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[paul anderson]

Do you know a cure for me?"

Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water."

Salt water?" I asked him.

Yes," he said, "in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.”
― Karen Blixen, Seven Gothic Tales

[kim whitmyre]

This is Real...

Thx, Paul.

[Robert Hughes]

I read somewhere that when you buy plans from Wharram you don't just get a boat design, you get a whole philosophy.  The same is true of joining this forum.  It's wonderful !  Where else could you get help with selecting the right plywood and also the road to happiness !!

I guess it's because people who are attracted to Wharram cats all have a strong streak of individualism, the capacity to think for themselves, practical ability, and a sense of adventure.

[Galway Bay]

I  was on a surf trip recently with a man who has quit drinking after great difficulty and after a full counselling course of help. In my experience some people come through with insights that the ordinary person never develops.

He said to me "Happiness is just a decision you make".

I thought about this for a while and  certainly  the reverse is easy to see - that being miserable is simply a choice  we make. Once we decide to be miserable we can do a 101% job on it.

The more I think about it the more I think he is right. 

With apologies to anyone unfortunate to just be unwell.

[Peter Brook]

I tried to give up sailing over 20 years ago.  Had a serious lapse with RYA Day Skipper training.  Now can barely get through a day without glimpsing my study plans.  Have to accept have fallen into addiction again.  Not all addictions are a problem I hope.  

(With apologies again to those with more serious addictions).

If the reality is half as much fun as the planning, salt water will certainly be my cure!

[paul anderson]

there ya go mate, one for you.

"Ships are the nearest thing to dreams that hands have ever made."   Robert N. Rose

[Ricardo Aráoz]

LOL

Good one Bao Ya.

Though you should apologize to mosquitoes and to those with swollen testicles (probably caused by unwise attempts at killing mosquitoes).