"Flying Pig" wrote in message
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Hating to fluff Wilbur's feathers, but I saw the back of someone's T-shirt
at Mangoes' brunch buffet last Sunday:

"The world cares little of the storms you've encountered. The world wants
only to know, 'Did you bring the ship safely into port?' "

Having had a stainless steel basket ride out of a storm, I'm not pointing
fingers - just commiserating :{))

And, the rocky shelf aside, we and the boat were doing fine, so, had it
not
been for that, we would have (and, for that matter, did, later, but I
don't
think that was the flavor of the quote)... :{))

L8R

Skip, still in Marsh Harbour awaiting the right weather window, which
looks
to be Tuesday, having migrated from Sunday and Monday, successively...



In your defense and perhaps Joe's, it is easy to get caught up in this
rescue madness. Witness the poor bloke on the 'Satori.'
http://www.westsail.org/satori.html

Rescue services exist to rescue. They need people to practice on just to
hone their skills. I think they actually appreciate some degree of sailor
ineptitude so they can justify their very expensive existence. They sucker
or guile people into being their guinea pigs. Joe fell for it and you
apparently fell for it, too even when there was little real danger to you or
the vessel.


I'll drown rather than allow this sort of rescue. No EPIRB for this sailor.
There are far worse things than dying at sea. And, besides, counting on
being rescued makes a sailor slovenly and stupid.


Wilbur Hubbard