Help Me Find A Post

[BabyDuck]

there was a post about liveaboards, maybe written by dumpsterdiver or rjp but maybe not, about how there are always problems but you, the guest, know about very few of them and shouldn't whine about those you do. can anyone find it for me? i tried search but it's too broad to find the post i want and someone else might have more specific memory of the post and be able to pull it out of the hat.

 

[Shasta_man]

i think that was by RJP. Pm'em.

 

[diversteve]

This one? 1st liveaboard

I've posted the info below on previous threads specific to the general "What should I bring on a liveaboard?" question.

Overall, pack what you think you should bring into your suitcase. Then remove half of what you packed. Then remove half of what's left. Now look at what's still in your suitcase... you still have too much stuff.

The most important thing to bring on a liveaboard is a sense of humor and a generally good, positive attitude. If you're not familiar with boats - much less living on one - here's a few FACTS about boats:

• everything on a boat breaks
• everything on a boat leaks
• everything on a boat gets wet
• nothing on a boat every really dries
• everything on a boat smells like a boat; where things break, get wet, and never really dry
• anything that doesn't smell like a boat smells like people who live on a boat
• everything mechanical on a boat is very loud (until it breaks; then it becomes very quiet)
• everything non-mechanical on a boat creaks and/or rattles (until it breaks in; then it gets very quiet; that's usually the day before it breaks)
• everything on a boat is small
• if something is not small, it's not on the boat
• if something is not available on the island/mainland, it's not on the boat
• if something is not on the boat, it's not on the boat
• if you need something specific but didn't bring it, it's not on the boat
• even things that are usually on the boat are often not on the boat
• most things that happen on a boat happen simply "because it's a boat"

A thousand major/minor/uncomfortable/disgusting/annoying/inconvenient things can go wrong on a boat over the course of a year. Statistically, that means that 20 of them will happen the week you're on board. You won't notice 15 of them. Will any of the the other 5 things ruin your trip? Honestly - other than a condition which presents a clear and imminent safety or health issue - whether or not something ruins your trip is entirely up to you. I choose to focus on the things like diving that make my trip enjoyable; folks who choose to focus on things that will ruin their trip can always find something that will.

But, as an optimist, keep in mind that you also get to take the good with the bad...

• everything GOOD that happens on a live-aboard happens "because it's a boat"
• you're never more than an hour or so from the next dive, the next meal, the next nap, or your first drink - because it's a boat
• you set your gear up once and don't worry about it again - because it's a boat
• you're right over the dive site - because it's a boat
• two hours later you're right over the next dive site - because it's a boat
• it's a twenty foot walk from your last bite of desert after dinner to your night dive - because it's a boat
• it's a ten foot walk from your night dive to a hot shower - because it's a boat
• it's a twenty foot walk from the hot shower to a cold beer - because it's a boat
• it's a twenty foot walk from the cold beer to your bed - because it's a boat
• when you wake up the next morning to the smell of coffee and waffles...you're right over the next great dive site - because it's a boat

 

[BabyDuck]

diversteve is my new best friend! and thanks, shastaman, for the confirmation of who it was.

 

[RJP]

i tried search but it's too broad to find the post i want...

Whenever I try to find it I search on the word "waffles" and "posts by RJP"

Very specific...