"Roger Long" wrote:

You know, Doug. *A very parallel attitude to what we're talking about here
would be:

Don't ever take you boat out of the harbor because, you might run aground, a
storm might come up, a big ship might run you over, etc. etc.


That must be why Willllburr and Bob etc etc don't ever go actually
sailing on a real ocean. just think of the perils they'd be exposed
to! It's *dangerous* out there in the real world (as opposed to the
nice safe internet).


The worst thing that ever happened to me as a result of my refusal to hide
under a rock is having people come up to me in airports and say, "Didn't I
see you on TV?"

Well, I've never been on TV but we've met a number of very nice
people.


WaIIy wrote:
Doug makes a valid point. *I wouldn't plaster my wife and kids on the
internet with times and places.

It's just not a prudent thing to do.

Ask the cops in your home town if people who have travel blogs get
robbed more often than people who don't. Or better yet, ask your
insurance agent, he is more likely to have accurate & up-to-date
statistics.

FWIW I agree that it's poor strategy to put a detailed itinerary of my
travels on the Internet. So I don't. As for using my real name (which
I do) perhaps that's not a great idea either, security-wise, but the
internet was a very different place when I started and that horse is
out of the barn. So far the only trouble has come from a pimple-faced
****** who was pretending to stalk me and was nowhere near as smart &
computer-savvy as he thought he was. And by using my real name, people
don't mistake me for a pimple-faced ****** when I make the occasional
blunt remark!

OTOH I do maintain a cruising blog, and my boat is *very*
recognizable. And I like it that way.

Like I said, we've met some very nice people who've said "yes, we saw
you on the internet." And I have met some of the people who post here
(and in other sailing/cruising forums). No problems.... of course, I
don't go out of my way to meet the assholes & ******s, but most of
them would be panicked to meet a real sailor anyway.

Oh and I started using the salutation "Fresh Breezes" way back then...
it seemed friendly and on topic.... nowadays it seems corny but my
fingers just type it automatically

Fresh Breezes- Doug King