Skip and his wife are ten times the sailors Wilbur and Bob pretend to
be.

Skip and his wife's adventures are 10,000 times more exciting and
entertaining than anything Wilbur or his boy Bob ever spewed here. And
they know more of cruising than Wilbur's puppet master ever read
about, much less dreamed of doing "some day".

Three cheers to Flying Pig

Boo to the pretender want-a- be Wilbur!

Fred

On Tue, 20 May 2008 13:26:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Skip and his wife are ten times the sailors Wilbur and Bob pretend to
be.

Skip and his wife's adventures are 10,000 times more exciting and
entertaining than anything Wilbur or his boy Bob ever spewed here. And
they know more of cruising than Wilbur's puppet master ever read
about, much less dreamed of doing "some day".

Three cheers to Flying Pig

Boo to the pretender want-a- be Wilbur!

Fred

Couldn't agree more Fred. The only way to gain the experience needed
for cruising is to take the leap and make mistakes. 80/20 rule
applies.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad
judgment.

Most long time cruisers I have met admit to and now laugh about some
idiotic mistakes and near disasters. Real cruisers are completely
different from the many personas of Bruce's and Larry's friend Wilbur.
They are not knockers but offer help, advice and encouragement to
others. They display humility and do not boast about their exploits
and achievements. They do not rate others and their boats by the
landlubber's or weekend boater's new car principle whereby a man's
worth is judged by the cost of his boat, his assets, his occupation or
formal education. Not a man or woman of them would even think of
signing their postings or emails with a title such as 'Doctor'.

To me, one of the wonderful things about cruising in a small boat is
the kinship it engenders between total strangers wherein race,
religion, income, occupation, sex, age and nationality play no part.

I have yet to meet a Wilbur among them.

cheers
Peter

wrote in message
...
Skip and his wife are ten times the sailors Wilbur and Bob pretend to
be.

Skip and his wife's adventures are 10,000 times more exciting and
entertaining than anything Wilbur or his boy Bob ever spewed here. And
they know more of cruising than Wilbur's puppet master ever read
about, much less dreamed of doing "some day".

Three cheers to Flying Pig

Boo to the pretender want-a- be Wilbur!

Fred



Not even a passable attempt at trolling. Try harder! You'll starve to death.

--
Gregory Hall

On May 20, 1:59*pm, "Gregory Hall" wrote:
wrote in message

Not even a passable attempt at trolling. Try harder! You'll starve to death.
Gregory Hall

Hi Gregory:
Ya, good point. I was going to say somthing like would you give a 15
yo kid a car and say go have fun with no prior instruction or
knowlodge of rules of the road? But then I though id better go study
my Oar Commands. I get to go row a life boat around 2maro. Should be
fun ! Humm, I wonder what Fred is doing 2maro......
bob

On May 20, 9:36*pm, Bob wrote:
But then I though id better go study
my Oar Commands. I get to go row a life boat around 2maro. Should be
fun ! Humm, I wonder what Fred is doing 2maro......
bob


Well 30 years late is better than never. Whats next learning to tie a
bowland?
Fred

On May 21, 8:48*am, wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2008 06:19:16 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On May 20, 9:36*pm, Bob wrote:
But then I though id better go study
my Oar Commands. I get to go row a life boat around 2maro. Should be
fun ! Humm, I wonder what Fred is doing 2maro......
bob

Well 30 years late is better than never. Whats next learning to tie a
bowland?
Fred

Uh... did you mean bowline? Do they use them on Chipperwah?

Shur I doo, butt spellin correnctly 4 Bob iz knot reqired BB.

Fred

Welcome back Joe! Everyone missed you.

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On Wed, 21 May 2008 10:59:00 -0600, "Eunice Brown"
wrote:

Welcome back Joe! Everyone missed you.


Geez, you're slow.



Must be the water....

On Wed, 21 May 2008 06:19:16 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Whats next learning to tie a bowland?

Wasn't one of the women HenryVIII beheaded named bowland?

Casady

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 21 May 2008 06:19:16 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Whats next learning to tie a bowland?

Wasn't one of the women HenryVIII beheaded named bowland?

Anne Boleyn