On 2008-02-11 01:28:48 -0500, "Capt. JG" said:

"Jere Lull" wrote in message
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On 2008-02-10 13:19:26 -0500, "Capt. JG" said:

No responsible captain would leave port on a yacht that isn't prepared
properly.

Yet delivery skippers do it all too often.

How would compare the number of idiots who take off by themselves with
no prep and with an unsurveyed boat vs. the number of delivery captains
who do that?

Percentage-wise, I would say there are more "Captain Ron" delivery
captains, and even the ones who *do* try to inspect and prep the boat
all too often get "bit".

Remember, they're doing deliveries that the owners passed on AND
they're doing them on tight schedules, so naturally push the limits.

Truthfully, how long would a delivery captain sit in port inspecting
and hopefully sea-trialing a boat? How many pass up a delivery? How
many set out in boats they're not all that certain about?

I don't know the answers to the questions, but have too many
experienced friends who "helped" on deliveries that went sour.

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Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
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