"Capt. JG" wrote:
I've sailed with Doug and Bart, so I can put them in the first category. As
to the second, it seems rather obvious.

I've met Bart but not sailed with him. I'm hoping that will change
this season. Also hoping to get in some more West Coast sailing.

Wayne.B wrote:
The last time I saw Doug he was racing up the Caloosahatchie River in
a powerboat at close to 40 kts and leaving a wake. That was last
Saturday.

What about the part where he was zig-zagging to hit manatees &
laughing maniacally?

40 knots feels pretty fast, too!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:16:53 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
The last time I saw Doug he was racing up the Caloosahatchie River in
a powerboat at close to 40 kts and leaving a wake. That was last
Saturday.

What about the part where he was zig-zagging to hit manatees &
laughing maniacally?

Heh, left that out, thought it would sound irresponsible. :-)

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:58:42 -0600, cavelamb himself
wrote:

Who on this list would you prefer to ship with?

Britney, and she might just be nuts enough to go.

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:11:19 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:58:42 -0600, cavelamb himself
wrote:

Who on this list would you prefer to ship with?

Britney, and she might just be nuts enough to go.

oh yeah...what I wouldn't do to be stuck at sea with a drug-whacked
narcissist for weeks on end...can you say the word "chum"...I knew you
could...it's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood...a beautiful day for
catching food...woncha be...woncha be my..

On Feb 24, 4:58*pm, cavelamb himself wrote:

Who on this list would you prefer to ship with?

And who would you avoid at all costs?




For the same reason that once enjoyed sport scuba alone,,,

I also sail alone. I find the crew more reliable and enjoyable. On
occasion I will take a few passangers. However they are PASSENGERS not
crew.

I also prefer to drink alone simply because I can not stand most
drunks.

I would neither sail with skip or Joe. Each for diffrent reasons
however the outcome is mostlikly the same.

I grew up a single child and find my company rather enjoyable.
Bob

Bob wrote:
On Feb 24, 4:58 pm, cavelamb himself wrote:

Who on this list would you prefer to ship with?

And who would you avoid at all costs?




For the same reason that once enjoyed sport scuba alone,,,

I hear you, but there sure as **** ain't no faster way to **** off most
SCUBA folks than to voice this opinion.

I also sail alone. I find the crew more reliable and enjoyable. On
occasion I will take a few passangers. However they are PASSENGERS not
crew.

Huzzah!

I also prefer to drink alone simply because I can not stand most
drunks.

You get better conversation too......

Cheers
Marty

"Marty" wrote in message
...
Bob wrote:
On Feb 24, 4:58 pm, cavelamb himself wrote:

Who on this list would you prefer to ship with?

And who would you avoid at all costs?




For the same reason that once enjoyed sport scuba alone,,,

I hear you, but there sure as **** ain't no faster way to **** off most
SCUBA folks than to voice this opinion.

I also sail alone. I find the crew more reliable and enjoyable. On
occasion I will take a few passangers. However they are PASSENGERS not
crew.

Huzzah!

I also prefer to drink alone simply because I can not stand most
drunks.

You get better conversation too......

Cheers
Marty


I've dived alone and I've sailed alone. I think sailing (or diving) with
people or without them can have great benefits.


--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Feb 24, 7:35*pm, Marty wrote:
Bob wrote:
For the same reason that once enjoyed sport scuba alone,,,

I hear you, but there sure as **** ain't no faster way to **** off most
SCUBA folks than to voice this opinion.

Ya, its nothing more than a SPORT scuba certification organizations in
bed with equipment sales staff types. change the training to maximize
equipment sales. Then they criticize you saying, your dangerous and
will kill yourself. The first time i certified for sports scuba was
1967.... at age 12. Didnt need much then. Christ, I saw a bunch of
bubble head scubie dos a coupel months ago and I could barely
recognize a human under all the **** they had dangling and draped over
their bodies.

Needless to say my boat reflects the minimalist approach to yachting.
KISS...... why spend your time fixing **** that only your WIFE
demanded if SHE was going to step foot on that DAMN boat. Well, I do
have a head. Its much safer than hanging it over the side durring
heavy weather. Id go NUTZ if I had to have a reffer, water maker,
4000KW inverter to run a Fing hair dryer and air conditioner???!?!?!?!
O, an then spend my time fixing it tooo.
Noooooooo.
Bob

Bob wrote:

On Feb 24, 7:35*pm, Marty wrote:
Bob wrote:
For the same reason that once enjoyed sport scuba alone,,,

I hear you, but there sure as **** ain't no faster way to **** off most
SCUBA folks than to voice this opinion.

Ya, its nothing more than a SPORT scuba certification organizations in
bed with equipment sales staff types. change the training to maximize
equipment sales. Then they criticize you saying, your dangerous and
will kill yourself. The first time i certified for sports scuba was
1967.... at age 12. Didnt need much then.

They didn't have much equipment then. That was when I did my first
dive. My instructions were - "Do a back roll off the boat, and don't
hold your breath." I don't know how one got certified - I took a
course, but all I got was a card signed by the shop owner. It was a
week (at night) in a pool and then a checkout dive on the reef. I was
older than 12 - I guess I was about 30 years old. I was pregnant with
my third child. They wouldn't let me dive pregnant now of course.

Christ, I saw a bunch of
bubble head scubie dos a coupel months ago and I could barely
recognize a human under all the **** they had dangling and draped over
their bodies.

Needless to say my boat reflects the minimalist approach to yachting.
KISS...... why spend your time fixing **** that only your WIFE
demanded if SHE was going to step foot on that DAMN boat. Well, I do
have a head. Its much safer than hanging it over the side durring
heavy weather. Id go NUTZ if I had to have a reffer, water maker,
4000KW inverter to run a Fing hair dryer and air conditioner???!?!?!?!
O, an then spend my time fixing it tooo.
Noooooooo.
Bob

The boat is what my Bob wants, and he does what he wants with it. I
don't help with maintenance, nor do I complain about it. I haven't
used a hair dryer in years, we don't have A/C, and we don't have a
water maker. (We don't need it - we carry more than enough water). We
have a reffer, but for short trips, we just bring a cooler aboard.

"Dave" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:15:26 -0800 (PST), Bob said:

For the same reason that once enjoyed sport scuba alone,,,

I wouldn't dive alone on a bet. Navy training I guess. (Of course at this
point I prolly wouldn't dive at all. It's been about 35 years since I
did.)

I sold a sailboat to a young guy, back around early 90's. He gave me a
deposit,
was supposed to pick up the equipment and give me the balance the following
week.. That weekend he died in a diving accident. Why? Because he stayed
down by himself when his partner gave him the signal that she was low on
air.

He got caught on some wire on the bottom of Gloucester harbor or
thereabouts.

Dead..

There is a reason not to dive alone.