A bread knife is actually an ideal tool for cutting lines.
"As far as the superyacht crowd, Wenz said it boiled down to arrogance. “Why do you need to tow that boat? Because you’re a spoiled rich bastard, and you can,” he said. “In the old days, we put tenders on decks. There were a lot reasons for that.”"
I've been in this business for almost 40 years and I will never understand the overt hatred I encounter in colleagues for the wealthy. Most of my clients are what one would consider to be extremely wealthy, some could easily buy the builders who build their yachts, some of those several times over, and they are some of the nicest, most unassuming, and self-deprecating people I know, when they have crew, they trust them to do the right thing. The "spoiled rich bastards" are truly the exception in my experience. The clients I have who tow, usually do so because the vessel they are towing is too large to be placed on deck, and they use it for offshore fishing, making the size necessary for their goals, and not because they are spoiled. For every towing disaster story you hear, there are thousands of tows that are uneventful.
I'm currently in Taiwan, inspecting vessels under construction, for some really nice rich clients;-)
A bread knife is actually an ideal tool for cutting lines.
"As far as the superyacht crowd, Wenz said it boiled down to arrogance. “Why do you need to tow that boat? Because you’re a spoiled rich bastard, and you can,” he said. “In the old days, we put tenders on decks. There were a lot reasons for that.”"
I've been in this business for almost 40 years and I will never understand the overt hatred I encounter in colleagues for the wealthy. Most of my clients are what one would consider to be extremely wealthy, some could easily buy the builders who build their yachts, some of those several times over, and they are some of the nicest, most unassuming, and self-deprecating people I know, when they have crew, they trust them to do the right thing. The "spoiled rich bastards" are truly the exception in my experience. The clients I have who tow, usually do so because the vessel they are towing is too large to be placed on deck, and they use it for offshore fishing, making the size necessary for their goals, and not because they are spoiled. For every towing disaster story you hear, there are thousands of tows that are uneventful.
I'm currently in Taiwan, inspecting vessels under construction, for some really nice rich clients;-)
Made my day with the dinghy song (an artist). I’ll be a good album when I have passengers aboard.
A bread knife has served me well for cutting away abandoned fishing nets https://mvstarr.com/day-4-5-dead-in-the-water-750nm-offshore/
Yep. Just don't do it. In shore, easy day. Off shore, no way.
Towing a dinghy in the ocean-- "just don't do it." On a much smaller scale: https://www.sailmagazine.com/cruising/a-truly-awesome-dinghy
Never a dull moment.