`   ::I do not run an anti-Stowe website.  I created a blog that has put to bed many rumors about the man.  I have presented facts on that blog and invited anyone to challenge them.  No one has challenged the facts.    ::I have not met Reid Stowe.  I'm sure he is a very nice person, and as I've said before, I'd love to buy him as beer and shoot the shit with him.  I heard great things about him when I attended Soanya's homecoming party and talked to his friends. He's got very dedicated friends, and I'm sure he sounds like a very personable guy.  ::``but this is about sailing``.  No it is not.  Stowe spent more time drifting than sailing.  At one point he admits he put up a sail for the first time in 6 months!  I am an avid sailor all my life.  I have cruising and racing experience.  I've been on then Eastern Shore in late October anchored and listening to the Canadian Geese landing at 2:00 in the morning while the kerosene heater blazed away.  I'm also a bowman, for over 30 years of competitive racing.  I've raced around the buoys on Wednesday nights and also been on the bow at national events back when J35s were a hot OD OS class.  Now I'm on a sport boat that jumps up on a plane and goes 15+ knots.  I'm a sailor, and loving it every frick'n day.  ::I am also a father. Divorced and have a great relationship with my ex wife, who I love dearly.  Have a great relationship with my kids too.  Crazy concept - have kids and take responsibility emotionally and financially?  My kids and I are cool.  My daughter calls me when she's getting shit from boys on Facebook and I put those young men in their places. My son still hugs me when he walks off the football field covered in snowy mud.  ::So.....What has Reid done for humanity?  Tried to make a quick buck smuggling pot, abandoned responsibility as a father (his daughter and new son) all in the name of doing the greater good for humanity?  I'm not buying it.  ::This is a poignant quote, from Reid, when asked ``What is it that you are teaching us?`` -   ::::``I titled the voyage the ``Mars Ocean Odyssey - 1000 Days at Sea`` After I decided I was no longer going to go for 1000 days, I was going to go further.  And after I realized, really, hardly anyone's into the Mars Voyage, but I was getting a lot of love.  So I said, you know, I'm changing it to the ``Love Voyage``, 'Cause it's loving is being here.   :::: And love is what sustains me. So a lot of my message is family love, and if you love under every circumstance in your life, then you can help the world and help yourself the most, and that whatever dream you have, you're inspired to do it through the power of love and by turning in to our greater powers, so that people can help the world and help themselves.    :::: This is something every one can do.  So that is sort of my message.``  Should we alter the article to reflect that the Mars thing didn't get enough interest in the press, and it became the ``Love Voyage``?  Not good.  The truth show's the subject changing the mission because no one really cared about the original purpose, even though he spent 20 years selling the Mars angle.  So - Can we get back to the real discussions here, or is this article going to be a big billboard for a guy who needs donations?  PM me, Green Cardomom.  I'll send you my address so you can send me checks once a month to cover my child support payments.  My financial obligations to my kids are interfering with my dreams.   `