Gene Kearns wrote:

Skipper penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

The ENTIRE article? Not always needed, Gene. Perhaps the title of this
thread should have been 'Clarity of Purpose'.

Exactly my point.

Good.

I don't need nor do I wish to be told what to believe.

Based on some of your "contributions" and continued spamming, I'm not
sure that's true.

That way, we could better focus on the major point of this thread,
responsible reporting. K warned NG readers about Ficht technology
(in depth and detail) over a year BEFORE the schidt hit the fan and
the Ficht failure became common knowledge.

Skipper, if you would EVER read for content, I have already debunked
this myth...

K's warnings were not myth but fact.

During this same time, Grannis was spruiking Ficht while
insulting NG contributors. Well, lo and behold, turns out K was right
and Grannis wrong. Tens of thousands of Ficht customers were left high
and dry.

I really have trouble understanding a midwesterner from the USA using
the term "spruiking," unless, of course, he is letting someone else
think for him. My position on Evinrude's poor business ethics has
already been voiced, without any citation, since it is my opinion.

Which has absolutely nothing to do with my factual statement above, of
course.


So, what did we learn from that episode? We learned that a gal from
Aussieland could take on a recognized and respected technical guru and
be vindicated. We also learned not to trust the advice of gurus quite so
much in the future because they might well be wrong. We also learned
that Bill's pride and ego would not let him admit that he led many down
the primrose path.

This is a textbook example of how one or more incorrect premisses
yields a flawed and incorrect result. K, to this day, still doesn't
understand the true reason that the Ficht engine failed.

What a load of horse pucky.

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Skipper