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Around the Horn, several times and in both directions? One would think
that this accomplishment would be lauded in the annals of sailing. Do
you feel slighted to have been so widely and universally ignored?



You're new around here, Karin, so you can be forgiven for not being aware
of my sailing philosophy. I sail strictly for the sake of my own personal
sailing satisfaction. I do it right and I never fail at it. My voyages
have always been and remain quite trouble-free and routine. However, I
feel it is an uttermost waste of time and space to attempt to share my
accomplishments and acquired expertise with those who will never be able
to understand any of it, let alone emulate it. Therefore, my
accomplishments remain undocumented for the general public which
continues to display little or no ability to appreciate them in the first
place.

Wilbur Hubbard


Not so new, William. I've been participating in this forum off and on
since 1995. The idea of your hiding your light under a bushel is amusing.


You've got to know that I, Wilbur Hubbard, am a staunch
conservative/libertarian/objectivist. Those three words should clue you in
on my value system.

They indicate that I am satisfied with the rock solid, foundational, real
world substance which defines my life and deeds. I have no need,
whatsoever, to rely upon outgoing braggadocio and incoming accolades to
realize my true God-given worth. The reason most people brag about their
doings and insist a spotlight shine upon them at all times so the whole
world can see them is because they have no real substance in their pitiful
lives. Rather than being happy with whom they are and with what they
accomplish they become miserable publicity hounds seeking to skew reality by
believing they are the apple of everybody else's eye. This is a totally
untenable situation in which the seeker of accolades is doomed to experience
a miserable life. If you cannot be satisfied with yourself then no outside
source can provide that satisfaction for you

Wilbur Hubbard