"injipoint" wrote in message
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trim

That cost of diesel is really ****ing me off too but there are days here in
the Med where there is no wind period. Full stop. Even with my new u-beaut
take-off-in-under-ten-knots sails we can't move. I've got too much to see
before I die to let time slip by.


Try a tour bus while becalmed in port. Stop polluting the air and oceans of
the world with diesel oil, diesel fumes, and diesel noise. Enjoy the down
time. Real sailors aren't in a hurry. That's motorhead mentality.

Wilbur Hubbard

On 11/10/2012 8:40 PM, Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"injipoint" wrote in message
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trim

That cost of diesel is really ****ing me off too but there are days here in
the Med where there is no wind period. Full stop. Even with my new u-beaut
take-off-in-under-ten-knots sails we can't move. I've got too much to see
before I die to let time slip by.


Try a tour bus while becalmed in port. Stop polluting the air and oceans of
the world with diesel oil, diesel fumes, and diesel noise. Enjoy the down
time. Real sailors aren't in a hurry. That's motorhead mentality.

Wilbur Hubbard

Good advice. We already went to Lisbon by bus from Lagos and also to
Seville from there.

While we were stuck in Ft Lauderdale, we even came down your way through
the place that that guy says is your address. We went to Key West but
we would have stopped if you'd been around.

We went to New York by bus from Baltimore, and to Washington a couple of
times too.

I hear what you say but there are some times when we need to get some
distance done.

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote
Try a tour bus while becalmed in port. Stop polluting the
air and oceans of the world with diesel oil, diesel fumes,
and diesel noise.



By riding in a diesel powered bus? WTF is that proving?

"paulthomascpa" wrote in message
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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote
Try a tour bus while becalmed in port. Stop polluting the
air and oceans of the world with diesel oil, diesel fumes,
and diesel noise.

By riding in a diesel powered bus? WTF is that proving?

Dozens or more ride a bus while one or two burn about the same amount of
diesel aboard a yacht. And, some busses these days are using propane which is
much cleaner than diesel which is a primitive engine and a dirty fuel.

The pollution level per capita is much much less for a tour bus than for a
private yacht.

Wilbur Hubbard

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:56:09 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"paulthomascpa" wrote in message
...

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote
Try a tour bus while becalmed in port. Stop polluting the
air and oceans of the world with diesel oil, diesel fumes,
and diesel noise.

By riding in a diesel powered bus? WTF is that proving?

Dozens or more ride a bus while one or two burn about the same amount of
diesel aboard a yacht. And, some busses these days are using propane which is
much cleaner than diesel which is a primitive engine and a dirty fuel.

The pollution level per capita is much much less for a tour bus than for a
private yacht.

Wilbur Hubbard

What utter Bull ****. A 500 HP bus compared with a 50 HP auxiliary
motor.

But more to the point.... How would an arm-chair sailor know all this
technical information? Read it in a magazine, or course.
--
Cheers,
Bruce

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:40:36 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"injipoint" wrote in message
...

trim

That cost of diesel is really ****ing me off too but there are days here in
the Med where there is no wind period. Full stop. Even with my new u-beaut
take-off-in-under-ten-knots sails we can't move. I've got too much to see
before I die to let time slip by.


Try a tour bus while becalmed in port. Stop polluting the air and oceans of
the world with diesel oil, diesel fumes, and diesel noise. Enjoy the down
time. Real sailors aren't in a hurry. That's motorhead mentality.

Wilbur Hubbard


Ah yes, the armchair sailor KNOWS! (of course you do, you read it in a
magazine)

--
Cheers,
Bruce

In article s.com,
lid says...

"injipoint" wrote in message
...

trim

That cost of diesel is really ****ing me off too but there are days here in
the Med where there is no wind period. Full stop. Even with my new u-beaut
take-off-in-under-ten-knots sails we can't move. I've got too much to see
before I die to let time slip by.


Try a tour bus while becalmed in port. Stop polluting the air and oceans of
the world with diesel oil, diesel fumes, and diesel noise. Enjoy the down
time. Real sailors aren't in a hurry. That's motorhead mentality.

LOL---make sure to find an electric tour bus---you wouldn't want to be
the reason for even more diesel pollution!


Mark Borgerson