OzOne wrote:
On 25 Sep 2006 19:30:12 -0700, "Joe"
scribbled thusly:


OzOne wrote:
On 25 Sep 2006 18:47:16 -0700, "Joe"
scribbled thusly:



Geeeze, what a bunch of pussies.

But that shows you many men who can afford Hoybart yachts are lubber's
to start with, who bought thier way to sea. To bad not many real
sailors can afford 60 ft ocean sleads.

Ever sailed thru a hurricane in a light displacement fin keeler Joe?

No Oz I havent,,but if you give me one I'll give it a shot. No problem,
I've been in a many hurricanes at sea and know how to use them to my
advantage, specially sailing. I know bys ballot law like the back of my
hand. The worse the seas... the more I feel alive.

Joe

Must have been big boats Joe.

Nah a 32 ft layfette skiff, a 160 ftr .....well then the 865 ftr.

Thats not the point, I'm telling you with a well founded boat no seas
on earth can scare me. Guess that cuz I figure drowning would be a nice
way to go IMO. And Ive been in seas that made most others cower in
terror and I had no fear what so ever OZ, none -de natta. I concetrate
on each wave and love the battle for some reason it's like christmas
morning for me, I love it! I'm not bragging, thats just the way it is.
I have no fear what so ever of the sea. To hear of people who will
never leave a breakwater, because they lost friends is sad IMO. My fear
would be dying in bed asleep, or in an office building closing a deal.

Joe



Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

Joe wrote:
Thats not the point, I'm telling you with a well founded boat no seas
on earth can scare me.

Well, if you're not afraid to die, that's a good attitude.

I have seen the ocean rip 2" welded steel plates apart, and
that was in a storm of less than 24 hours brewing (North Sea
'V' shaped depression).

In that same storm, two oil rigs were heavily damaged, one
was abandoned and one of the survival pods w/ approx 30 men
was lost.

I was on a 400' Navy ship, and it was not fun. We recovered
one of the survival pods (like a lifeboat). IMHO there is no
small sailboat ever built that would not have been shredded
in that storm. Imagine being lifted up 50 or 60 feet in the
air, then slammed down, tumbling as you go. Sometime getting
slammed from 50' up landing on your side, sometimes
upside-down. Repeat at least twice every three minutes for
twelve hours.

The biggest piece left would fit in a pizza box.



..... My fear
would be dying in bed asleep, or in an office building closing a deal.


Nobody knows how it will happen, but we all know it will.
Every man likes to think he's not afraid of dying but to
seek it out is either very stupid, or crazy, or both.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King