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On 19 Oct 2004 09:27:49 -0700, (Parallax)
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Does anybody else have such odd thoughts before a cruise?
Uh-oh...you've fallen in love with the process.G
Problem-solving IS a form of relaxation, P., or can be--and should be
for the dedicated cruiser--particularly for the problem-solving
personality your posts reveal you to be.
So, turn the problem on its head: Long-term cruising will allow you
field-test and refine all those ideas you're always having, and I
think the closest "responsible obsessives" (possibly the ideal
cruising skipper personality) get to relaxing is unwinding in the
cockpit with a rum-based beverage having solved a nagging problem or
found a simpler/better/cheaper way to mess about in boats.
Until those of us who intend to go actually do so, P., we need keen
fellows like yourself to cruise, if only to selfishly poach your more
successful ideas.
Besides, haven't you always harboured a secret desire to get an item
into "Hands-on Sailor" or "Practical Sailor"? I see a few names from
this list in both publications, and that's as close to fame as
recreational Odysseuses want to be.
You MAY not enjoy every second of the cruising life, but I guaranteee
you WILL regret not going.
R. (four years to go and counting...)
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