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Saturday 17 March 2012

Messing About on the Water



When the weather is fine you know it's the time
For messin' about on the water

If you take my advice there's nothing so nice
As messin' about on the water

There's big boats and wee boats ands all kinds of craft

Puffers and keel boats and some with no raft
With the wind in your face there's no finer place
Than messin' about on the water
There are boats made from kits that'll reach you in bits

For messin' about on the water
And you might want to skull in a glass fibered hull

Go messin' about on the water

Anchors and tillers and rudders and cleets
Ropes that are sometimes referred to as sheets
With the wind in your face there's no finer place
Than messin' about on the water
Skippers and mates and rowing club eights
All messin' about on the water

Capstans and quays where you tie up with ease
All messin' about on the water
Outboards and inboards and dinghies you sail
The first thing you learn is the right way to bale
In a one man canoe you're both skipper and crew
Messin' about on the water
Moorings and docks, tailors and locks
All messin' about on the water
Whirlpools and weirs that you must not go near

 




Messin' about on the water
Backwater places all hidden from view
Mysterious wee islands just waiting for you
So I'll leave you right now, go cast off your bow
Go messing about on the water

Original by (Tony Hatch / Les Reed)
Josh MacRae - 1962
Danny Kyle - 1998

All these photos taken over the past week sailing out of Plymouth, Fowey and Falmouth.  Unfortunately we were fogged in at Falmouth for two days, but we still had a great time messing about on the water!

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