Bob wrote:

On Feb 24, 7:35*pm, Marty wrote:
Bob wrote:
For the same reason that once enjoyed sport scuba alone,,,

I hear you, but there sure as **** ain't no faster way to **** off most
SCUBA folks than to voice this opinion.

Ya, its nothing more than a SPORT scuba certification organizations in
bed with equipment sales staff types. change the training to maximize
equipment sales. Then they criticize you saying, your dangerous and
will kill yourself. The first time i certified for sports scuba was
1967.... at age 12. Didnt need much then.

They didn't have much equipment then. That was when I did my first
dive. My instructions were - "Do a back roll off the boat, and don't
hold your breath." I don't know how one got certified - I took a
course, but all I got was a card signed by the shop owner. It was a
week (at night) in a pool and then a checkout dive on the reef. I was
older than 12 - I guess I was about 30 years old. I was pregnant with
my third child. They wouldn't let me dive pregnant now of course.

Christ, I saw a bunch of
bubble head scubie dos a coupel months ago and I could barely
recognize a human under all the **** they had dangling and draped over
their bodies.

Needless to say my boat reflects the minimalist approach to yachting.
KISS...... why spend your time fixing **** that only your WIFE
demanded if SHE was going to step foot on that DAMN boat. Well, I do
have a head. Its much safer than hanging it over the side durring
heavy weather. Id go NUTZ if I had to have a reffer, water maker,
4000KW inverter to run a Fing hair dryer and air conditioner???!?!?!?!
O, an then spend my time fixing it tooo.
Noooooooo.
Bob

The boat is what my Bob wants, and he does what he wants with it. I
don't help with maintenance, nor do I complain about it. I haven't
used a hair dryer in years, we don't have A/C, and we don't have a
water maker. (We don't need it - we carry more than enough water). We
have a reffer, but for short trips, we just bring a cooler aboard.