"NE Sailboat" wrote
I read Skip's postings. Seems he is always having some mechanical
breakdown. If it isn't the self steerer, it is the
auto pilot.. or something.

Joshua Slocum left Boston on April 24, 1895. He sailed around the world
alone. No motor, no self steering, a wooden boat.

Haven't you read Joshua's postings? Breakdowns, runagrounds, williwaws,
canoe borne savages. Skip's adventures are downright uneventful by
comparison.