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britinusa
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Initially Posted - 12/26/2011 :  04:38:38  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Cap-n Fatty's article about responsibility is one of his best ever.

In a nut shell... We, the skipper of the boat, are responsible for everything that happens, on, or to the boat or crew.

If the mast falls because the shroud broke, it's not the shroud's fault, it's ours for not inspecting and taking action earlier. If the weather turned nasty, we probably didn't do a good job checking the forecast.

My words do not do justice to Fatty's explanations, great article.

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redeye
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Response Posted - 12/26/2011 :  06:41:08  Show Profile
Personal Responsibility... really.. from him.. Hmmmm....
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Response Posted - 12/26/2011 :  07:50:29  Show Profile
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Huh??? Fatty has been a lot of places on this planet and is committed to a life at sea. I find it hard to believe that someone who sails a land locked C25 can comment on the abilities of a true blue water cruiser.

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redeye
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Response Posted - 12/26/2011 :  09:02:01  Show Profile
Yes it is true... Just giving him a hard time. I should behave. I believe I just finished his first book and am reacting to what was a long time ago...
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redeye
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Response Posted - 12/26/2011 :  09:17:20  Show Profile
His book desc...

"Chasing the Horizon is a delightfully demented Celebration of A Way of Life. It is an outrageously funny, often touching, and continuously shocking tale of a modern sea gypsy. Cap'n Fatty's story is too bizarre to be fiction. Father wears floral skirts; mother is a tad vague. Sister Carole isn't interested in her millionaire suitor; she's too busy smooching with the kid in the cesspool truck. Their strange live-aboard boat caravan includes Mort the Mortician, Backwards Bernie, Ruby Red the Conman, Barefoot Benny, Geeper Creeper, Para the Paranoid, Lusty Laura, Xlax, Shark Boy, the Pawtucket Pirate, Bait Broad, Colonel Crispy, Scupper Lips, Bob the Broker, the Pirate Queen, Otto the Owner, the Twin Slaves of Green Slime-and even a terribly long-winded fellow named (Hurricane) Hugo. All seem hell-bent on avoiding the cops, the creeps, each other, and especially the Dreaded Dream Crushers."
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 12/26/2011 :  09:58:05  Show Profile
CW has, on the whole, kind of drifted away from my sphere of interest, but Capt. Fatty is a mooring that that is difficult to cast off. As they follow the market to ever bigger and more luxurious boats, expense be damned features, and catering articles to their advertisers, (they are in the business of selling magazines and must go where the market demands), I find myself discarding the magazine after reading one or two articles beyond Capt. Fatty. I will miss the captain when my subscription expires next year because he is still what the magazine once was.

edit: i.e.: BOTY awards and 35 footers are now "Compact Cruiser" class
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 12/26/2011 :  10:14:22  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Concur Dave, but I just love to drool a little each month.
Currently we subscribe to Cruising and to Sail. Cruising is our primary interest. We read plenty of anecdotes from &lt;35' sailors on the web.

Having said that, I'm more interested in the 6'2" cruisers (would be really nice to be able to stand up... really expensive, but really nice.

Paul
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 12/28/2011 :  19:57:22  Show Profile
My apologies for being a bit removed recently and out-of-the-loop...which mag is now carrying Cap-n Fatty's articles?
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 12/28/2011 :  21:18:50  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Cruising World

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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 12/28/2011 :  21:51:32  Show Profile
I too am a Capt' Fatty fan and was struck at how serious that article was compared to his usual humorous albeit dead-on banter. He does bring up a great point; that at "sea", whether that is a small lake or a vast ocean, the captain IS responsible -- something that when looking around the mooring field or docks and when underway is all too easy to forget!
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Response Posted - 12/29/2011 :  04:10:24  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Peter: Zackly!

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 12/29/2011 :  08:51:06  Show Profile
I agree that CW has moved away from most of us and toward "compact cruisers" that start at 35'. But, I get it free with my annual ticket to the Cleveland Boat Show. So, it's worth the price to fantasize a little. Good article on crusing southeast Alaska this month.
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Alan Clark
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I went to Sailing and Sail. Left CW, I like Chris Caswells Commentarys in Sailing, unfortunatly the magazine size has shrunk.
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