Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: Canned Beer

Alfred: I have reduced my anxiety over glass bottles significantly by wrapping my Yuengling in one of those zip up neoprene bottle coozies. I have never broken a bottle on board. The other part of the equation is to not drink while sailing. This is one of my basic rules. However, my sailing buddy Jeff informed me, during a 2 knot sailing day, that there is a significant difference between 'drinking' and 'having a beer'. ' Drinking' is serious sitting and gabbing and elbow bending... 'having a beer' is what you do when you are thirsty. His contention is that a 2 knot sailing day makes you thirsty.... Les Hester Bay Breeze 3-29#1005 Swan Creek, Md. From: "Alfred Poor" <ap… [at] bellatlantic.net> Tom laments the lack of metal jackets for our favorite brew: �Now, Charlie you know Sam Adams does notcome in cans!� It took years, but now my wife understands and notices the difference in the hierarchy of beer storage; draft is best, then bottles, and cans come in last. But on the boat, I am firm about trying to keep glass containers to a minimum, so we often stock �boat beer� (which means it�s in cans). Fortunately, �Vitamin Y� � an essential part of any sailor�s diet � is available in cans. (For those who have not been aboard Pentaquod or Jambalaya, Vitamin Y is also known commercially as �Yuengling Lager�, and is one of Pennsylvania�s great gifts to the rest of the Union.) Alfred Poor 1973 T34C #288, �Jambalaya