In article , Flying Pig wrote:
Hi, boob, and list,

"Bob" wrote in message
...

I respect honesty.

Then, no doubt, you're thrilled with my candor in reporting our gaffes...
:{))


Whether or not someone would care to use me as a model (who'd want to think
that the "daily crisis" - as one of our sisterships' owners called the
things which happen aboard - was what they had to look forward to?), it
could be instructive in either avoidance (the goofs) or emulation (the good
parts, obviously).

It's been stated many times that cruising is fixing your boat in exotic
places, by that definition you're definitely doing it!

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

"Justin C" wrote in message
...
In article , Flying Pig wrote:
Hi, boob, and list,

"Bob" wrote in message
...

I respect honesty.

Then, no doubt, you're thrilled with my candor in reporting our gaffes...
:{))


Whether or not someone would care to use me as a model (who'd want to
think
that the "daily crisis" - as one of our sisterships' owners called the
things which happen aboard - was what they had to look forward to?), it
could be instructive in either avoidance (the goofs) or emulation (the
good
parts, obviously).

It's been stated many times that cruising is fixing your boat in exotic
places, by that definition you're definitely doing it!


It has been *erroneously* stated by those who haven't sufficient wit to
figure out what cruising really is all about. It is now used to justify,
rationalize and glamorize ineptitude, sloth and cluelessness by this same
bunch of losers.



Wilbur Hubbard

On 11/1/10 6:13 PM, Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"Justin wrote in message
...
In , Flying Pig wrote:
Hi, boob, and list,

wrote in message
...

I respect honesty.

Then, no doubt, you're thrilled with my candor in reporting our gaffes...
:{))


Whether or not someone would care to use me as a model (who'd want to
think
that the "daily crisis" - as one of our sisterships' owners called the
things which happen aboard - was what they had to look forward to?), it
could be instructive in either avoidance (the goofs) or emulation (the
good
parts, obviously).

It's been stated many times that cruising is fixing your boat in exotic
places, by that definition you're definitely doing it!


It has been *erroneously* stated by those who haven't sufficient wit to
figure out what cruising really is all about. It is now used to justify,
rationalize and glamorize ineptitude, sloth and cluelessness by this same
bunch of losers.



Wilbur Hubbard



Are you a refugee from septic tank known as rec.boats, Wilbur?

Please tell me..."what cruising really is all about."

We just bought a new boat and we plan to do some cruising, but I sure
wouldn't want to break any of your rules when we do.

So, please list your rules in order of importance.

We just bought a new boat and we plan to do some cruising, but I sure
wouldn't want to break any of your rules when we do.

So, please list your rules in order of importance.


Going from point A to point B without creating a potential hazard or
harm to self or others.

Spending money and wasting time in port fixing things is not cruising.
that saying about fixing things in distant ports is a joke you
idiots,,,, its not a way of life..... it like saying, a successfull
marrage is 50 years of hurtful cruelty and lonleness only folowed by
death! Nor is cruising operating a vessel in a way that creates a
hazard to others (as in: no body at watch while underway)

Would you say flying cross country in a crashed home built aircraft
and "repaired" by someone who was never a licensed pilot and lacked
any mechanical skills hoped to fly cross country because it was his
life long dream. WOuld that be a good a good idea?

Would you really go for a flight with a guy who operated a homebuilt
like SKip runs his boat and call it a safe thing to do?

Dont get me wrong I enjoy his reading parts of his posts but probably
for the not for th esame reasons some do here.. But I would never call
fixing stuff on boats cruising especially since there is not reason
for it. Ive met many a cruisers who spend a few hours a month
PREVENTING events not fixing failures. Its a whole different mind set.

No,, Skip is not cruising.... he is learning about boats for the first
time something that most sucessful mariners do at ages 8-12. The
problme is that skip has waaaaaay toooo much boat for his skill set.
Skip remidns me of a nice good natured hillbilly. He's a nice guy but
I would stay clear until he learns a few things.

But sadly his self concept will not alow him accept the paradox he has
created. That is how do you cruise and have all the amminities of a
3500 sq ft ranch house. He sorta remids me of Jed Clampet and the
HIllibillies. You know. So much welath but not knowing what the
billyard table is really designed to do..Maybe Hillbilly is the wrong
name...... I think skip is a Squidbilly!

