"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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Spoken like a good liberal. There is a huge difference between effort and
accomplishment in case you've forgotten the obvious. I am not belittling
Zac's effort. I am belittling his accomplishment because, by accepting a
tow, his accomplishment is NOT what he's claiming it to be. He's a fraud
and a liar!

It's that simple. We realists still believe that accomplishment counts
and effort is something any old fool can direct or misdirect. Only when
the effort results in accomplishing the stated goal is effort worth
anything. Get it? Effort and failure is failure. Effort and success is
success. In other words effort has NO meaning as a stand alone process
other than being a starting point.


Wilbur Hubbard


Captain Joshua Slocum is credited as being the first man to sail solo
around the world. And yet he took passengers aboard for day outings during
his circumnavigation. Oh, my! He didn't really sail "solo" at all! Except
that he was careful to, if I recall correctly, return his guests to their
point of boarding before continuing his solo effort.

Slocum had no motor. He actually sailed. Unlike the cheater Zac who has
motored hundreds, perhaps thousands of miles now, Slocum was an ethical
person. He believed in being honest and forthwright. Zac and his gaggle of
publicity stunt sychophants are *******izing the the very meaning of a solo
circumnavigation. Robin Know-Johnston, for example, would not take a tow
when in dire straits in New Zealand. He spent hours beating against wind and
current to get into a bay where he could anchor and affect repairs. He would
not even allow anybody on board to help him. He knew to do so would
invalidate the record he eventually won. The man had a moral compass. Zac
and his ilk have no such thing.


If Zac accepted a tow to get repairs, his effort will still count as an
accomplishment as long as he returns to the point where the tow began
before continuing his solo. It would only be terminated if he was
attempting a non-stop circumnavigation and had to stop for any reason.


Duh, if he hadn't been towed in for repairs the chances are he would have
had to abort the voyage? So he's cheating. Part of his voyage, instead of
being solo, was a group effort. He was TOWED. That part of the voyage where
he was towed cannot be counted. The gap between a waypoint, port and back to
the waypoint cannot be discounted. Stupid people trying to justify cheating
.. . . Shame on you.

Wilbur Hubbard