klutz, nah. purist, maybe. eccentric, definitely.
Scout

"Bart Senior" wrote in message
. net...

So does that make him a purist, or a mechanical klutz?

"Scout" wrote

actually Bart, you're close enough that I not drag this out.
According to Richard Henderson, author of Singlehanded Sailing, Tangvald
"once unbolted his balky engine from its bed, hoisted it on deck, and
pushed
it overboard. He claims that engines often give a false sense of
security,
and cites the example of a boat that was wrecked because her engine
failed
in the middle of a dangerous pass leading to a harbor near Tahiti."
Scout


"Bart Senior" wrote in message
et...
I don't think he tossed out his engine--he never had one.

Whenever one of wives gave him any grief, he'd toss her
overboard and get another one.

"Scout" wrote

What radical action did sailing purist Peter Tangvald take while at
sea,
and
why?