Now, just because you don't agree with what I wrote, doesn't make it wrong and I'm quite familiar with debate and analysis. I pointed out to you the reason one might not discriminate but still end up with an unbalanced crew. I simply said also which drew your insult, that I don't know what one faces in hiring yacht crew elsewhere in the world. I don't know what candidates one has. You're certainly far more free to hire from other countries where as in being US flagged and located, I don't have that same freedom. We all hire from the employment pool we have available. There are groups I'd like to hire from, but have no candidates.
C'mon, you surely know better than feeling insulted by a joke! I didn't feel insulted by your highlight of my typo in fact, in spite of the fact that it wasn't (as opposed to mine) qualified in advance as a joke....