I've been humming and harring about joining this Australian forum for a while, but as I'm such a night owl and keep a whole manner of unsociable hours, I thought I should give it a go and see how the time difference works out.

My initial post just a day or so ago outlining my need for a new sailing buddy was intended to be a humourous introduction.
it didn't quite go down as well as I'd hoped with the mods thinking I was spamming, but that's ok, I'm back after explaining I'm just a regular joe with nothing to sell or flog or whatnot.
unless someone wants to buy some old rope. I've got lots of that.

SO, as a recently be-singled (I sacked him for being utterly useless on a boat, especially when it comes to providing some decent bacon) British lass, I'm looking for a new sailing buddy or buddette.

I'm guessing there's a fair few on here that might be temporarily living in London or southern UK. I dunno. I've certainly worked with a heck of a lot of Aussies in London and around the southcoast UK

a bit of backstory:
I was so miffed about my recent summer holiday almost being ruined I wrote a slightly humourous blog post all about it. (I've kept a blog for years about my adventures living on a boat - its mostly read by my mum so she can keep track of where I am)
Now I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share my occasional stories on here, if I copy and paste the whole story, it's flipping long and likely to be abit of a mess.
I have an unconvetional life of living on a 36' sailboat/yacht called Boogie Nights with just a chihuahua for company. SO you can imagine I have some funny stories to tell sometimes.
AM I allowed to share stuff I've written for fun, for pure entertainment purposes? What's the best way to do it?
I'm an adventure journalist by trade but I now teach others at a university on the southcoast UK and I simply write for fun other than the odd bit of freelance work which is kept private.
(I used to work on a motorbike mag, cycling mags and a group equestrian magazines as well as still freelancing for yachting mags)

My user name comes from the fact I have a picture of Marilyn Monroe on the main bulkhead of my boat, and one of the films she is known for is The Misfits.

erm, sorry for the lengthy second/first post, but that's me in a nutshell.
I can repost the s-p-o-o-f/comedy "wanted sailing companion" post again if I can remember roughly what I wrote.
otherwise I'm open for guidance on how to conduct my bad self on this forum.

cheers

Jayne

crikey, the forum doesn'y like the word s-p-o-o-f, which means tongue in cheek, silly, making fun of. it stars it out.
I didn't think that could be offensive.