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

[Kristine Fletcher]

Here, here. Valerie.
Danny Fletcher
Nordhavn 46

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 2:34 PM, John Marshall <johnamar1101 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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