tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142327341608998711.post8162087188285665891..comments2024-03-28T15:51:25.134-07:00Comments on William Hay, Writer: Seasickness on the SV GIRIhaykindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07390376509834647445noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142327341608998711.post-23047039954345848762015-04-28T10:20:09.145-07:002015-04-28T10:20:09.145-07:00Thanks, Robert. And yes, the boat is usually toug...Thanks, Robert. And yes, the boat is usually tougher than the crew. My 13 ton steel Folkes sailboat has certainly seen it's share of rough seas and done very well. They were built less for speed and more for endurance, thank goodness. When I was knocked down by 40 foot seas at mouth of Juan de Fuca the first time I loved the experience of letting go the foresail and having the boat pick herself up and face into the wind and seas as if to say, "Is that all you've got!" Without the great full heavy keel I might have turned turtle. One night on a Pacific blow I just battoned down below, all sails down and everything really stowed then pilled myself into the washing machine chaos below but made it through that night of horror, the good boat watching over me. <br />You're right about Latitude 38, they kindly published my story of my mate and I on the GIRI saving the baby whale and the other time when the Giri rescued a couple of guys off the Mexican coast when they'd escaped their boat on fire and were adrift miles from land. Pacific Yachting published some stories back when too but I'm terrible, since blogging, I rarely re submit. Medical Post was my favourite place for publishing life stories, they always loved doctor adventures, and the editors were the best, but again, it's rare for me to get beyond the blog these days haykindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390376509834647445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142327341608998711.post-30731146408465342682015-04-25T05:16:32.985-07:002015-04-25T05:16:32.985-07:00bill, you truly are a writer… you have taken you...bill, you truly are a writer… you have taken your experience and made a compelling adventure read at many levels…<br /><br />you have everything including suspense, character development, sympathy, empathy,<br />a cute little dog, a lovely lady trapped in storm<br />on a boat… thinks she might die for what!!!<br /><br />In some ways a perfect storm with our hero who<br />just keeps making mistakes that could take them out without God's grace again.<br /><br />Then a happy ending snug in their bed…I like it very much you ought to submit it to Latitude 38<br /><br />you write much like Jack London a favourite of mine<br /><br />Robert melynchuk<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142327341608998711.post-77525101430479971672015-04-22T22:17:18.161-07:002015-04-22T22:17:18.161-07:00your sailboat can take a lot more than that
but n...your sailboat can take a lot more than that<br /><br />but not the crew<br /><br />I hit 20 ft waves at the mouth of the Fraser and the spray went right over the bridge...scary<br /><br />God gave you his graceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com