"Gilligan" wrote
| My sailboat is propelled by galley slaves. Three cracks of the whip and I'm
| at hull speed.

Silly Gilly! (hee hee)

Cheers,
Ellen

"DSK" wrote
| Does your boat have lights? Instruments? Windlass? Pumps?
| Refrigeration? An engine?

No, no, no, no, no, no. It has a compass if you call that an instrument.

| The technology of electricity is one of the cornerstones of
| what is sometimes called Western civilization. If you don't
| need it, that's fine. But are you sure of your ground in
| criticising others for having it?

I guess it's nice on BIG sailboats but I still think it's not necessary and it
seems to take away from time spent sailing. Are sailboats supposed to hold
all of western civilization? I've got a house for all that stuff.

Cheers,
Ellen

wrote:
I wonder if there are any purists here.

Hmmmm... I detected a bit of Captain Neal's philosophy in the
above referenced comment.

I wonder if there is a connection..?

Bill


I imagine it was connected for about 3 minutes not too long ago....

Gilligan wrote:
I am the purest of the purists.

My sailboat is propelled by galley slaves. Three cracks of the whip and I'm
at hull speed.


Bull hocky...we all know that your boat is powered by the powerful
emissions from your gas riddled flying Monkeys....

"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message
reenews.net...

Are sailboats supposed to hold
all of western civilization? I've got a house for all that stuff.


Touche!

"Gilligan" wrote
| http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...0/03342126.jpg



Shame on you, Gilly. (blush)

Cheers,
Ellen

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

Whats so manly?

My 12 hp Lister is hand cranked all the time. Has
petxoxks that
reklease the pressure, get her rolling and hit a trigger
and she off
and running.

BFD, I hand crank my Cat 3406...in the winter!

Scotty

"Gilligan" wrote in
message . ..

"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in
message

reenews.ne
t...

Are sailboats supposed to hold
all of western civilization? I've got a house for all
that stuff.


Touchy!

and bitchy, too.


SBV

"katy" wrote in message
...
Gilligan wrote:
I am the purest of the purists.

My sailboat is propelled by galley slaves. Three cracks of the whip and
I'm at hull speed.
Bull hocky...we all know that your boat is powered by the powerful
emissions from your gas riddled flying Monkeys....

I can do pretty well myself too.

"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in
message
reenews.ne
t...
I
Are sailboats supposed to hold
all of western civilization?


No, just the stuff that makes sailing more
enjoyable....including the kitchen sink.




I've got a house for all that stuff.

Is that were you 'hustle and bustle'?

SV