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Herodotus

On Tue, 20 May 2008 13:26:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Skip and his wife are ten times the sailors Wilbur and Bob pretend to
be.

Skip and his wife's adventures are 10,000 times more exciting and
entertaining than anything Wilbur or his boy Bob ever spewed here. And
they know more of cruising than Wilbur's puppet master ever read
about, much less dreamed of doing "some day".

Three cheers to Flying Pig

Boo to the pretender want-a- be Wilbur!

Fred

Couldn't agree more Fred. The only way to gain the experience needed
for cruising is to take the leap and make mistakes. 80/20 rule
applies.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad
judgment.

Most long time cruisers I have met admit to and now laugh about some
idiotic mistakes and near disasters. Real cruisers are completely
different from the many personas of Bruce's and Larry's friend Wilbur.
They are not knockers but offer help, advice and encouragement to
others. They display humility and do not boast about their exploits
and achievements. They do not rate others and their boats by the
landlubber's or weekend boater's new car principle whereby a man's
worth is judged by the cost of his boat, his assets, his occupation or
formal education. Not a man or woman of them would even think of
signing their postings or emails with a title such as 'Doctor'.

To me, one of the wonderful things about cruising in a small boat is
the kinship it engenders between total strangers wherein race,
religion, income, occupation, sex, age and nationality play no part.

I have yet to meet a Wilbur among them.

cheers
Peter