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Fellow readers, I like to hear my self talk and lately like to see myself type. For the seasoned Jetboaters this write up will serve as a Greek Comedy and for the junior jetboaters will serve as a Greek Drama. Especially for those who so desperately want to make the trip and underestimate the preparation needed to make the trip.
I read @kthrash write up of his little adventure more than once and one thing was sure of my trip. I was 99.99% prepared to take in water. We took water more than once and all the times we handled great. We knew what was coming; we knew what to do. 6 inches of water in the cockpit, no-proplem for the Yonder crew. Although, we handled water in the cockpit very well, we were ill prepared for other things and so I thought I share. Especially, for someone who watches a youtube video and thinks he/she can cross to Bimini with zero boating experience, for this fool, this is a must read.
This is meant to be a trilogy where the first part is the preparation, the 2nd part is the trip itself and the 3rd part is the lesson learned and rational examination of the whole adventure.
· The Odyssey of an Immature Captain
· The Odyssey of an Amateur Captain
· The Odyssey of the Soul and its Search for Rationality
Disclaimer: All references to situations and people are fully based in my memory. And I know I have very short short term memory. If anything in my docs contracts what you know, assume that I am wrong.
Note 1: The writing style here is not just GreekEnglish. There is sanity in the insanity of those scribbles. As the trilogy progresses the writing will be more and more allegoric, cryptic and down to mystic. In all honesty, I am not even sure that there is value in the time spend to decrypt my writings, but the fact the reader might not finish the trilogy is not a good enough reason for me to not write it. As duty dictates; I must write.
Note 2: The timeline is neither linear not chronological. The trigoly starts the day we are about to make the BIMINI Sands reservations. Within that very same day and while driving to the local UPS store, the time shifts back 8 months when the inception of the Bimini trip takes place. The time returns to back to present time during the UPS store transaction and then slips again in the past. These 2 time slips occur while, I am driving to the UPS store and driving back from the UPS store. After than more or less the events occur in a chronological order.
Note 3: Straight dialogue with 3rd person writings is just actual events observed by whoever was present. Italic text usually indicates the writer’s state of mind and thoughts what have not been shared with anyone until the publishing of this text. For those of you who are still reading this and are starting to wonder if this is a schizophrenic behavior on my part… Please rest assured that my shrink is fully aware of what is going on. Legally, I am still sane. LOL
Note 4: Some characters on the text might be unfamiliar to the reader.
· “Admiral” is often referred to the founder of the forum and leader of the Bimini expedition, Bruce.
· “Nanny” or “my wife’s mother in law” refers to my own mother.
“Demon” is a metaphysical creature that exists on someone’s mind and gives its landlord advice to on how to avoid injustice, immorality and disgrace.
I read @kthrash write up of his little adventure more than once and one thing was sure of my trip. I was 99.99% prepared to take in water. We took water more than once and all the times we handled great. We knew what was coming; we knew what to do. 6 inches of water in the cockpit, no-proplem for the Yonder crew. Although, we handled water in the cockpit very well, we were ill prepared for other things and so I thought I share. Especially, for someone who watches a youtube video and thinks he/she can cross to Bimini with zero boating experience, for this fool, this is a must read.
This is meant to be a trilogy where the first part is the preparation, the 2nd part is the trip itself and the 3rd part is the lesson learned and rational examination of the whole adventure.
· The Odyssey of an Immature Captain
- Detailing the preparation and to the start of the Crossing
· The Odyssey of an Amateur Captain
- Detailing the crossing itself, July 2017
· The Odyssey of the Soul and its Search for Rationality
- A reflection of why we (I) bother with the crossing. This is a heavy read and possibly offend one or two (dozen) people. But to me, the ending of this document carries more weight than the entire first 2 essays. I only hope that it will leave an impression on you, just as it did for me.
- I originally planned to give a very detail expense report, but the conclusion finds the cost irrelevant and therefore it will make no sense to include it. If someone reading this really wants to know, I will be glad to share my excel showing over $3K in preparation, $9K of trip spend and whatever the repair bill turns out to be.
Disclaimer: All references to situations and people are fully based in my memory. And I know I have very short short term memory. If anything in my docs contracts what you know, assume that I am wrong.
Note 1: The writing style here is not just GreekEnglish. There is sanity in the insanity of those scribbles. As the trilogy progresses the writing will be more and more allegoric, cryptic and down to mystic. In all honesty, I am not even sure that there is value in the time spend to decrypt my writings, but the fact the reader might not finish the trilogy is not a good enough reason for me to not write it. As duty dictates; I must write.
Note 2: The timeline is neither linear not chronological. The trigoly starts the day we are about to make the BIMINI Sands reservations. Within that very same day and while driving to the local UPS store, the time shifts back 8 months when the inception of the Bimini trip takes place. The time returns to back to present time during the UPS store transaction and then slips again in the past. These 2 time slips occur while, I am driving to the UPS store and driving back from the UPS store. After than more or less the events occur in a chronological order.
Note 3: Straight dialogue with 3rd person writings is just actual events observed by whoever was present. Italic text usually indicates the writer’s state of mind and thoughts what have not been shared with anyone until the publishing of this text. For those of you who are still reading this and are starting to wonder if this is a schizophrenic behavior on my part… Please rest assured that my shrink is fully aware of what is going on. Legally, I am still sane. LOL
Note 4: Some characters on the text might be unfamiliar to the reader.
· “Admiral” is often referred to the founder of the forum and leader of the Bimini expedition, Bruce.
· “Nanny” or “my wife’s mother in law” refers to my own mother.
“Demon” is a metaphysical creature that exists on someone’s mind and gives its landlord advice to on how to avoid injustice, immorality and disgrace.
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. This is good stuff!
ETA ? Haha
