When Bill Tosh, our sailmaker wrote me to say he had made a bunch of flutes from PVC pipe and did I want to sell them, I thought he was crazy. But being the generous person that I am, I asked him to send me a sample. When the thing arrived I knew he was crazy. It was just a pipe with some holes in it! I emailed Bill to tell him that I did not appreciate his joke. He replied that it was indeed a flute and that it would indeed play music. To prove it, he sent me the video below.

Then I knew Bill was on to something. I reasoned that most boaters do not take musical instruments along because of the water. Water is death and destruction to most instruments but not this one. It is only a piece of PVC pipe with some holes. You can throw it in the bilge of your boat and let it stay there for years and when you haul it out after you have anchored an a lonely cove after a long day of slogging to windward, it will play like a champ.

Who has not found themselves aboard a boat and bored? If the fish are not biting; if the Swedish Bikini Team fails to show up; if there is no wind; if you are out of gas and your buddy is rowing; if you are anchored for the night; if it is raining and you are confined to your cabin; If you are having a cocktail or a beer and feel like some music - get your flute out and play!

Note: In the video above, Bill is playing a blue flute. You can paint your flute blue too; or red; or yellow; or green; or purple; or whatever color you choose. The flute you receive from us will be white.