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"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
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Skip,
Since you, and Lydia have been a hot topic on the NG for what, 2
years now? is it safe to say you're NG celebrities?
Don't take morons like old Willard here seriously. Every village is
supposed to have an idiot. It's in the charter.
Merlin

:{)) I knew that, of course.

When Neal showed up here a couple of years ago, after a long absence,
and folks were bitching about his pontificating/slashing, I compared
him to Jax, long unheard from (likely out cruising, based on my
offline conversations with him a few years back), except without the
same level of vitriol: Take him for what he is, and pick out the
occasional nuggets of gold from among the dung or dross. He
complimented me on my wisdom and accuracy at the time :{))

Wilbur's character, and his "roommate" Greg (how does Greg get to be a
roommate when Wilbur's living aboard a small boat??), and the presumed
other characters (presumed to be from) Neal presents are all
entertaining in their own way; if you ignore the jabs, and read for
the (admittedly encyclopedic, whether googled or dredged from memory
or reference material in his library) useful stuff.

I rarely respond to Wilbur, but I often credit him, such as when he
does a particularly biting satire which, like all satire, has the
kernels of truth, on me.

And, not your post, but to respond to what prompted your comment,
Lydia has expressed an interest in blistering his ass; we went ashore
not to get away from the boat, but to attend to family business. We
couldn't wait to get back to our home - and the same is true whether
just visiting with my brother and his wife, for dinner last night, or
a more extended period.

And, in another thread, we do wake up in a comfortable bed ashore and
it's because it's not moving :{)) Pretty much all of Greg's comments
apply to us; we occasionally still drag, but just reanchor in a more
secure fashion. The rest we're on the same page...

As to SPOT, we'll turn it on again when we leave and hope that Roger's
instructions work for us. It's not for us; rather, just a comfort to
our family, but we've found that many other cruisers and non-cruisers
alike really enjoy following us and seeing the real-time tracks it
leaves :{))

Back to Wilbur/Greg/Neal, I was sorry to see Neal's site go down - it
was enjoyable reading, and looking at, while I don't prefer the color
scheme, the obvious pride and care he put into his "yacht" (to be
fair, that's the proper term in the other side of the pond for
sailboats) was interesting to view.

So, Wilbur, as Lydia was reading over my shoulder, she said "I really
want to write to him." You may yet get a taste of her :{))

--
L8R

Skip

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"Skip Gundlach" wrote

Back to Wilbur/Greg/Neal, I was sorry to see Neal's site go down - it was
enjoyable reading, and looking at, while I don't prefer the color scheme,
the obvious pride and care he put into his "yacht" (to be fair, that's the
proper term in the other side of the pond for sailboats) was interesting
to view.

The "obvious pride" and other aspects of the site make it very hard for me
to believe that it wouldn't have included descriptions and pictures of where
he went and what he did in the boat. I would be floored to see proof that
it had ever made even a short cruise. I have yet to see any "wisdom" that
couldn't be regurgitated from boating books and several statements that a
small amount of actual experience certainly would have kept him from making.

--
Roger Long

On 2008-09-20 11:10:03 -0400, "Skip Gundlach" said:

So, Wilbur, as Lydia was reading over my shoulder, she said "I really
want to write to him." You may yet get a taste of her :{))

Oh PLEASE!

I hear her voice too rarely as a subscriber to her list.

I'd love to hear others discover how NOT "the little lady" Lydia is. I
would much more fear not being her friend than not being Skip's.

[Physically, she's far from large (is quite cute and personable), but
she is strong enough to be Skip's partner, and strong enough to
obviously enjoy cruising despite the early problems. Hell, (I'm pretty
sure this was public at the time) her first cruise was on Skip's
ex-father-in-law's boat from the Bahamas to Florida, which wasn't
exactly a smooth delivery. She could kick most of their detractors'
asses as a "pure" sailor, as she's successfully brought FP through some
pretty significant events.]

Love Lydia. Part of my "push" to have Flying Pig cruise through the
Chesapeake is to give us a chance for Pat to meet Lydia (and Skip). I
met them last year on a whim on a sloppy weekend while I was solo.

And it was so cool that Lydia didn't blink as I rounded to raft up. I
didn't know until much later that it was the first time FP had rafted
up with anyone. Lydia accepted the lines and tied them off correctly.
She did everything perfectly as if she'd done it hundreds of times,
though it was her first time.

S&L: Pat's the personable member in our marriage. I do believe you'll
love her. I sail good, but am not the sociable member of our
relationship.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
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