[PUP] PPM in general - what should it be ?

[John Marshall]

Amen, Valerie! You've captured what should be out motto here:  
Camaraderie.

What is interesting is that many differences result in arguments here,  
but on the water, those same differences are celebrated and discussed  
with great humor and grace over a beer or three.

(Once in a remote anchorage, the only benefit that everyone agrees  
about the bigger "gizmo" boat is that it usually has more cold beer in  
the fridge. But when a gale starts blowing like stink at O-Dark-30,  
everybody's an equal, and the only "gizmo" that matters is the very  
low-tech size of one's anchor and how well you set it.)

I guess if we're going to draw the line between "Us" and "Them", I'd  
prefer to do it at the level of a professionally crewed passagemaker  
versus an owner/captain/crew. So while the postal worker is very  
welcome, I'm sorry, we have to draw a line: Bill Gates, you're out.

Otherwise, we all have a LOT more in common than differences --  
mainly, that the ocean is a lot bigger than any of our little boats.

John



On Dec 7, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Valerie Creighton wrote:

> On Dec 7, 2008, at 9:05 AM, John Marshall wrote:
>
>>
>> 	But I'd rather you didn't continuously disparage people...
>
> And I, as a lurker whose opinion probably means diddly-squat to any of
> you, second that.
>
> I'll bet many of you would agree that the one of the best things about
> cruising is its community of people. Never in our lives have we felt
> so immediately embraced by such a wide variety of wonderful people
> from all over the globe. And it levels the playing field: sail or
> power, modest means or mega-bucks, we have found the folks we meet
> while cruising, from busy marinas to remote anchorages, to be
> convivial, respectful, gracious, and go out of their way to volunteer
> a helpful hand. When we convene socially, a happy and animated
> discussion about boats, cruising, systems on boats etc always ensues.
> Simply because we are coming together around this lifestyle of
> cruising which we all love. The camaraderie is just phenomenal.
>
> One wouldn't know it from many of the posts on this list though, and
> the sour grapes that continually bubble up here. The reason for this
> is a mystery to me. But this forum is such a great resource when we
> remember what brings us together here, instead of our differences, or
> who chose which brand of whatever and what they paid for it!
>
> Valerie Creighton
> Pax Nautica
> Selene 53
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