"Jere Lull" wrote in message
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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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Well, I don't know the raw numbers either, but I've certainly passed up
deliveries because I was uncertain about the boat (or the owner). I've also
sat in port fixing a boat that was not seaworthy initially. I don't give a
rat's ass about tight schedules, because I have no intention of going down
with the ship to try and satisfy some arbitrary schedule of someone who
doesn't have a clew about offshore requirements.

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