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Posted by Mouthansar Posts 122 Registered at 2009-12-25 22:49:08	2014-10-24 00:40:06 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Sailing in the doldrum gets old. Trying to stay alive despite the odds, I kept myself awake tonight with these: The sailor once known as Mouthansar who wrote many a limerick stanza Went away for a spell Is now back live and well Still awondering where all his friends are. Most SOL'ers just don't want to lose But they keep getting lost in the blues They want competition And get malnutrition While they're overindulging in booze. On occasion we're greeted by Honya Who is wishing that he could outgun ya Although starting quite late And accepting his fate He'll be racing and try to outrun ya. You've sat up too. You know the feeling. --- Last Edited by Mouthansar at 2015-01-23 10:14:36 ---
Posted by Rod Posts 392 Registered at 2010-06-24 22:30:48	2014-10-25 13:26:07 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	We really did miss you, Mouthansar! No poetry,no quick gibes! Welcome back to SOL's "Poetry Saved for Posterity"! ----and just a minor contribution----- "What shall we do with the drunken SOLers?" --- Last Edited by Rod at 2014-10-25 16:30:23 --- If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
Posted by Smo Posts 80 Registered at 2009-05-02 21:49:04	2014-11-09 19:13:38 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Tamalone SWR2014 Leg 1: "This is the race that doesn't end....it just goes on and on, my friend....some people started racing it not knowing what it was, and they continue racing it forever just becuase...this is the race that doesn't end." --- Last Edited by Smo at 2014-11-09 19:14:53 ---
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2014-11-21 16:46:27 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	An excellent contribution from Viking in Leg 2 of SWR!! To be sung to the tune of "It's a long way to Tipperary": It's a long way to Abu Dhabi It's a long way to sail It's a long way to Abu Dhabi Now we need a SE gale Goodbye Cape of Good Hope Farewell Cape Town Square It's a long long way to Abu Dhabi But at last we may be there
Posted by Mouthansar Posts 122 Registered at 2009-12-25 22:49:08	2015-01-22 15:55:47 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	An ode to Rumskib (Rumskib means 'spacecraft' in Danish) A young German sailor with brains Doesn't care if it blows or it rains His boat is in orbit His aid is an asset But from chatting he mostly refrains. As the Rumskib was tracing its rhumbline Through Malacca, we all felt just so 'klein' He is so far ahead While the wind's mostly dead Whereas Rumskib must feel he's on cloud nine. When comparing myself to a spacecraft I feel much like I pilot a liferaft The spacecraft is Rumskib And I waste my rhum keep So at least I will know why I'm so daft.
Posted by Mouthansar Posts 122 Registered at 2009-12-25 22:49:08	2015-02-26 11:47:36 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Reflections on a race where the Top 37 spots are completely out of reach: To struggle to be 38 Is a thing that most sailors hate You want number one But the options are gone With regret we accept it's too late.
Posted by Mouthansar Posts 122 Registered at 2009-12-25 22:49:08	2015-02-26 16:40:43 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Courtesy of Scallions: To Owa Raha we go, Most have passed it, I know. Some went West, But was it the Best? We now chase the SOLer called Smo.
Posted by Mouthansar Posts 122 Registered at 2009-12-25 22:49:08	2015-03-26 16:06:45 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Musings on the oddities of DTF in the South Sea. Oh, I'll spin ya a yarn about South Just as true as my name it is Mouth We don't know where we are Except far from a bar And there's nothing that rhymes well with 'outh. So, to help us establish positions We have SOL-tools and ample provisions DTF round the Pole When you're sailing with SOL Is a curious case for magicians. Yet another boat takes on the lead Being fed by his Blue Water feed DTF is a riddle I'll just play with my fiddle To distract me from what I must read. .... And here is an excellent read for improved understanding of the DTF-in-the-South phenomenon: A blog post by Hmm --- Last Edited by Mouthansar at 2015-03-26 16:08:24 ---
Posted by Mouthansar Posts 122 Registered at 2009-12-25 22:49:08	2015-04-24 14:24:31 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Distractions from a quiet Friday afternoon SW of Itaya, Brazil, in the South Atlantic. Bonknhoot, who's actually Irish, was target practice: To follow the swings of the wind Is a struggle that taketh no end Starboard or port South maybe North To our monitors we are all pinned. I don't really know where you are from But I've followed you, flotsam and Jepsom A Swedish SOL god With courses quite odd And the cola to add into our rhum. Oh, Bonky, don't mind me at sea I'm an old fart and barely can pee There are courses aplenty But as long as we're friendly We are certain to meet at the quay. There is a young man name of Bonkhoot Who is Swiss, Dutch and British to bootboot He must be unmarried His life is unharried I will hail him with my chipper toot-toot. So my Irish friend met with the Hooters Not in Mexico - that would be putas Must have been USA Or at least so they say For he bonked them and now he will mute us. There was a good fellow from Cork Who was anything else than a dork He was SOL'ing quite wisely And often did nicely Based on imports of good Danish pork.
Posted by bonknhoot Posts 100 Registered at 2013-08-06 21:35:15	2015-04-24 14:56:56 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
	Introducing myself further in reply to Mouthansar honouring me with his verses. At thirty of four U T C, An hour IMO quite ungodly Lars thought perchance he'd outfox me, So I followed his course out to sea. This was a mistake, later I found. But beware, Afghan hound: To catch you, I’m bound! SOL friends are fun, And you are a new one. Now wait till the run, And bonksky will be gone. Gone wards the setting sun! He’s married, Swiss, Dutch and Irish(!). Unhurried cause of age: sixtyish. ‘T was Ireland that taught him ‘bout sails, And Cork the place there whence he hails. Clipping along

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