My favorite Things
As abused by Willie Blevins in 1995

Girls in bikinis with batting eyelashes,
Sliding down big waves and hearing the splashes
Wind in the rigging with tension that sings
These are a few of my favorite things

Kevlar and Mylar and long tapered battens
Outhauls and downhauls and a mains’l that flattens
Colorful spinnakers and rigid boom vangs
these are a few of my favorite thangs.

When the mast breaks, when the boat sinks
When I come in last,
I simply remember my favorite things
and then I don’t feel like an ass.

Digital readouts and self tailing winches
Finishing races and winning by inches
Smooth sanded bottoms and new damn it rings
These are a few of my favorite things

Crew that call wind shifts and yell at port tackers
Harken ball bearings and stainless steel shackles
Fair keels and rudders and sailboats in slings
These are a few of my favorite things

When the mast breaks, when the boat sinks
When I come in last,
I simply remember my favorite things
and then I don’t feel like an ass.

Calling for room to all those outsiders
Walking around in brand new Topsiders
Beating to windward, curtailing a luff
This is just some of my favorite stuff

Wide open transoms and plenty of mast bend
Shaking the reef out when there’s too muych wind
Fresh breeze and sunshine, a swim in the buff,
This is just some of my favorite stuff

When the mast breaks, when the boat sinks
When I come in last,
I simply remember my favorite things
and then I don’t feel like an ass.

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