Worried about Skip & Lydia
 

Where are care taker Skip and his addicted spouse lydia?
I am worried sick cause I havent seen a post here for weeks. Are they
sailing and not posting????? nahh.,.

Please adivse !
Bob

Worried about Skip & Lydia
 

"Bob" wrote in message
...
Where are care taker Skip and his addicted spouse lydia?
I am worried sick cause I havent seen a post here for weeks. Are they
sailing and not posting????? nahh.,.

Please adivse !
Bob



Hanging out in George Town last I heard. Probably have a hundred systems to
fix on their decrepit boat before they can carry on. His idea to head to the
Leeward Islands right into the prevailing winds and currents was always a
dumb one. Probably the Bahamas is as far as they'll get this time around.

Wilbur Hubbard

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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...
"Bob" wrote in message
...
Where are care taker Skip and his addicted spouse lydia?
I am worried sick cause I havent seen a post here for weeks. Are they
sailing and not posting????? nahh.,.

Please adivse !
Bob



Hanging out in George Town last I heard. Probably have a hundred systems
to fix on their decrepit boat before they can carry on. His idea to head
to the Leeward Islands right into the prevailing winds and currents was
always a dumb one. Probably the Bahamas is as far as they'll get this time
around.

Wilbur Hubbard



This post is not meant to belittle the dubious duo. Rather, real cruisers
often find out while in the Bahamas en route to other places that it doesn't
get any better than the Bahamas. They might have come to this sensible
conclusion and decided to stay, explore and enjoy. You can sail the Bahamas
for years and not see them all. You've got to spend considerable time here
and there to get the feel of the different islands and cultures.

Wilbur Hubbard

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On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 11:17:48 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

Where are care taker Skip and his addicted spouse lydia?
I am worried sick cause I havent seen a post here for weeks.

Not to worry, they've been hanging out in George Town on Grand Exuma
Island all winter. They seem to have fit right into the regular
winter cruising lifestyle there. They made the cruise south to George
Town in typical fashion, a non-stop over night forced march from the
north end of the Exuma's, thus missing a number of really nice spots
along the way.

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?&glId=0sKGa9AJRCF45FaX5L5g6PLcZGvSb3 nMe

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On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:29:12 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?&glId=0sKGa9AJRCF45FaX5L5g6PLcZGvSb3 nMe

Wow.

I was just taking a look at the satellite imagery of that little day
sail they took yesterday. You've got to love the quality and
resolution. At the time the imagery was taken you can actually see
the wind waves super-imposed on top of the big ocean swells, and the
wave refraction patterns created by the small islands to the east of
George Town.

Worried about Skip & Lydia
 

On Mar 1, 5:29*pm, Wayne.B wrote:

Not to worry, they've been hanging out in George Town on Grand Exuma
Island all winter. *


Oh good........ Im glad to hear they are living their dream ;)

But why no post here from our most verbose and loquacious member?
Bob

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On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:58:41 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

But why no post here from our most verbose and loquacious member?

Don't know, perhaps offended by some of the offensive comments, or
maybe at this point he needed no more of our collective wisdom?

Worried about Skip & Lydia
 

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:58:41 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

But why no post here from our most verbose and loquacious member?

Don't know, perhaps offended by some of the offensive comments, or
maybe at this point he needed no more of our collective wisdom?




I can tell you've never cruised the Bahamas. In some places, and George Town
is one of them, the cruising community has better things to do than to hang
out on the Internet. Probably limited Internet access there, too, especially
in the better, more out of the way anchorages. Skippy has finally gotten the
right idea about cruising and enjoying cruising for what it is - and it's
not posting a bunch of crap to Usenet.

I'd like to think he's finally taken my many hints about sailing and
cruising for the sake of his own enjoyment and not being concerned with an
audience that is mostly a clueless burden.

Wilbur Hubbard

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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in
anews.com:

[clip]

I'd like to think he's finally taken my many hints about sailing and
cruising for the sake of his own enjoyment and not being concerned
with an audience that is mostly a clueless burden.

