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Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-07-2006, 18:40
Replies: 440
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Posted By sneuman
Those actions might not put the lives of other...

Those actions might not put the lives of other cruisers in danger, but they might put SAR personnel in harm's way.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-07-2006, 01:51
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
My guess is that if you've never bothered to...

My guess is that if you've never bothered to learn to splice line, neither will you be prepared for that steering failure. The usual progression is walk, then run.

I could be wrong, but from what...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-07-2006, 22:41
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
Actually, I'd love to leave this alone, but some...

Actually, I'd love to leave this alone, but some of the things here should not go unchallenged. I'll chose one:

4) Cruising is about self-reliance? I must have missed that memo.

Well, you...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-07-2006, 19:37
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
I would only recommend re-reading my post, as you...

I would only recommend re-reading my post, as you have obviously missed the point.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-03-2006, 19:49
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
Thor - I am not sure i agree. i too hired...

Thor -

I am not sure i agree. i too hired if not the best, certainly one of the best surveyors in hong kong before i bought my boat. he found but 30% of the problems that i did. on my own, i...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-03-2006, 20:54
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
I just went back to bumfuzzle site to confirm...

I just went back to bumfuzzle site to confirm what i remembered reading months ago about how they chose the boat. The link "how we chose bumuzzle" (or whatever) seems to have disappeared.

as i...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 21-01-2006, 17:04
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
Teamivey, Give us some insight then, are the...

Teamivey,

Give us some insight then, are the Bumfuzzles as loopy as their posts make them out to be or are they - as the Brits would say - just taking the piss out of us?

I'll give them a pass...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-10-2005, 05:53
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
i don't think you will get any disagreement on...

i don't think you will get any disagreement on that score (i.e., that we've all made plenty of mistakes and have much still to learn). but if you've read the logs, you couldn't help but be concerned...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-10-2005, 20:11
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
alan, you've nailed it!

alan, you've nailed it!
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-10-2005, 04:17
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
good advice, Mario. Unfortunately, with...

good advice, Mario.

Unfortunately, with Bumfuzzle log recounting how the danbuoy was repainted because its safety orange clashed with the color of the boat, seems doubtful they would have done as...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 12-10-2005, 04:02
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
absolutely!

absolutely!
Forum: General Sailing Forum 11-10-2005, 20:53
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
The more I read of the blog, the more i have to...

The more I read of the blog, the more i have to assume the joke is on us. No one is that stupid; I think these kids are smart Gen-Xers who see a book idea in pulling one over on the yachting stuffed...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-10-2005, 11:51
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
It's great finally too to be getting this pesky...

It's great finally too to be getting this pesky controversy sorted - especially by such an authority on yachting :

"No doubt that if I spent a couple of years building a boat I'd be so sick and...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-10-2005, 03:50
Replies: 440
Views: 141,167
Posted By sneuman
What did this young couple do for a living to be...

What did this young couple do for a living to be able to afford a 160k boat, 30k or so for refit, 35k for a major repair ...?

A hint of jealousy in the question? You bet! I'm 10 years older than...
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