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On Aug 18, 2:50 pm, hk wrote:
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On Aug 18, 1:46 pm, hk wrote:
The proper advice is to advise O'Hara not make the trip in his Tolman.
It's just too risky, especially for a guy that whatever his sailboating
experience seems really limited on open ocean powerboat experience.
Because I don't talk out of my ass, I know about wood/composite
construction and flotation, that's what I will talk about. Folks just
need to know that your info is often scewed by, who knows what? Often
times either googled, or worse, wiki, then taken out of context or
edited, or just plain bull**** all together, just to fight. Your
constant mocking and trolling keeps many good folks from posting here.
Once again, I point out you have little or no experience building
ocean-capable boats or operating same. No experience means no
experience. You build dinghies and rowboats, none of which I would take
into the ocean, and most of which I would not take into Long Island Sound.

Further, the other day you vehemently denied that Tolman skiffs
incorporated stitch and glue construction, an opinion shot to hell by
Renn Tolman himself, the designer of these boats.

Finally, you have a cavalier attitude towards the value of life, as
evidenced by your allowing, even encouraging, your minor child's
participation in motorcycle racing.

What O'Hara does is his decision. He has been asking for advice that
relates to his personal safety in undertaking a 50-mile ocean voyage in
a very light, small boat. Reasonable posters with ocean experience have
advised against him making the trip in that boat.

--
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do
the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I
should do, by the grace of God, I will do.

— Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909)

Look guys, this is all in fun. Sure, I'd like to do this but I do
value my life. Maybe I will if I can convince myself that I need some
more adventure but maybe not too. Wouldnt any of you even be tempted
to try this?

Not in a boat like yours...or mine. Too small. Not in my former Parker,
either, even though the boat was capable. It only had one engine. Now,
if I had an aux engine on that boat, I would have considered the trip.

--
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do
the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I
should do, by the grace of God, I will do.

— Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909)

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