Hi, Ed, and list,
No offense - I just wanted to correct the "everyone asleep" part.
And, as I pointed out, we've been very candid about our "stupid pet
tricks" - things we learn from. There's an old "funny" to the effect that
good judgment usually is arrived at from bad judgment - and that experience
is gained at the cost of bad judgment. One guy on the Morgan list was
positively effusive in his gratitude from my "I learned about sailing from
that" post (from which you quoted), as he was certain he'd have gone down
the same path, despite being a long-time sailor. It's in that spirit that I
keep exposing my (our) foibles :{)) - and understand that folks will take
shots at us telling us how stupid (whatever it was, that time) it was.
OTOH, more of them point out the learning experiences gained, vicariously,
from seeing them. We try not to make the same mistakes twice :{))
No question that we were newbies - that incident (the rocks) convinced Lydia
of my earlier desire to do a thorough shakedown cruise, which is why we
headed up the east coast our first season after the rehab, rather than
heading directly to the Bahamas, again. Last year's second trip to (in this
case, Maine to FL) was an extension of that. And, as the log at the time
(obviously you have access to them :{)) or you'd not be quoting from them)
pointed out, we just sailed on to our anchorage, and then took advantage of
our first empty tank to not only mark our dipstick at 5 and 10 gallons, but
know exactly how much the tank would hold (see my sig for our thoughts on
that). Based on the hours we'd run, and the "specified" tankage, we didn't
expect to run out. of fuel. That we did was no more trouble than Tania's
("Maiden Voyage" book) EVERY voyage's resulting engine failure. We are,
after all, a SAIL boat - so we sailed into Portland and dropped the hook. A
propos of nothing in particular, we mostly sail on and off our anchor now,
being allergic to the sound, if not the fuel, of the engine :{))
I still consider us newbies, despite the many thousands of miles under our
keel. I doubt that any old salt would admit to not learning something
useful, if not important, all the time. When I learn something from doing
something stupid, I'll continue to expose my stupidity, here and elsewhere
:{))
We're off to Powell's Cay after our uneventful checkin here in Spanish Cay.
That you're seeing this demonstrates that we still have wifi :{)) (Ya, I
know, you get tired of hearing that - but we sure enjoy it, and no satphones
nor subscriptions add to our costs under our self-imposed miserly budget...)
L8R
Skip and crew
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