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Old 09-08-2012, 09:28 AM   #15
DavidM
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Jeff is absolutely right about getting info online vs reading old boating books.

But I can think of dozens of threads that I have followed where someone asked a question and hoards of half baked and absolutely wrong answers (opinions) followed. And if the OP picked the answer that got the most responses, he would have been wrong! IMHO, of course ;-).

So how do you know what information to believe on the net? At least authors of books and magazine articles have to have some acknowldeged expertise to get themselves published. Anyone can post any thing online.

BTW, I would add Bebe/Leishman's book Voyaging Under Power for its philosophy and examples of what makes a passagemaker. Of course some don't like Leishman's additions. I do.

David
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