Old sailors
 

An announcement in regard to all the comments about old sailors in the "What
did these sailors do wrong?" thread below:

Twenty years from now, when Larry and some of you others are sitting in your
deck chairs on a cruise ship and you look out to see an old Endeavour 32
sailing along, that will be me.

--
Roger Long
(Born 1950)

Old sailors
 

On Wed, 9 May 2007 11:09:31 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

An announcement in regard to all the comments about old sailors in the "What
did these sailors do wrong?" thread below:

Twenty years from now, when Larry and some of you others are sitting in your
deck chairs on a cruise ship and you look out to see an old Endeavour 32
sailing along, that will be me.

--
Roger Long
(Born 1950)

Coming right after will be an even older Pearson Rhodes 41. That will
be me.

Rick Morel
(Born 1945)

http://www.morelr.com/valkyrie

Old sailors
 

Sir Francis Chichester (September 17, 1901 - August 26, 1972),

When Sir Francis started his around the world cruise he was ::: 65 .. a
month shy of 66.

This was a man who was told he was dying in 1958!

But some fool in Charleston, SC tells us that old folks can't sail without
some type of license.



What a crock!



In 1958, he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. His wife-to-be Sheila
put him on a strict diet (now considered to be a macrobiotic diet) and his
cancer went into remission. (Ironically, macrobiotic diet is today viewed as
detrimental in case of diagnosed cancer.)

In 1960, he entered and won the first single-handed transatlantic yacht
race, which he had co-founded, in the yacht Gipsy Moth III. He came second
in the second race four years later.

On August 27, 1966 he sailed his ketch Gipsy Moth IV from Plymouth, England
and returned there 226 days later on 28 May 1967, having circumnavigated the
globe, with one stop (in Sydney, Australia). By doing so, he became the
first person to circumnavigate the world solo from West to East via the
great capes. The voyage was also a race against the clock as Sir Francis
wanted to better the typical times achieved by the fastest fully crewed
clipper ships during the heyday of commercial sail in the 19th century, (the
first recorded solo circumnavigation of the globe was achieved by Joshua
Slocum in 1898 but it took him three years with numerous stops - Slocum also
took up the harder challenge of sailing east to west, against the prevailing
wind).

Chichester was knighted for this achievement. For the ceremony, the Queen
used a sword that had originally belonged to Sir Francis Drake (the first
Englishman to circumnavigate the globe). He was also honoured by a 1/9
postage stamp in 1967, which showed him aboard Gipsy Moth IV, even though he
was neither royal nor dead when the stamp was issued.

In 1970, Chichester attempted to sail 4,000 miles in 20 days, in Gypsy Moth
V; he failed by one day.

Francis Chichester died of lung cancer in Plymouth, Devon on August 26,
1972.

"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
An announcement in regard to all the comments about old sailors in the
"What did these sailors do wrong?" thread below:

Twenty years from now, when Larry and some of you others are sitting in
your deck chairs on a cruise ship and you look out to see an old Endeavour
32 sailing along, that will be me.

--
Roger Long
(Born 1950)

Old sailors
 

And then there was a Crowhurst. Much younger and totally incompetent.
Maybe only people UNDER 60 should be licensed!
Gordon


NE Sailboat wrote:
Sir Francis Chichester (September 17, 1901 - August 26, 1972),

When Sir Francis started his around the world cruise he was ::: 65 .. a
month shy of 66.

This was a man who was told he was dying in 1958!

But some fool in Charleston, SC tells us that old folks can't sail without
some type of license.



What a crock!



In 1958, he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. His wife-to-be Sheila
put him on a strict diet (now considered to be a macrobiotic diet) and his
cancer went into remission. (Ironically, macrobiotic diet is today viewed as
detrimental in case of diagnosed cancer.)

In 1960, he entered and won the first single-handed transatlantic yacht
race, which he had co-founded, in the yacht Gipsy Moth III. He came second
in the second race four years later.

On August 27, 1966 he sailed his ketch Gipsy Moth IV from Plymouth, England
and returned there 226 days later on 28 May 1967, having circumnavigated the
globe, with one stop (in Sydney, Australia). By doing so, he became the
first person to circumnavigate the world solo from West to East via the
great capes. The voyage was also a race against the clock as Sir Francis
wanted to better the typical times achieved by the fastest fully crewed
clipper ships during the heyday of commercial sail in the 19th century, (the
first recorded solo circumnavigation of the globe was achieved by Joshua
Slocum in 1898 but it took him three years with numerous stops - Slocum also
took up the harder challenge of sailing east to west, against the prevailing
wind).

Chichester was knighted for this achievement. For the ceremony, the Queen
used a sword that had originally belonged to Sir Francis Drake (the first
Englishman to circumnavigate the globe). He was also honoured by a 1/9
postage stamp in 1967, which showed him aboard Gipsy Moth IV, even though he
was neither royal nor dead when the stamp was issued.

In 1970, Chichester attempted to sail 4,000 miles in 20 days, in Gypsy Moth
V; he failed by one day.

Francis Chichester died of lung cancer in Plymouth, Devon on August 26,
1972.

"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
An announcement in regard to all the comments about old sailors in the
"What did these sailors do wrong?" thread below:

Twenty years from now, when Larry and some of you others are sitting in
your deck chairs on a cruise ship and you look out to see an old Endeavour
32 sailing along, that will be me.

