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From: Roy P (no email)
Date: Mon Feb 05 2007 - 10:54:42 EST
On Thursday 01 February 2007 13:11, susan meckley wrote:
> There are those of us that receive this forum via SSB Radio....the forum
> is unbelievably long in the time it takes to download all the "garbage",
> plus radio time costs moneyl....please be considerate.
Hello Susan..... don't take this comment too seriously..
Assuming you are at sea right now... as opposed to sitting at a dock or on
the hook.... why oh why are you checking email ?
Go on deck and watch the waves go by. ;-)
------Now for the PARTLY serious part meant for the whole list.....--------
One reason I go out on the water is to avoid phones, email and people.
My idea of sailing is turning all the damn electronic crap off... except the
GMDS/ VHF radio, bilge pumps, nav lights :-)
More and more people seem to have generators onboard to run everything from
pressurized water systems.... to... UGH..... TV sets and Sony playstations.
You want all that junk ? Get a condo, not a boat.
My curmudgeon side says that all that crap should be banned.. yes...even GPS.
Want peaceful and quiet anchorages ? Simple....
Remove the people who can't use traditional navigation techniques
and those who insist on having a washer and dryer on board, by banning all the
crap.
This idea may even lower the amount of bad sailors out there,
by raising the skillset needed for offshore sailing back to where it used to
be.
Oh Oh... now I'm on a roll....
This would also be a benefit for the overworked rescue crews...
Those who run into trouble... would HAVE to handle the problem like they would
50 years ago or go down with the ship.
Can't jury rig a mast after being rolled ?
You can't call for help, and risk someone else's life, if you don't have a
EPRIB or a SSB radio.
To heck with New Zealand making sure you have an EPRIB and radio...
They should just confiscate them.
....since they won't get a mayday call... they won't have to rescue anyone.
What do ya think about the ever increasing crap people put onboard ?
Do you subscribe to the "minimal boat" way of thinking ?
Cheers,
Roy Pennington
SV Sarks
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