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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 |