"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message
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I always thought sailors were a quiet, uncomplicated group.

Cheers,
Ellen

Haven't met many sailors, have you?

Bwahahahahhahhahahhahhahahhahhahahhaha

John Cairns

Capt. JG wrote:
That's right. Get out the hammer, or better yet go natural and pick up a
rock, and smash that compass. Also, smash or remove anything that isn't
natural. Take down those Dacron sails and burn them (no matches please),
remove the aluminum mast and use something made of wood. No stainless
fasteners please. While you're at it, remove all clothing (Scotty will like
this) that isn't 100% natural fibers.

Indeed Jon

Ellen would do better floating on her back holding up a branch as a
sail.
Naked of course...all el natural. Thats pure, anything else is fluff
and not needed.
Can you feel the Zen?

Joe



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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Gilligan" wrote in message
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"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message
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This post is absolutely brilliant. In life one should always strive to
simplify, to reduce to the essentials.



Wind generators. Solar generators. Diesel generators. Shore power
cords. Fridges. Freezers.
Air conditioners. Water heaters. Microwave ovens. Propellers. What do all
these have to do with
sailboats? I think the answer is people like that don't want a sailboat.
They want to put their house
inside a boat. That's OK if they just stayed far far away from people who
don't want to be hassled
by all their commotion. And out of sight of people who don't want houses
navigating around.
Not to mention their air pollution.


Why do anchorages these days have to smell like an airport or a
truck stop?

All the crap they must haul around with them is a form of denial. They
"enjoy" life through possessing material objects.


Why does the biggest smelliest noisiest boat always anchor right upwind
of the fleet?
They can't seem to stay away. They get as close to you as they can.
It's as if they really want to
bother you. The one thing all boats need is a decibel meter. If it gets
higher than normal speech then
it explodes and sinks the boat.... YES! And they need a diesel fume
detector. If it goes off it empties
the holding tank into the bilge.
I always thought sailors were a quiet, uncomplicated group. I've
discovered there's way too many
selfish people who aren't sailors. They're Winnebago drivers lost on the
water.... They're confused.
They think Spock said "the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the few
or the many."


Cheers,
Ellen

This post is so excellent, I feel have almost ruined it by the addition of
my comments.

When things become "commercialized" (that is, money to be made) the entry
bar is lowered. Things are made comfortable, easy, "safe" and "fun". There
are some things this will never happen to. Things that require great
physical expenditure and suffering. Things that only pay in contentment
and are not fun.

"Joe" wrote
| Ellen would do better floating on her back holding up a branch as a
| sail.
| Naked of course...all el natural. Thats pure, anything else is fluff
| and not needed.
| Can you feel the Zen?



I'm not gonna post any nude photo links. Swimming naked IS the best! :-) Check for jellyfish first.
Watch out for red tide. If you wear a bathing suit scrubbing the boat bottom clean you can get sea
lice (not really lice but that's what they're called). They bite you under your bathing suit but not
on your bare skin.


Cheers,
Ellen

"John Cairns" wrote
| Haven't met many sailors, have you?
| Bwahahahahhahhahahhahhahahhahhahahhaha


None here so far..... Hee hee heeee!


Cheers,
Ellen

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"katy" wrote in message
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Scotty wrote:
That reminds me, I must have seen at least a dozen
sailboats
motoring WITH the wind. Most of them were Big Bendys
with
matching dodgers, biminis, sailcovers, in mast furling,
radar, and all the bells and whistles, yet, they were
motoring on a perfect sailing day. What's up with that?


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_



"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in
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"katy" wrote
| Ya know, Chanteuse hasn't got any of the stuff
mentioned
on board...but
| I am not going to sit and criticize someone else
because
?
That's selfish but that's how most people operate these
days. It's shameful! It's un-Christian.
Cheers,
Ellen


They needed to get somewhere faster?

I was sailing at 6 ~ 6.5 kts, I guess they were motoring at
8.

Scotty

"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in
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"Frank Boettcher" wrote

| I've been anchored in a protected cove with opening
ports, hatches and
| windscoop my method of cooling and had boats come up
running
| generators so they could have AC and TV and/or loud
music devices.
| Generally they are the same idiots who will not tie off
their
| halyards, let them slap against their masts all night
since, with
| their boats closed up, and the drone of the genset and
AC, they can't
| hear them.


