Sailing around the world in a San Juan 24

[SloopJonB]

If he's "cooking a rice" as in singular,

One Grain At A Time, brothers.

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Nah... "cooking a rice" merely shows that he learned English from the British where using words and phrases incorrectly and omitting much altogether has become so common they have taken to calling it "proper English."

The imperialists have grown so lazy that they can no longer form complete thoughts or sentences. "I am cooking a curry-based entrée" has morphed into "I'm cooking a curry..." as if the effort keep those last three syllables was altogether too much.

That's the truth. 1/2 my heritage is English and I lived in England on two occasions for 2 1/2 years in total but I have great difficulty in understanding the majority of "English" as spoken by them these days. It's gotten so bad that it has even begun to infest the BBC, once the standard of properly spoken English (the Queen aside).

As to the ubiquitous curry - "Av a bi' u bu'ah wiv i' " (Have a bit of butter with it)

English as she is goodly spoke indeed. Lazy, sloppy and ignorant - I doubt the majority of that country even know what the word elocution means. Thank God that Joanna Lumley still speaks properly so we have a standard to judge by.

 

[European Bloke]

As to the ubiquitous curry - "Av a bi' u bu'ah wiv i' " (Have a bit of butter with it)

I think you'll find that's just the chavs, pikies and oiks. White trash to you, well not just white trash, but certainly trash.

 

[Ajax]

Oh my... someone sure thinks he's grand:

I would like to meet san francisco newspapers of reporters sailing no life raft no engine someone can call abaut me. Rimas thank you

Is this what happens when you sail alone for so long? The edge of madness?

 

[Norse Horse]

Oh my... someone sure thinks he's grand:

I would like to meet san francisco newspapers of reporters sailing no life raft no engine someone can call abaut me. Rimas thank you

Is this what happens when you sail alone for so long? The edge of madness?

Ok, time for theme music then when he makes landfall....

 

[couchsurfer]

Oh my... someone sure thinks he's grand:

I would like to meet san francisco newspapers of reporters sailing no life raft no engine someone can call abaut me. Rimas thank you

Is this what happens when you sail alone for so long? The edge of madness?

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...ohh gawsh,,,time for a press agent ,,,marketer ........and ghost-writer :mellow:

.......psychosis has a worldwide appeal :wacko:

 

[We are Rimas!]

lat 38 might be interested, but probably not for the reasons he is thinking. the real suprise of that message is that he still is going to try and make San Francisco..

 

[couchsurfer]

lat 38 might be interested, but probably not for the reasons he is thinking. the real suprise of that message is that he still is going to try and make San Francisco..

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...somehow I have a feeling that Lat and him would do very well together

......psychotic ocean wanderer becomes SF aging-hippy-chick magnet :lol:

 

[Dex Sawash]

 

[Rain Man]

Oh my... someone sure thinks he's grand:

I would like to meet san francisco newspapers of reporters sailing no life raft no engine someone can call abaut me. Rimas thank you

Is this what happens when you sail alone for so long? The edge of madness?

.

...ohh gawsh,,,time for a press agent ,,,marketer ........and ghost-writer :mellow:

.......psychosis has a worldwide appeal :wacko:

Oh dear, my impression of this guy as a humble sailing enthusiast who just wanted to get out on the ocean is fading fast. I was hoping he would just sail back to the mainland, park his boat somewhere and maybe have a good story to tell in the bar. Books? Reporters? WTF?

 

[Ishmael]

Oh my... someone sure thinks he's grand:

I would like to meet san francisco newspapers of reporters sailing no life raft no engine someone can call abaut me. Rimas thank you

Is this what happens when you sail alone for so long? The edge of madness?

.

...ohh gawsh,,,time for a press agent ,,,marketer ........and ghost-writer :mellow:

.......psychosis has a worldwide appeal :wacko:

Oh dear, my impression of this guy as a humble sailing enthusiast who just wanted to get out on the ocean is fading fast. I was hoping he would just sail back to the mainland, park his boat somewhere and maybe have a good story to tell in the bar. Books? Reporters? WTF?

Near as I can figure out, Rimas wants to meet reporters who don't have life rafts or engines. Birds of a feather, I guess.

Myself, I'd be after a cold beer and some pussy after that trip.

 

[CowboyKell]

lat 38 might be interested, but probably not for the reasons he is thinking. the real suprise of that message is that he still is going to try and make San Francisco..

Everyone seems to forget who they are and who Rimas is. You have to get down on his level.

It's easy to say "if I were him I would do this". Or "why doesn't he do that".

He has no idea of why, he just does. He turns on his Garmin Nuvi automobile purposed GPS and it points him to San Francisco. That's where he wants to go. He has no idea that he might not get there or why.

A person gets tired at night so might as well go to sleep. Pull over and get some rest. Continue on the voyage in the morning. Doesn't everyone do this? He most likely has no idea that that he is not in the same place in the morning as when he stopped sailing the night before.