Bob

On 11/2/10 2:38 AM, Bob wrote:

We just bought a new boat and we plan to do some cruising, but I sure
wouldn't want to break any of your rules when we do.

So, please list your rules in order of importance.


Going from point A to point B without creating a potential hazard or
harm to self or others.

Spending money and wasting time in port fixing things is not cruising.
that saying about fixing things in distant ports is a joke you
idiots,,,, its not a way of life..... it like saying, a successfull
marrage is 50 years of hurtful cruelty and lonleness only folowed by
death! Nor is cruising operating a vessel in a way that creates a
hazard to others (as in: no body at watch while underway)

Would you say flying cross country in a crashed home built aircraft
and "repaired" by someone who was never a licensed pilot and lacked
any mechanical skills hoped to fly cross country because it was his
life long dream. WOuld that be a good a good idea?

Would you really go for a flight with a guy who operated a homebuilt
like SKip runs his boat and call it a safe thing to do?

Dont get me wrong I enjoy his reading parts of his posts but probably
for the not for th esame reasons some do here.. But I would never call
fixing stuff on boats cruising especially since there is not reason
for it. Ive met many a cruisers who spend a few hours a month
PREVENTING events not fixing failures. Its a whole different mind set.

No,, Skip is not cruising.... he is learning about boats for the first
time something that most sucessful mariners do at ages 8-12. The
problme is that skip has waaaaaay toooo much boat for his skill set.
Skip remidns me of a nice good natured hillbilly. He's a nice guy but
I would stay clear until he learns a few things.

But sadly his self concept will not alow him accept the paradox he has
created. That is how do you cruise and have all the amminities of a
3500 sq ft ranch house. He sorta remids me of Jed Clampet and the
HIllibillies. You know. So much welath but not knowing what the
billyard table is really designed to do..Maybe Hillbilly is the wrong
name...... I think skip is a Squidbilly!

Bob




I'm sorry, but if you included a long list of what "cruising is" in your
harangue of Skip, I missed it. Could you repost it?

From those posts of Skip's I've read, my take is that he had a somewhat
limited knowledge of boating when he started, that he has been
"cruising" and rebuilding much of his old boat along the way, that he is
a far more experienced "boater/cruiser" than when he started and, unlike
most of the posters here, is out on the seas, "cruising" from one port
to another without a particular schedule.

I've been boating for six decades on all sorts of boats, power and sail.
I've done enough boating to know that the liveaboard lifestyle or
long-range cruising is not my cup of tea. If I want to cross an ocean on
a boat, the boat is going to be the Queen Mary II, or maybe a week or
two of island hopping in the Caribbean or among the Greek Isles. I do
enjoy reading about the boating adventures of others, though, especially
when the "others" are not stuck-up snobs with overinflated opinions of
themselves or their "cruising."

Now, as I stated, we bought a new boat and we will be taking short trips
on it. So, I take it we won't actually be "cruising," right?

:)

I'm sorry, but if you included a long list of what "cruising is" in your
harangue of Skip, I missed it. Could you repost it?

Shure..........

We just bought a new boat and we plan to do some cruising, but I sure
wouldn't want to break any of your rules when we do.
So, please list your rules in order of importance.

Going from point A to point B without creating a potential hazard or
harm to self or others.

Spending money and wasting time in port fixing things is not
cruising.
that saying about fixing things in distant ports is a joke you
idiots,,,, its not a way of life..... it like saying, a successfull
marrage is 50 years of hurtful cruelty and lonleness only folowed by
death! Nor is cruising operating a vessel in a way that creates a
hazard to others (as in: no body at watch while underway)


*From those posts of Skip's I've read, my take is that he had a somewhat
limited knowledge of boating when he started, that he has been
"cruising" and rebuilding much of his old boat along the way, that he is
a far more experienced "boater/cruiser" than when he started and, unlike
most of the posters here, is out on the seas, "cruising" from one port
to another without a particular schedule.

wordy sentence verging on archaic voce, and, certainly, an over use of
the comma.
I thoght id toss that in in for free since you seem so willing to un
zip ur pants for a short arm inspection.

Now, as I stated, we bought a new boat and we will be taking short trips
on it. So, I take it we won't actually be "cruising," right?

