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On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:12:37 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message .. . snip This from a bloke that brags a photo of himself sitting in a tiny boat petting a pussy? A kitty cat is a proper addition to a sailing yacht as they will eliminate any mouse or rat that might come aboard from who knows where. there is room for you, and a rat, on the yellow dinghy? With pretensions of being a political pundit now? Truly the land of the fruits and the nuts. I have always represented a voice of conservative reason. As for being a sailor both Joe and I have at least some reason to call ourselves a "sailor" as we have both sailed somewhere. Willie-the Poo, conversely, has never sailed anywhere and rates himself an expert. Wrong! Both of you are demonstrable failures. Only in your liberal minds, where trying is more important than succeeding, can you fool yourselves into believing that, since you tried, then your failures are secondary. Talk about a warped way of thinking. In the real world, trying is something everybody must do. Trying is not the goal but only represents the first step towards the goal. If one falls down after the first step one should not pat himself on the back and say, "Oh well, that didn't go so well but I'm successful at walking because I tried." WRONG! If one falls down after the first step, one should say, "Well, I'm sure a failure at that. But, I can learn from failing so what have I learned so the next step I take doesn't result in failure all over again?" Errr, Willie, I'm here in Thailand, and you are still anchored in Florida? And somehow this indicates that you are the sailorman and I'm not..... Something wrong with your logic I'm afraid. You and Joe, being liberal drones, don't think this way. You equate trying with success. You have set the bar way too low and will always remain failures because of your liberal thinking that try = success. You are incapable of learning from failure because you don't and won't man up to your failures. Such an untenable belief system. I just couldn't live like that. Liberal drones? what ever gave you that idea? I certainly would like to see your evidence to support that statement.. Or did you read it in a book? Wilbur Hubbard Cheers, Bruce |
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"Bruce" wrote in message
... On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:12:37 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: A kitty cat is a proper addition to a sailing yacht as they will eliminate any mouse or rat that might come aboard from who knows where. there is room for you, and a rat, on the yellow dinghy? Many ocean-going sailors will confirm the fact that a 27-30 foot sailboat is the ideal size because of the wavelength and frequency of prevailing winds generated wave trains. Something about twice that size ends up being a rougher ride by far and can be overwhelmed and pooped in a following sea whereas the modest-size vessel just rides up and over like a duck. So, get a clue. Loose that stupid bigger is better attitude. It only paints you as ignorant of real world sailing. snip Errr, Willie, I'm here in Thailand, and you are still anchored in Florida? And somehow this indicates that you are the sailorman and I'm not..... Admission of failure noted. While I have cruised thousands of miles, I have never been stranded in some backwater for 30 years like you have. I have met all my goals and have not been forced into expatriation by virtue of a dearth of perserverance and/or skills. Something wrong with your logic I'm afraid. You're afraid, alright. Afraid of going the rest of the way around. LOL! Keep telling yourself that half of your goal is success. One day in the distant future you might even come to really believe it. Liberal drones? what ever gave you that idea? I certainly would like to see your evidence to support that statement.. Your brainwashed state and Joe's brainwashed state respecting equating trying with succeeding is at the very core of liberal drone thinking. It's the very same thought process that has children playing soccer, softball, etc. and not keeping score because there can be no losers. Get a clue. In life there ARE winners and losers and just because one tries, it doesn't keep one from being a failure and a loser when one does not succeed. You and Joe are quite pitiful really. Joe brags that he's the better man because he, at least, tried. Never mind that he tried AND failed miserably. So, by his reasoning, a miserable failure is better than somebody with goals he tries and succeeds at attaining even though the goals don't seem quite so lofty? So you have a failure presuming to be the arbiter of loft? That doesn't strike you as ludicrous and inane? You can't see that grinding to a halt half-way around is no success no matter how hard you try to rationalize it, after the fact? Wilbur Hubbard |
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:35:26 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:12:37 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: A kitty cat is a proper addition to a sailing yacht as they will eliminate any mouse or rat that might come aboard from who knows where. there is room for you, and a rat, on the yellow dinghy? Many ocean-going sailors will confirm the fact that a 27-30 foot sailboat is the ideal size because of the wavelength and frequency of prevailing winds generated wave trains. Something about twice that size ends up being a rougher ride by far and can be overwhelmed and pooped in a following sea whereas the modest-size vessel just rides up and over like a duck. So, get a clue. Loose that stupid bigger is better attitude. It only paints you as ignorant of real world sailing. Ah Willie, I see you've been reading the Pardey's. If you read Lynn's earliest stories you world have discovered that the major reason for building Seraffyn (24'7") was lack of money to build bigger and the Pardey's first published exercise was a letter to the editor of a sailing magazine, in response to a published article, in which they argue that a little boat can be as seaworthy as a big boat. But