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marlinmike · 07-03-2014, 06:26

I agree with this, off the beaten path, takes a bit of work to get there, but the discovery is worth it.

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Originally Posted by Tony B

To me an adventure is going somewhere you have never been before and doing something that you have never done before and really not knowing what the outcome will be. There will always be some predictability but not too much otherwise it will just be a trip. To me, adventure is discovery of new things.

Blue Crab · 07-03-2014, 06:28

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Seems CGP's Avatar is from Gemini Catamarans website ...

Gotcha. That joke didn't get as far as I hoped. Clearly, Don kicked my ass on that exchange.

**Hudson Force** · 07-03-2014, 06:36

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Originally Posted by Tony B

................ To me an adventure is going somewhere you have never been before and doing something that you have never done before and really not knowing what the outcome will be. There will always be some predictability but not too much otherwise it will just be a trip. To me, adventure is discovery of new things. ...................

I like the way that Tony B describes adventure. For us it's the unknown risks like.....

....... can Nancie follow me wading around the island without getting her shorts wet?

These are the typical "dangers" that we encounter in adventuring!

**HappyMdRSailor** · 07-03-2014, 06:48

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Originally Posted by CaptForce

I like the way that Tony B describes adventure. For us it's the unknown risks like.....

....... can Nancie follow me wading around the island without getting her shorts wet?

These are the typical "dangers" that we encounter in adventuring!

Oh man.... I know that look....

Blue Crab · 07-03-2014, 06:49

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Originally Posted by CaptForce

I like the way that Tony B describes adventure. For us it's the unknown risks like.....

....... can Nancie follow me wading around the island without getting her shorts wet?

These are the typical "dangers" that we encounter in adventuring!

Not to overlook that Nancie's bare feet are in crab country.

SkiprJohn · 07-03-2014, 12:33

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Originally Posted by HappyMdRSailor

That seems to be the consensus....

Hop... skip... and 2 jumps... we can start from my neck of the woods... Speaking of skip... We should invite him too...

Let's go!

tomfl · 07-03-2014, 12:54

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Originally Posted by CaptForce

I guess Nancie and I are cruising with a different connotation of adventure. As "cockpit potatos" cruising short hops in the best of weather our danger component of adventure is more like what Winnie the Pooh and Piglet encounter in the Hundred Acre Wood.

Not sure about being "cockpit potatos", or even cockpit potatoes, but I do know while some folks think they are the big tuna I always thought of my self as chicken of the sea.

I am almost compulsive about weather windows and getting the anchor set before four PM. Never like to take chances, but still think I am on a great adventure.

Tony B · 07-03-2014, 13:44

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Originally Posted by tomfl

.....I am almost compulsive about weather windows and getting the anchor set before four PM. Never like to take chances, but still think I am on a great adventure.

I have the same compulsions now that I am older and have power boat.
Not so much when on my Allied 39 mainly because my sailboat cruising was mostly offshore. Inland power boating has it's own set of hazards associated with close quarters.
The 'adventure' is in your head not everyone else's.
Maybe I ought to rename my boat to "Rooster Poot".

Tropic Cat · 07-03-2014, 15:17

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Originally Posted by CaptForce

I guess Nancie and I are cruising with a different connotation of adventure. As "cockpit potatos" cruising short hops in the best of weather our danger component of adventure is more like what Winnie the Pooh and Piglet encounter in the Hundred Acre Wood.

now that's not a bad way to cruise!!

**Hudson Force** · 07-03-2014, 15:23

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Originally Posted by tomfl

Not sure about being "cockpit potatos", or even cockpit potatoes......................

Wow! Thanks for the Dan Quayle tutorial. I did not realize that I needed that! .....'wonderful!

sailorboy1 · 07-03-2014, 16:23

posted like you just got

Therapy · 07-03-2014, 16:51

Usually I read all the posts before I post my answer. But not today. Yesterday I had an adventure in the side yard. My water pump stopped working and we had no water. That's no fun right? So I had to go out there and clean the contacts with sandpaper and then put it back together again. I've done this before. No big deal. But I would rather have had to do it on a boat than here at home.