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From: Date:
Sun Dec 19 18:46:38 1999
Rhode
Island aint no Pago Pago! When are you coming out to the
south Pacific?
(The
answers to this last entry are: "You got that
right!" and "Pretty soon, but not soon
enough!" - Tor)
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From:
Joanne Babjack (jbabjack@hotmail.com) Date: Thu Oct 14
20:32:26 1999
sailing
Looking forward to sailing w/you, Joyce (my twin), and Rob
Morin on their Hickley. You sound exciting!!
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From: Bernd
J. (Ben) Boyt (Bboyt@bsc.net) Date: Wed Oct 6 13:22:18
1999
Your Web
Site Hey Tor: Loved coming across your site. Wondered what
ever became of you. I have "retired" from the
sky and am presently still boatless but always looking.
Maybe soon !
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From: Linda
Pinney Weckworth (weckworthll@edenalt.com) Date: Tue Aug
24 16:04:15 1999
Your
name Hi Tor, I came upon your name while trying to find an
out-of-print book about the Pinney's in the Carribean.
Thought I would just drop you a line as long as I was
visiting. I know geneology isn't everyone's "cup of
tea" but if you have any knowlege at all of your
geneology I would be most interested in knowing whatever
you can provide of your ancestors. My Great-Grandparents
were John & Dinah Pinney who came over from England in
the early 1800s. My grandfather was Walter Pinney, one of
9 children. My family is extensive and close here in
rural, central NYS. I haven't read up on your adventures
yet but will do so after this note. I look forward to
hearing from you. Best Regards, Linda Marie (Pinney)
Weckworth
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From:
Daniel Welborn (DanWelborn@compuserve.com) Date: Sat Jul
17 12:12:00 1999
Enjoyed
your stories I believe I first came to your page several
months looking for sailing stories, starting at
Altavista's Sailing and Boating category. I don't think
your page was directly listed (I can't remember for sure)
but that I jumped to it from one of the pages that was,
among the first 50 links. I thoroughly enjoyed your
sailing stories, especially the ship of fools one and the
one where you met Tristan Jones. Having heard that name
from several sources, including you, I picked up and read
about 4 or 5 Tristan Jones books in the last two months.
Truly amazing stuff! I envy your good fortune at having
met this adventurer and liver of life. I sail a 1970 23'
SouthCoast in Biscayne Bay. I have not yet ventured far (bay,ICW,Hallandale
to Eliot), but dream about it constantly. Stories like
yours help stoke my daydreams of cruising. So, Thanks
again.
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From: Tor
(tor@tor.cc) Date: Wed Jul 14 18:28:34 1999
Tor's
Email Address In case others have the same problem as
Doug, my best email addresses at this time are: tor@tor.cc
tor@AnchorYachts.com If neither of these work, there's
probably something wrong at your end. You can always try
calling me at (401) 246-2100, days.
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From: Doug
Sterrett (sterrett@primenet.com) Date: Mon Jul 12 22:28:41
1999
How
to contact you Torr: I tried to send you a messsage at
your e-mail address as given on your homepage but Netscape
says it's undeliverable:can't find your address, etc. How
can I contact you to send you a question I have about
watermakers??
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From: Eric
Bowman (JESK35@aol.com) Date: Sun Jun 27 19:18:23 1999
hello hi,
I'm just checking out your site
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From:
Prince Riggs (mriggs@bellsouth.net) Date: Sun Jun 27
12:54:10 1999
getting
rich through yacht sales Just cruising the net one rainy
day and there you were. I renamed Samuel Gay the Maggie
Mae and still own her. Met a fellow named Mark at the
marina that had a green Flicka bought from you that I met
once before at Miami boat show. I had Maggie in Tenn. for
6 years but we"re back on the Gulf coast Of Fla now.
I'll run into you again one day and even buy the first
round. prince Riggs
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From:
MARK PINNEY (mark_pinney@hotmail.com) Date: Thu May 6
18:47:13 1999 HOW I ARRIVED AT YOUR INTERESTING WEBSITE
I'M NEW TO THIS 'SURFING', AND WAS LOOKING FOR MY LAST
NAME. ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT OTHERS WITH THE PINNEY NAME.
THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A LARGE NUMBER HERE IN THE
SOUTHWEST, HOW ABOUT IN YOUR AREA?
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From:
frank & Joy (jandf@fastinternet.net.au) Date: Sun Apr
18 21:47:50 1999
The
net Tor , you asked how we stay on the net/ Well the
easiest is to log on while at a marina via the land line .
whilst at sea or at a remote location we use a comsat
systym we bought while in the uk . It relays a phone/radio
signal to a central reciever and routes email &
voicemail etc .You have to make sure your outgoings are
ready to send as it can be a little expensive if your
"futzing" around. But along with the weatherfax
and the gps it can all be combined . Ah.. modern science
and the wind in your sails and a g&t ..It don't get ay
better.............
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From:
frank & Joy King (jandf@fastinternet.net.au) Date: Fri
Apr 16 02:24:05 1999
Living
Aboard & Loving It !!1 Tor, really loved your site, we
found it by searrching 'cruising yacchts ' on the net. We
live on our 38ft ketch and are currently in cairns in
australia, great place , diving , nitelife etc. We will
keep checking your site as we go along, the net is the
best thing since GPS & G&T. Take it easy & if
ant other's out ther want to contact us , please feel
free,. We are on the net all the time, Our liitlle ship
has all the goodies !!! Take care all you cruisers &
groovers Lov
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From:
Henry Bugay (hbugay@gate.net) Date: Sat Mar 27 07:25:38
1999
Just
to say hello Hey Tor--I was just cruising the net and ran
across your name. Good to see you among the living. Glad
to see you're still in the boat business since you're one
of the finest yacht brokers around. I've always got a
place for you to stay in Miami so make sure to stop by and
say hello next time you're back around your old stomping
grounds. Been thinking about getting another Flika or
Dania. Keep that in mind.
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From:
David C. Crankshaw (davec@bc.seflin.org) Date: Tue Mar 23
14:38:29 1999
How
I got here... I used the "HOTBOT" search engine
to find your homepage. Then I "surfed" the
links. Fantastic site! Great to "catch-up" on
what's happening in your life. Wish you the very best in
your new "adventure." LOVED your photos,
especially the lead one on your page 4, the 3-generations!
My favorite link, of course, is to "SON OF A DAUGHTER
OF A SAILOR." (B-T-Y, your link has the wrong slash
\\ and should be /. My screen shows me what the link is,
and I figured all the other slaches were /, so the one \\
needed to be fixed.) "Hilsen" fra Fort
Lauderdale... Dave C.
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From:
R. David Wood (rdavidwood@hotmail.com) Date: Wed Jan 27
02:37:55 1999
GREAT
STORIES! First came across your name on some site on
bringing your dog in to Hawaii, then read some of your
stories,great reading. Then lost your site and had to
track you down, using the search engine Dogpile.com to
find you again. Thought Rosa could appreciate that. Dave
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From:
Joel Sanoff (jsanoff@hotmail.com) Date: Thu Jan 7 17:28:45
1999
The
old days How did I find your site? It's a long story, and
nowhere near as fascinating as yours. I have no idea if
you remember me, but I'm from Larchmont, too. I was in
Roy's class at MHS and was among the many Dolphins fans
who congregated at your house to watch rehearsals.
