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E- You should take the Darwin reference as a compliment. A friend of mine got killed looking for someone who should have stayed home in bad weather (helo crash on Oahu), so my sympathies are somewhat divided about SAR. You and that boat of yours made a heck of a trip. Not too many people can say they've done anything like that.

Granted, SAR folks know the risk they are taking and should know when to say no. Sometimes they take risks, I assume, because finding someone is what they want to do. Still, often it is the stupidity of someone else that has started a chain of events with bad consequences. Most people don't go out intending to get hurt or lost, but they do.

Sometimes taking a different route, taking an entirely different trip or even staying home makes a lot of sense. Knowing when is just as important as knowing how.


Tom, I did take the refrence to Darwin as a joke. I was just poking fun at myself as I'm prone to doing from time to time here <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Yes, that particular sailing adventure was quite a feat; and I hope to someday convert my other photo albums to cd for folks to enjoy. I've lived quite the adventurous life and enjoy letting folks view where i've been to encourage their own adventurous Spirit <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> I only wished all those years were already on cd <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I worked on a movie set back in the 80's with Denzel Washington, before he was famous,; and could regal you guys with tales of speeding down dirt backroads with none other than Denzel at the wheel, Pete Townsend riding shotgun, and myself and Lola in the backseat....all on the way to a party on an island at that <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
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