On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:00:19 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Bruce" wrote in message
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On Tue, 9 Oct 2012 17:42:39 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"paulthomascpa" wrote in message
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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote
Very revealing those links. It makes me wonder why anybody would want to
cruise from city to city, from crowd to crowd, from noise to noise, from
breathing air full of diesel exhaust, to listen to 24/7 barking dogs and
drunk people, shore side emergency vehicle racket, wake after wake
rolling
the boat.

If I were to do a world cruise, it'd for sure include the major ports of
call. It'd also include lots and lots of the smaller ports, bays,
harbors,
fjords, rivers, and such. But it'd include the major ports because you
have
to go to those too.


Aboard a cruise ship, yes, provided one craves crowds, noise, pollution and
crime. But, to subject one's self to all that while cruising in your own
private yacht smacks of masochism. . . It seems like too many people these
days don't really want to do what a small private yacht does best get away
from it all, instead they want to sight see. Take a freaking airplane.

For me (and other real sailors) the journey is the primary reason to sail,
not
the destination. Any destination that is at odds with the solitude and
individualism of the journey definitely detracts from the journey. Major
ports
are for those who can't really enjoy the journey for its own sake. Those who
seek out major ports in lieu of small, quiet, off the beaten path
destinations
haven't a clue about getting away from it all and even less of a clue as to
what cruising in a small private yacht is all about.


Wilbur Hubbard

In Julius Caesar's writing we find an apt description: "He is the
worst kind of a fool; He doesn't understand that he is a fool."

You will find, if you ever do undertake a world cruise, that prices
are much higher in these cute little out of the way places then in the
major ports and contrary to what you may think you are going to need
supplies.


Bah, only if you sail a floating condominium full of unnecessary
systems that constantly break down or wear out from constant
use because the so-called sailor is nothing but a lubber in a
floating, energy guzzling apartment.

Your priorities give you away, Bruce. Your main priority seems
to be cheap supplies and available replacement parts (not to
mention mass quantities of diesel fuel). For the most part, one
can eat pretty economically if one catches fish and other seafood
and cooks rice and beans. Green vegetables and canned goods
are generally not too costly most anywhere.

Of course, for folks like you there are undoubtedly a greater choice
of marinas in which to tie to a dock in the larger ports so that probably
attracts your type of cruiser to a great extent. After all, these marinas
provide a captive audience to which you can brag and lie about your
cruising prowess. I know your type, Bruce.

Wilbur Hubbard

As I said Willie-boy, "if you ever undertake a cruise"...

For your information, canned vegetables may well be costly in some
places, or more likely unavailable. Apparently you don't understand
that in most of the "less developed" parts of the world people don't
eat canned veggies... they eat fresh.

You will also find that dried beans are unobtainable in most of Asia
and bulk rice difficult to find in other places.

As for diesel fuel, you don't use it, and your outboard motor just
means that if you need it you will burn far more fuel then I would.
And, burn fuel you will, or you simply won't get there. For example, a
friend coming back from India motored nearly all the way. No wind at
all.

So you see Willie-boy, you are a fool. You sit with your sailing
magazine in hand, thinking that because you read about cruising that
you are a cruiser.

--
Cheers,
Bruce