Yachting and Boating World forums: Long Weekend On The Water (North Wales

After missing out on some boating fun last week due to other commitments I decided to keep the kids off school Friday and head down the boat till Sunday night.

This is the first time we have all slept on the boat so didn’t know if it was going to turn into a nightmare for us.

As it happened it really did instil that this boating malarkey is definitely for us. We had a superb weekend both weather wise and fun wise with plenty of fishing to boot.

Saturday we had our first experience of "rafting up" I believe it's called? Well the couple we were alongside really helped (in fact they did everything I think) so we offered to meet up with them in the pub and buy them a couple of drinks. Really nice couple from Conwy Marina. I hope everyone we come across is as friendly.

Whilst in the pub I got a call from Kwaka who tells me he is en route to the pub with Tom aka Little Ship. What a sound bloke Tom is, really nice guy and a wealth of Nautical knowledge. I wished we could have stayed all night but the thought of getting two sub 10 year old kids onto our rafted up boat in the dark wasn't something I fancied. Anyhow, pleasure to meet you Tom.

We got back to the boat to find we are now sandwiched between two big yachty things. The new one belonging to the Conwy school of yachting. Great opportunity for me to spend an hour or two picking the brains of the skipper why his crew were out on a pub crawl.

Sunday we set off for my current favourite spot, LLandwyn Island. It was glorious sunshine and the kids were relentless in mythering me to let them go for a swim. No matter how many Jellyfish I showed them or how cold I said the water was they wanted to go in. They can both swim but as we are about 70 yards from Shore I won't let them go in without a lifejacket on. Thankfully there were two foam jobbies left in the locker from the previous owner of the boat so I stuck them on them.

Queue my lad jumping in and with every stroke he made an horrific hound like sound due to the coldness of the water, but he wouldn't come back he was hell bent on making the beach. Thirty minutes was all he had I told him.

This didn't deter my daughter until she actually jumped in and jumped out equally as quick.

Thirty minutes pass and I am having a slanging match with him as he will NOT swim back out to us as its "TOO BLOODY COLD & THERE ARE JELLY FISH". Ninety minutes later he is still on the beach. He wants me to come and get him on the boat (we have no Tender yet) and I want him to swim to us but it's not happening.................Welcome to Standoffsville.

In the distance I spot a Blue Rib and think it couldn't be Kwaka on the training school rib could it? So I ring him and sure enough he has 3 lads on board doing a PB2. I asked him if they had done there P.O.B yet......the what he replies? The P.O.B says I.......You mean M.O.B says he......No says I.
P.O.B - Pillock Over Board my son won’t come back to the boat could you come and get him for us.

He obliged me and collected him from the shore and all ends well. Thanks Rich.
(I told him I owed him a couple of pints for that but by my reckoning im about 47 in credit still)
The End.

Now I know how a Prawn feels.

Someone is really miffed it was too cold for her.

Stubburn as a Mule he is.

It couldn't be Kwaka on the training RIB surely?

P.O.B Recovered. I have to say this picture says it all for me. Five beaming smiles. That's what its all about. CHEERS.