Favourite line in one of my favourite books growing up...and now: Swallows and Amazons, by Arthur Ransom In reply to a telegram from their mother asking whether she should let the kids go sailing on the lake comes the reply from their father: BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS STOP IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN. Shouts the youngest, that means yes!
Andy C&C 40 Peregrine On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Jimmy Kelly <[email protected]>wrote: > this must be one of those magazines at check out counters...like old > national enquirer only more full of crap...these sailors trying to fulfill > a dream...didnt work this time but hope they get it together and try > again...any magazine that would print this misinformed nonsence is junk..as > for the author needs to be mentally examined..her comparisons and views > are nuts...this is example of what is what is wrong with a lot of north > americans myely mouthed uninformed know it alls...some of main line tv > press hardly any better in regard to their reports,however she takes the > cake ..i started sailing at nine years old mostly on my own, but boat > supplied by grandfather was like a rainbow class sloop,old ,cotton > sails,was wooden hull,some serious leaks at first of season..but sailing by > myself in adirondacs in nystate to me was a great offshore adventure...my > children had some advantage as 5&.8 yr olds we had modern knarr class 31ft > sloop that spent most summers aboard cruising &racing lower great > lakes...they handled it themselves &as far as i know,few real > problems...things seem to work out for kids...are today well balanced > sucessful adults ...60 plus years later i have survived.... > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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