Hip Hoperation

Unfortunately I was made to sleep in the saloon, which was odd since there was a spare bunk at the back of the boat. It didn't really bother me until I realised I hadn't brought any sleeping gear with me! Ooops - school boy error. The one pain in the ass feature with the drop keel is the big column that sticks up in the middle of the saloon - the drop keel. And when I say pain the ass I mean it. The first time I eased myself down the steps backwards into the saloon I dropped straight onto the steel column, smashing my coccyx. Another school boy error!