wrote

"Sucks" which I am sure from the context was meant to be "Sure".

Sure, the "10 days" was poor writing and distracting to the point I was
trying to make but, how much time do you think I spent dashing these posts
off? It was a purely retorical comment and a bit wide of the mark I was
trying to make.

There are two ways to respond the abundance of information S&L provide about
their cruises and mistakes. One is specific discussions of strategy, what
to do, what not to do, etc. that these accounts bring up. The other, which
is much more prominent here, is the "S&L are dangerous idiots who have no
business sailing." The fact that the latter generally comes from posters
who clearly are not cruising at all or are just puttering about locally in
trailer sailer class boats I find annoying.

S&L are on a learning curve and will be for the rest of their cruising days.
I made mistakes on my last cruise, the one before that, the one before that,
and .... I'll make mistakes on my next cruise. I've watched an Unlimited
Master of everything, no licenses left to sit for, nearly put his ship
aground (I was on it). Every experienced cruiser sailing once made a
passage with no prior passage making experience in command and every time
you cast off the lines there is the opportunity to learn something.

I'm not trying to make a point or judgement here about S&L actually but
about the nature of discussion which would be more useful and interesting to
read.

--
Roger Long