tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571147692199175550.post8689490165027506349..comments2024-03-28T01:29:27.592-06:00Comments on Log of s/v Del Viento: Decision Mentality By MichaelMichael Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359487055197866481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571147692199175550.post-5022002764977775102011-03-18T07:59:50.033-06:002011-03-18T07:59:50.033-06:00This is good advice and true advice--but I think t...This is good advice and true advice--but I think the two blogs you point to only have the early on scenario. Having been on the dock and unable to leave (part of our engine was in PV and our steering was in pieces) I know that almost every boat that could go out did go out.<br /><br />There were many people looking for more advice--which makes sense. We did experience a Tsunami here last year and the initial estimates had them sounding very similar. There was bad advice coming in from the port captain and fines threatened if you left harbour. Also there were a lot of boats that were torn apart (remember this is a dock filled with boats preparing for long trips) many had crew members off in other places, dozens were like yours and had no owner aboard.<br /><br />You still get 'group think' in Mexico. We've seen it in as far flung destinations as Columbia when a whole group went out into a norther for a 4-day passage because the group blow-hard misread a weather forecast...Diane, Evan, Maia and Charlie the cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607359149594812176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571147692199175550.post-12066740904035871962011-03-15T21:01:30.763-06:002011-03-15T21:01:30.763-06:00I am learning a lot more about your trip in these ...I am learning a lot more about your trip in these posts than I ever did talking to you about the trip. I am enjoying them a whole heck of a lot. Gonna write a post on food?Amy Johttp://pauein.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com