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Bruce in Bangkok[_4_]

On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:16:23 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:43:01 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:05:43 -0500, wrote:

Keep yapping, stinkpotter!

Dawg, if you are cruising Long Island Sound in the summer, then you
are under power almost as much as I am. But your diesel smells
better?

My diesel? I don't got no steenkin diesel. And I know that as a powerboater, you
think sailboats can't sail when there is no wind. The problem with that is
simply that you are not aware of the wind at all when it is light. There almost
always at least SOME wind. Two knots of wind is enough to keep my boat moving. I
don;t have to be anywhere on a schedule. I'm out having a wonderful time. I also
sail in weather that would keep you in port. Taking advantage of tides and
currents is also something you are unaware of.

Keep yapping, stinkpotter!

Knew a guy used to talk like you.

He left Phi Phi Island, in Phang Nga Bay, Thailand, bound for
Langkawi, Malaysia, about 100 miles away with nothing on the way but
uninhabited islands. About 5 miles out of Phi Phi the wind died.
Started his engine and the sail drive crapped itself - engine ran good
but the prop doesn't turn.Almost two weeks later he arrived off
Langkawi and got a tow into a marina that had a travel lift. Told me
his good days were 10 miles mostly drifting with the tide and
anchoring when the tide turned; sailed a couple of hours every once in
a while. Ran out of food and was eating saltine crackers the last day,
or so.

He spent $3,000 fixing the sail drive before he came back :-(

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct email address for reply)