# Yo Ho, Yo Ho, Blow The Man Down! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2000, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157 "2000-11-21T18:56:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/1 "2000-11-21T18:56:29Z")
I’m getting a sailboat! Woo Hoo! I’ve always wanted one since I was a kid. I spent most of my youth at the beach when I was a kid, growing up in San Diego. I used to go sailing with a friend of the family on their boat and even did some Hobie Cat sailing a few times. In the last ten years I’ve probably only been on a sailboat three or four times, but I never stopped thinking about it. Well, I finally did it. I bought my own. After much research and a great referral by SanibelMan, I found the boat that I figure suits me best for now, rookie that I am. It’s a MacGregor 26x powersailer. It’s cheap, it’s stable, small enough to trailer yet large enough to do some overnight coastal cruising. Also, it has a water ballast instead of a lead keel, so you can drain the ballast and power around the lake if you want to water-ski or whatever. You can see pictures of it here: [http://macgregor26.com/](http://macgregor26.com/) I’m going tomorrow to do the demo (a four-hour cruise on SF Bay) and pick the options that I want for my boat. Then, they’ll deliver it in April. I swear, I feel like a little kid at Christmas. It’s all I can think about! Can anyone say Straight Dope SF Bay Cruise next summer? 😉 (I’d better learn to sail first, I don’t want any Gilligan’s Island-esque fiascos…) ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/2 "2000-11-21T19:03:28Z")
Oh my, That is aweseome!!! I am so there for the SF Sailing Fest. hmmm lets see. I get to be Gilligan, Demo is the Skipper. Doob is the Professor. Seadiver is Ginger. Obfu and Baglady are the Millionare and his wife. psycat is Maryann. Perfect. Now we just need an enchanted desert isle in which to participate in our hijinx. Congrats on the new toy, Demo. pat ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/3 "2000-11-21T19:03:53Z")
Welcome to the happy world of the boat owner! Ignore the conventional wisdom that the happiest days of a boatowner’s life are the day he buys the boat and the day he sells it - we’ve had boats ranging from a 12’ jetski to a 23’ trailerable day sailer to our present 37’ motorsailer ketch. Sailing is great. Boat people are great. Now you just need to be sure you subscribe to EVERY sailing and cruising magazine published. (My hubby ASSURES me this is necessary.) Congrats! I completely understand!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/4 "2000-11-21T19:34:42Z")
Pat, I’m actually thinking about heading down your way later in the season next year to San Nicholas (Island of the Blue Dolphins). So, we may find your enchanted desert isle" after all. 😉 FCM, thanks! From everyone that I’ve talked to on messageboards and at marinas, doing research, it certainly seems like the boating community is one of the more helpful types. I used to subscribe to Sail just for the heck of it, even though I didn’t have a boat, but you can rest assured I will be subscribing to _many_ mags now… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/5 "2000-11-21T19:42:17Z")
I thought San Nicolas was a navy base that regular people weren’t allowed to dock at? I know the open to the public Channel Islands are National Parks and boats are free to dock there. Anyway. You gotta bring me along if you ever go out to any of those. I have been to Santa Cruz, and I loved it! The trip out was fun, and I got to see Dolphins, and the island itself was really beautiful. pat ---
**Author:** ![SeaDiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@SeaDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/6 "2000-11-21T19:47:22Z")
Congrats, Demo! ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/7 "2000-11-21T20:18:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Can anyone say Straight Dope SF Bay Cruise next summer? Can you say _heeeellll yes_? 😉 Thanks, Demo. You’ve now given me the next big thing to save up for. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/8 "2000-11-21T20:39:26Z")
Damn. I thought this was going to be about the ride Pirates of the Carribean or something. I was hoping Zyzz and I would find a way to work in that “The spirit of Norway always has been and always will be–the spirit of ADVENTURE!” or something like that. Pfft. Heehee, congrats, my friend. May you enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/9 "2000-11-21T20:45:14Z")
I’m imagining Demo scampering around his boat in white shorts… _musical sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/10 "2000-11-21T20:55:54Z")
> [@](#): > > I was hoping Zyzz and I would find a way to work in that “The spirit of Norway always has been and always will be–the spirit of ADVENTURE!” or something like that. But Rasa, my dear, you forget that the Spirit of Norway is rooted in the spirit of the seafarer, and thus in such a thread it’s perfectly acceptable to proclaim that THE SPIRIT OF NORWAY ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE ADVENTURE!!! And now that the rest of the readers are united in a collective “wtf?”, i’ll move on. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/11 "2000-11-21T21:01:49Z")
Congratulations on the vessel! I used to sail almost every weekend at the San Diego Navy Sailing Club (south of the amphib. base on Coronado). ---
**Author:** ![Bubble\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Bubble\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubble_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/12 "2000-11-21T21:03:23Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m going tomorrow to do the demo (a four-hour cruise on SF Bay) and pick the options that I want for my boat. Then, they’ll deliver it in April. Why does it take so long before you get the boat? 😕 That is a very nice boat Demo. I went sailing this past summer for the first time and I had a blast. Here’s to many happy sailing days ahead for you! ::cheers:: ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/13 "2000-11-21T21:07:58Z")
Pat…umm…crap! Well, I’ll have to look into it a bit more, but I thought you could go there. Seems I’ve read a few accounts of people’s trips there… Cheffy: Aaawww, flattery will get you _everywhere_. 😉 Zyz, WTF? Shanin, the boats sell out faster than they can produce them, they’re that popular. So, I have to wait in line with the rest of the bums. Oh well, I don’t think I’d do too much sailing in the next few months anyway. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/14 "2000-11-21T21:24:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Democritus \* > **I’m getting a sailboat!** \ It’s not a sailboat, it’s a **schooner** \ ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/15 "2000-11-21T21:31:11Z")
I don’t know how Baglady feels about boats but speaking for myself I can say that I so want to be on your list! I’ve never done sailboats but I love being on the water (especially if I am not driving - happy to help though). ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/16 "2000-11-21T21:40:57Z")
Water and I go as well together as Nitro and Electrical Current. Have fun, tho! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/17 "2000-11-21T23:15:19Z")
Wow, that’s a sweet-lookin’ boat, Demo. Do we have to call you “The Cap’n” now? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/18 "2000-11-21T23:37:33Z")
OK, how in the fuck is this thread _not_ about oral sex?!?!?! Never the less, congrats Demo! _crosses fingers hoping for an invite_ Looks like a cherry little rig too! I think its all a cover for Demo’s smuggling cartel, but I won’t tell as long as he keeps me primed with Tequila and bikini clad dopers. Avast ye maties! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/19 "2000-11-21T23:52:22Z")
_sigh_ _just the thing for the San Juans_ _sigh_ Congratulations Demo. ::shuffles off:: ---
**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157/20 "2000-11-21T23:58:46Z")
Congrats! Hey, I think you need to sail north along the coast and spend some time sailing the Puget Sound. Beautiful scenery, nice people … [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-ho-yo-ho-blow-the-man-down/42157.md?page=2)