"Frank Maier" wrote in message
m...
"Donal" asked:
"Frank Maier" wrote:
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Our trip originated in England. We started right after New Year's from
the Canaries to Barbados.

Did you start from England, *or* from the Canaries?

Well, I flew to England and got on the boat there. From there, we
sailed down to the Canaries. The crossing (specifically) was from the
Canaries.

Does that answer what you were asking? I'm not really sure I
understand what information you were looking for.

You've more than answered my question. Thank you!

I wouldn't mind hearing a bit more about your crossing??????



Regards


Donal
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"Donal" wrote...
"Frank Maier" wrote...
Well, I flew to England and got on the boat there. From there, we
sailed down to the Canaries. The crossing (specifically) was from the
Canaries.
Does that answer what you were asking? I'm not really sure I
understand what information you were looking for.

You've more than answered my question. Thank you!
I wouldn't mind hearing a bit more about your crossing??????

I hesitate to plaster the ng with paragraph after paragraph of my
experiences (ego). Makes me feel like I'm a Bobsprit, recounting the
latest "offshore" adventure with a boatload of professional "models,"
or a Jax, dispensing "scientific" wisdom to the low-IQ proles. I'd
rather do this kind of thing in personal e-mail; but yours is spoofed.
So, my preference would be for you to e-mail me a real e-mail address
and I'd shoot you a missive. Alternatively, I guess I *could* just
post something in this thread; at least, it'd be about sailing, unlike
so many threads here.

In either case, it'd be next week before I'd have the time to write it
up 'cause this is a busy week at the Maier household.

Frank

I'm curious myself. Have tentative plans to do a crossing in late November,
big hop will be from the Canaries to Antigua, wondering what the weather
might be like.The folks that give you any grief aren't worth bothering
about.
John Cairns
"Frank Maier" wrote in message
om...
"Donal" wrote...
"Frank Maier" wrote...
Well, I flew to England and got on the boat there. From there, we
sailed down to the Canaries. The crossing (specifically) was from the
Canaries.
Does that answer what you were asking? I'm not really sure I
understand what information you were looking for.

You've more than answered my question. Thank you!
I wouldn't mind hearing a bit more about your crossing??????

I hesitate to plaster the ng with paragraph after paragraph of my
experiences (ego). Makes me feel like I'm a Bobsprit, recounting the
latest "offshore" adventure with a boatload of professional "models,"
or a Jax, dispensing "scientific" wisdom to the low-IQ proles. I'd
rather do this kind of thing in personal e-mail; but yours is spoofed.
So, my preference would be for you to e-mail me a real e-mail address
and I'd shoot you a missive. Alternatively, I guess I *could* just
post something in this thread; at least, it'd be about sailing, unlike
so many threads here.

In either case, it'd be next week before I'd have the time to write it
up 'cause this is a busy week at the Maier household.

Frank

"Frank Maier" wrote in message
om...
"Donal" wrote...
"Frank Maier" wrote...
Well, I flew to England and got on the boat there. From there, we
sailed down to the Canaries. The crossing (specifically) was from the
Canaries.
Does that answer what you were asking? I'm not really sure I
understand what information you were looking for.

You've more than answered my question. Thank you!
I wouldn't mind hearing a bit more about your crossing??????

I hesitate to plaster the ng with paragraph after paragraph of my
experiences (ego). Makes me feel like I'm a Bobsprit, recounting the
latest "offshore" adventure with a boatload of professional "models,"
or a Jax, dispensing "scientific" wisdom to the low-IQ proles.

Don't worry. You've already proved that you aren't a Jax.


I'd
rather do this kind of thing in personal e-mail; but yours is spoofed.

Sorry. Blame Scotty! My address should now be correct apart from the
"spam" bit.


So, my preference would be for you to e-mail me a real e-mail address
and I'd shoot you a missive. Alternatively, I guess I *could* just
post something in this thread; at least, it'd be about sailing, unlike
so many threads here.

Exactly!

Most of us are *genuinely* interested in sailing.



In either case, it'd be next week before I'd have the time to write it
up 'cause this is a busy week at the Maier household.

I look forward to it.... even if it is a few weeks before you manage to put
pen to paper.




Regards


Donal
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Frank Maier wrote:
I hesitate to plaster the ng with paragraph after paragraph of my
experiences (ego).

Why not? That's what it's here for.

"If you can do it, it ain't bragging."

... Makes me feel like I'm a Bobsprit, recounting the
latest "offshore" adventure with a boatload of professional "models,"
or a Jax, dispensing "scientific" wisdom to the low-IQ proles.

IMHO most people that read more than one or two posts by those guys get
the idea that there is something wrong, and can tell the difference
between real sailing discussion and BS artistry.


... I'd
rather do this kind of thing in personal e-mail; but yours is spoofed.
So, my preference would be for you to e-mail me a real e-mail address
and I'd shoot you a missive. Alternatively, I guess I *could* just
post something in this thread; at least, it'd be about sailing, unlike
so many threads here.

