1. Did you sail more in the first five years or in the last five
years?

I've sailed more in the last five years. The older I get the more I
like sailing and living aboard. It's a good life and one worth working
towards.


2. If the answer to number 1. is the last five years, were you retired
during that time?

Yes, I've been retired since 2001. Worked hard and retired early with
enough cash reserves to sail in comfort and style until I'm as old and
cranky as Ole Thom.(But, I'll never be as ugly!)


3. Have you owned multiple boats and has each one been larger and more
expensive than the one before it?

Negative - I've owned one boat - ONE PERFECT BOAT! No need to own
anything else.


4. As you moved up in boat size did that also correspond with moving
up professionally with more stress, responsibility and time
constraints?

Only fools move up in boat size. An intelligent man decides which size
boat is perfect for him and sticks with it. It is a fact that it takes
a lifetime to learn how to sail any one boat to perfection. People like
Bobsprit who jump from boat to boat without ever learning how to sail a
single one of them are in no sense of the word sailors.

As for professionalism, any sailor who does not take and pass the exams
and obtain a Captain's license from the USCG exam centers is no sailor.
Or, if in Europe, some of the Yacht Master programs are adequate.


5. If the answer to 4. is yes did you sail less with each new boat
after the intial purchase year?

Does not apply.


6. Did you raise kids and during the time that they had conflicting
interests and activities, did that contribute to less sailing.

Kids are for women and fools. Sailors have as little to do with kids as
possible!


7. Did a high percentage of your closest sailing friends and
acquaintences at the start of your sailing carreer at some point move
from sail to power or off the water altogether?

Most, if not all, lost interest in sailing because they never owned a
decent boat or stuck with any boat long enough to sail it to perfection
or discover and correct its shortcomings. People like DSK who've "gone
trawler" are losers who never understood the beauty of sail in the
first place and did not have the wit to understand it even after
pursuing it for years.


8. Even when you owned boats did you do bareboat charters on a regular
basis.

What! and grovel in somebody else's germs and filth while constrained
to floating homes that are ugly and worn out?


9. Did you race (either your own boat or crewed on others) when you
were young and do you still race.

I raced boards when younger but found out most people who race are
losers and decided to no longer associate with that crowd of egomaniacs
who have more money than sense.


I hope this helps.

Respectfully,
Capt. Neal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Capt. Neal® wrote:
I raced boards when younger but found out most people who race are
losers

The only losers are the ones who give up without learning
anything.

DSK

In article ,
DSK wrote:
Capt. Neal® wrote:
I raced boards when younger but found out most people who race are
losers

The only losers are the ones who give up without learning
anything.

DSK

Neal is back?? Well, I wonder why... I see nothing much has changed
for him. Lots of anger still, apparently.




--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Brilliant!


"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
oups.com...
1. Did you sail more in the first five years or in the last five
years?

I've sailed more in the last five years. The older I get the more I
like sailing and living aboard. It's a good life and one worth working
towards.


2. If the answer to number 1. is the last five years, were you retired
during that time?

Yes, I've been retired since 2001. Worked hard and retired early with
enough cash reserves to sail in comfort and style until I'm as old and
cranky as Ole Thom.(But, I'll never be as ugly!)


3. Have you owned multiple boats and has each one been larger and more
expensive than the one before it?

Negative - I've owned one boat - ONE PERFECT BOAT! No need to own
anything else.


4. As you moved up in boat size did that also correspond with moving
up professionally with more stress, responsibility and time
constraints?

Only fools move up in boat size. An intelligent man decides which size
boat is perfect for him and sticks with it. It is a fact that it takes
a lifetime to learn how to sail any one boat to perfection. People like
Bobsprit who jump from boat to boat without ever learning how to sail a
single one of them are in no sense of the word sailors.

As for professionalism, any sailor who does not take and pass the exams
and obtain a Captain's license from the USCG exam centers is no sailor.
Or, if in Europe, some of the Yacht Master programs are adequate.


5. If the answer to 4. is yes did you sail less with each new boat
after the intial purchase year?

Does not apply.


6. Did you raise kids and during the time that they had conflicting
interests and activities, did that contribute to less sailing.

