klutz, nah. purist, maybe. eccentric, definitely.
Scout
"Bart Senior" <bsenior@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> So does that make him a purist, or a mechanical klutz?
>
> "Scout" <scoutsails@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>
> > actually Bart, you're close enough that I not drag this out.
> > According to Richard Henderson, author of Singlehanded Sailing,
Tangvald
> > "once unbolted his balky engine from its bed, hoisted it on deck, and
> pushed
> > it overboard. He claims that engines often give a false sense of
security,
> > and cites the example of a boat that was wrecked because her engine
failed
> > in the middle of a dangerous pass leading to a harbor near Tahiti."
> > Scout
> >
> >
> > "Bart Senior" <bsenior@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > > I don't think he tossed out his engine--he never had one.
> > >
> > > Whenever one of wives gave him any grief, he'd toss her
> > > overboard and get another one.
> > >
> > > "Scout" <scoutsails@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> > >
> > > > What radical action did sailing purist Peter Tangvald take while
at
> sea,
> > > and
> > > > why?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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