You caught the group at a bad time. It's usually not this off track,
although it helps to widen the discussion subject matter from "sailing"
to "things of interest to sailors." Once people get tired of baiting
JAXAshby (and I for one have almost no interest in playing
kick-the-clown) it will get better.



In either case, it'd be next week before I'd have the time to write it
up 'cause this is a busy week at the Maier household.

S'OK, there will still be somebody here to appreciate it.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

can tell the difference
between real sailing discussion and BS artistry.

Really? Anyone believe it was dougies who made that statement? the same
dougies who stated that motoring a Hunter 19 down Interstate 95 was "sailing"?
And that he had traveled over 275 miles doing it?

You know, if dougies had an AMF Puffer instead he could "sailed" faster and
maybe have made 350 miles down the highway.

yeah, but nightfall was coming and dougies don't drive at night no more.

DSK wrote:
....snip a lot of good commentary...

Doug, Donal, John, and others who're interested,

Ok, we're doing my daughter's tenth birthday this weekend (started
today, her actual b'day, friend and family parties on the weekend);
but after the weekend, I'll sit down and knock out a few paragraphs.

As for the ng in general, I've been reading here a coupla years and
first posted maybe a year and a half ago. At that time, Jax was in
full swing in one of his manic episodes and Bob, of course, was being
Bob. This ng seems to maintain a pretty high noise-to-signal ratio;
but it's true that there is nontheless *some* signal and that's worth
listening for. Worthwhile enough, for me at least, that I do keep
coming back.

Unlike Bob, Jax, Neal, et al., I have a rich, fulfilling (busy!) life
and often go for long periods without being connected to the net. I'm
(semi)retired and we travel a lot. Since we started homeschooling the
kids last year, we've been free to travel at times other than summer,
too. So, my infrequent participation results from a combination of not
wanting to get embroiled in the ng equivalent of "bear baiting" (or
kick-the-clown, as Doug calls it) plus simply not often being
connected in a timely fashion.

AAMOF, we're gonna hit the road in mid-April for a three-month RV
cruise through the Southwest. During that period, I'll only be
connecting once a week at best.

Anyway, I'll dredge up some memories from the 60s and spin y'all a
good sea yarn early next week. (Isn't there a standing joke about how,
if you remember the 60s, you didn't experience them?)

One final comment, which I've tried to resist including, but I can't
seem to keep myself from typing it: I'm basically retired and I find
it difficult to make enough time to contribute the little I do to
Usenet. I simply am amazed by people like Bob and Jax (and their
equivalents in other groups I read) who must live at their keyboard to
produce the volume that they do. In that sense, their "contribution"
is impressive.

Frank

anybody notice that "Frank"s posting ID is @posting.google.com?

Just the same as every other fraud posting on this ng in the last month or so?

m

DSK wrote:
...snip a lot of good commentary...

Doug, Donal, John, and others who're interested,

Ok, we're doing my daughter's tenth birthday this weekend (started
today, her actual b'day, friend and family parties on the weekend);
but after the weekend, I'll sit down and knock out a few paragraphs.

As for the ng in general, I've been reading here a coupla years and
first posted maybe a year and a half ago. At that time, Jax was in
full swing in one of his manic episodes and Bob, of course, was being
Bob. This ng seems to maintain a pretty high noise-to-signal ratio;
but it's true that there is nontheless *some* signal and that's worth
listening for. Worthwhile enough, for me at least, that I do keep
coming back.

Unlike Bob, Jax, Neal, et al., I have a rich, fulfilling (busy!) life
and often go for long periods without being connected to the net. I'm
(semi)retired and we travel a lot. Since we started homeschooling the
kids last year, we've been free to travel at times other than summer,
too. So, my infrequent participation results from a combination of not
wanting to get embroiled in the ng equivalent of "bear baiting" (or
kick-the-clown, as Doug calls it) plus simply not often being
connected in a timely fashion.

AAMOF, we're gonna hit the road in mid-April for a three-month RV
cruise through the Southwest. During that period, I'll only be
connecting once a week at best.

Anyway, I'll dredge up some memories from the 60s and spin y'all a
good sea yarn early next week. (Isn't there a standing joke about how,
if you remember the 60s, you didn't experience them?)

One final comment, which I've tried to resist including, but I can't
seem to keep myself from typing it: I'm basically retired and I find
it difficult to make enough time to contribute the little I do to
Usenet. I simply am amazed by people like Bob and Jax (and their
equivalents in other groups I read) who must live at their keyboard to
produce the volume that they do. In that sense, their "contribution"
is impressive.

Frank

Just an FYI that I haven't forgotten about this. I've spent some time
composing my deathless prose over the last coupla days and will
probably finish up and post before the weekend.

Frank

I look forward to your tale, please start a new thread.

Peter S/Y Anicula


"Frank Maier" skrev i en meddelelse
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Just an FYI that I haven't forgotten about this. I've spent some
time
composing my deathless prose over the last coupla days and will
probably finish up and post before the weekend.

Frank