your argue that a 27-30 ft. boat is ideal is just a pipe dream. A VLCC or Box Carrier will be doing 30 K in weather that will keep you in the harbor. Obviously you (once again) don't know what you are talking about. As for being pooped, boat length has nothing to do with it. If the wave travels faster then the boat you get pooped, if the boat is at wave speed, or faster, then you don't. But then, you don't have to read a book to discover that little gem... just go sailing. snip Errr, Willie, I'm here in Thailand, and you are still anchored in Florida? And somehow this indicates that you are the sailorman and I'm not..... Admission of failure noted. While I have cruised thousands of miles, I have never been stranded in some backwater for 30 years like you have. I have met all my goals and have not been forced into expatriation by virtue of a dearth of perserverance and/or skills. How so Backwater? Are you comparing your S. Florida cove with Bali, Jakarta, Singapore, Port Klang, Pinang, Or any of the Thai ports, and that just covers a fraction of the places I've anchored in the past few years. Something wrong with your logic I'm afraid. You're afraid, alright. Afraid of going the rest of the way around. LOL! Keep telling yourself that half of your goal is success. One day in the distant future you might even come to really believe it. I'm beginning to wonder about your continued rabbeting on about goals. What ever are you going on about? My "goals" have been varied over the years but have never been to sail a boat somewhere. It isn't a "goal" to somehow be accomplished any more then driving to the convenience store to get a can of beer. You just get in and go. You see Willie-boy, you are romanticizing a subject that is just an everyday occurrence. One of the shortcomings of reading rather then doing. Liberal drones? what ever gave you that idea? I certainly would like to see your evidence to support that statement.. Your brainwashed state and Joe's brainwashed state respecting equating trying with succeeding is at the very core of liberal drone thinking. It's the very same thought process that has children playing soccer, softball, etc. and not keeping score because there can be no losers. Get a clue. In life there ARE winners and losers and just because one tries, it doesn't keep one from being a failure and a loser when one does not succeed. You and Joe are quite pitiful really. Joe brags that he's the better man because he, at least, tried. Never mind that he tried AND failed miserably. So, by his reasoning, a miserable failure is better than somebody with goals he tries and succeeds at attaining even though the goals don't seem quite so lofty? So you have a failure presuming to be the arbiter of loft? That doesn't strike you as ludicrous and inane? You can't see that grinding to a halt half-way around is no success no matter how hard you try to rationalize it, after the fact? The more you talk the more it appears that you really know nothing about sailing. Your talk about winners and losers, failure and winning, and all the other bumph that you spout is just that and exposes your utter lack of knowledge about boats. Boats are not some sort of Everest that has to be conquer. It is just a form of transportation. Like your bicycle, a motor-car, even shoes. Go you rabbit on about riding your bike to the 7-11 to get a tube of toothpaste? Or extol your shoes and how you walk from house to house reading the water-meters? Willie-boy you go on about the romance and mystique of boating just exactly like all the other wannabes. Try talking to someone who has actually sailed to somewhere and you will be surprised at the lack of romance there is. Just load the boat, check the mail, and go. Wilbur Hubbard Cheers, Bruce |
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![]() As for being pooped, boat length has nothing to do with it. If the wave travels faster then the boat you get pooped, if the boat is at wave speed, or faster, then you don't. But then, you don't have to read a book to discover that little gem... just go sailing. My dear Bruce. I belive the defintion of getting pooped is when water is shiped on deck. TO have a wave pass the boat is simply that: a wave going by. Please forgive me if I misunderstood your post. Bob |
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:23:17 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote: As for being pooped, boat length has nothing to do with it. If the wave travels faster then the boat you get pooped, if the boat is at wave speed, or faster, then you don't. But then, you don't have to read a book to discover that little gem... just go sailing. My dear Bruce. I belive the defintion of getting pooped is when water is shiped on deck. TO have a wave pass the boat is simply that: a wave going by. Please forgive me if I misunderstood your post. Bob I suspect that you are correct and I was guilty of jumping to the conclusion that Willie was talking about running before the wind as a storm tactic, in which case being pooped is usually when you aren't traveling at wave speed and the waves are breaking over the stern. Cheers, Bruce |
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"Bruce" wrote in message
... On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:23:17 -0800 (PST), Bob wrote: As for being pooped, boat length has nothing to do with it. If the wave travels faster then the boat you get pooped, if the boat is at wave speed, or faster, then you don't. But then, you don't have to read a book to discover that little gem... just go sailing. My dear Bruce. I belive the defintion of getting pooped is when water is shiped on deck. TO have a wave pass the boat is simply that: a wave going by. Please forgive me if I misunderstood your post. Bob I suspect that you are correct and I was guilty of jumping to the conclusion that Willie was talking about running before the wind as a storm tactic, in which case being pooped is usually when you aren't traveling at wave speed and the waves are breaking over the stern. Cheers, Bruce What a simpleton! A ballasted, monohull sailboat will not be able to outrun the wave train. Fast multi-hulls may but the type of sailboat under discussion here will have waves approach from astern (when running which is the hoped-for case in the trades and elsewhere as in 'fair winds') slip under the stern or quarter and move away from the bow. If the wavelength happens to be (because of any number of diverse conditions of wind, sea and depth) just slightly different than LOA, as the bow is lifted by the wave exiting the bow the stern falls into the trough just in time to have the top of the wave approaching from the stern poop it. Pah! You must have been lying about voyaging - either that or too drunk or asleep to observe how things work. Wilbur Hubbard |
