Well, HSC has finally managed to fill one of their winter ASA courses in the Caribbean! This despite a cost of $1600/person-- not including airfare. The total: 4 students x 1600 = $6400 paid to the club.
The one week course will be "taught" by Don Hanna, a nice guy to be sure. But where does all that money go? If the boat rental costs four grand (a liberal estimate), and each person eats $20 in food per day (5 people x 7 days x $20/day = $700 in food), which is another liberal estimate given they'll be cooking on board, that still leaves at least $1700. For what?
Don is getting paid for his vacation, er, teaching, presumably at the HSC A-S-A rate of $10/hr (x 7 days x 8 hrs/day = $560). But that still leaves at least $1100 for... what? Is HSC trying to profit now from their winter "classes"? Is some of that money for Caribbean female companionship? (it's all guys on this cruise!) Or is the whole $1100 for alcohol..?! That seems a little excessive, but let's do the math.
As a longtime Hoofer, I know I can drink around $30 in booze per day, especially on a cruise, er, lesson, in the Caribbean. So, 7 days x 5 people x $30/day = $1050.
Looks like that remaining $1100 is indeed for refreshments.
I think this deserves a comic strip. How about Hoofer ASA Sailors doing blow off the backside of a Hooker while the boat is about to hit a reef? Urinating off the side of a boat on a shark? Better yet, getting their ratings on a boat that is parked atop a trailer in Montego Bay.
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean now that has approved again the traditional Hoofer Caribbean winter trips they used to do? Sure seems like it, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean now that UW has approved again the traditional Hoofer Caribbean winter trips they used to do? Sure seems like it, doesn't it? Just like the 80s when I went; totally awesome!
ReplyDeleteI think the ASA program is step in the right direction in that it aligns Hoofers with known sailing standards. Otherwise, Hoofers is just a Cargo Culture making things up about anything and everything that washes-up on the lakefront or falls from the sky.
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