I'll bet you're still handsome now. Ok, so I said that before, but it bears repeating. ;-)

I wish...But I'm not.

A grown man blabbering and cursing at me like a lunatic? For shame sir, for shame.

The soldier and Uncle Dennis - precious. Thank you.

Great pic;

Gotta ask; what is the name of that four masted monster behind you?

Jim O
in Minnesota

DAMN! I am handsome.

Jim O - I can't remember. It is one of the Windjammer boats. It's really beautiful under sail. They were heading down the island chain when we were so we saw tthem about three separate times.

Reid - You were so cute. What happened?

Catshit - I'm only treating you like the spoiled little brat that you are.

LMAO @ Gaskin!! Reid, you're handsome--but a swollen head isn't considered attractive unless it's hanging out with two nuts, mmkay?

Keep fighting the good fight, hon! ;-)

As for YOU, Denny, will you shut yer trap already? You're handsome. Take it from a bona-fide human female. It doesn't matter if you're handsome and standing, or handsome and in a wheelchair. If I was single you'd be a target for my feminine wiles! :-)

--TwoDragons

Jim O:

The ship's name was Windstar. I cannot remember the name of the company who commissioned her, but it is one of two massive steel schooners designed and fabricated as luxury auxilary sailing cruise vessels. These weren't yachts with glandular problems...they were full sized cruise ships. All sail systens were completely automated (Go-rags of that size would clearly have been beyond the handling ability of any reasonably sized crew.) The Windstar was based in the Carribean and I believe her sistership, Wind????, was supposed to sail in the South Pacific. Both ships cruised under power when winds were unfavorable, absent, or too strong. On a reach (wind across the ship) or a run (following wind), these ladies could make a respectable turn of speed and impress the hell out of her passengers for the sheer scale of canvas driving her.

To Denny and Ryan;

Thank you for your replys. I had asked about the ship because I had thought it was the one I saw on a cable channel. Turns out that it is probably the same ship; an extremely pricey luxury cruiser. What caught my attention was a comment; that a sailor from back in the days of these types of ships would be appalled at the fact that there are people (babes) lounging, and catching some rays, while all the work intrinsic to making a multi-masted ship work, was going on around them, because SAFE it was not, back then. Ain't technology great? If I remember right, they said that the beast can do 17 knots. Damn.

I've never captained any sailing vessel larger than an old AMF sunfish, but even that was great fun.

Thanks again;

your site is always a treat,

Jim