Itâs clear you learned very much about rescuing recreational sailors at sea via large ships. A shame you had to nearly drown to do it, but hey thats what you sailors are looking for right? Adventure on the high seas and all.
Itâs also clear youâve never learned a damn thing about talking to people, or anything about humility in the face of your staggering indebtedness to your rescuers.
I encourage you to right a book about your righteous indignation over your mistreatment during your rescue.
You do realize that maneuvering a VLCC is not nearly as easy as a sailboat right? They donât exactly back and fill as easily as a yacht. Hell, it probably took those 4 hours just to keep the plant from dying if they were running on IFO still when they got to you. Frankly your lack of comprehension for shiphandling scares me more than a little. Please tell me youâre not one of those people that darts across the channel in front of cargo vessels telling your shipmates âItâs ok, theyâll stop if we get too close.â
And WHY did you keep the sea anchor out when the ship was coming along side? If youâd have pulled that in and taken a painter line⌠you might have kept your feet dry.
Stop whining here⌠weâve heard it, youâve heard us⌠well, weâve given our opinions⌠canât say youâve heard us 'cause youâre still talking⌠but youâre not going to get any different answer here than youâve gotten.
I wish you luck in your candidacy! Just remember, the internet NEVER forgetsâŚ
No, heâs one of those people on autopilot and down below, busy mixing a batch of mai tais. Which is why he canât hear the danger signal. Canât hear the calls on vhf 16 either cause his copy of jimmy buffetâs greatest hits is cranked.
Yay! Ok, youâre not a total idiot⌠Iâll give you that. @coldduck, weâll give the technicality a pass since he at least knows to stay out of the way. Just that warms my cold cold heart a bit.
Doug - for your own good, see somebody. Seriously.
âDirectingâ your own rescue from the water (and hereâŚafter the fact) when YOU are the one who put himself and his crew in this situation? And when YOU are the one who was not prepared with a proper PFD and weighted down by a bundle of freakinâ CASH?
You are SO far off the mark, and SO whacked in your egocentric views on this issue that youâre potentially dangerous to ALL sailors out there. You should stick with politics and never get on the water again.
And no, I wonât vote for you. Iâll just shake my head and wait for a humble âthank youâ (which will likely never come).
To all on G-Cap. Donât let this chucklehead ruin your view of sailors. I think I speak for the vast majority of recreational sailors who THANK YOU for your willingness to bail us out of our âadventuresâ-gone-wrong, simply because you honor a centuries-long tradition of the seaâŚand disregard the economic impact of that choice. You do good. No question.
Doug grabbed his cash which almost drowned him. You saved his life in spite of the loss of cash to your own bottom line. I think thatâs all that needs to be said.
