On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:56:40 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:52:09 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"CaveLamb" wrote in message
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Why does a couple of feet of oar sticking out of the boat matter?



Spoken like a clueless dolt! An oar or oars sticking out of a dinghy can
catch under the dinghy dock on a rising tide and capsize the boat. Duh!
Just
one of the many hazards that are eliminated with oars that fit inside the
length of the dinghy.

Perhaps some of you pretend sailors need to sail once in a while to learn
how things really go down?


Wilbur Hubbard


Or, even just scratch the sides... You could put fenders to protect
the boat from the dinghy, but they wouldn't protect it from the oars.
They might even get broken off.



Broken off or lost overboard. Bruce is very naive. It makes me wonder if
perhaps he didn't arrive in Thailand as deck cargo aboard a freighter.

Ok... that's funny... deck cargo! Sorry Bruce, but it is funny.

Oh, one other thing. You sure have a good head on your shoulders. . .

I'm just try to be sensible. I deal with the real world every day...
people spending real money on real things to get real benefit. The
only depressing thing I see fairly regularly is when I visit a
residence and see that they used inferior material or hired a lousy
contractor. We know who the good ones and bad ones are, but we're not
really supposed to say.