Wilbur Hubbard

A very true statement. However, you need to include yourself in that
audience group.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

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Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:58:41 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

But why no post here from our most verbose and loquacious member?
Don't know, perhaps offended by some of the offensive comments, or
maybe at this point he needed no more of our collective wisdom?




I can tell you've never cruised the Bahamas. In some places, and George Town
is one of them, the cruising community has better things to do than to hang
out on the Internet. Probably limited Internet access there, too, especially
in the better, more out of the way anchorages. Skippy has finally gotten the
right idea about cruising and enjoying cruising for what it is - and it's
not posting a bunch of crap to Usenet.

I'd like to think he's finally taken my many hints about sailing and
cruising for the sake of his own enjoyment and not being concerned with an
audience that is mostly a clueless burden.

Human engagement, particularly in the form of effective, constructive
criticism or corroboration is the most valuable thing on earth.

Stephen

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On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 22:16:42 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

I can tell you've never cruised the Bahamas.

You're wrong about that (and a few other things).

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2LjQ

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=edce4b45b2f391f1&sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2 L-g

http://share.shutterfly.com/view/flashslideshow.jsp?sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2L6w&a=67b0de21b 344e26fa4dd

Best viewed as full screen slide shows on a high speed connection.

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 22:16:42 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

I can tell you've never cruised the Bahamas.

You're wrong about that (and a few other things).

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2LjQ

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=edce4b45b2f391f1&sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2 L-g

http://share.shutterfly.com/view/flashslideshow.jsp?sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2L6w&a=67b0de21b 344e26fa4dd

Best viewed as full screen slide shows on a high speed connection.




OK, so I was wrong about you. Nice pics. But having been there, done that,
ask yourself how concerned you were when you were there with sending daily
or weekly trip reports to Usenet. Did you not, instead, become immersed in
cruising for the sake of enjoying cruising and the more technology you tried
to add to the mix the less enjoyable it made the cruising life?

Wilbur Hubbard

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On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:22:21 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

OK, so I was wrong about you. Nice pics. But having been there, done that,
ask yourself how concerned you were when you were there with sending daily
or weekly trip reports to Usenet. Did you not, instead, become immersed in
cruising for the sake of enjoying cruising and the more technology you tried
to add to the mix the less enjoyable it made the cruising life?

We have a fair amount of technology on the boat, probably more than
many, and for the most part it contributes to the enjoyment of the
cruising experience. We do not send daily reports but do check our
EMAIL just about everyday one way or another, and do send regular
position reports to shiptrak.org so that friends and family know we
are doing OK. It doesn't take long. We cruised for years on small
sailboats with only minimal complexity and had a lot of fun but things
change. It would be difficult to go back to a boat with no mechanical
refrigeration, minimal communications, and some of the other amenities
we enjoy.

Worried about Skip & Lydia
 

But why no post here from our most verbose and loquacious member?

Are you referring to Skip? He's not "the most verbose and loquacious"
by far!



"Wayne.B" wrote
Don't know, perhaps offended by some of the offensive comments, or
maybe at this point he needed no more of our collective wisdom?

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote:
I can tell you've never cruised the Bahamas.

Right as always, "Wilbur" heh heh
Oh yeah, go ahead and announce once again how I don't sail and am not
a success at cruising... you really hit the nail on the head yessiree!

DSK

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On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:17:02 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:22:21 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

OK, so I was wrong about you. Nice pics. But having been there, done that,
ask yourself how concerned you were when you were there with sending daily
or weekly trip reports to Usenet. Did you not, instead, become immersed in
cruising for the sake of enjoying cruising and the more technology you tried
to add to the mix the less enjoyable it made the cruising life?

We have a fair amount of technology on the boat, probably more than
many, and for the most part it contributes to the enjoyment of the
cruising experience. We do not send daily reports but do check our
EMAIL just about everyday one way or another, and do send regular
position reports to shiptrak.org so that friends and family know we
are doing OK. It doesn't take long. We cruised for years on small
sailboats with only minimal complexity and had a lot of fun but things
change. It would be difficult to go back to a boat with no mechanical
refrigeration, minimal communications, and some of the other amenities
we enjoy.

