Drum Roll For..... JohnB

[El Gordo]

New training diary on the way.

[Sweder]

Welcome JohnB . . . or should I say The Sloop, as you will surely become known. Nice to have you aboard.

[El Gordo]

[QUOTE=Sweder]Welcome JohnB . . . or should I say The Sloop, as you will surely become known.[quote]

Showing (y)our age again, Sweder.....

[Seafront Plodder]

When I leave my headlights on, take the key out and open the door, the sound is the opening bar of Sloop John B


Honest.

[johnb]

A drum roll? Not sure I can live up to that.

Though I know the song, I only had some vague idea about what a sloop is (I knew it was a boat), so I looked it up. All those massively expensive America's Cup yachts that will be visiting Valencia shortly are apparently sloops. But my favorite is the undoubtedly the 'J boats' (yes, my initials) that were raced in the Twenties. Apparently very fast but always capsized - they were outlawed by the yachting authorities because they couldn't even be classed as seaworthy. It seems they were fine if you pointed them in the right direction then hung on and hoped. Sounds like my approach to most things.