Capt. Rob wrote:
Certain conditions? You mean like, trying to do 50 to 100 miles in a
day and getting secured before dark?


Afraid to sail at night as well, aye? Boo!

Let's see how many night sails you do with Thomas on board. I've done
a dozen or so night passages of over 100 miles (not counting OPB's),
most of them before GPS and Radar. We don't do them much with a child
on board.

And actually, the issue is often arriving in time to get a mooring
inside the harbor.

And since you've been more than a few miles from shore, you have no
right to comment on any aspect of cruising.



Or making through a canal or
hole before the tide turns? Since you've never actually done these
things, you have no idea what you're talking about.


Gee, I think my many dealings with the east river and hells gate says
otherwise. Boo!

Your "many dealings"? BWAHAHAHAHA! Maybe, just maybe, you can get
someone to believe you took your own boat through Hell Gate once. If
you had, you might know the correct spelling.

And besides, Hell Gate is not particularly challenging compared to
Wood's Hole. And you would wet your pants if you saw what happens at
the ends of the CC Canal if there's an opposing wind.

Is there something about the East River? I never found that any
problem at all, other than dodging the swimmers.




And what does it mean that I fire up an engine if we're doing under 5

knots? That says nothing about my light air performance.

You said that you GENERALLY start the engines when doing less than 5
knots. I know EXACTLY what kind of sailor your are, Jeff.

And we all know what kind you are.

I could care
less

And I could care less what you care.

how far you sail. Just takes time.

BWAHAHAHAHA!

Sure thing, booby. Going out for a month or two away from home,
cruising Down East where there aren't too many marinas, navigating in
thick fog, being prepared to anchor out in any weather, handle any
repairs ... why should I bother? You claimed that "sailing without
A/C would be horrific" and you don't even have a genset!


You're a notch above a
powerboater and sail that way.

And you're about ten notches below. In 10 years of sailing you're
still talking about maybe doing a few overnights. Why do you even
bother owning a boat?




And remember, your boat was singled out for having an extra 24 point

handicap in light air. So while you might think its a great light air
boat, the computer doesn't.

Does the computer like my big wheel???

And for the record, if I were given your boat, the first thing I
would
do is put it on the market.

That's because you're not a sailor. If I was given ANY boat the first
thing I'd do is sail it.
But you know best!

I gave that some thought, but in this case I'd be afraid it would
depreciate too much. Aren't you the one who said: "Beneteau: Crap
floats, but you can't sleep on it." and "Beneteau is well packaged
junk."?


Good gawd! Crantz...stay on Jeff's side. He needs help But are you
helping?

I don't really need anyone's help. But haven't you noticed, they all
agree with me!