Sir Gregory Hall, Esq.
2015-05-09 16:41:50 UTC
It's become clear that Skippy is an example of a typical,
sailing magazine, article writer.
1) He talks down to people and he dumbs down the sailing
terminology.
2) His attitude seems to be, *the more amateurish the
more appealing*. Professionalism is not something
to which to aspire.
3) He says things like "almost everybody runs portable,
on-deck generators" not realizing that almost everybody
who runs portable, on-deck generators is rude and guilty
of disturbing the peace as well as being an energy hog.
4) Skippy has yet to understand that real sailors don't find
it necessary to sail a condominium.
5) Skippy is brainwashed into thinking rubber inflatables
are the perfect dinghy. He seems to think davits are
mostly for show because he went on and on about scraping
the growth from the bottom of his inflatable. Duh! Lift
the thing on the davits every other nights and there
will be no growth to contend with.
6) Skippy is a poster boy for ignorance such as roll-up
sails, tons of clutter on deck, a very high center of
gravity, a vessel about a foot below it's designed LWL,
and generating more electricity than Con Edison.
"WHOOPEE! HEY LOOKIT MEEEEEEEE!"
Sad! Very sad that newcomers to sailing will read his crap
and think they are cool to follow in such errant footsteps.
sailing magazine, article writer.
1) He talks down to people and he dumbs down the sailing
terminology.
2) His attitude seems to be, *the more amateurish the
more appealing*. Professionalism is not something
to which to aspire.
3) He says things like "almost everybody runs portable,
on-deck generators" not realizing that almost everybody
who runs portable, on-deck generators is rude and guilty
of disturbing the peace as well as being an energy hog.
4) Skippy has yet to understand that real sailors don't find
it necessary to sail a condominium.
5) Skippy is brainwashed into thinking rubber inflatables
are the perfect dinghy. He seems to think davits are
mostly for show because he went on and on about scraping
the growth from the bottom of his inflatable. Duh! Lift
the thing on the davits every other nights and there
will be no growth to contend with.
6) Skippy is a poster boy for ignorance such as roll-up
sails, tons of clutter on deck, a very high center of
gravity, a vessel about a foot below it's designed LWL,
and generating more electricity than Con Edison.
"WHOOPEE! HEY LOOKIT MEEEEEEEE!"
Sad! Very sad that newcomers to sailing will read his crap
and think they are cool to follow in such errant footsteps.
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Sir Gregory
Sir Gregory