--
Roger Long
(Born 1950)

Old sailors
 

Roger Long wrote:
An announcement in regard to all the comments about old sailors in
the "What did these sailors do wrong?" thread below:

Twenty years from now, when Larry and some of you others are sitting
in your deck chairs on a cruise ship and you look out to see an old
Endeavour 32 sailing along, that will be me.

Age has nothing to do with it. Some guys are as fit and able at 75 as others
are at 25, not as strong mind you, but they rarely race, and always seem to
get there, regardless.

Look at some of the 30-year-old fat slobs, and you'll see what I mean.

DP

Old sailors
 

Dennis Pogson wrote:
Roger Long wrote:
An announcement in regard to all the comments about old sailors in
the "What did these sailors do wrong?" thread below:

Twenty years from now, when Larry and some of you others are sitting
in your deck chairs on a cruise ship and you look out to see an old
Endeavour 32 sailing along, that will be me.

Age has nothing to do with it. Some guys are as fit and able at 75 as others
are at 25, not as strong mind you, but they rarely race, and always seem to
get there, regardless.

Look at some of the 30-year-old fat slobs, and you'll see what I mean.

DP


Tea, take a look at http://www.qrz.com/w4csc

Old sailors
 

On Thu, 10 May 2007 09:35:57 -0400, krj
wrote:

Look at some of the 30-year-old fat slobs, and you'll see what I mean.

DP


Tea, take a look at http://www.qrz.com/w4csc

And that picture was from 10 years ago...

One more reason not to post your call letters on the internet.

Old sailors
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 10 May 2007 09:35:57 -0400, krj
wrote:


Look at some of the 30-year-old fat slobs, and you'll see what I mean.

DP



Tea, take a look at http://www.qrz.com/w4csc


And that picture was from 10 years ago...

One more reason not to post your call letters on the internet.

Anonymity is overrated on the internet. The
posters that have the address of their website in
their sig, or use their real name are people to
admire, because they are _real_ people who are not
afraid to hide who they are.

For example, "Peggie Hall" is really ... Peggie
Hall, and when I was having trouble with the head
on our Irwin, she took the time to talk me through
it over the phone as well as responding to my posts.

"Rick Morel" is really Rick Morel, and you can
take a look at his boat at
http://www.morelr.com/valkyrie

If Larry was insecure enough to worry about what
people thought of his looks, he could have posted
a pic of some young buff guy on his website, and
no one would have been the wiser.

Although I still think of myself as a young buff
guy, the mirror tells me a different story ;-)
(Born in the 1950's) Fortunately, my wife likes
me the way I am, and that is all that matters to me.

Don W. -- who doesn't have a website yet, but
will post the URL when it goes up.

Old sailors
 

I agree whole heartedly and don't think that this type of personalised
depricatory posting is called for, especially in a forum such as this.
Anyway, bodies are only vehicles to carry a mind and should never be a
prime factor for judgement of the worth of a person. Stephen Hawkins
comes to mind as well as Albert Einstein's hair style.

Besides, Larry has enough security in his persona not to hide his
weight. In a posting about bicycles on board he freely made mention of
his "240 pounds of lard".

I don't care if he be fat or thin, tall or dwarf, blond haired and
blue eyed or bald and blind. I don't judge people by their physical
attributes. Larry does not need me to defend him. The amount of
helpful advice he has given freely over the years to this and other
forums is sufficient. He is the type of person who would spend hours
helping a stranger in need. His equal, also an ex US forces radio
specialist lives on his cat in Malaysia and the Phillipines. He spent
a couple of days in tuning our radio and getting it going again after
a lightning strike rendered it unable to talk to the auto antenna
tuner. In the end he gave me a manual tuner with a listing of knob
settings according to band, refusing to take anything for his efforts.
Bob is 72 and is also required to buy clothing for the larger man.

Personally, regarding people over 60 sailing, I disagree with Larry
partially as I will reach that age in November. A friend of mine,
currently 78 years old regularly sails solo between Bundaberg, Sydney
and Pacific Islands such as Tonga. I disagree with him but I do not
feel the need to attack him in a personal and hurtful manner.

Furthermore, I think that he looks sort of cute and cuddly and has a
nice face (No!, I'm not gay in addition to being not anti-Christian,
anti-Jewish, anti-American excepting for shrub of course - my God, the
list is growing).

I for one am very grateful for his advice and expertise.

Peter Hendra




Tea, take a look at http://www.qrz.com/w4csc


And that picture was from 10 years ago...

One more reason not to post your call letters on the internet.

Anonymity is overrated on the internet. The
posters that have the address of their website in
their sig, or use their real name are people to
admire, because they are _real_ people who are not
afraid to hide who they are.

For example, "Peggie Hall" is really ... Peggie
Hall, and when I was having trouble with the head
on our Irwin, she took the time to talk me through
it over the phone as well as responding to my posts.

"Rick Morel" is really Rick Morel, and you can
take a look at his boat at
http://www.morelr.com/valkyrie

If Larry was insecure enough to worry about what
people thought of his looks, he could have posted
a pic of some young buff guy on his website, and
no one would have been the wiser.

Although I still think of myself as a young buff
guy, the mirror tells me a different story ;-)
(Born in the 1950's) Fortunately, my wife likes
me the way I am, and that is all that matters to me.

Don W. -- who doesn't have a website yet, but
will post the URL when it goes up.