I spent 3 days trying to write a reply to this and gave up before my blood pressure peaked to stroke.. I don't know who this Tad character is but I suggest he go boff the neighbor's dog rather than write such BS about things he obviously knows nothing about. The great seamen like Ross Anderson, a frequent poster here, and Don & Marge Macintyre who are, I believe, 3 time participants in the BOC, and the others voyaging the world in DIESEL DUCKS, are people who, to paraphrase what Lincoln said at Gettysburg; have knowledge that made their choice "beyond (some posters here) poor power to add or distract." And dismissing IDLEWILD in these pages as a "stunt?" MY GOD. Ben and IDLEWILD sum up the very BEST of the human spirit. Having a dream, believing it against all the boring and unimaginative nay sayers like some who post here, having the balls to TRY, and then succeeding. Ben and IDLEWILD set records that will stand a long long time. And they will ALWAYS be the first.. But that isn't why they did it. It was Ben's dream to make that trip and he did it. And to have him sneered in these posts as a "stunt" by some clown who has never done anything remotely as brave is appalling. Anybody who can't see that really is beyond hope. And just as appalling, NO national magazine including Passagemaker, ever mentioned it. Could it be that I don't spend thousands in ads in their rags? What a boring boring culture we have become if people, especially on these pages, can't understand that Ben had a dream and unlike me and you, DID IT. Certainly there is enough positive things about cruising to write about rather than poking such undeserved cheap shots as I've seen in these pages recently, Most Sincerely, George Buehler -- George Buehler Yacht Design P.O. Box 966, Freeland, WA 98249 Telephone & Fax: (360) 331-5866 http://georgebuehler.com & http://dieselducks.com

Well said, Amen. Dave Evans On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:20 PM, George Buehler <design@georgebuehler.com>wrote: > I spent 3 days trying to write a reply to this and gave up before my > blood pressure peaked to stroke.. I don't know who this Tad character > is but I suggest he go boff the neighbor's dog rather than write such BS > about things he obviously knows nothing about. The great seamen like > Ross Anderson, a frequent poster here, and Don & Marge Macintyre who > are, I believe, 3 time participants in the BOC, and the others voyaging > the world in DIESEL DUCKS, are people who, to paraphrase what Lincoln > said at Gettysburg; have knowledge that made their choice "beyond (some > posters here) poor power to add or distract." > And dismissing IDLEWILD in these pages as a "stunt?" MY GOD. Ben > and IDLEWILD sum up the very BEST of the human spirit. Having a dream, > believing it against all the boring and unimaginative nay sayers like > some who post here, having the balls to TRY, and then succeeding. Ben > and IDLEWILD set records that will stand a long long time. And they > will ALWAYS be the first.. But that isn't why they did it. It was > Ben's dream to make that trip and he did it. And to have him sneered in > these posts as a "stunt" by some clown who has never done anything > remotely as brave is appalling. Anybody who can't see that really is > beyond hope. And just as appalling, NO national magazine including > Passagemaker, ever mentioned it. Could it be that I don't spend > thousands in ads in their rags? > What a boring boring culture we have become if people, especially on > these pages, can't understand that Ben had a dream and unlike me and > you, DID IT. Certainly there is enough positive things about > cruising to write about rather than poking such undeserved cheap shots > as I've seen in these pages recently, > > Most Sincerely, > > George Buehler > > -- George Buehler Yacht Design > P.O. Box 966, Freeland, WA 98249 > Telephone & Fax: (360) 331-5866 > http://georgebuehler.com & http://dieselducks.com > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World > Productions, formerly known as Trawler World Productions.

George Buehler, If I could get by all the passion and insults I'm sure you have something good to say. Could you tone it down a little and share a little respect for the others on this site ? John Harris -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 446 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

That WAS toned down........ John Harris wrote: >George Buehler, > >If I could get by all the passion and insults I'm sure you have something >good to say. Could you tone it down a little and share a little respect for >the others on this site ? > >John Harris > > > > -- George Buehler Yacht Design Box 966, Freeland, WA 98249 tel & fax: 360-331-5866 Web Sites: http://georgebuehler.com & http://dieselducks.com