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Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-04-2014, 13:56
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Posted By jtsailjt
Re: Forum Member's Boat and Daughter in Trouble off of Mexico

I know quite a few fishermen and none are doing it for you or me or us. They might enjoy their job more than any other and also love being on the water, but bottom line is that they are doing it to...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-04-2014, 06:14
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Posted By jtsailjt
Re: Forum Member's boat and daughter in trouble off of Mexico

I wasn't commenting on Eric or his sailing/cruising experience, just responding to your question about how much offshore experience Graham could have had. That's all.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-04-2014, 18:07
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Posted By jtsailjt
Re: Forum Member's boat and daughter in trouble off of Mexico

I get your point but believe that Robin Lee Graham spent a few years sailing around the South Pacific with his parents before he set out on his solo RTW.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-04-2014, 05:29
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Posted By jtsailjt
Re: Forum Member's boat and daughter in trouble off of Mexico

From Eric's blog in 2012:

"Our financial track hasn't gone as well as we'd like, but considering what the financial and unemployment markets have been like, I'm pretty happy."


"There are...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-04-2014, 04:16
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Posted By jtsailjt
Re: Forum Member's boat and daughter in trouble off of Mexico

Somehow you seem to have got the mistaken idea that donating money via this site is invading their privacy?:confused: Of course we all know they've been through a very harrowing experience and...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-04-2014, 17:33
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Posted By jtsailjt
Re: Forum Member's boat and daughter in trouble off of Mexico

Attractive can seem shallow if you assume it only refers to being physically beautiful, but it can also mean other things. Someone with a kind heart, a positive outlook on life reflected in the smile...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-04-2014, 15:21
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Posted By jtsailjt
Re: Forum Member's boat and daughter in trouble off of Mexico

I've also noticed this many times before. Almost every time I happen to have had first hand experience and knowledge of something that's reported in either the local or national media, I've been...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-04-2014, 14:57
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Posted By jtsailjt
Re: Forum Member's boat and daughter in trouble off of Mexico

What you say is logically true if the only wounds from this are physical ones, but I'm thinking that they are all pretty traumatized right now and might need some emotional healing that can't be put...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-04-2014, 06:24
Replies: 1,410
Views: 234,596
Posted By jtsailjt
Re: Forum Member's boat and daughter in trouble off of Mexico

I've purposely minimized my exposure to news about this to what's been posted on this site because after clicking on one of the links to a supposed news story and reading a few of the comments I was...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 05-04-2014, 12:45
Replies: 1,410
Views: 234,596
Posted By jtsailjt
Re: Forum Member's boat and daughter in trouble off of Mexico

Lots of responsible parents have taken their kids sailing and many have crossed oceans. Rebel Heart was a very seaworthy boat design and was better prepared by its owners for voyaging than most. But...
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