Great story, thanks John!

Sounds like the boat was a little rough... gotta expect some malfunction
and breakage but having the main rip just plain sucks... even if it
wasn't your watch. As for BobMarsha, she sounds like a peach. One reason
I avoid this type of trip. A few years back I did a delivery with a guy
who 1- threw up most of the way 2- complained about everything
constantly (I guess it's hard to have a positive attitude when you're
nauseous) 3- refused to clean up after himself 4- was a food hog 5-
snored loudly and 6- expected to be paid in advance when we weren't
getting paid at all, so instead he mooched & stole. At least BobMarsha
wasn't a helm hog!

FB
Doug King

Perhaps points 1 and 4 below are somehow related??

--Alan Gomes

"DSK" wrote in message
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Great story, thanks John!

Sounds like the boat was a little rough... gotta expect some malfunction
and breakage but having the main rip just plain sucks... even if it
wasn't your watch. As for BobMarsha, she sounds like a peach. One reason
I avoid this type of trip. A few years back I did a delivery with a guy
who 1- threw up most of the way 2- complained about everything
constantly (I guess it's hard to have a positive attitude when you're
nauseous) 3- refused to clean up after himself 4- was a food hog 5-
snored loudly and 6- expected to be paid in advance when we weren't
getting paid at all, so instead he mooched & stole. At least BobMarsha
wasn't a helm hog!

FB
Doug King

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Great story, thanks John!

Sounds like the boat was a little rough... gotta expect some malfunction
and breakage but having the main rip just plain sucks... even if it
wasn't your watch. As for BobMarsha, she sounds like a peach. One reason
I avoid this type of trip. A few years back I did a delivery with a guy
who 1- threw up most of the way 2- complained about everything
constantly (I guess it's hard to have a positive attitude when you're
nauseous) 3- refused to clean up after himself 4- was a food hog 5-
snored loudly and 6- expected to be paid in advance when we weren't
getting paid at all, so instead he mooched & stole. At least BobMarsha
wasn't a helm hog!

FB
Doug King

Marsha was an anamoly(for me, anyways, can't vouch for John). There is no
method for John to vet the applications, he relies on the honesty of the
individual. I'm not sure he would reject a new application unless he felt
there were too many novices, or someone had serious health issues. I think
the thing that ****ed me off more than anything was the attitude. Heading
back, we were sitting around the cockpit and Marsha says to Tom "I'll have
that water", like she was in a frigging restaurant talking to the waiter. I
bit my tongue and limited my comments to the importance of good manners,
didn't address he directly and I think it went right over her head. You're
right about her not being a helm hog, in fact, she spent all of 5 minutes
driving, when we left SS and were putting the sails up. The absolute worst
thing, though it had nothing to do with us, was the fact that she was
talking about buying a boat and running around Lauderdale getting people to
show her their boats for sale. I know she will never be buying any of these
boats and we both know what a PITA it is to sell a boat and I thought this
was an incredibly ****ty and boorish thing to be doing. Oh well, I'll
probably never bump into her again for as long as I live, and I did my good
deed. She was asking the name of the boat I did the Cape Horn thing on so I
told her it was the Pelagic, I really like Henk and Jaqueline and wouldn't
dream of sending Marsha their way.
John Cairns