6:54 AM Fri 14 Nov 2008 GMT
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..an hour longer than necessary.Who said that? Why it was the inimitable Clive James, who has just, in one small action, alienated most of the world's sailors, and there are plenty of us around. That wasn't the end of it. He went on to say...
'Even the owners of yachts, if they have sufficient money, are careful to purchase yachts big enough to carry helicopters and submarines, accessories with no other purpose but to enable them to get off the yacht as often as possible, leaving their guests imprisoned.'
Oh Clive do you mean THOSE yachts? The ones with big engines, owned by Russian oligarchs and Silicone Valley Nerd Kings? What about all of us mere mortals whose yacht has sails and who won't leave the yacht if the wind is a little up, let alone just because the guests are boring?
'There is nothing to talk about on a yacht except the last meal or the next...'
 | Sometimes we’re just too busy to do much talking Clive - .. . |
Well, Clive, sometimes sailors are too busy tending sails, winding winches, watching the next squall coming, relishing the fresh breeze, or maybe thinking about what on earth to serve this painful guest for lunch who thinks about nothing but food, to indulge in much conversation. And Clive, someone who wants to talk all the time on a yacht is a nothing but a nuisance.
He goes on disparagingly about the Oligarch's and Nerdy King's yachts for a while, quite ignoring the fact that these represent a minuscule percentage of the world's yachts, and the rest of us sailors can't wait for them to illegal to stop global warming. He's also demonstrating that these fuel guzzling yachts are his only experience of the salty world. Poor Clive! Will someone please take Mr James sailing on a REAL yacht?
Apart from his insinuations - without differentiation - about yachts and their owners, what he has to say about his choice as the next James Bond (Clive James Bond), as reported by BBC News, is quite amusing. Read it here
by Nancy Knudsen
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