Interesting reading, Joe. I can see why it was published in SAIL magazine.
It has all the elements that magazines want these days - one potential disaster
after another . . . I certainly hope you have progressed well beyond that stage.

Here is my story. Such a story would never get published in a magazine because
it has none of the ineptitude displayed in yours.


Cutting the Mustard
A true story by
Capt. Neal

I have lived aboard my blue water cruising yacht for nigh on fifteen
years now. I named her "Cut the Mustard" instead of "Cuts the Mustard"
out of a desire that she inspire me to do the job right on an ongoing basis
and not because as a vessel she is competent. Her very name serves as
a reminder to never stop being vigilant.

I purchased her in Nashville, Tennessee, fitted her out for living aboard
and blue water cruising, had her hauled overland from Percy Priest
Lake to Old Hickory Lake on the Cumberland River where I commenced my
journey to the sea via the Cumberland River to the Ohio River to the Tennessee
River and the Tombigbee waterway on down to Mobile Bay and the Gulf
of Mexico.

The journey took a fortnight and there were no disasters, no near misses,
no frightening moments and no uncomfortable situations. Even negotiating
the many locks turned out to be uneventful. In short, it would make for boring reading delineating how I did everything right.

I suspect more sailors do things right than careen from near catastrophe
to near disaster to near stupidity than it would seem. This is because
the only thing magazines will print is tales of woe in the latter category.
I guess it is because there are so many more people in the inept category
who read, enjoy and identify with others of the same ilk. They cannot
identify with professionalism.

In spite of this, I'll continue to do things right even if it means I remain
anonymous and have no story that will sell in the magazines. After all,
real sailors sail. We have few if any failures and should we have one
or two over the long years, we certainly would not be proud of a
story describing them and making us look the fool.

Capt. Neal





"Joe" wrote in message oups.com...
Here is the story of my quest for a sailboat. After you read it lets
here your story, IF you have a boat. This has been published in Sail
magazine and readers digest. It is copy writed.


Fetching Red Cloud
A true
story by Joe Butcher

It was a cold dreary day in December when snipped remainder for brevity

The spelling is probably too good as well.

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:

Interesting reading, Joe. I can see why it was published in SAIL magazine.
It has all the elements that magazines want these days - one potential disaster
after another . . . I certainly hope you have progressed well beyond that stage.

Here is my story. Such a story would never get published in a magazine because
it has none of the ineptitude displayed in yours.


Cutting the Mustard
A true story by
Capt. Neal

I have lived aboard my blue water cruising yacht for nigh on fifteen
years now. I named her "Cut the Mustard" instead of "Cuts the Mustard"
out of a desire that she inspire me to do the job right on an ongoing basis
and not because as a vessel she is competent. Her very name serves as
a reminder to never stop being vigilant.

I purchased her in Nashville, Tennessee, fitted her out for living aboard
and blue water cruising, had her hauled overland from Percy Priest
Lake to Old Hickory Lake on the Cumberland River where I commenced my
journey to the sea via the Cumberland River to the Ohio River to the Tennessee
River and the Tombigbee waterway on down to Mobile Bay and the Gulf
of Mexico.

The journey took a fortnight and there were no disasters, no near misses,
no frightening moments and no uncomfortable situations. Even negotiating
the many locks turned out to be uneventful. In short, it would make for boring reading delineating how I did everything right.

I suspect more sailors do things right than careen from near catastrophe
to near disaster to near stupidity than it would seem. This is because
the only thing magazines will print is tales of woe in the latter category.
I guess it is because there are so many more people in the inept category
who read, enjoy and identify with others of the same ilk. They cannot
identify with professionalism.

In spite of this, I'll continue to do things right even if it means I remain
anonymous and have no story that will sell in the magazines. After all,
real sailors sail. We have few if any failures and should we have one
or two over the long years, we certainly would not be proud of a
story describing them and making us look the fool.

Capt. Neal





"Joe" wrote in message oups.com...

Here is the story of my quest for a sailboat. After you read it lets
here your story, IF you have a boat. This has been published in Sail
magazine and readers digest. It is copy writed.