He probably has no clew to how long a TransPac-Hi/mainland should take. probably doesn't care. It is easy for us to draw the line at 10 days westbound and 14 days eastbound. That would be like teleportation to Rimas.

 

[shahn]

Everyone seems to forget who they are and who Rimas is. You have to get down on his level.

 

[couchsurfer]

He turns on his Garmin Nuvi automobile purposed GPS and it points him to San Francisco. That's where he wants to go. He has no idea that he might not get there or why.

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...don't those things tell you when to turn left,,,right,,,,stop,,etc?!

....I think he's just following directions,no?

 

[Ishmael]

He turns on his Garmin Nuvi automobile purposed GPS and it points him to San Francisco. That's where he wants to go. He has no idea that he might not get there or why.

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...don't those things tell you when to turn left,,,right,,,,stop,,etc?!

....I think he's just following directions,no?

As far as the Nüvi is concerned, he is one seriously fucked up Aquacar.

 

[Rain Man]

He turns on his Garmin Nuvi automobile purposed GPS and it points him to San Francisco. That's where he wants to go. He has no idea that he might not get there or why.

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...don't those things tell you when to turn left,,,right,,,,stop,,etc?!

....I think he's just following directions,no?

As far as the Nüvi is concerned, he is one seriously fucked up Aquacar.

Doesn't he have one of those Delorme Inreach devices?

 

[Rain Man]

Around 330 miles left to SFO, but the going will be tougher if the northerlies re-establish. It looks like he might have another 2-3 days of westerlies, though. If he makes it in to SFO on this without having to do any more beating to weather, he'll be a very lucky bastard and he'll no doubt conclude that sailing from Hi to SFO is a downwind sail.

 

[Ajax]

Everyone seems to forget who they are and who Rimas is. You have to get down on his level.

It's easy to say "if I were him I would do this". Or "why doesn't he do that".

He has no idea of why, he just does. He turns on his Garmin Nuvi automobile purposed GPS and it points him to San Francisco. That's where he wants to go. He has no idea that he might not get there or why.

A person gets tired at night so might as well go to sleep. Pull over and get some rest. Continue on the voyage in the morning. Doesn't everyone do this? He most likely has no idea that that he is not in the same place in the morning as when he stopped sailing the night before.

He probably has no clew to how long a TransPac-Hi/mainland should take. probably doesn't care. It is easy for us to draw the line at 10 days westbound and 14 days eastbound. That would be like teleportation to Rimas.

I can relate, because my knowledge is maybe 2 steps up from his.

When/if he finally arrives, it would be great if some people met him, showed him his track, and explained all of this to him.

The question that burns in my head is- Does he want to learn? Is he open to input from other sailors, or does he think he knows everything he needs to know?

The guy has made it to Hawaii and back (Ok, almost). You'd think a month or two of crewing in Wednesday night races, and spending some nights at the pub with people who've raced to Hawaii, would boost his learning curve immensely.

 

[Ishmael]

Everyone seems to forget who they are and who Rimas is. You have to get down on his level.

It's easy to say "if I were him I would do this". Or "why doesn't he do that".

He has no idea of why, he just does. He turns on his Garmin Nuvi automobile purposed GPS and it points him to San Francisco. That's where he wants to go. He has no idea that he might not get there or why.

A person gets tired at night so might as well go to sleep. Pull over and get some rest. Continue on the voyage in the morning. Doesn't everyone do this? He most likely has no idea that that he is not in the same place in the morning as when he stopped sailing the night before.

He probably has no clew to how long a TransPac-Hi/mainland should take. probably doesn't care. It is easy for us to draw the line at 10 days westbound and 14 days eastbound. That would be like teleportation to Rimas.

I can relate, because my knowledge is maybe 2 steps up from his.

When/if he finally arrives, it would be great if some people met him, showed him his track, and explained all of this to him.

The question that burns in my head is- Does he want to learn? Is he open to input from other sailors, or does he think he knows everything he needs to know?

The guy has made it to Hawaii and back (Ok, almost). You'd think a month or two of crewing in Wednesday night races, and spending some nights at the pub with people who've raced to Hawaii, would boost his learning curve immensely.

You would think that if he wanted to learn, he would have. It's not like his calendar is full of other stuff to do. There is lots of free advice out there, some of it good. Hell, heaving to for the night would be way better than just drifting, and that is equivalent to learning how to snowplow in skiing. Rimas comes across as simplistic, but I think it's closer to simple.

 

[couchsurfer]

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...my guess is that if there's press & aging hippy-chicks there to greet Rimas,,,he's got all the answers he needs,,

....might be more 'open' if he hits a mishap,,or lands on the barren coast of Chile,,,or even SF with no hippy-chicks!!!

 

[Nice!]

"Good morning guys. Last time i met. Jean. Mondeau in 1992 in. Guam island i am happy to meet again this time in san francisco. Today the sea is calm"