tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007838299911865964.post2493708501805621577..comments2024-03-28T13:06:53.688-07:00Comments on DoryMan: Sucia Island Rendezvous, 2015dorymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077373149267825091noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007838299911865964.post-91757527564830429722015-07-22T13:32:35.902-07:002015-07-22T13:32:35.902-07:00Yes, a small boat can be big fun. With the current...Yes, a small boat can be big fun. With the current interest in pushing the boundaries of what a small boat can do, new designs are safer than ever. You may, like me, find your bigger boat more often left behind.dorymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077373149267825091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007838299911865964.post-36137162207666418432015-07-20T14:13:42.216-07:002015-07-20T14:13:42.216-07:00Thanks for the offer Doryman, sounds like an offer...Thanks for the offer Doryman, sounds like an offer that would be hard to refuse. You sail deep in the late William Gardens cruising grounds, an area I have been reading about for years. I like seeing the many and varied yacht designs that are featured on your blog. It's interesting that Bill Garden and John G Alden (my namesake) both found great joy in very small yachts in their later years. Although I own a 30 foot yacht, I am finding myself drawn back to the small centerboarders of my youth.Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007838299911865964.post-61740103537533368282015-07-20T09:57:42.708-07:002015-07-20T09:57:42.708-07:00I like the name. Not that I endorse crime, but am ...I like the name. Not that I endorse crime, but am impressed by women who push gender boundaries. Men too, for that matter.dorymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077373149267825091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007838299911865964.post-44026387979419659602015-07-20T00:37:04.009-07:002015-07-20T00:37:04.009-07:00Great story, thanks. There werent many ways for a ...Great story, thanks. There werent many ways for a woman to earn any other sort of reputation , I guess, in those days. She would be pleased to be remembered. robert.ditterichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007838299911865964.post-43989546478190429892015-07-20T00:00:34.339-07:002015-07-20T00:00:34.339-07:00The notorious Belle Starr was a professional outla...The notorious Belle Starr was a professional outlaw who's life was defined by the civil war in the US. She fraternized and married within the indigenous population of the poverty stricken rural South (one of her husbands and partner in crime was a Cherokee named Sam Starr), which earned her a tarnished reputation. I suspect she was an exceptional person in her day and possibly any other day as well, but history is hard on self-determinate women, especially if they are horse thieves and bank robbers.<br />No, I didn't name the boat, she came with that reputation.dorymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077373149267825091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007838299911865964.post-57302645599595680832015-07-19T19:04:41.969-07:002015-07-19T19:04:41.969-07:00I've been wondering at the name of your lovely...I've been wondering at the name of your lovely boat. I've probably missed an explanation somewhere, but when I just noticed the double 'r' in Starr it made me wonder...a person? Maybe way before your time?robert.ditterichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007838299911865964.post-39133234694374911462015-07-17T13:25:22.025-07:002015-07-17T13:25:22.025-07:00I'll bet it reminds you of home, Alden. If you...I'll bet it reminds you of home, Alden. If you ever come this way let me know, we'll go for a sail together.<br />michaeldorymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077373149267825091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007838299911865964.post-1262439045392114422015-07-17T04:16:22.953-07:002015-07-17T04:16:22.953-07:00Nice cruising grounds, really nice little boats! Nice cruising grounds, really nice little boats! Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.com