Fetching Red Cloud
A true
story by Joe Butcher

It was a cold dreary day in December when snipped remainder for brevity

Capt. Neal=AE wrote:
Interesting reading, Joe. I can see why it was published in SAIL
magazine.
It has all the elements that magazines want these days - one
potential disaster
after another . . . I certainly hope you have progressed well beyond
that stage.


But of course I have, The key was to get while the getting was good.



Here is my story. Such a story would never get published in a
magazine because
it has none of the ineptitude displayed in yours.


Cutting the Mustard
A true story by
Capt. Neal

I have lived aboard my blue water cruising yacht for nigh on fifteen
years now. I named her "Cut the Mustard" instead of "Cuts the
Mustard"
out of a desire that she inspire me to do the job right on an ongoing
basis
and not because as a vessel she is competent. Her very name serves as
a reminder to never stop being vigilant.

I purchased her in Nashville, Tennessee, fitted her out for living
aboard
and blue water cruising, had her hauled overland from Percy Priest
Lake to Old Hickory Lake on the Cumberland River where I commenced my
journey to the sea via the Cumberland River to the Ohio River to the
Tennessee
River and the Tombigbee waterway on down to Mobile Bay and the Gulf
of Mexico.

The journey took a fortnight and there were no disasters, no near
misses,
no frightening moments and no uncomfortable situations. Even
negotiating
the many locks turned out to be uneventful. In short, it would make
for boring reading delineating how I did everything right.

I suspect more sailors do things right than careen from near
catastrophe
to near disaster to near stupidity than it would seem. This is
because
the only thing magazines will print is tales of woe in the latter
category.
I guess it is because there are so many more people in the inept
category
who read, enjoy and identify with others of the same ilk. They cannot
identify with professionalism.

In spite of this, I'll continue to do things right even if it means I
remain
anonymous and have no story that will sell in the magazines. After
all,
real sailors sail. We have few if any failures and should we have one

or two over the long years, we certainly would not be proud of a
story describing them and making us look the fool.

Capt. Neal


Good story Capt, A bit boring but fine seamanship for sure.
Notice no others have stories of conquest, just lame spelling comments.


Guess plopping down thousands to a yacht broker is not worth talking
about eh?.

Joe






"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
Here is the story of my quest for a sailboat. After you read it
lets
here your story, IF you have a boat. This has been published in
Sail
magazine and readers digest. It is copy writed.


Fetching Red Cloud
A true
story by Joe Butcher

It was a cold dreary day in December when snipped remainder for
brevity

Hey Crapton,

Mr everything right, How about a post on the Broken Boom? How about a
History of the names on the "Banana Boat" before you changed the name
because of all the laughs the ASA was having? How about the true story
of the Keel?

Tell us about your project of making her unsinkable?

How about a re-telling of shooting the Inlet against the CG advice?

How about that for an Old Man's memory?

I still have many more of your tales. I'll save them. In the mean time,
Crapton. These are stories that you have posted. The real Crapton will
has no problem recalling them for the Newbies. (Nor will I)

Ole Thom

Thom Stewart wrote:
.... The real Crapton will
has no problem recalling them for the Newbies. (Nor will I)


Remember his attempt to explain "hull speed"? Now *that* was funny!

DSK

Hey, Ole Thom, you should learn how to separate wishful thinking
from reality. For one thing, the broken boom happened years after
I made my way successfully down to the sea. If you will kick start
some of those alcohol-soaked brain cells of yours, you would recall
the boom broke while I was beating out of St. Augustine in half a gale.
That inlet is known for steep and dangerous seas in on-shore
weather because it shoals and waves often break all across the bar.

I believe the Columbia River bar is a bigger example of it. You should
be familiar with that inlet being as how you profess to live up there
in Washington State.

As for my fine blue water yacht's name, the fellow I bought her from
had her named "Autumn." I did not like that name so I changed it to
"Cut the Mustard." I have never called her anything else. Where you
got the idea she had multiple names is a matter of examining your
own thought processes. How any sane man could take as fact some
of the ramblings of the losers in this group over the actuality that is
Capt. Neal® borders on the farcical.

Furthermore, this fixation you have on my having moved the keel is
bordering on delusion. Again, sir, the keel is still in its original place.
I did not ever say I moved it and unless you can come up with where
I said I moved it and post it to prove your contention, then why not
admit your error?

