Agree with you Wally. A good sailor can put most any boat to any purpose. Though I will add, I'm a much better sailor after 10 years of rebuilding/upgrading my boat. Learned many skills, aquired tools, because I couldn't afford to pay the yard guys. I met a lot of friends I never would have met otherwise and feel I have learned to appreciate more aspects of sailing and boat building and boat design and the meaning of life and other things. "shitting in a bucket" is not so bad if you place a strong bag in first and you dispose of that during very cold weather, like we did during my initial delivery trip when temps were in the 40's.
Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City summer, New Gretna winter, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wally Bryant" <w...@wbryant.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 11:09:44 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List 39 Mk1 again -> to Mazatlan Jim wrote: > ...<snip>... but what would the consensus be in this crowd for > that 39 as a Mexico cruiser full-time? I would want to add self-tailers and > a watermaker, but that's about it. <snip> Umm. Heck, one of the happiest Mexican cruisers I know sails a Catalina 27. (I hesitate to mention that the Chubasco that made me pull out a spare anchor put him on the beach, with major rudder rebuild.) Another happy guy sails a this and another happy guy sails a that. It's not about the boat, it's about the sailor. And I still believe that it's about the rig. Running and standing. I'll sh_t in a bucket before I'll compromise the rig. Oh, golly, I'm on a rant. I think I'll sign off, and eat this tuna. Oh, hey, I recently fought off three dogs with nothing but my little 24 ounce collapsible dolly, which I carried for two miles to pick up a scuba tank. That was a really funny moment in time. Charge a pack of dogs with nothing but 24 ounces of cheap aluminum, and it's amazing how they will cower in the presence of a man willing to kill to make a pack of dogs sit down and shut up. Wal PS. Buy the boat, but don't keep it in Mazatlan. _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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