On 2008-08-05 23:07:54 -0400, Bruce in Bangkok
said:

There is an old saying, supposedly about sailing on Chesapeake Bay:
"There are sailors who have been aground, there are sailors that are
going to go aground, and Damned Liars"

More usually these days, it's shortened to "those who have gone aground
and liars".

I have our depth alarm set at 5.5' so it doesn't annoy me so much.
Every once in a while, our knotmeter reads higher than the depth
sounder.

I suggest that everyone who has done any sailing to amount to anything
has made mistakes, and learned from them. People who have never made a
mistake are probably lying.

Hell, any day I'm out and don't make some small mistake or have
something break, I'm astounded. Have to repair a sail from last
Monday's trip home. On the way out on Friday, the GPS went out, so was
soldering for an hour or so. And something went weird with the bilge
pump -- not sure what finally fixed that.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
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