All I ever said is I refitted the keel meaning I added some extra keel
bolts. Perhaps you assumed refitting means removing. To this sailor
refitting means fitting it with new hardware. This was done in the
water and did NOT involve removing the keel. I believe I mentioned
this procedure on my website. Please don't allow your misconceptions
and ignorance of nautical terms to cloud your judgment, sir.

As for the positive flotation project, that is true and factual. I have
poured all the dead space between the hull and the component with
two-part, closed cell, urethane foam. My fine, blue water yacht is
similar to an Etap or a Boston Whaler in that there is the hull, there
is foam and there is the inner liner (component). Not only that, but
there is no unsightly, heavy pilothouse on this Captain's real sailboat.

You have a pretty good memory for an old coot but you have a lot
of the details wrong. I guess you can be forgiven since it is more
a problem with reading comprehension than memory in my humble
opinion. For an old relic you could be a lot worse off. Heck,
compare yourself to the dazed, confused, bitter and psychotic
mental state of the Gay One who is half your age and you will
have to admit you are practically an Einstein.

Cheers! And, I'll drink to THAT!

Seriously, Ole Thom, let me be among the first to wish you a
Merry Christmas this year and many, many more to come.

Respectfully,
Capt. Neal




"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Hey Crapton,

Mr everything right, How about a post on the Broken Boom? How about a
History of the names on the "Banana Boat" before you changed the name
because of all the laughs the ASA was having? How about the true story
of the Keel?

Tell us about your project of making her unsinkable?

How about a re-telling of shooting the Inlet against the CG advice?

How about that for an Old Man's memory?

I still have many more of your tales. I'll save them. In the mean time,
Crapton. These are stories that you have posted. The real Crapton will
has no problem recalling them for the Newbies. (Nor will I)

Ole Thom

CN,

Are you saying your Yellow Boat, Hanging on the mooring in Fla, didn't
bear the name of a very famous song and banana? Are you saying the
story you told about the locals in Bermuda saying that Yellow boat cut
the mustard and you used the name?

Are you saying the Sheer Keel was the original Keel on the Coranado?

Are you saying the Coranado originally came with a Mid-Boom traveler?
Drilling the original boom didn't weaken it ?

An Awful lot of contradiction have entered your life since your return;
almost like lying. I do believe there are enough people on the list
that will remember the earlier posts.

Ole Thom

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
CN,

Are you saying your Yellow Boat, Hanging on the mooring in Fla, didn't
bear the name of a very famous song and banana? Are you saying the
story you told about the locals in Bermuda saying that Yellow boat cut
the mustard and you used the name?

I think you are confusing your dream state with your awakened state.

Are you saying the Sheer Keel was the original Keel on the Coranado?

It's Scheel Keel and I said it was LIKE a Scheel keel. I never said
it was a real Scheel Keel.

Are you saying the Coranado originally came with a Mid-Boom traveler?
Drilling the original boom didn't weaken it ?

Yes, sir, it originally came with mid bood sheeting.


An Awful lot of contradiction have entered your life since your return;
almost like lying. I do believe there are enough people on the list
that will remember the earlier posts.

Sorry, Ole Thom you might wish to examine your notes as your
memory seems to be lacking of late. Not to worry, though, it's
probably not Alzheimers because that involves short-term memory
and your problem seems to be the longer term memory. Alcohol
affects the longer term memory.

CN

Ole Thom

CN,

I went back and looked at you "Web Site"
You have the Gall to call that Bulbous affair a fine entry? I'll send
you a really better looking entry and from my Pilothouse Sloop. There
are many boats with sharper, cleaner hull than mine but compared to
yours its an AMERICAN CUPPER

However, that wasn't that reason for going to your Web. I want again, to
look at the balance of your Rig (Mast placement) in respect to your
keel. CN, I'm saying you're selling the Newbies a load of BS. Bill Tripp
never, ever would have set a keel that far forward on the hull and left
the Mast, and center of effort of the main, that far back on the keel.

I'm saying this because I don't believe you would do such a mean
spirited thing and I want to point out the facts

Hey Spelling Nazis;

Back at you; That is Mid-boom not Mid-bood. Thanks for the correction on
the Scheel

Ole Thom