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Bobsprit
 
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You can't stand in front of the wind
and the sea and be unchanged by it, whether or not the
wind is on a small lake or an ocean passage.

The fact that so many people could care less about boats and the sea disputes
this. Some people want to climb a mountain or fly. The sea doesn't interest
them.
What narrow thinkers Ganzy and Scotty are!

RB
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Don't you enjoy sailing, Robert?

I love it, but I don't dishonor the true heritage of boats by treating it like
a some kind of superior experience.
That's why I'm so generous with her, inviting practically anyone out for a
sail.

RB
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I love it, but I don't dishonor the true heritage of boats by treating it
like
a some kind of superior experience.
That's why I'm so generous with her, inviting practically anyone out for a
sail.


You need a thesaurus, man. This writing hurts.
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That isn't surprising. After all, no decent sailors would go out for a
half hour motorsail with a wimp who is prone to panic attacks in an F3.


Its struck me when you wrote that you have hit on the current that runs through
all Boobs' photos. There is a wariness, something just short of panic, in the
eyes of the people on his boat, as if they are thinking "Does he really have
any clue what he is doing, and how do I get out of here in one piece". There
certainly is an air of tension on his boat, and not fun and relaxation. Maybe
its due to the intense traffic where he sails.
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a some kind of superior experience.

True sailors have always treated sailing as a special experience.

There's a big difference between "special" and "superior." Your effort to make
sailing into some form of elitist activity is nothing short of horrific.
Still, it's your boat. Do as you please.

RB


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"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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a some kind of superior experience.


True sailors have always treated sailing as a special experience.

There's a big difference between "special" and "superior." Your effort to

make
sailing into some form of elitist activity is nothing short of horrific.


Tut, tut, Robert. Sailing is not an elitist activity. _You_ are the
living proof that sailing is not elitist.

Nobody could call sailing "elitist" when people like you and Danny have
boats.


Still, it's your boat. Do as you please.


True. It *is* my boat. I'm glad that you allow me to do as I please!!!



Regards



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True. It *is* my boat. I'm glad that you allow me to do as I please!!!

Rapists and pedaphiles also do as they please, at least until they're caught.
Enjoy your "hobby."


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but I don't dishonor the true heritage of boats by treating it
like
a some kind of superior experience


Sailors all through history (at least those that chose to sail and weren't impressed) have thought sailing to be a superior
experience. If you equate the act of sailing to any other day-in/day-out experience, why do it? It's not like you have to.
There must be something about it that is superior in your eyes or else there would be no purpose for it.
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Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein


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Only a sailor would understand. That is why boobsy doesn't.

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"katysails" wrote in message
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but I don't dishonor the true heritage of boats by treating it
like
a some kind of superior experience


Sailors all through history (at least those that chose to sail and weren't

impressed) have thought sailing to be a superior
experience. If you equate the act of sailing to any other day-in/day-out

experience, why do it? It's not like you have to.
There must be something about it that is superior in your eyes or else

there would be no purpose for it.
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein




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Only a sailor would understand.

No sailor get's overly romantic about the roots of sailing. It just wasn't the
case. It was a brutal life. Our version is a joke compared to "real" sailors.
As I said before, you dishonor the spirit of sailing by attempting to rate it,
rank it or in any way classify it in some shallow elitist manner.
I'm truly dissapointed in this shallow and openly materialistic view of one of
the oldest and most dangerous professions.
It's no wonder that I've eclipsed most of you already.

RB


 
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