"To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm
foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine
traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at
sea... cruising, it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the
wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are
contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until
your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.
"I've always wanted to sail to the south seas, but I can't afford it."
What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the
cancerous discipline of security. And in the worship of security we
fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine - and before we know it
our lives are gone. What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form
of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's
all - in the material sense, and we know it. But we are brainwashed by
our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time
payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our
attention for the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by, the
dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of
patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed. Where, then, lies the
answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy
of life?"

Sterling Hayden

"Gordon" wrote in message
m...

"To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm
foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine
traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at sea...
cruising, it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers
of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are contemplating a
voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes
change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about. "I've always
wanted to sail to the south seas, but I can't afford it." What these men
can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline
of security. And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the
wheels of routine - and before we know it our lives are gone. What does a
man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter,
six feet to lie down in - and some form of working activity that will
yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all - in the material sense, and
we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up
in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous
gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention for the sheer idiocy of the
charade. The years thunder by, the dreams of youth grow dim where they lie
caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is
sealed. Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be:
bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life?"

Sterling Hayden


Rest in peace. He was an amazing guy.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form
of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's
all - in the material sense, and we know it.

Catalina 22?

Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form
of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's
all - in the material sense, and we know it.

Catalina 22?


something with a real keel!

In article , cavelamb wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form
of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's
all - in the material sense, and we know it.

Catalina 22?

something with a real keel!

If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

Justin C wrote in
:

In article , cavelamb
wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some
form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment.
That's all - in the material sense, and we know it.

Catalina 22?

something with a real keel!

If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.


Dump her! The docks are full of cooperative females to breed...(c;]

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:53:16 +0000, Larry wrote:

Justin C wrote in
l:

In article , cavelamb
wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some
form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment.
That's all - in the material sense, and we know it.

Catalina 22?

something with a real keel!

If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.


Dump her! The docks are full of cooperative females to breed...(c;]

Easy to see why you're not married.

--Vic

In article , Larry wrote:
Justin C wrote in
:

In article , cavelamb
wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some
form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment.
That's all - in the material sense, and we know it.

Catalina 22?

something with a real keel!

If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.


Dump her! The docks are full of cooperative females to breed...(c;]

No! You got (possibly) the wrong end of the stick. The wife wants to
come along too, it's just that a Folkboat is too small for two!

..... hmmm, or are you suggesting I go with out her and find a woman in
any/every port I visit? Isn't that how you catch syphilis?

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

Justin C wrote:
In article , cavelamb wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form
of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's
all - in the material sense, and we know it.
Catalina 22?
something with a real keel!

If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.

I've spent a fair amount of time in a wooden Folkboat. It was one of
the least comfortable I've sailed. I didn't mind too much, but the
owner's wife got seasick thinking about it (which is why I got so much
time in it). I'll admit they have a good passage record for a 26
footer, but its not a boat I could "take off" in. But, give me a
Nonsuch 26 and no ties ...

In article , jeff wrote:
Justin C wrote:
In article , cavelamb wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form
of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's
all - in the material sense, and we know it.
Catalina 22?
something with a real keel!

If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.

I've spent a fair amount of time in a wooden Folkboat. It was one of
the least comfortable I've sailed. I didn't mind too much, but the
owner's wife got seasick thinking about it (which is why I got so much
time in it). I'll admit they have a good passage record for a 26
footer, but its not a boat I could "take off" in. But, give me a
Nonsuch 26 and no ties ...

I'm not keen on those rigs. I've never sailed on, but they just don't
look right to me. Given the budget I'd leave the Folkboat and be on a
Francis 26 - that Chuck Paine can certainly design sweet looking boats.

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.