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Posted by bonknhoot Posts 95 Registered at 2013-08-06 21:35:15	2017-02-06 21:34:02 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Off the west coast of Sardinia, we got talking about the new pressie of the free world, and the Java King dubbed this new main man DJT, which reminded me of that great modern poet of the modern era, Hennery Gibson, oft seen in the 70s on TV's Rowan & Martin Laugh-In, and a short poem that Hennery penned called 'DDT'. So here, for posterity as always, is 'DJT' Inside of me there's DDT It’s been there ever since the Seventies So, if you could see inside of me Then you ’d see DDT Still bothers me, that DDT Is it perhaps like DJT? Making a pesticide o’me? A sexual one maybe? (Which is all right, I guess, if you don’t like humbugs...) Clipping along
Posted by bonknhoot Posts 95 Registered at 2013-08-06 21:35:15	2017-02-14 10:03:34 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	SRC and OPS and other SOL VIPs had a long thread recently about the use of NAM forecast in certain races. It generated a few moments of whimsy. Here goes... use NAM whenever you can, since if you do not, you may help a bot. moreover I feel, we should keep it real, as much as we can, so hence make it NAM, whenever you can... refrain. Dr Bonk n Suess NAM wham thank you Jan Res better reality For in SOL we can Haiku by Tyger San Clipping along
Posted by bonknhoot Posts 95 Registered at 2013-08-06 21:35:15	2017-02-17 21:53:24 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	still missing Mouthansar, these few lines reflect the frustration and ennui of SOTO sailing against Kes and Class 4os Off away ‘s gone Dingo Just abandoning his SOTO Teasing psail and Bonko To gear change out of GO SLOW Eheheh and ho, ho, ho. Clipping along
Posted by Mouthansar Posts 122 Registered at 2009-12-25 22:49:08	2017-04-08 16:22:24 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Thoughts somewhere New Zealand: At the dawn's early break and first light I am sliding my wind slider right The wind's on the nose On my compass rose It'll be one more grueling night
Posted by Mouthansar Posts 122 Registered at 2009-12-25 22:49:08	2017-04-29 21:07:11 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Sprint race in chilly ... chili ... Chile: We are chasing a rainbow you know As we're racing here stern close to bow The prize is for winners No BBQ dinners So, race Rainbow Chaser go go.
Posted by Mouthansar Posts 122 Registered at 2009-12-25 22:49:08	2017-12-21 21:54:15 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Another few odds and ends from the Ice Exclusion Zone on the way to Melbourne from Cape Town: Hark Skippers, I'm climbing my lectern If you're racing this race down to Melbourne When you reach the approach And you don't have a coach Just Rip and remember the left turn I once had a good friend, a surgeon His incision was into a sturgeon He found it bizarre When he found caviar Cuz' the fish was supposed to be virgin. Actually, 'Melbourne' is not an easy rhyme.
Posted by Bimmer Posts 447 Registered at 2015-02-23 15:38:27	2017-12-22 18:53:09 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	I'm amazed ))
Posted by Mouthansar Posts 122 Registered at 2009-12-25 22:49:08	2018-01-10 06:16:52 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Another philosophical morning spent at winds between 0.5 and 1 knots somewhere in the Pacific on the way to Hong Kong. It's to teach us a thing about pressure That we're sailing low winds at our leasure Be the winds strong or weak A skipper must tweak His sails to the best daily measure --- Last Edited by Mouthansar at 2018-01-10 06:18:27 ---
Posted by Mouthansar Posts 122 Registered at 2009-12-25 22:49:08	2018-01-10 06:46:53 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	On trying to circumnavigate Dai Island in 0.85 knots of breeze: Someone - got the spelling all wrong I realized, sailing along Dai Island it's called But that is a fault It is 'Die!', in their local tongue
Posted by Mouthansar Posts 122 Registered at 2009-12-25 22:49:08	2018-01-11 01:21:51 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Dingo might take the Melbourne to Hong Kong race although it does not look much like it now: When your Future Track looks like a bowsprit And your wake looks much like an armpit You know it'll be Quite a while before we Are racing again and top speed hit. There once was a skipper named Dingo Though not quite a drummer like Ringo He sails his boat fast And never comes last But right now he is dreaming of 'Bingo'

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