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Ping Bruce in Bangkok
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:52:09 +1000, Herodotus
wrote: On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:35:29 +0700, wrote: Sounds like you are one of those Paid Captains, talking abut "Owners" and all. I assume the wide legged white shorts and knee socks and epaulets. How did you get this position? Bruce. You surprise me. I assume that you have been married for a few years and should know better. Here in Sydney when I say "I'll just ask my owner", most long married men and women smile and readily understand what I am referring to. Even though I have been in IT and telecommunications for 30 odd years, my major at university was in Zoology, specifically fisheries and I can't but help see people in terms of animal behavior. It's just an acknowledgement that in most societies I have been in, the wife is usually the "head" of the home in practical terms - even if it is only the power behind the throne. Ah! Different society. When I was brought up a fellow might say, "I'll ask my wife", but the more manly answer was "let me think about it and get back to you", which of course meant that he'd ask his wife if they could go to the clam bake? I usually just say we.... No, I am not a paid captain. It is my boat that I built myself from bare timber (sheathed in GRP) - hence wooden mast, poured sockets for the rigging and other bronze fittings cast from my own patterns, etc., and launched in '93 in New Zealand. The 'owner' referred to is "the" wife. Yes it is a long way and there are few people I would sail such a distance with. Unfortunately these all have job commitments, get sea sick or are in poor health. A lot of the solo sailors I have met have tried taking on crew in the past and finally decided it was easier to sail alone. One way to get your wife to come along is co call from where ever the boat is and say something like, "Honey, I've been looking for a crew all over and the only one I can find is this 30 year old Dutch girl......" A mate of mine did that and I swear his Missus must have ridden her broom to have gotten to Phuket as fast as she did. As to final landfall, not sure but have been invited to stop and stay at Haiphong, Vietnam as a guest of Customs. I may however end in Sydney and later sail through Indonesia again to Malaysia. Still deciding. cheers Peter You are in the Caribbean and headed for Vietnam? That is kind of the long way round isn't it? Or are you going east? Bruce in Bangkok (brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom) |
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