Banned From the Boat

While the vessel, The Queen's Beaver, is 5-months from launch date, I have no clue how to operate let alone park the boat, I am already wielding my power as ship's Captain. I have compiled a Banned from the Boat list. It is not written down anywhere, but an unofficial accounting in my head. Some people like Charlie Brown have been banned, reinstated, banned and reinstated again. I'm not even sure of his current status. It doesn't matter as it will likely change several times before May. Let's face it in the end he will likely be a regular on the boat.

I have to make sure not to ban too many people, as I need crew to let go of the lines. As Captain Ricky told me, you need them as much as they need you. You don't want to be Then Old Man of the Sea, all alone on your boat.

At poker on Friday night, I was handing out Boat Bans at the slightest perceived offence. Or more accurately threats to issue a boat ban. As the gatekeeper of the boat I will most probably ban no one in the end. Just generic groups like Male friends of KJ that he met in the bar the night before and invited to his buddy's boat.

Now let's move on to the supposed controversial boat name, The Queen's Beaver. This name is not official and just a proposal put forward by Bereza. I like the name as it is a tribute to our Head of State and iconic symbol of Canada, the beaver.  Only people of active imaginations perceive an offencive interpretation of the name. Maybe you are the problem and not the name?

It is narrow thinking PC folk that will likely prevent me from paying tribute to two great symbols of Canada, an industrious rodent and a foreign, teas sipping, crumpet eating Overlord from Olde Blighty.