Can you beat this one? Me and a friend anchored in
an out of the way little cove one
afternoon. We wanted to watch the sunset sip some wine and
have a quiet night. It was great.
We were the only boat in there. About ten minutes before
sunset this big ugly motor boat
comes in on a plane. He wakes us then turns and anchors
about fifty feet from us. (The cove
was big enough that he could have anchored a hundred yards
away easy.) Right smack dab in
the exact spot where we can't see the sunset. He totally
blocked the view. He plays loud music.
He cooks some burgers on his barbeque. He has two dogs
running around barking. Thank God
he left about a half hour after sunset. Can you get any
more rude and selfish than that?


do you have a knife, can you swim?

Scotty

"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in
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"Joe" wrote
| Ellen would do better floating on her back holding up a
branch as a
| sail.
| Naked of course...all el natural. Thats pure, anything
else is fluff
| and not needed.
| Can you feel the Zen?



I'm not gonna post any nude photo links. Swimming
naked IS the best! :-) Check for jellyfish first.
Watch out for red tide. If you wear a bathing suit
scrubbing the boat bottom clean you can get sea
lice (not really lice but that's what they're called).
They bite you under your bathing suit but not
on your bare skin.


Will you scrub my bottom?

Scotty

Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Frank Boettcher" wrote

| I've been anchored in a protected cove with opening ports, hatches and
| windscoop my method of cooling and had boats come up running
| generators so they could have AC and TV and/or loud music devices.
| Generally they are the same idiots who will not tie off their
| halyards, let them slap against their masts all night since, with
| their boats closed up, and the drone of the genset and AC, they can't
| hear them.


Can you beat this one? Me and a friend anchored in an out of the way little cove one
afternoon. We wanted to watch the sunset sip some wine and have a quiet night. It was great.
We were the only boat in there. About ten minutes before sunset this big ugly motor boat
comes in on a plane. He wakes us then turns and anchors about fifty feet from us. (The cove
was big enough that he could have anchored a hundred yards away easy.) Right smack dab in
the exact spot where we can't see the sunset. He totally blocked the view. He plays loud music.
He cooks some burgers on his barbeque. He has two dogs running around barking. Thank God
he left about a half hour after sunset. Can you get any more rude and selfish than that?
Hey, does Capt. Rob have a motorboat too?


Cheers,
Ellen
Seems to me you had some choices:
1. You could have got out a gun and shot them all dead.
2. You could have swum under his boat and sawed off his props.
3. You could sit and have a private hissy and end up taking a brittle
of antacids and a handful of blood pressure medication.
4..You could have pulled anchor and reset...in front of him.

Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Capt. JG" wrote
| Ellen is guy. So, no. I wouldn't enjoy it.



Uh huh! http://www.badongo.com/pic/295524


Cheers,
Ellen


I"Omly a paper doll....."

I like #4. Then get a very smokey bbq going.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"katy" wrote in message
...
Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Frank Boettcher" wrote | I've been anchored in
a protected cove with opening ports, hatches and
| windscoop my method of cooling and had boats come up running
| generators so they could have AC and TV and/or loud music devices.
| Generally they are the same idiots who will not tie off their
| halyards, let them slap against their masts all night since, with
| their boats closed up, and the drone of the genset and AC, they can't
| hear them.


Can you beat this one? Me and a friend anchored in an out of the
way little cove one afternoon. We wanted to watch the sunset sip some
wine and have a quiet night. It was great. We were the only boat in
there. About ten minutes before sunset this big ugly motor boat comes in
on a plane. He wakes us then turns and anchors about fifty feet from us.
(The cove was big enough that he could have anchored a hundred yards away
easy.) Right smack dab in the exact spot where we can't see the sunset.
He totally blocked the view. He plays loud music. He cooks some burgers
on his barbeque. He has two dogs running around barking. Thank God he
left about a half hour after sunset. Can you get any more rude and
selfish than that?
Hey, does Capt. Rob have a motorboat too?


Cheers,
Ellen
Seems to me you had some choices:
1. You could have got out a gun and shot them all dead.
2. You could have swum under his boat and sawed off his props.
3. You could sit and have a private hissy and end up taking a brittle of
antacids and a handful of blood pressure medication.
4..You could have pulled anchor and reset...in front of him.