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Written by: 6/15/2010 8:08 AM
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Re: Sailing South Soon. Hey, Lee,Absurd indeed, but understandable since it's a touchy issue, and the competitive nature of us land lubbers and civilizations seem to always ignite and fuel fights out of nothing. As we all grow up trained to chase illusive symbolic game wins and lifetime success, supporting home teams and unfounded wars raised in foreign lands, we tend to vent our emotions in a snap and justify such by demonizing others not in our culture or just eating habits. In the end most of us (so trained type A) will just be rewarded with heart attacks and die holding a trophy and a big bank note, on our super-sized coffin-like beds, in our protective quarter-acre mansions on the hills, all alone...Too bad you still have to suffer nonsense from lands, but that's what happens when becoming a celebrity-like figure these days. :) Don't let the Moitessier factor kicks in and turn off all communications. Give us a chance!
Re: Sailing South Soon.
Hey, Lee,Absurd indeed, but understandable since it's a touchy issue, and the competitive nature of us land lubbers and civilizations seem to always ignite and fuel fights out of nothing. As we all grow up trained to chase illusive symbolic game wins and lifetime success, supporting home teams and unfounded wars raised in foreign lands, we tend to vent our emotions in a snap and justify such by demonizing others not in our culture or just eating habits. In the end most of us (so trained type A) will just be rewarded with heart attacks and die holding a trophy and a big bank note, on our super-sized coffin-like beds, in our protective quarter-acre mansions on the hills, all alone...Too bad you still have to suffer nonsense from lands, but that's what happens when becoming a celebrity-like figure these days. :) Don't let the Moitessier factor kicks in and turn off all communications. Give us a chance!
Re: Sailing South Soon. Abby Sunderland & Rescue Compensation Re: Abby - On June 12th, 2010 Sailor (anonymous) says:Yes, I think the book should do well: "How My Psycho Fundamentalist Parents Sent Me Out To My Death - A Love Story" I just hope she waits 'til she's eighteen to publish it, so her jackass father doesn't get a dime. Let's hope family services pays a visit to these "breeders" - they certainly can't be called parents. Mike P.LollipopYes, some people are stewed over this!
Abby Sunderland & Rescue Compensation Re: Abby - On June 12th, 2010 Sailor (anonymous) says:Yes, I think the book should do well: "How My Psycho Fundamentalist Parents Sent Me Out To My Death - A Love Story" I just hope she waits 'til she's eighteen to publish it, so her jackass father doesn't get a dime. Let's hope family services pays a visit to these "breeders" - they certainly can't be called parents. Mike P.LollipopYes, some people are stewed over this!
Re: Sailing South Soon. So, this girl gets a boat practically given to her to sail the world for her own fame and glory and you are actually sailing for your own peace of soul and you have also turned your voyage into a charitable cause as well. I think it is obvious who is more mature (and less reckless). Oh, and put some vaseline in your eye if it bothers you still, I had eye surgery a while back and I had to slather that stuff in and as weird as it was, it really took the discomfort away.
So, this girl gets a boat practically given to her to sail the world for her own fame and glory and you are actually sailing for your own peace of soul and you have also turned your voyage into a charitable cause as well. I think it is obvious who is more mature (and less reckless). Oh, and put some vaseline in your eye if it bothers you still, I had eye surgery a while back and I had to slather that stuff in and as weird as it was, it really took the discomfort away.
Re: Sailing South Soon. Lee - Always remember that those os us who follow your adventures and others should be slow to comment. After all we are following these adventures because we don't have the courage to follow our own dreams. Keep living yours. We should appreciate the fact that you allow us to share it at some small level.
Lee - Always remember that those os us who follow your adventures and others should be slow to comment. After all we are following these adventures because we don't have the courage to follow our own dreams. Keep living yours. We should appreciate the fact that you allow us to share it at some small level.
Re: Sailing South Soon. Lee, Pay no attention to this person, who doesn't even value their own opinion enough to sign their name. And you are NOT "too quick to judge." Considering how many hours you've spent at sea on the fair days with nothing to do but think, I'm sure you have given your judgement plenty of thought. I've thought about Abby (and Jessica too), and I suspect that her family sent her off believing that she would succeed. Personally I avoided following her story and having an opinion on the controversy with her age and record setting. Instead, I quietly hoped for her a great experience, and in the end this experience might be better than the one she had planned for herself.In some ways I imagine "sailing" as a living thing that should be respected. I imagine it to look like a foggy puff on calm water with a square rigger and a lobster boat and a sloop like mine. But the puff also has a wise face, a divine face. Its a woman's face with lots of laugh lines and lots of worry lines. And she has a heart and when we sail for records or wear leather gloves to avoid blisters or listen to music while we are underway, I think we break that heart just a little. Sincerely,Teresa
Lee, Pay no attention to this person, who doesn't even value their own opinion enough to sign their name. And you are NOT "too quick to judge." Considering how many hours you've spent at sea on the fair days with nothing to do but think, I'm sure you have given your judgement plenty of thought. I've thought about Abby (and Jessica too), and I suspect that her family sent her off believing that she would succeed. Personally I avoided following her story and having an opinion on the controversy with her age and record setting. Instead, I quietly hoped for her a great experience, and in the end this experience might be better than the one she had planned for herself.In some ways I imagine "sailing" as a living thing that should be respected. I imagine it to look like a foggy puff on calm water with a square rigger and a lobster boat and a sloop like mine. But the puff also has a wise face, a divine face. Its a woman's face with lots of laugh lines and lots of worry lines. And she has a heart and when we sail for records or wear leather gloves to avoid blisters or listen to music while we are underway, I think we break that heart just a little. Sincerely,Teresa
Re: Sailing South Soon. There is a cool piece of popular music called "rangiroa" down there. I remember i liked it, but could not find it anywhere. Let me know if you figure anything out.
There is a cool piece of popular music called "rangiroa" down there. I remember i liked it, but could not find it anywhere. Let me know if you figure anything out.