The Carrolls wrote:

Quite a romantic view. Impractical as can be but purist and romantic.
I add plastic resin to your list, and dacron fabric. Also aluminium
spars, the only repair you can do without high welding skills on an
aluminium rig is slipshod at best dangerous at worst. LCD displays on
your gauges also.

Romanticism has little to do with why the Crapton holds these beliefs,
it's cheapstakism and stupidity.


The Carrolls wrote:


Why have an engine at all, Larry Pardee uses a sculling oar, any thing
else is only a rationalisation of your own position.

The Pardees also are very well known for begging tows from other
cruisers.


The Carrolls wrote:

If you are going to accuse the rest of us as foolish in your document
you should quit being hypocritical and follow the timeline back to the
technology of the 30's.

You mean the *19* 30's??

DSK