Continuous cruiser male seeks female boating companion

[Grassman]

That's the one 

[LJM]

On 19/07/2022 at 21:31, Lincoln Mansfield said:

Hello. 

Male narrowboat owner living onboard full-time seeks female boating companion for excursions of up to four weeks travel at a time. 

Excursion times of year and routes to be discussed. 

No experience necessary, although you must be someone who is content with living a simplistic lifestyle, away from all mod cons and social media.

 

Please message with any questions, and when you can start.

 

Lincoln 

 

On 19/07/2022 at 21:31, Lincoln Mansfield said:

Hello. 

Male narrowboat owner living onboard full-time seeks female boating companion for excursions of up to four weeks travel at a time. 

Excursion times of year and routes to be discussed. 

No experience necessary, although you must be someone who is content with living a simplistic lifestyle, away from all mod cons and social media.

 

Please message with any questions, and when you can start.

 

Lincoln 

 

[LJM]

On 19/07/2022 at 21:31, Lincoln Mansfield said:

Hello. 

Male narrowboat owner living onboard full-time seeks female boating companion for excursions of up to four weeks travel at a time. 

Excursion times of year and routes to be discussed. 

No experience necessary, although you must be someone who is content with living a simplistic lifestyle, away from all mod cons and social media.

 

Please message with any questions, and when you can start.

 

Lincoln 

 

[Balloon]

Ladies and gentlemen I have a crucial update to this thread. 
 

I had the honour of bumping into (not literally, I’m a careful boater!) the charming Mr @Lincoln Mansfieldyesterday at the boater facilities in Banbury.

 

Having had a lengthy conversation with him about this thread I do believe his intentions are innocent and he would, I’m sure, be an honourable and lovely companion to any woman who felt like joining him on a trip. We did discuss, however, the unlikelihood of finding such a woman on here, as most of us already have a boat of our own!

 

I have just read this whole thread again as I was very much saddened to hear that Mr Mansfield had been upset by the comments on here and wanted to rediscover the context. Now, I did explain to him that almost every thread on here goes off topic after the first page. And I don’t think anyone said anything overly harsh, having reread the comments. But I do think it’s worth remembering that the people posting on here are real people and that advertising ones loneliness on a public forum to strangers is likely to be a very vulnerable and brave step to take, and perhaps to treat such a person with the same kindness one might if they were stood in front of you.  
 

Long story short, he seems like a perfectly pleasant guy and I’m sure if you fancied a trip he’d be great company. 

[SapereAude]

Well, I, for one, would love a day trip with him! But I do realize that that is not what he's in search of, unfortunately for me.

 

(Post #5 on my quest to accrue the appropriate number of posts to allow me to add a signature at the bottom of them.)

[The Black Jack]

On 20/07/2022 at 21:53, Paul C said:

 

Good point - the OP never mentioned age, or any kind of physical or activity preferences etc. For example, does she need to have O-levels? A-levels???

'O' Levels were phased out in 1987, so you're looking for no-one younger than 53 then?

[Paul C]

1 hour ago, The Black Jack said:

'O' Levels were phased out in 1987, so you're looking for no-one younger than 53 then?

lol

[DD.]

Well I hope they found a companion 🙃

[Tony1]

If you don't find a human companion, do what I did and paint a face onto a football- preferably one made by Wilson ltd. 

Cheap and easy solution, and you can have many hours of fascinating discussions about lithium batteries with your new inflated leather shipmate. 

I think we get along so well because my ideal conversation partner is someone whose tongue only functions for 10 minutes of each hour. 

 

Edited August 5 by Tony1

[Momac]

http://www.narrowboatcrew.co.uk/

 

[manxmike]

Enjoyed this thread immensely, but one word of warning - well, several words actually - be very careful what you wish for, you might actually get it!

[MtB]

On 05/08/2024 at 20:04, Tony1 said:

If you don't find a human companion, do what I did and paint a face onto a football-

 

There's a van parks on the Claydon flight which has a realistic-looking plastic mask of a faintly creepy human face attached to the passenger seat headrest. Makes me nearly jump out of my skin every time I walk past it! 

[Tony1]

13 hours ago, MtB said:

 

There's a van parks on the Claydon flight which has a realistic-looking plastic mask of a faintly creepy human face attached to the passenger seat headrest. Makes me nearly jump out of my skin every time I walk past it! 

 

So you've met Tarquin, my previous imaginary shipmate? 

 

Whatever you do, don't open that van door. 

 

[MtB]

1 minute ago, Tony1 said:

So you've met Tarquin, my previous imaginary shipmate? 

 

 

This one definitely isn't imaginary, mate...

 

 

[Tony1]

Just now, MtB said:

 

This one definitely isn't imaginary, mate...

 

 

Not wishing to speak out of turn about dear old Tarquin, but I always felt he had a touch of Norman Bates about him.