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Subject: Re: Cruising Lite/off-topic
From: Brian Whatcott (betwys@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Dec 19 2002 - 13:03:38 EST
At 10:35 AM 12/19/02, you wrote:
>Brian-
> With apologies to the list for drifting off the intended topic of
>traditional navigation. Not to spoil a dream, but you may be
> happier and safer booking passage as crew or supercargo
> on a small craft.
/ well-intended cautions deleted /
> And having said all that...good luck with the dream in any case!
Forgive me for looking askance at this well-intended note:
but the first rule for advice-takers concerning risky pursuits is:
Has the advice-giver got any personal experience in the class of
vessel, over the intended route?
If not, I rely on my wife, who can easily over rule my experience
in sailing a small boat into a Mediterranean gale, in favor of her own
cautious approach: she will not board even a power launch on a calm
lake more than once in five years!
:-)
Brian Whatcott
Altus OK Eureka!
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