the Optimist with me sometimes. The Optimist is about the size of a bathtub but wider, and has one single sail. :)
Callistemon
It was a secondhand Optimist which I called "Snoopy" after the Peanuts dog. It got a new paint job and was good for three years for me, for pottering around a lake. If I sailed again, it would be on a dinghy, on a lake - in something small and simple, but not quite as small as an Optimist! Small enough to take home with you on a roof-rack. Maybe a Laser.
If I sailed again, it would be on a dinghy, on a lake - in something small and simple, but not quite as small as an Optimist! Small enough to take home with you on a roof-rack. Maybe a Laser.