What do you do with bored winter sailors?

Those of you that are sailors probably know the song...."What do you do with a drunkin sailor?" Well in this case, our version is "What do you do with bored winter sailors". It's winter, it's cold and we can't be at the lake sailing. Sure we can take sailing trips to the islands but that is only good for a week or ten days and then what? Everyone knows there is no more cantankerous human than a sailor stuck on land.

Well our little group of sailors has found some diversions that help with this situation. One of which is to take and arts and craft class of some sort each winter. We are now into our third winter using this tactic. Previous classes were making a fabric- plastic coated purse. Yeah, yeah...sounds weird but there is no other way to describe it. Ours of course were all sailing themed. Last year we learned to silk screen. Very kewl but more of a process than my sailing brain wanted. Of course each year we all think "great, now we know how to make_____ and we can make tons." Yeah right! Along comes sailing season and we never make _____again. But it's still great fun. Although, I should say that sailing sista Sammie is very talented in all things crafty and usually goes on to make spectacular stuff. The rest of us are more crappy than crafty.

We schedule our annual class as a private class on a Sunday afternoon. Quite frankly, after past years, I would think the shop we take the class from would insist on segmenting us off separately...sort of segment the demented - insurance purposes and all. So this year 5 of us learned to make a Tattered Fabric Bead Link Necklace. Seriously! It's on the direction sheet. Interestingly enough, our class was taught by rocker chick - Liz Phair. Not really but she totally looked like Liz Phair. I asked her after the class if anyone had every told her she looked like Liz and she said yes.

As we learned our new skill, we talked sailing, gossiped about the lake powerboaters and devised various money making schemes (breakfast delivery to C Dock- the houseboat dock, bake sale on the water in party cove...hhhm brownies, make tattered fabric bead link necklaces to sell to powerboat chicks as belly chains, etc...) all so we can charter a boat and see Jimmy Buffet in St Barts.

As usual, it was great fun and took our minds off winter.
And NO, I have not made any more tattered fabric bead link necklaces.