On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:33:27 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for parts
to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators, transmissions,
et cetera, has little appeal to me.

Is that why you don't pilot your boat to exotic locations. I'll bet you
haven't gone seaward of the bridge tunnel in your current boat.

My bet is not south of Tangier Island



Silly boys. We've been all the way south to North Carolina!

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North Carolina? Wow.

Come back and talk to us after you've logged 5,000 hours on your
engines and 40,000 nautical miles.