On Feb 9, 8:11*am, "John Seager" wrote:
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message

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Poor, hapless, Zac Blunderland's supposed to be sailing around the world
but he's now been in South Africa for over two months and he just got
arrested for having an expired visa.

Seems unlikely: he's only been in SA since 12 December (less than 2 months);
visitors' visas are valid for 90 days and besides, US Citizens don't need
visas to visit South Africa.

Apart from that he seemed to be in good spirits when I met him in Cape Town
on Friday. Said he was planning to leave on Wednesday.
John.

John,

Neal is crushed that Zac makes him look like the contents of his
cedar bucket....daily.
It kills him everytime anyone sets sail. Just ignore him.

Have you seen this boat?
https://vanimages.yachtworld.com/1/0...?1161068400000

Its there in Cape Town.

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message
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Have you seen this boat?
https://vanimages.yachtworld.com/1/0...?1161068400000

Its there in Cape Town.

Joe

Haven't noticed it on any of my travels around here and it's certainly big
enough to notice. That's a lot of money to have tied up in an unfinished
project!
J

On Feb 9, 9:06*am, "John Seager" wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message

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*Have you seen this boat?https://vanimages.yachtworld.com/1/0...?1161068400000

Its there in Cape Town.

Joe

Haven't noticed it on any of my travels around here and it's certainly big
enough to notice. That's a lot of money to have tied up in an unfinished
project!
J

Ok thanks. It is a lot of boat.
I just wondered if it looked as good in person as the pictures.
It's been setting unfinished a few years, with no ports or wheelhouse
windows it could be going downhill fast.


Joe

"Joe" wrote in message
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John,

Neal is crushed that Zac makes him look like the contents of his
cedar bucket....daily.

Yah, right. Poor Zac has already blown his chance to be youngest around the
world. He's so slow and he dallies so much at every port socializing and
constantly having to get things fixed that he broke because he doesn't know
what he's doing that he's already had a birthday. He's failed in his quest
to be youngest around the world. But, as a failure yourself, you have a
vested interest in marginalizing failure. Makes you feel better the more
company you have, huh?

It kills him everytime anyone sets sail. Just ignore him.


On the contrary. I love it when somebody sets sail provided that somebody
knows what he or she's doing and their voyage doesn't end up being little
more than a soap opera comedy of errors as they blunder their way from port
to port needing a cast of hundreds to accomplish what a lone man can and has
many a time accomplished on his own.

What kills me is how sailing and cruising have become *******ized to the
point of absurdity by modern-day 'sailors' who are an embarrassment to the
trade. These failures have adopted the ignorant liberal philosophy that "to
try is to succeed." There is no longer any "try then succeed" there is only
"try because to try is to succeed." This is a warped reality. This is
pathetic. One of the last bastions of manhood is success at lone-handed
ocean voyaging. Success at voyaging is not some committee of hundreds
enabling parents living vicariously through their pimple-faced brat to
accomplish something there is NO WAY said brat could accomplish alone while
attempting to claim some false record of sailing "alone" around the world.
It's a farce and a travesty.


Wilbur Hubbard

What it it that you are trying to try here, Wilbore?

"cavelamb" wrote in message
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What i(s) it that you are trying to (say) here, Wilbore?

It's time for a dose of reality in a world of girly-men to whom mediocrity
is to be applauded because the girly-men are so pathetic themselves and have
no aspirations to better their sorry lot.

Wilbur Hubbard

Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
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What i(s) it that you are trying to (say) here, Wilbore?

It's time for a dose of reality in a world of girly-men to whom mediocrity
is to be applauded because the girly-men are so pathetic themselves and have
no aspirations to better their sorry lot.

Wilbur Hubbard



Are you trying to be the dose of reality? (hehehe)
Or one of the girly men?

I mean, for Pete Sake, Wilbur, grow the **** up!
(said with all due respect)

"cavelamb" wrote in message
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Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
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What i(s) it that you are trying to (say) here, Wilbore?

It's time for a dose of reality in a world of girly-men to whom
mediocrity is to be applauded because the girly-men are so pathetic
themselves and have no aspirations to better their sorry lot.

Wilbur Hubbard

Are you trying to be the dose of reality? (hehehe)
Or one of the girly men?

I mean, for Pete Sake, Wilbur, grow the **** up!
(said with all due respect)


You need to think about what you wrote for a few minutes. Then come back and
finish reading this.

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Does a real man slobber over some inept, pimple-faced teenager getting
shoved around the world by a committee? Does a real man feel proud of
himself living vicariously through a kid? Does a real man primp and preen
and have orgasms because he associates with those who go about doing things
ineptly as in failing to meet schedules and dilly-dallying around ashore and
coming up with every imaginable excuse to stay ashore for extended periods
of time when the mission is to sail around the world?

Is this what men are proud of these days? Judging from the responses in
these groups it seems highly likely this is, indeed, the case. Why is that,
I wonder.

The answer has a lot to do with the way people are educated these days and
how they are brainwashed into thinking one must never utter a disparaging
word because such a thing is not politically correct. No! One must never
tell anybody that they failed. Nobody can be allowed to fail. There must be
a bail-out for all failures.

The bail-out seems to be in the thinking that trying is all that matters. If
you try then you are a man. Never mind what happens after you try. If you
fail miserably that should be forgotten and you should be praised for
trying. If you succeed then you can't brag about it or even mention it
around people who have failed because that will make them feel bad about
themselves and their failures. You are supposed to assist them with their
false beliefs that all that counts is you try.

Well, I reject that kind of thinking outright. When I try and fail I have
FAILED. It's that simple. The failure is noted, the methodology that caused
failure revised, a new plan is hatched and another try is in the offing.
None of this girly-man crap about trying is succeeding for me. It's success
or shame on me for failing.

That's how the world is supposed to work, at least. How it used to work.
When it gets to the point where people equate trying with success all is
lost as there never will be any success because why bother to try hard. Any
half-hearted try is a try, after all, and that's a success, right? The very
most feeble of tries is success. Therefore, if your goal is sailing alone
around the world as the youngest person to do it, as long as you try you
should receive accolades. You should be heaped with praise. You should be
treated like a celebrity. Never mind that you had three birthdays trying and
you're well past the age of the record, it hardly matters. Never mind that
you accepted tows into and out of ports. Never mind that you had a multitude
of people working on your boat and people have spend thousands of dollars
flying all over the world and delivering parts to repair breakages caused by
stupidity. Never mind that you motored so much that you've worn out three
motors so far. Never mind that your telephone bill costs as much as most
yachts.

None of this matters as long as you tried.

Wilbur Hubbard

Gregory Hall wrote:

None of this matters as long as you tried.

Wilbur Hubbard




so which are you today, stud muffin?

Are you Gregory?

Or are you Wilbur?

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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What kills me is how sailing and cruising have become *******ized to the
point of absurdity by modern-day 'sailors' who are an embarrassment to the
trade. These failures have adopted the ignorant liberal philosophy that
"to try is to succeed." There is no longer any "try then succeed" there
is only "try because to try is to succeed." This is a warped reality. This
is pathetic. One of the last bastions of manhood is success at lone-handed
ocean voyaging.

And what is your own record, Wilma, which qualifies you to take the **** out
of people who do actually try?
(I won't hold my breath waiting for an answer from the world's greatest
bul****ter)
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Duncan Heenan