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From: Harry James (no email)
Date: Wed Sep 24 2003 - 18:19:17 EDT
Rick
Check out
Sailing With Purpose: The Pursuit of the Dream
by Jerome W. Fitzgerald
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Fitzgerald%2C%20Jerome%20W./103-9309424-1848643>
One of the most revolutionary (and irritating books) I have ever read.
14 bucks or so from Amazon. His rant may bother you but he has a lot of
really good practical sailing advice to pass on about equipment that you
need and don't need, and more importantly the skills you should have. As
much as Fitzgerald irritates me, I keep coming back to read and reread
the good parts.
HJ
>
>I also hear that there are those out there cruising in boats that
>many would not feel is safe or adequate to go across the harbor with.
>Usually, it is at least alluded that these are people from other
>countries (than the U.S.). If true, these people are out there
>enjoying life instead of being stuck working their life away to get
>the cash or in a slip fitting out with the latest "stuff" that they
>"might" need or that they think they need because they saw it in a
>magazine or someone else they know has it and told to them that
>"they" wouldn't go anywhere without it and, by extension, neither
>should anyone else.
>
>So, here's my question: How many of us _don't_ have all the bells and
>whistles, _are_ on a strict budget or for any other reason don't have
>them on our boats? I think there are more people than many would like
>to think, who think it is important to know the manual things rather
>than depend on the electronics to get from point "A" to point "B" or
>have only a VHF or no radio at all and forego satellite
>communication/navigation, ham or SSB communication, etc.
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