Right up there with not falling overboard or running into channel buoys is accessorizing your saloon.
The interior of a well-loved sailboat displays greasy tools, a fetid bilge and an overflowing holding tank. People think that when they achieve that, they're finished decorating.
But there is more we can do to feel at home and impress our friends.
I refer to the club burgee, personal insignia, or such popular communicators as "Chick Magnet," "Five O'clock Somewhere," and "Wife Not Aboard."
Too often these personality flags, when not displayed, are crammed in a drawer or tossed behind the Malomars on a shelf.
That is wrong when instead they could festoon the cabin with our identity, sort of like a selfie or sending flowers to yourself. Which works! Ask any cognitive therapist who the most important person in your life is, and she will say "you." But I don't recommend paying for psychological advice you can get here for free.
Here is what I do. You may call it an invention. Edison would.
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The visual impression is obviously elegant, in an easy, uncomplicated way. You may rightfully ask, when the awe subsides, how does that work? And here is the unexpected answer in all its persuasive simplicity:
Velcro tabs on the overhead rail.
And Velcro tabs on the burgee string, too. They are there permanently, or until your wife leaves you and the boat goes up for sale.
But the stickum won't keep the tabs on the flags, insofar as they are exposed to weather, perhaps for the whole season, or until the dockmaster cuts your lines and pushs your boat out into the current.
So, sew them on.
I believe this to be interior decor at its most efficient, as it utilizes existing materials and provides dual usage.
But if you don;t believe me, ask Martha Stewart, she's out of jail.
The interior of a well-loved sailboat displays greasy tools, a fetid bilge and an overflowing holding tank. People think that when they achieve that, they're finished decorating.
But there is more we can do to feel at home and impress our friends.
I refer to the club burgee, personal insignia, or such popular communicators as "Chick Magnet," "Five O'clock Somewhere," and "Wife Not Aboard."
Too often these personality flags, when not displayed, are crammed in a drawer or tossed behind the Malomars on a shelf.
That is wrong when instead they could festoon the cabin with our identity, sort of like a selfie or sending flowers to yourself. Which works! Ask any cognitive therapist who the most important person in your life is, and she will say "you." But I don't recommend paying for psychological advice you can get here for free.
Here is what I do. You may call it an invention. Edison would.
1The visual impression is obviously elegant, in an easy, uncomplicated way. You may rightfully ask, when the awe subsides, how does that work? And here is the unexpected answer in all its persuasive simplicity:
Velcro tabs on the overhead rail.
And Velcro tabs on the burgee string, too. They are there permanently, or until your wife leaves you and the boat goes up for sale.
But the stickum won't keep the tabs on the flags, insofar as they are exposed to weather, perhaps for the whole season, or until the dockmaster cuts your lines and pushs your boat out into the current.
So, sew them on.
I believe this to be interior decor at its most efficient, as it utilizes existing materials and provides dual usage.
But if you don;t believe me, ask Martha Stewart, she's out of jail.
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