"Capt.American" wrote:

Shhhhhhhhh. Bobsie might hear. BTW there is a C&C on ebay at 850
dollars last time I looked.

Yep... prob'ly worth every penny of it, too!


... But if you are going to be on any voyage of over a month you are
most likely going to encounter a storm or 2.

Well, that depends on a couple things: where & when you go, and what your definition of "storm" is.
Personally I have encountered relatively few episodes of bad weather at sea, and of those the most
troublesome thing about it was getting water down below and having a hard time drying out. Then there have
been a couple of times I have seen truly hair-raising storms. For the worst of them, fortunately I was in
one of Uncle Sam's big gray cruise liners, and came away convinced that no small sailboat could live under
these circumstances.



Infact I wished Id
listened to you a little more when you warned of those pacific highs,
I ran a great circle course from Seattle to Ohau, when I shold of
traveled a week south before turning west.

Honestly, the only reason I know about this is from reading about it. Long ago one of my dad's friends was
bringing a race boat back from the TransPac and had the ill grace to shoot an albatross with a .22 after
more than a week of drifting aimlessly.



..... with the hurricane season building and
not getting out of here until the 23 -Sept 1st Im going to have her
fly there. She will go thru the canal with me and cross the gulf.

Ah so, you are coming to the East Coast or just the Caribbean? They're saying ugly things about the Panama
Canal lately, please keep us posted what you encounter.



..... most maladapted personalities tend to be loners, and tend to insist they're right despite obvious
evidence to the contrary. Many are of fairly high intelligence yet have a hard time adapting to new
facts and new surroundings.

I dont accept that.

Now *that* was funny.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King