While choking on an orange the asphixiatingly tight latex collar began to
take effect as *Meindert Sprang* gapsed to *uk.rec.sailing* with a dying
breath:

"Pete Verdon" d wrote in
message ...
I disagree - most of his questions have been remarkably stupid. But that
doesn't mean we have to ignore them. Feel free to if *you* want to, but
it doesn't hurt anyone to reply to these questions even if they are
stupid.

C'mon guys, didn't everyone have the same questions when he or she started
thinking about sailing? The OP just had the courage to actually *ask*
them.....

Meindert

Ermm.. no... The questions I had when I first started sailing, were more
focused on the process of learning to sail, not some pie in the sky fantasy
of sailing single handed accross the globe over the forthcoming summer
hols...[1]

PG

[1] Although that does appeal some what [2]
[2] But I'm certain I'd either not survive[3], or wind up going the 'Long
Way Round'
[3] So I'll stick to the coastal stuff for a couple more years.


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