Hey Chris ,,, new rule. If you don't like it here .. go to someplace else.
It is a FORUM. Chiming in is what we do here.

If your logic is followed ,,, the only person on this forum would be MR
BARNES.

Oh,, and another thought. The sailors who go off and sail to far off
places, and arrive without incident, which is the usual case ..

Aren't posting about their boat being lost... why? Because they arrived
safely.

Mr Barnes, and his boat and his family and his rescue was a NEWS STORY.
HELLO ??? CHRIS ??? NEWS? YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ??/ THAT MEANS IT
WAS ON TV.

If I am off in the middle of the ocean, I get my boat sunk, and then my
picture is on tv and my girlfriend is beautiful ???

Don't ya think someone is going to ask "gee, wonder why he didn't take his
beautiful girlfriend with him on his beautiful boat"?

"Would Slocum have chimed in here?"

Yes ,, page 188,189 of Sailing Alone Around The World by Joshua Slocum.
Captain Slocum describes his meeting up with the "cutter-yacht" Akbar. He
does not have too many good things to say about the boat nor the crew.

Me thinks before you enter the water of debate, you do some research.





wrote in message
ps.com...
How about a new rule? Dumbass remarks on the sailing abilities of
people who lost their boat only from others who have been out as far
and survived a similar situation? Sorry, armchair sailing miles and
internet surfing don't count.

Would Slocum have chimed in here?

And, whoever envies the fact that Barnes has or had some money and has
a girlfriend:
You can have that too: Get a job, get a life.

Good night.


NE Sailboat wrote:
"He is there"

Nope,, Barnes has left the building.

What burns me up about this story is all the folks who struggle to get a
boat together, outfit, and head off. They would never leave their boat
since it is their only possession.

Then this phony comes along. He has no business trying to go off around
the
bay never mind the world. But ,, he has the money. So, he puts together
a
very sweet boat. A boat that should not have been ruined like it was.

But Mr Money figures all he has to do it sit back and let the boat do all
the work.


WRONG!


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Oh well,, he can go back to the babe girlfriend.

And he probably still has plenty of money.


But he can't sail worth ****.


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Go Screw ... I won't lay off Barnes. The guy is a joke!

Suit yourself. He is there. You are not.