Right. Besides all that, posting experiences is simply the habit of a
diarist. Doesn't take a big part of the day, and it is part of who
you are. If you're a diarist you're do a diary. Can't help it.
Same with trolls. If you're a troll, you'll keep trolling.
Just part of who you are. Can't be helped.

--Vic

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"Vic Smith" wrote

Right. Besides all that, posting experiences is simply the habit of a
diarist. Doesn't take a big part of the day, and it is part of who
you are. If you're a diarist you're do a diary. Can't help it.
Same with trolls. If you're a troll, you'll keep trolling.
Just part of who you are. Can't be helped.

Good point. There is little essential difference between the urge to post
continually about real experiences and to post almost daily tiresome
imaginary crap except that the former is more enjoyable for others to read.

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On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:31:26 -0500, "Aragorn"
wrote:

Same with trolls. If you're a troll, you'll keep trolling.
Just part of who you are. Can't be helped.

Good point. There is little essential difference between the urge to post
continually about real experiences and to post almost daily tiresome
imaginary crap except that the former is more enjoyable for others to read.

Good trolling will stay on the subject of the group, be creative and
interesting, and generate thought and ideas.
You can't **** off more than half the readers.
Still some people will just hate it, because they don't like fiction.
I enjoy it if I can learn something or be amused.
It never distracts me from "serious" threads.
It's just part of the usenet scenery, and can be likened to roadside
vistas. Doesn't make me leave the road.
Unfortunately, most trolls just post pure garbage, turning the vistas
to blight. One talking to himself simply blights both sides of the
road.
Lately I just turn up the radio and look straight ahead.
There are plenty of milestones along the way, Skip planting most of
them lately.
Now he's probably too busy lobstering.

--Vic

Worried about Skip & Lydia
 

wrote in message
...
But why no post here from our most verbose and loquacious member?

Are you referring to Skip? He's not "the most verbose and loquacious"
by far!



"Wayne.B" wrote
Don't know, perhaps offended by some of the offensive comments, or
maybe at this point he needed no more of our collective wisdom?

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote:
I can tell you've never cruised the Bahamas.

Right as always, "Wilbur" heh heh
Oh yeah, go ahead and announce once again how I don't sail and am not
a success at cruising... you really hit the nail on the head yessiree!

DSK


So you do a little daysailing and racing round the buoys. Big deal. Sell
that ugly stinkpot trawler which was a big mistake, buy a sailboat and go
cruising and I'll think better of you.

Wilbur Hubbard

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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
Right. Besides all that, posting experiences is simply the habit of a
diarist. Doesn't take a big part of the day, and it is part of who
you are. If you're a diarist you're do a diary. Can't help it.
Same with trolls. If you're a troll, you'll keep trolling.
Just part of who you are. Can't be helped.

--Vic

And if you're NOT a diarist, no amount of cajoling will make you one. Not
even from oneself. Been there, got the umbrella drink, passed on the
t-shirt. Next! ;-)

Worried about Skip & Lydia
 

Bob wrote:

Where are care taker Skip and his addicted spouse lydia?
I am worried sick cause I havent seen a post here for weeks. Are they
sailing and not posting????? nahh.,.

Please adivse !
Bob

Last I saw (when we were there 3 weeks ago) they were alive and well
in Georgetown, fitting in b eautifully with teh summer-camp
cruise-ship atmosphere.














































Michael Porter Marine Design
mporter at mp-marine dot com
www.mp-marine.com

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Michael Porter wrote in
:

Last I saw (when we were there 3 weeks ago) they were alive and well
in Georgetown, fitting in b eautifully with teh summer-camp
cruise-ship atmosphere.




I got an email from Skip a few days ago. They're having a ball and
enjoying life to the fullest. I'm green with envy and not ashamed to say
it....(c;]

Is it time for rum rations, yet? The sun IS under the yard arm....