Hell ya yll be crusing...... cause you have an accurate assesment of
your behavior.
Crusing is like culture its not the color of your skin its HOW YOU
THINK.

:)

bOB

PS I think I may have ya beat on degrees But then again we could
start a great fight does a degree make ya smart or does it only
offer an opertunity to learn.... kinda like a boat

Time to go drink some free beer and look at some boats.
Maybe I could be like skip and write a 3000 word post on what i did at
the bar, explain how a "tap" works, and then fall off my bar stool
explaing to the world about my beer drinking. NOw that would be a
great read.

On 11/2/10 9:17 PM, Bob wrote:


I'm sorry, but if you included a long list of what "cruising is" in your
harangue of Skip, I missed it. Could you repost it?

Shure..........

We just bought a new boat and we plan to do some cruising, but I sure
wouldn't want to break any of your rules when we do.
So, please list your rules in order of importance.

Going from point A to point B without creating a potential hazard or
harm to self or others.

Spending money and wasting time in port fixing things is not
cruising.
that saying about fixing things in distant ports is a joke you
idiots,,,, its not a way of life..... it like saying, a successfull
marrage is 50 years of hurtful cruelty and lonleness only folowed by
death! Nor is cruising operating a vessel in a way that creates a
hazard to others (as in: no body at watch while underway)


From those posts of Skip's I've read, my take is that he had a somewhat
limited knowledge of boating when he started, that he has been
"cruising" and rebuilding much of his old boat along the way, that he is
a far more experienced "boater/cruiser" than when he started and, unlike
most of the posters here, is out on the seas, "cruising" from one port
to another without a particular schedule.

wordy sentence verging on archaic voce, and, certainly, an over use of
the comma.
I thoght id toss that in in for free since you seem so willing to un
zip ur pants for a short arm inspection.

Now, as I stated, we bought a new boat and we will be taking short trips
on it. So, I take it we won't actually be "cruising," right?

Hell ya yll be crusing...... cause you have an accurate assesment of
your behavior.
Crusing is like culture its not the color of your skin its HOW YOU
THINK.

:)

bOB

PS I think I may have ya beat on degrees But then again we could
start a great fight does a degree make ya smart or does it only
offer an opertunity to learn.... kinda like a boat

Time to go drink some free beer and look at some boats.
Maybe I could be like skip and write a 3000 word post on what i did at
the bar, explain how a "tap" works, and then fall off my bar stool
explaing to the world about my beer drinking. NOw that would be a
great read.






Lots of people have me "beat" on degrees. I have two liberal arts
degrees. I was not interested in learning a "trade" while in college.

In article , Bob wrote:


I'm sorry, but if you included a long list of what "cruising is" in your
harangue of Skip, I missed it. Could you repost it?

Shure..........

We just bought a new boat and we plan to do some cruising, but I sure
wouldn't want to break any of your rules when we do.
So, please list your rules in order of importance.

Going from point A to point B without creating a potential hazard or
harm to self or others.

Spending money and wasting time in port fixing things is not
cruising.

So stuff on your boat never breaks or wears out, never needs maintenance? Sounds idyllic.


it like saying, a successfull
marrage is 50 years of hurtful cruelty and lonleness only folowed by
death!

It's nothing like and you know it.

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

On 11/3/10 9:19 AM, WaIIy wrote:
On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:17:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Time to go drink some free beer and look at some boats.
Maybe I could be like skip and write a 3000 word post on what i did at
the bar, explain how a "tap" works, and then fall off my bar stool
explaing to the world about my beer drinking. NOw that would be a
great read.

Hmmm, gotta admit, that was pretty funny.


So, Skip is in the Carib somewhere, and you two guys are where?

On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 23:38:20 -0700 (PDT), Bob
wrote:

Spending money and wasting time in port fixing things is not cruising.
that saying about fixing things in distant ports is a joke

Unfortunately there is a lot of truth to it. If you are
living/cruising on a boat every day, far from your home base, things
do need maintenance from time to time. Local help is frequently
unavailable, incompetent or dishonest. Parts are frequently
unavailable. Shipping things in from out of country is expensive and
takes much longer than you'd like. Anything you can fix yourself
because you've had the foresight to bring the right tools and repair
parts is all to the good.