Saturday, 20 September 2008
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| Re: TWIC Update Del Cecchi 21:03:13 |
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"Messing In Boats" <Tamaroak@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Be advised that if you are going to use your Master/OUPV ticket, meaning take out someone for hire, you must have a Transportation Worker Identification Credential, or TWIC, which is somehow going to keep our country safer. I just picked mine up yesterday and their machine spent a half hour trying to recognize my fingerprint. I was told that we should wait until sometime in June when new software will supposedly fix this. I was also told that there will be no enforcement of the TWIC requirement until April of 2009, but you might want to check this out yourself rather than depend upon an irate captain in a newsgroup. I sure am glad I spent my $134.00, but just knowing how much safer we are as a result makes it worthwhile. Capt. Jeff
Makes you sorry the same government isn't supplying health care, doesn't
it?
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| Re: French Rescue Cruisers from Pirates. Capt. JG 18:11:30 |
| | "boaters4life" <piercelover@gmail.com> wrote in message
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The French rescued those two folks who were captured on their Maramu by Somali pirates. 'bout friggin' time somebody did more than pay ransom to those thugs!
Doesn't say how they knew to do that...
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| Bayside, Queens Guest 15:32:11 |
| | Skip and Lydia sailed from their Friday night anchorage in Port Jeff,
straight down the rest of LIS non-stop, and are anchored in Little
Neck Bay just off the yacht club in Bayside, Queens. They're in the
big city now... Padlock your dinghy at all times!
They choose a strange place to anchor in Port Jefferson. I'll bet they
had a pretty roll-y night. I know several people gave them tips on
much better spots.
Hopefully we'll get a first hand report soon.
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| Re: North Cove saved by a Democrat Dave 14:15:26 |
| | On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:15:26 -0400, salty@dog.com said:
After years of no action, and little help, from the Republican congressman for their district,
Guess you haven't been following this for as long as I have, so you're
swallowing some journalist's effort to rewrite history.
Previous funding was approved through the efforts of Republican rep Bob
Simmons and that great favorite of Democrats, Sen. Joe Lieberman. When
Simmons lost the election serious doubts were expressed about whether he
would back the project as vigorously as Simmons had.
The last time around Old Saybrook graciously agreed to let its funding be
used to dredge the Norwalk harbor.
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| Re: Delamination with epoxy Cavelamb Himself 12:22:05 |
| | ohara5.0@mindspring.com wrote:
On my wood Tolman Skiff, I have found a couple of places where two layers of wood epoxied together are delaminationg. Nothing serious but if left unfixed would lead to problems. Basically, the directions said to paint all surfaces with thin epoxy and then before it cured to spread the thicker and then to join the pieces. So, how am I getting delamination? I live in Florida so it is subject to extreme humidity and heat.
I don't know anything about how your boat is built.
From my experience, epoxy withoug glass is a delaying action only.
It WILL eventually suffer from UV damage and/or water incursion.
Second, thinning epoxy is nor recommended by any of the manufacturers
that I know of.
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Richard
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Friday, 19 September 2008
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| Zac in Darwin Gordon 22:12:28 |
| | Zac's blog has link to an interview on Aussie TV. He seems quite
mature and capable.
Gordon
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Thursday, 18 September 2008
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| Re: Hurricane Ike pics from Kemah, Tx Capt. JG 21:07:31 |
| | "Molesworth" <ukmole@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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From my Morgan list: It's truly horrible - all those dreams.. I wonder how many were 'self-insured'? -- Molesworth --
This one looks fine, except for the lack of water. Talk about running
aground.
http://imageevent.com/deanaj/hurricaneike;jsessionid=3a38itom91.tiger_s?p=9&n=1&m=24&c=4&l=0&w=1&s=0&z=2
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"j" ganz @@
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008
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| USCG licensed Master's sordid drug past?? Nomen Nescio 23:50:02 |
| | It's rumoured Barak Obama lied on his Bar exams application
on the part about illegal drug using. Is Jonathan
like Barak when he filled his Master lisence app?
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Path: sparky!uunet!portal!resumix!ganz
From: g...@resumix.portal.com (Jonathan Ganz)
Subject: Re: Heroin
Message-ID: <1992Oct9.181149.981@resumix.portal.com>
Keywords: heroin china white gummy bears?
Sender: n...@resumix.portal.com
Organization: Resumix Inc.
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 18:11:49 GMT
Lines: 38
Sure, I've had some small experience with heroin. My best friend
gave me some for my 25th birthday. My experience was that snorting
it was somewhat similar to cocaine, only I didn't want to get up
and run around...just sit back and enjoy. The high lasted a couple
of hours and I never experienced the nausia commonly associated
with first (few time) use.
I can see how it could become quite addictive over a period of use.
However, anyone who has any brains and recognizes this is quite
unlikely (IMHO) to become addicted. I mean, it's not THAT good...
meaning, they'll stop way before this could happen.
Of course, anyone who sticks a needle in their arm is a major fool.
The nose, at least, is somewhat of a filter. Going directly to a vein
could be fatal pretty easily. My friend warned me as follows before
he let me try it:
"Don't ever inject anything or let anyone inject you." (Unfortunately,
he didn't follow his own advice and had quite a habit in the next few
years.)
