On Thu, 5 May 2016 08:58:03 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

FlatulenceJim farts..
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"A little 17 ft boat will have to choose its ocean days carefully. You'd
be lucky to get 3 of those days all summer long."


Well Stinky, around here we have a history of inshore fisherman going to sea (within a few miles of land) in boats that size and not much bigger.
What kind of girlieman are y'all?

Guys run offshore here all the time in 17-18' boats but they
occasionally wash up on the beach in Bermuda.