I wonder if he is taking the same Route Ben did a few years ago? Funny, seems to me Ben overcame a few pesky problems like oh, PORTAGING his boat through the woods to bypass some WATERFALLS, TWICE. Come on, held up because of computer problems? Does this strike anyone as odd? Scott Bulger, Clueless in Seattle

> ... Come on, held up > because of computer problems? Does this strike anyone as odd? > No. I read this kind of stuff al the time in these boat conferences. Problems with chartplotters, autopilots, air conditioners, watermakers, battery inverters, ..., hold up departures. Nobody today, self included, knows how to navigate without GPS, likes to man the helm for hours on end, likes to sweat or be sweaty, likes to be without satellite TV, ... . -- Jim Ague

*Puts hand up* Oh! Pick me! (With the exception of GPS. Only one I know.) That doesn't sound too bad to me at all! Tedd On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 2:37 AM, Jim Ague <ague@usa.net> wrote: > ... Come on, held up >> because of computer problems? Does this strike anyone as odd? >> >> No. I read this kind of stuff al the time in these boat conferences. > Problems with chartplotters, autopilots, air conditioners, watermakers, > battery inverters, ..., hold up departures. Nobody today, self included, > knows how to navigate without GPS, likes to man the helm for hours on end, > likes to sweat or be sweaty, likes to be without satellite TV, ... . > > -- Jim Ague _______________________________________________ > > 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.