Mudeford Sailing Club

My Husband's Mistress

I married a man, a bigamist was he

Too late I discovered he was wed to the sea.

Demands in excess he bore with a smile

No request too great, all effort worthwhile.

His licence – a dinghy, more costly than mine

With reverence he'd polish – no thought to the time

A mistress he'd taken, regardless of cost.

To a racing machine my husband I'd lost.

A lady so clever, a rival so fair,

A solution I'll find but heaven knows where?

The answer is simple – I'll live on the wire

Until of this beauty my husband doth tire.

Many hourS of study, a new language I've learnt.

The lady's a thoroughbred, a name she has earned.

She allows me the privilege of tagging along.

Now I too am caught, her enchantment is strong.

My husband now shares his mistress with me,

And I too am wed to the call of the sea.

The agreement is long for the years we're alive,

Together we'll sail our own 505.

Susie Woodstock February 1974

Submitted by Madeline Grantham

The 505 has

• · freedom in the rigging, internal layout and size and shape of the foils
• · no restrictions on the hull materials that can be used.
• · this has enabled the class to evolve and take advantage of many of the improvements in technology over the fifty years since it was first designed
• nearly nine thousand boats have been registered in the first fifty years of the class.

 

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