[Rhodes22-list] Knox to Mobile in a 14 foot john boat

[Herb Parsons]

In that true story, though his boat didn't make the full trip, he was 
able to finish, and they had a long, and seemingly happy life together. 
It really is a good story.

elle wrote:
> Wourd could not express...but he would be VERY pleased.....
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> elle
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> (BTW..I had one..)
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> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
> 1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06 "WaterMusic" (Lady in Red)
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> --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
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> From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Knox to Mobile in a 14 foot john boat
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 8:57 AM
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> Ahhh, but from a woman's view point, what would you think about the man 
> that did that for you?
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> elle wrote:
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>>> Would YOU attempt a solo crossing of the south Pacific on a
>>> 29 foot boat 
>>> all for the sake of love?
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>> Only if it had wings and "United" or "Quantas"
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> emblazoned on the side.....
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>> elle
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>> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>>
>> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
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>>
>> --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
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>>> From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Knox to Mobile in a 14 foot john boat
>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
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> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
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>>> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 1:07 AM
>>> We're all sailors here, if you REALLY want an adventure
>>> trip story, read 
>>> Desperate Voyage.
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>>> Brad Haslett wrote:
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>>>> Elle,
>>>>
>>>> For a couple of good reads on a similar journey, read
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>>> "Mississippi
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>>>> Solo" by Eddie Harris and "Old Glory"
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>>> by Jonathan Raban (an excellent
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>>>> sailing author who also wrote "Passage to
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>>> Juneau).  My favorite of all
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>>>> river journeys remains "River Horse" by
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>>> William Least Heat-Moon,
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>>>> author of "Blue Highways".
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>>>>         
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Herb Parsons