And, I'm impressed that you're impressed.

Unfortunately, I think you're confusing me with someone else. I am neither a lousy nor proficient draftsman, since I am not nor have ever been a draftsman.

I've been posting here since the late 80s. Suggest you look again.

FYI, I've been sailing since I was 13, and I've sailed on boats up to about 60 ft.

I've had the same email address and have been posting to usenet since 1998 (when I initiated the sailnow.com domain). Prior to that (and currently actually), I've owned and used the pacintl.com to email and post.. created circa 1993. Prior to that I was using other company's addresses to email and post to usenet.

I'm fortunate that I pretty much work for myself, so I can post whenever I feel like it, with a couple of exceptions due to client assignment restrictions.

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"Jim Cate" wrote in message ...


Capt. JG wrote:

Please don't call me. Call Mooron. He likes fools and queers, apparently.

Sorry Jimmy, but you're never going to convince me that a MaccrapM has any place in blue water sailing. I would also submit that you don't have a clue about "sticking it out." I've been here practically since the group was formed, and I'll be here long after your pathetic excuse for a sailboat sinks beneath the ripples on your pond.


Gee Jon. - I was really impressed that you've been here practically since the group was formed.

But then when I checked your posts to ASA on deja, the earliest one I could find was May, 2002, when you were complaining about the fact that you were a lousy draftsman in the back room or your house. (Of course, maybe you had submitted earlier posts under a different name.) - In contrast, my posts seem to begin in March, 1997, with further participation in March of 1999 at which time I was debating whether to get a Mac or a larger boat. (I decided to wait and continue chartering larger boats.) Also some of my posts to rec.boats.cruising began in 1996. In other words, Jon, my participation on this and other sailing ngs appear to have begun far earlier than yours, i.e., around 9 years ago. Of course, it's true that I haven't spent as many hours posting to the newsgroup over the years as you have, because I had other responsibilities and demands on my time. Like, I had to get out of my house and go to work.

But you probably changed your e-mail address, right Jon?

Jim