"Surfing East Coast" has stayed with me and
somewhere in my house is a cassette copy of the song. When
I moved to California 20 years ago I wote a treatment for
a screenplay based loosely on the band...a high school
group that stumbled onto a hit record in the early '60s
and fell apart when they went their separate ways. Some
agent/producer types were fascinated by the story but
couldn't imagine a studio making it. Fast forward a couple
of decades and out comes 'That Thing You Do,' and I've
been kicking myself for not pushing harder. When that
movie came out, I couldn't help but think of the Dolphins
again. So one day, while surfing (the net, this time), I
found your home page which is utterly fas
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From:
Jane (jane@snowcrest.net) Date: Sat Nov 21 00:22:01 1998
Tor's
Guestbook Thought I'd stop by on the web since I can't do
it in person. Your site looks great - good information on
your links, etc. page. Hope you and Rosa are well and
having great adventures! Thinking of you, J
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From:
Rein Ciarfella (rcsails@removed) Date: Wed Nov 18 17:41:13
1998
How
I Got Here From There Tor Really enjoyed your stories and
advice (read them all). Done some deliveries myself. Been
through Force 11 in the Stream on a 37' ketch; made some
of the same novice mistakes a decade ago. Still keeping
the water out and the people in... Anyway, here's my path
to your door: Caught a recent BBS post re: Captain John
Rains having a homepage and, having read his book 'Passagemaker's
Handbook', thought I'd try to find it. Used
NorthernLight.com search engine (highly recommend it-slow
but does excellent job of sorting into folders according
to subject) and search phrase "Captain John Rains
yacht delivery". That yielded a link to your story
about delivery prep. Not finding any links, but
remembering from the pages of Cruising World that you were
one of my favorite authors, I did a search using your
name, which yielded your homepage as #4 listing. I guess
the key words were "yacht delivery". When you
get your hiking boots and cowboy hat off and you
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From:
Rein Ciarfella (rcsails@removed) Date: Wed Nov 18 17:38:11
1998 How I Got Here From There (continued...) When you get
your hiking boots and cowboy hat off and your deck shoes
and sunglasses back on email me if you want some competent
delivery crew or need a bunk on Cape Cod.
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From:
Another Sailor Date: Fri Oct 23 13:09:53 1998
Way
cool web site, mate!
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From:
Kevin Setchko (ksetchko@snowcrest.net) Date: Wed Jun 24
00:07:59 1998
Hello
Finally got to your site my friend. I look forward to
reading the stories. I'll see you next time I'm up
north... Kevin Setchko
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From:
Capt. Joe Hazelwood Date: Thu Jun 18 00:50:04 1998
Sea
stories Great sea stories cap! Nobody loves a good sea
story more than me. You're lucky you have a forum.
Whenever I try and tell my sea stories, my children spit
their food at me and call me an "eco-terrorist".
By the way, I'd omit that part about about spilling your
coffee. The E.P.A. seems to be unusually pre-occupied with
what goes "by the board" if you know what I
mean. Happy Sails/Trails!
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From:
Britt and Sara (wowbeit@aol.com) Date: Wed Jun 17 09:04:06
1998
bad
spelling ummmmmm........duhhhhhhhh.... tor come on cant
you spell your own name? look at the top of this page here
where "torr" is now i would hope you know that
your name is spelt with one "r" not two! but we
love you any way....by the way roy came up here last
weekend (to bad it was really crapy weather) oh
well......but roy went water skiing with my dad
anyway...so we all love you over here....bye
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From:
Madam Zola (mdmzola@snowcrest.net) Date: Tue Jun 16
01:49:58 1998
The
Future I see great things for you. You will become very
famous...as a friend of Rosa. This is the best web site on
the Whole internet. All who view it will be rewarded.
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From:
Dee (por2gese@rocketmail.com) Date: Tue May 26 19:44:41
1998
Heard
about your homepage from a friend Hi there! I am a good
friend of Genie's. She shared your homepage location with
me. I think that it's a great page. I have been sailing
since I was 9 years old. Mostly Hobie's and day sailors. I
love sailing, my Dad thinks it's because of my portugese
heritage...many fine portugese sailors in world history!
Take care. Dee
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From:
genie williford (gwilliford@hotmail.com) Date: Mon Apr 27
16:37:27 1998
sailing
found your page through the site, http:\\
www.askjeeeves.com after asking it about find information
on sailing. I used to sail a tiny boat with my brother
when we were children. I live in a sailing area in NC now
and am fantasizing about affording a boat, not bloody
likely on my teacher's salary, but it's interesting to
read about other folks adventures, plan to see if our
library has your book about outfitting a boat. It'll be
interesting reading even if I don't ever have a boat of my
own. :-)
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From:
Leonardo DiCaprio Date: Tue Apr 14 11:43:56 1998
Ahoy
Captain Tor Your stories are positively Titanic! Reading
"Voyage of the Sloop Eliza" lifts my spirits
whenever I get that sinking feeling. I look forward to
reading your books, especially "Ready for Sea!"
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From: Peter
Cross Date: Mon Apr 13 16:48:29 1998
Positively
Positive! Your site is AWESOME dude. I gather you did it
all yourself. It is truly great, and does express your
personality, like a great web site should.
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