Crockham Hill June 2025 Newsletter - Flipbook - Page 34
May Puzzle 3 answers
Yen
Euro
Dollar
Pound
Currencies
sapphire
cornflowers
denim
sky
sunflower
sesame
olive
corn
colanders
buttons
Golf courses
Swiss cheese
Things
that are
blue
Types of
cooking
oil
Things
with holes
Thank you for your entries. Marnie Woodward is the winner of the May
puzzle.
The Reality of Sailing
Richard Hunter
The classic advert: a yacht sailing gently on an azure sea with not a cloud in
the sky, a bikini-clad lady lying on the deck and the
crew in their smartly pressed shorts and starched
shirts. No-one with a care in the world.
Now, what9s the reality?
First, getting to the boat: on our recent trip,
checking in at the airport wearing 5 layers of
clothes; books stuffed into pockets; an anchor
chain for the dinghy around Brigitte9s neck
(8fashion jewellery9); the small bag with 810kgs
maximum allowance,9 being so heavy it can hardly
be lifted into the overhead locker; the other bag
containing a damaged toilet seat (upsetting the
customs man on arrival when he opened it
without rubber gloves); a rudder stock; a water
pump; shackles; and various engine parts and
other bits and pieces all weighing in total 15 of the
23 kilos allowed. So only 8 kilos left for clothes: 10
swimming trunks, 10 shirts and 2 pairs of flip-flops for the 3 months sailing
in the Caribbean; it9s very informal.
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