Kids are for women and fools. Sailors have as little to do with kids as
possible!


7. Did a high percentage of your closest sailing friends and
acquaintences at the start of your sailing carreer at some point move
from sail to power or off the water altogether?

Most, if not all, lost interest in sailing because they never owned a
decent boat or stuck with any boat long enough to sail it to perfection
or discover and correct its shortcomings. People like DSK who've "gone
trawler" are losers who never understood the beauty of sail in the
first place and did not have the wit to understand it even after
pursuing it for years.


8. Even when you owned boats did you do bareboat charters on a regular
basis.

What! and grovel in somebody else's germs and filth while constrained
to floating homes that are ugly and worn out?


9. Did you race (either your own boat or crewed on others) when you
were young and do you still race.

I raced boards when younger but found out most people who race are
losers and decided to no longer associate with that crowd of egomaniacs
who have more money than sense.


I hope this helps.

Respectfully,
Capt. Neal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On 18 Jan 2006 08:34:09 -0800, "Capt. Neal®"
wrote:


9. Did you race (either your own boat or crewed on others) when you
were young and do you still race.

I raced boards when younger but found out most people who race are
losers and decided to no longer associate with that crowd of egomaniacs
who have more money than sense.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~


You have failed to draw an important distinction between racing as
crew and racing as an owner.

As a crew member, you don't have to worry about rounding up a crew, as
an owner you do.

As a crew member you can get drunk and not show up for the Sunday race
after the Saturday party, as an owner you have to hunt up the drunk
crew member who doesn't show up or find a warm body on the pier.

As a crew member, you don't have to pour money into your boat in order
to figure out how to beat the rating, as an owner your ego often
causes you to feel obligated to.

As a crew member you can convince the power hungry owner to press hard
at the start or at marks, as an owner you have to pay to repair the
contact damage created by this tactic.

As a crew member you can beg off of the return trip after a long race,
claiming you have to fly home to go to work, as an owner you have to
figure out how to get the boat home without a crew.

Yes many racing owners are egomaniacs as you state, however, you miss
a great opportunity for great sport with minimal input.

All of the above is related to handicap racing. One design is a more
pure form and the above doesn't necessarily apply.

"Frank Boettcher" wrote in message
...
On 18 Jan 2006 08:34:09 -0800, "Capt. Neal®"
wrote:


9. Did you race (either your own boat or crewed on others) when you
were young and do you still race.

I raced boards when younger but found out most people who race are
losers and decided to no longer associate with that crowd of egomaniacs
who have more money than sense.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~


You have failed to draw an important distinction between racing as
crew and racing as an owner.

As a crew member, you don't have to worry about rounding up a crew, as
an owner you do.

As a crew member you can get drunk and not show up for the Sunday race
after the Saturday party, as an owner you have to hunt up the drunk
crew member who doesn't show up or find a warm body on the pier.

As a crew member, you don't have to pour money into your boat in order
to figure out how to beat the rating, as an owner your ego often
causes you to feel obligated to.

As a crew member you can convince the power hungry owner to press hard
at the start or at marks, as an owner you have to pay to repair the
contact damage created by this tactic.

As a crew member you can beg off of the return trip after a long race,
claiming you have to fly home to go to work, as an owner you have to
figure out how to get the boat home without a crew.

Yes many racing owners are egomaniacs as you state, however, you miss
a great opportunity for great sport with minimal input.

All of the above is related to handicap racing. One design is a more
pure form and the above doesn't necessarily apply.

Agreed, but if you crew and are in the habit of not showing up for races,
the crew chief will find a replacement. On the whole, it is infinitely
better to crew than to own, with the exception that your name rarely appears
next to the results.

John Cairns

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
oups.com....
.

Women are for kids and fools. I have as little to do with
women as
possible!


not by choice, though.

Scotty

"Capt. Neal®" wrote:

6. Did you raise kids and during the time that they had conflicting
interests and activities, did that contribute to less sailing.

Kids are for women and fools. Sailors have as little to do with kids as
possible!

I read that to my sons and they replied, "Capt. Neal is lying".

Talk about idle chatter...

LP