the Bay of Biscay can be kinda rough, katie. some people get scared in
rough
water and insist on heading for shore.

Then they shouldn't be on sailboats where that possibility exists....
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the Bay of Biscay can be kinda rough, katie. some people get scared in
rough
water and insist on heading for shore.

Then they shouldn't be on sailboats where that possibility exists....

yup. but look what happened to those two women on the Westsail "Santori" when
then found themselves in 40 knot winds.

I have heard captains tell some weird stories about weird crew on some rather
ordinary trips. I received a call from a friend one Sunday morning a couple
years back asking if I could help her finish her trip as she had just pitched
her crew off and told him to go home. The guy -- who claimed to have many,
many years of experience -- couldn't tack a 27 foot boat by himself without
help.

The guy -- who claimed to have many,
many years of experience -- couldn't tack a 27 foot boat by himself without
help.

Seems to me that if I were going to be taking a lengthy trip on a sailboat,
I'd want to know exactly what the qualities of my crew were before I
departed....people lie about all sorts of things...I'd have them demonstrate
their abilities...but then, I'd also probably run a police report on them,
too, and want to speak to their Grandma to make sure they were nice....
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The guy -- who claimed to have many,
many years of experience -- couldn't tack a 27 foot boat by himself without
help.

Seems to me that if I were going to be taking a lengthy trip on a sailboat,
I'd want to know exactly what the qualities of my crew were before I
departed....people lie about all sorts of things...I'd have them demonstrate
their abilities...but then, I'd also probably run a police report on them,
too, and want to speak to their Grandma to make sure they were nice....

it was a coastal cruise. port to port for maybe 300 miles. The crew was an
idgit, tho claimed decades of experience.

It took my friend and I two days to complete the trip. This year she went to
Nova Scotia solo.


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"JAXAshby" wrote

It took my friend and I two days to complete the trip. This year she went
to
Nova Scotia solo.


What boat?


SV

a small, 35 year old Pearson.

It took my friend and I two days to complete the trip. This year she went
to
Nova Scotia solo.


What boat?


SV

JAXAshby wrote:
the Bay of Biscay can be kinda rough, katie. some people get scared in
rough
water and insist on heading for shore.

Then they shouldn't be on sailboats where that possibility exists....

yup. but look what happened to those two women on the Westsail "Santori" when
then found themselves in 40 knot winds.

I have heard captains tell some weird stories about weird crew on some rather
ordinary trips. I received a call from a friend one Sunday morning a couple
years back asking if I could help her finish her trip as she had just pitched
her crew off and told him to go home. The guy -- who claimed to have many,
many years of experience -- couldn't tack a 27 foot boat by himself without
help.

ROTFL MAO!!!!!
Sounds kind of like JAXAss to me!

that is because you can't keep with even the slow learner's class, little dood.

From: "Pepper Guy"
Date: 8/8/2004 9:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

JAXAshby wrote:
the Bay of Biscay can be kinda rough, katie. some people get scared in
rough
water and insist on heading for shore.

Then they shouldn't be on sailboats where that possibility exists....

yup. but look what happened to those two women on the Westsail "Santori"
when
then found themselves in 40 knot winds.

I have heard captains tell some weird stories about weird crew on some
rather
ordinary trips. I received a call from a friend one Sunday morning a
couple
years back asking if I could help her finish her trip as she had just
pitched
her crew off and told him to go home. The guy -- who claimed to have many,
many years of experience -- couldn't tack a 27 foot boat by himself without
help.

ROTFL MAO!!!!!
Sounds kind of like JAXAss to me!