Because it's you and not the boat...

Banging head against the bulkhead, the stupid it burns, and I'd very much like to shake this person's hand...

The other day I overheard someone tell somebody that you could not do any serious cruising in a Wharram cat and it got me thinking...

For one, about how, for designs apparently unsuitable for serious cruising, a whole lot of Wharrams seem to have done some pretty serious cruising which, sorta/kinda, would seem to contradict the statement...

Secondly, that I 'd be willing to bet the guy dissing the Wharram designs wouldn't appreciate a Jessie Cooper or LM2...

And thirdly, about how most boats are actually more than up to the task of serious cruising it's just the average yachtsman that's less than up to the task.

Nuff said.

Listening to St Paul & the Broken Bones channel Otis Redding



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Some cheapseats goodness...

A reflection of sorts on Liberty ships, in the "Oh Jesus" department, and a very short essay...

So, Sailing Anarchy got a letter and they printed it on the blog. Might not hurt to go over and read it.

That said, Boat Bits has been saying that the cheapseats are where it's at for going on for ten-years...

Listening to Paolo Nutini

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Friday the 13th and a bad moon rising...

Interesting, an important question, and some insightful words about what's happened to country music...

Anyone who's crossed an ocean under sail, while they may not admit it, has some up-close-and-personal experience with things that go bump in the night... and we're not talking about containers.

There's some weird shit out there.

Now, as to what that weird shit might be I don't really know what it is (nor do I care to) but there are places far from land where it seems that the fabric of reality gets stretched a little thin and all of sudden, if but for a moment, you're sailing on some other world entirely. Which can be exhilarating/scary or scary/exhilarating but either way for most it is an experience best taken in smallish doses and, for others (I suspect you know who you are), best avoided entirely.

Not listening to Taylor Swift

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I can't wait until Portlandia gets into sailing...

Incompatible ideologies, she certainly makes a good point, and whatever you think about Krugman's thoughts on economic stuff you really have to admit he certainly has great taste in music...



Listening to Lucius

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