"Don't sniff heroin first if it's your first experience with a new
batch. Get the other guy to do it first, and know something about
his level of use. There is such a thing as tolerance. The reason is
that even if you are familiar with sniffing coke, there is no comparison
in line length to strength and you could OD on a relatively small line."
Eventually, my friend kicked his habit. In later years he traveled to India
where he died from unknown causes.
I hope this has been some small help. And, I would not recommend anyone doing
it these days. I have heard that there are quite a number of impurites in
the street drug these days.
Jonathan
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Oh my, I really need a better sig....
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| Pole-ish joke Skip Gundlach 18:06:05 |
| | Well, not a joke...
We like using our spinnaker pole (we don't have a whisker pole) to
hold our genoa out in dead-downwind or there-abouts situations. We
can rig it so we can furl the genny if needed, by putting the sheet
through the jaw, and of course can also release it readily. We have a
topping lift for the pole and fore and after guys. As we always use
it that way, we're able to "set it and forget it" by markings on the
guys, placing it in the same position each time. The pole rides on a
mast track on the other end.
However, in really rolly stuff, the sail moves around enough that the
sheets also move in the jaw, leading to chafe.
So, a couple of questions...
Given a spin pole rather than a whisker, and the need, perhaps, to
furl the genny quickly (and the jaw not being big enough to attach to
the clew), is there a better way to rig?
Secondly, for those advocating this modus, how do you avoid chafing
the sheets?
Thanks.
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L8R
Skip
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
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hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts."
(Richard Bach, in The Reluctant Messiah)
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| Bravo 12 BST HP Battery Cordless Inflatable Boat/Dinghy Pumps Thompsonint 14:46:46 |
| | Hi All,
This will be of great interest to anyone who has an inflatable Dinghy/SIB
or RIB, especially if your boat has a high pressure floor like the Honda
Honwave Air V Floor that requires 11.7 psi.
I have recently imported a batch of the above mentioned pumps as they were
not available in the UK, and I needed one for my own use. I am selling the
rest and I have set up a website showing details at www.bravopumps.co.uk
All the details are on the site, but basically they are a fantastic pump,
which has a powerful built-in rechargeable battery making it totally
portable, easy to use, and easy to charge.
Hope you find these pumps interesting reading, dont hesitate to ask if you
have any questions.
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| Re: Special Sale on dKart Navigator 4.41! Larry 04:43:01 |
| | "dkart.navigator@gmail.com" <dkart.navigator@gmail.com> wrote in
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Dammit Google....stop the spammers.
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008
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| New research vessel launched. Roger Long 17:30:27 |
| | Those of you in the Chesapeake will be seeing this vessel often.
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/index.html#RachelCarson
I'll be spending most of October on sea trials and the delivery.
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Roger Long
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Monday, 15 September 2008
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| antenna alternatives for isolated stays? McGuffin 20:53:07 |
| | hi
don't want to use my rig as antenna for my SSB transceiver
a long whip antenna is not very practical on an ocean going sailboat
(40ft)
Heard about the split-lead antenna. Any comments?
Will the stainless steel stay not absorb too much transmitting energy?
Would a well isolated long wire attached to the backstay not be equally
good?
thanks
h
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Sunday, 14 September 2008
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| Should I Use a Transom Jackplate on an Older Boat HHatcher 18:32:02 |
| | I have an '82 Sea Ox 20ft WA that suits my needs. (Probably will only boat
another 6-8 years.) Anyway, the '88 Evinrude 150hp 20"shaft engine is on
last legs and unreliable. I'm thinking of buying a gently used 2001-2003
replacement 150hp outboard, but almost all worth installing are 25" shafts.
My options seem to be: (1) Install an outboard transom bracket, which I
think is too costly, and may not be such a good idea on a 20' boat. (2)
Rebuild the transom, structurally, 5 inches higher for the cutout, again
seems too costly and will take a long time, and I may not have the skills.
Or (3) install a engine jackplate. CMC or Slidemaster seem to have what I
would use - manual adjustment with minimal setback (2.5 to 5.5 inches
depending on model). If I did that, I would probably fill in the transom,
to make it higher, but it would not be structural.
Questions - has anyone used a jackplate in this way? and what are the
pros/cons vs any other options. I am still a bit concerned on the aft
torque on by old (but seemingly solid) transom (boat history is trailer
storage vice in water).
Thanks for any advice.
HH
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Saturday, 13 September 2008
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| Galveston Yacht Basin on fire.... Larry 19:55:51 |
| | http://www.khou.com/video/?nvid=178826&live=yes&noad=yes
A transformer exploded at Galveston Yacht Basin and caught the covered
dockage on fire. It has collapsed and the fire dept can't get to the fire
in the 50+ knot winds, gusting over 75. The fire goes on expanding with a
few fuel explosions fanned by the high winds.
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Friday, 12 September 2008
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| Hey Skip - keep a lookout! Guest 15:57:44 |
| | BTW - The first submarine, The Turtle, was built by David Bushnell in
Connecticut and he did a lot of the earliest testing in the waters
around Charles Island in Milford...
http://www.courant.com/news/local/columnists/hc-nature0912.artsep12,0,3953140.column
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