How to immediately stop 7 guys from working

Crew Distractions
Originally uploaded by darenpackham.

During the Barcelona Olympics, Sevilla was the host for all of the rowing events and since then, the facilities here on the Guadalaquivir river are used by people coming for week long training breaks.

Every day, there is a constant procession of rowers and kayakers passing by the boat. Single sculls, doubles, 4 up and then the 8's!

The best way in the world to distract 7 horney sailors from their work is to send rowing boats, full of 8 sexy and very fit looking young women past the boat at regular intervals. This never fails to stop the whole deck team in their tracks. Not surprising then, that the port side of the boat (the river side) is far cleaner than the starboard side (the side against the dock.) The other thing about the 8's is that there is 7 of us! meaning that there is an overlap! Either one of them will be unlucky or one of us very lucky indeed.

Of course, in the entire 2 and a half weeks that we have been here in Sevilla, no one has so much as bumped into a female rower, let alone, have enough spanish to charm one of them out of her tight rowing shorts.