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From: Norm of Bandersnatch (no email)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2006 - 17:43:32 EDT
I too, have danced with a pillar, and often seem perfectly normal (although
Jan would disagree) except for the fact I live on a boat made out of
chicken wire and concrete.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying St Augustine FL
> [Original Message]
> From: Peter Gelinas <>
> To: <>
> Date: 6/1/2006 6:58:00 AM
> Subject: Re: lv-ab: "Proper Watch"
>
> I've only met one single hander in my limited travels. A Swiss gentleman
> (Switzerland: renowned for their sailors) (NO, don't mention the
America's
> Cup).
>
> We met him in a bar at the far end of Port Elizabeth in Bequia. The bar
had
> 6"x6" posts (pillars) to hold up the roof. He had a length of rope slung
> around one of the pillars, and was dancing (with the pillar).
>
> It had taken him 48 days, from France to Bequia, with stops for water
etc.
> in Cape Verde and Saint Lucia. 44 days of solo sailing in a 32 ft
sailboat,
> waking up every 15 minutes, looking around, taking a small drink of
water,
> going to sleep.
>
> In spite of this regime, he seemed perfectly normal, except for the fact
he
> was dancing with a pillar.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
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