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Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"Bruce" wrote in message ... On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:23:17 -0800 (PST), Bob wrote: As for being pooped, boat length has nothing to do with it. If the wave travels faster then the boat you get pooped, if the boat is at wave speed, or faster, then you don't. But then, you don't have to read a book to discover that little gem... just go sailing. My dear Bruce. I belive the defintion of getting pooped is when water is shiped on deck. TO have a wave pass the boat is simply that: a wave going by. Please forgive me if I misunderstood your post. Bob I suspect that you are correct and I was guilty of jumping to the conclusion that Willie was talking about running before the wind as a storm tactic, in which case being pooped is usually when you aren't traveling at wave speed and the waves are breaking over the stern. Cheers, Bruce What a simpleton! A ballasted, monohull sailboat will not be able to outrun the wave train. Fast multi-hulls may but the type of sailboat under discussion here will have waves approach from astern (when running which is the hoped-for case in the trades and elsewhere as in 'fair winds') slip under the stern or quarter and move away from the bow. If the wavelength happens to be (because of any number of diverse conditions of wind, sea and depth) just slightly different than LOA, as the bow is lifted by the wave exiting the bow the stern falls into the trough just in time to have the top of the wave approaching from the stern poop it. Pah! You must have been lying about voyaging - either that or too drunk or asleep to observe how things work. Wilbur Hubbard Talk about simpletons.. I've seem video of a TP53 doing 25 knots - yes, under sail! -- Richard Lamb email me: web site: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb |
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:25:00 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:23:17 -0800 (PST), Bob wrote: As for being pooped, boat length has nothing to do with it. If the wave travels faster then the boat you get pooped, if the boat is at wave speed, or faster, then you don't. But then, you don't have to read a book to discover that little gem... just go sailing. My dear Bruce. I belive the defintion of getting pooped is when water is shiped on deck. TO have a wave pass the boat is simply that: a wave going by. Please forgive me if I misunderstood your post. Bob I suspect that you are correct and I was guilty of jumping to the conclusion that Willie was talking about running before the wind as a storm tactic, in which case being pooped is usually when you aren't traveling at wave speed and the waves are breaking over the stern. Cheers, Bruce What a simpleton! A ballasted, monohull sailboat will not be able to outrun the wave train. Fast multi-hulls may but the type of sailboat under discussion here will have waves approach from astern (when running which is the hoped-for case in the trades and elsewhere as in 'fair winds') slip under the stern or quarter and move away from the bow. You are really an ignorant oaf, aren't you? Did I ever say that a monohull could outrun a wave? Nope, as I was replying to someone who misinterpreted an earlier post I specified as many details as possible. If the wavelength happens to be (because of any number of diverse conditions of wind, sea and depth) just slightly different than LOA, as the bow is lifted by the wave exiting the bow the stern falls into the trough just in time to have the top of the wave approaching from the stern poop it. Yes, I keep hearing that but frankly, have never seen it happen and as I wrote in another message I'm not sure that it can happen. Mind giving us a reference (other then your wild claims), Pah! You must have been lying about voyaging - either that or too drunk or asleep to observe how things work. Drunk? Am I the guy that went on about his even libations while anchored (from the picture with the oars sticking out of the dinghy) very close to shore. Wilbur Hubbard Cheers, Bruce |
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Please forgive me if I misunderstood your post.
Bob I suspect that you are correct and I was *guilty of jumping to the conclusion that Willie was talking about .... Cheers, Bruce Hello Bruce... No aplogizes needed I tend to shoot off my mouth after giving a post only a brife look. I think the last time I did that was some psot about house bank size and 12 and 110 volt charging systems. I need to give each post a sincer reading but I am not as patient as you. so at times i sound like an idiot because i didnt read a post closley enough but thats okay with me cause most the post here lack credible content. bob |
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"Bob" wrote in message
... Please forgive me if I misunderstood your post. Bob I suspect that you are correct and I was guilty of jumping to the conclusion that Willie was talking about .... Cheers, Bruce :: Hello Bruce... No aplogizes needed I tend to shoot off my mouth after :: giving a post only a brife look. I think the last time I did that was :: some psot about house bank size and 12 and 110 volt charging systems. :: I need to give each post a sincer reading but I am not as patient as :: you. so at times i sound like an idiot because i didnt read a post :: closley enough but thats okay with me cause most the post here lack :: credible content. Could your elevated blood/alcohol level have something to do with it? LOL! Wilbur Hubbard |