On Feb 11, 8:00 pm, "Skip Gundlach" wrote:
There's no doubt we fouled up. I believe I've been candid about
that. I believe I've also been candid about how we got where we ended
up. If it weren't for the fact that they have no chance, I'd be a
Libertarian, which main - perhaps only - plank is personal
responsibility. Been that way since I was single-digit old...

I've been reading over these threads, and I'm afraid I'm a little
puzzled. Here you mention personal responsibility, but in another
post (http://groups.google.ca/group/rec.boats.cruising/msg/
02971c7d89cbc2ea?dmode=source&hl=en) you're advertising a collection
people are taking up for you. You've also been asking for a vehicle.

Did you intend to cruise full time? How did you plan on financing
that? It sounds like you have nothing beyond your damaged boat and
what others have given you. Do you have no savings? No credit cards
to draw on in times of need? Your kids who were flying into the
Bahamas can't advance you some cash to live on?

If you have nothing beyond your boat, was your plan to stop by the
Welfare Office of every jurisdiction you sailed into? Or do a
dignified kind of begging from individuals? Doesn't personal
responsibility mean you plan to provide for your own needs, rather
than planning to rely on the generosity of others?

Just puzzled, that's all.

Tim