You have a good point Joe. Lots of people have
the money for boats they don't have the skills to
merit.

I see it all the time. The one that first comes to mind
is a Baltic 44 owner dressed up in what he thought
were yachtsman cloths. He had hired a skipper to bring
his boat to Bermuda and then, when he took over was
afraid to leave in a perfect weather window. I'm sure
I told you that story.

You could see the gas coming out of him when
he said he was waiting for a good weather window
and people were choking back the laughter.

Ellison is, I've heard, a good sailor. He certainly knows
how to build a boat. He is smart. I would not place him
in that pompous category. And I don't blame him a bit for
not coming back, except that it seems that when you have
that much money invested in a project, you HAVE to follow
through and race, even if perhaps you should bail out. Ellison
places more pressure on himself than anyone else ever could.

I admire the guy. I'd like to meet him.

Joe wrote:
Geeeze, what a bunch of pussies.

But that shows you many men who can afford Hoybart yachts are lubber's
to start with, who bought thier way to sea. To bad not many real
sailors can afford 60 ft ocean sleads.