Hooch

"Keep marching t'ward the guns..."

Adrian Rayson

54 / Male

Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

About Hooch

First Time Poster | Member since 1st May 06

Citizenship: United Kingdom
Website: http://www.adrianrayson.co.uk
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Self Employed
About Hooch:

A single man taking time out from working to live on board a 49 ft narrowboat FRILFORD, moving round the canals of England.

Hobbies:

Music, boats, the arts, sport

Favourite places:

The Far East; the ocean; parts of England.

Activity : photos (11) forum (1) guide (0) blog (2) diary (0) trips (44)

Latest Blog Entry

Reflections on life on board "Heath Insured"

Posted by Hooch | 1st May 2006

Working a watch system on a racing yacht there is no day and no night. There are only the watches, and they stretch away into the distance of the mind like an unbending road off which there is no turn.

A non-day starts before any watch with the threatening sound of a person entering your cabin. A moment's pause and then the coarse whisper - 'Are you awake? You've got twenty minutes to get on deck.' Your mind is dulled by a couple of hours of dodging between asleep and awake, never really either, and for a moment or two the words mean little. You allow yourself to relax, and then it hits - the understanding. Those words were for you, they meant you and time is counting.

From outside come the sounds of the boat working hard. She heels and lurches in the wind and waves. An occasional shout from a crew member on deck injects tension. Why the shout - is something wrong? What are they doing up there? Up there has been their world for the last two or three hours a

Continued | Racing on "Heath Insured"