Boating
When I was dating with my hubby, he told me that he would like to take me for a boat ride. He would be the captain and I would be his first mate. I thought the idea was so cool that I told him I'd love to do that. I was imagining as he sets the sail I would let breeze caress my face and watch birds gliding over the water.
Well, it wasn't as what we both expected. The experience was the highlight of our joking with each other in our life. Sure, there were certain elements beyond our control, such as weather. We spent about one good afternoon in the calm water, then a raging storm came in. We had to moor in the middle of nowhere. Birds, and other boats were all gone, only waves, rains and thunders throughout pitch dark night. The boat rocked like a hell, and I, as the first time boater, was so scared of our boat being drifted to far away that I woke hubby up and talked him into checking the anchor in the drench rain under the huge thunder storm in the middle of night.
Then there were other things that we could be better prepared, such as terminology for boating. Well, as the first time boater, I bet you wouldn't know what the hell these English words mean:
“Look over there, under the gunwale,” (under what?) says the speaker with certain urgency.
“Over there on the starboard side," (starboard?) the speaker gets a little impatient.
“It’s just ahead of that cockpit stowage locker.” the speaker gets more irritated with a raised voice. (What the hell is going on? What kind of English is that?)
"Watch out! Hard to lee!!!" (OMG, I'd never set my feet on boat again, I promise!!!)
If one does not want to bother spending precious time to deal with these terms, I'd recommend not to take your honey to your boat. Hahaha.
Well, it wasn't as what we both expected. The experience was the highlight of our joking with each other in our life. Sure, there were certain elements beyond our control, such as weather. We spent about one good afternoon in the calm water, then a raging storm came in. We had to moor in the middle of nowhere. Birds, and other boats were all gone, only waves, rains and thunders throughout pitch dark night. The boat rocked like a hell, and I, as the first time boater, was so scared of our boat being drifted to far away that I woke hubby up and talked him into checking the anchor in the drench rain under the huge thunder storm in the middle of night.
Then there were other things that we could be better prepared, such as terminology for boating. Well, as the first time boater, I bet you wouldn't know what the hell these English words mean:
“Look over there, under the gunwale,” (under what?) says the speaker with certain urgency.
“Over there on the starboard side," (starboard?) the speaker gets a little impatient.
“It’s just ahead of that cockpit stowage locker.” the speaker gets more irritated with a raised voice. (What the hell is going on? What kind of English is that?)
"Watch out! Hard to lee!!!" (OMG, I'd never set my feet on boat again, I promise!!!)
If one does not want to bother spending precious time to deal with these terms, I'd recommend not to take your honey to your boat. Hahaha.
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