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On 2 Mar 2005 02:43:38 -0800, (Wali
Woll-Nutbrayn) wrote:
I suggest you read the book 'Desperate Voyage' by John Caldwell and
then ponder whether you want to leave this life early. (He did exactly
what you are proposing)
Okay, guys, well thanks for all the feedback. I'm building up a better
picture of what would be involved now and there's clearly more to it
than I imagined. The problem for newbies like me is that we keep
seeing amazing feats accomplished at sea (you will know the kind of
stunts people have got away with) and to a newcomer it seems to
'shrink the world' and give an unrealistically easy impression of what
can be pulled off. I think the most outstanding example of this was
that guy who rowed single-handed across the Pacific! I'd have thought
that was *impossible* until some nut actually did it. Once a feat like
that and others like it sink in, though, the newbie tends to think,
"well if that guy did the 'impossible' then I should at least be able
to handle the theoretically feasible." I guess what I'm saying is that
it's just all too easy to underestimate the ability, strength,
experience and determination of people like the Pacific rower (whose
name escapes me), Chay Blythe and Ellen McArthur. The sheer
*challenge* of going it single-handed with zero experience is still a
deeply compelling one, though, I shudder to admit. :-|
--
Martin Smith, the New Conservative Party.
http://www.newconservativeparty.org
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