On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:53:54 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


"Sir Thomas of Cannondale" wrote in message
news:CAevj.20178$eg3.7989@trndny05...

In my opinion, Wibur makes some valid points.. he certainly seems to know
the channel he posted about.

Thank you, sir! Wilbur always knows of which he speaks. Some folks even
consider me prescient. But a lot of that is due to a logical mind that
easily discerns cause and effect. Face it, it hardly takes a genius to
realize that the likes of Joe and Skippy are heading for a fall. One can
tell they are possessed of little or no logic or common sense.

And Willie-boy certainly does have common sense! He stays home in the
trailer park and reads about sailing. No sense in getting all cold or
sunburned actually doing it when you can stay home and read about it.


As for Skips "As before, I invite you to tell us of where you've cruised
in the last
- say - year...We're out doing it..."

Like motoring up and down the ICW and going aground every other day is
cruising . . .

And, of course, staying home and reading a book qualifies you to talk
with someone that is actually on a boat?


Skip is living part time on a boat, to call what he has been doing
"cruising" is a very big stretch.

Exactly correct, my good man!


Since his ill-fated launch, ship wreck, repair, rebuild, depression, ..
blah blah .. about all the cruising he has
done is along the coast, and even this was short hops with long anchor
hanging time in between.

And the fool can't even anchor without dragging most every time the wind
blows or the current changes.


Some folks drag at anchor and others don't anchor at all, Except to
plant their butt in the EasyBoy and turn on the TV.

It is February, very cold where I live, snow up the *&^%. If I was
"living" on my boat, "living" the
cruising lifestyle as many do .. I would be in the island, Bahama's,
Cuba.. who knows ... but I would
not be sitting at some "good guy let me use it" dock in FLA. That isn't
cruising, that is houseboat
time.

Perfect for Skippy as he obviously has a houseboat mentality. All the
systems that are constantly breaking down have little to do with sailing
but, rather, with turning a sailboat into a houseboat.

House Boat mentality? From trailer trash down there in the trailer
park?


I enjoy Skips postings, in a weird way they are like a bad tv show with a
predictable plot, but I keep
watching anyway. He speaks of his life, health, relatives, etc... very
enjoyable. But .. not in any
way, or stretch of the imagination is what he has been doing ... CRUISING.

But a better man then Wilbur. Skip is out and about in his boat while
Willie stays home by the fire.

Wilbur Hubbard


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