Typical SA poster *crews* on a carbon sail race boat and likes to insult boats that he could never afford to OWN in the first place.
Joe Della Barba From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rick Brass Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:09 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List To the barricades! I dropped out of SA a number of years ago. I came to realize that the most vocal contributors on SA are generally those who have the least knowledge and experience. The last straw was a Yahoo who claimed to have a Newport 41 (I owned my C&C 25 and a Newport 28 at the time) and to have done successive spinnaker peals until he achieved a steady 18 knots in 30 knots of wind. Yea, right. Yes, there are folks on SA who make helpful and thoughtful comments, but I don't have the patience to sort through all the chaff to get to the few kernels of wheat. I question if most of the folks on SA have the judgment to tell wheat from chaff, and I wonder how many would really be in the market for one of our boats. Most seem like sailing wanna-bes. But I do applaud your efforts to show them the truth about the qualities of older C&Cs. Rick Brass From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Jim Watts Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:34 PM To: 1 CnC List Subject: Re: Stus-List To the barricades! I thought that was Robert A. Heinlein. In my mind it's not a matter of whether he is infringing on my freedom...which he is, because everyone who believes that a C&C is the same as a Catalina is the same as a Hunter is not going to put a premium on buying my boat. I'm standing up for the brand. I'm also irritated at that particular idiot. He has many sweeping generalizations, most of them wrong. This one rubbed me the wrong way. On 29 October 2013 14:49, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com<mailto:a.burton.sai...@gmail.com>> wrote: I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. George Bernard Shaw <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_bernard_shaw.html> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Jim Watts <paradigmat...@gmail.com<mailto:paradigmat...@gmail.com>> wrote: For those that are familiar with Sailing Anarchy, there is a thread going on right now on a good boat for singlehanded cruiser/racer. One of the more annoying twits on SA maintains that C&C's are in the Hunter/Catalina league...and cheaply built. Anyone else want to jump on? I have already told him what I think. http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=152222&page=2#entry4368064 -- Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> -- Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC
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