Most Honorable Captain Rob ,,,

There is a reason that "babe" is sleeping on "your" boat!

Last summer as I was cruising about Casco Bay, I anchored up the New Meadows
River at a spot called The Basin. Had my after sail coffee, listened to
some music, starting reading and ................. then I plugged in my el
cheapo black and white tv. The B/W tv runs off of the cigarette battery
power plug ..

I figured I'd never get any reception. Wrong! A very clear station came
on ... it was the NHP Station ... national public tv ,, the education
station or whathaveya ..

I sit back, pour a cup ,,, relax ..... and guess what the show is?

A documentary of the sinking of the Andrea Doria.

How is that for irony?
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And then one night recently I am watching some show on some channel ..
history channel, discover ?? One of those ... and the show is all about a
nuclear submarine. One of the major problems on a sub is weight, and space.
Makes sense ,, under the water and all. As the program went on it showed
how the sub dealt with this ... one major breakthrough in sub technology
was the CD Rom. Those little CD's replaced all the paper on the sub. There
is a CD for everything. Menu for the gallery, storage, weapons, systems,,
you name it. And they take up about the size of a little closet. When the
sub had paper, it was a major problem carrying all the info. So much weight
was gone and so much space was available that the crew had more space to
live in.

So, not only will I be bringing DVD's for movies, I will bring along all the
system DVS's, fix it DVD's, the how to sail it DVD's, etc.

High tech !!

I will bring along my Disco's Greatest hits CD though... my boat was built
in 1975!




"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...

The thought of watching "Casablanca" on my super cool DVD player with
the
computer speakers ..........


Now you're talking! Nothing like a quiet night on the hook watching The
Devil and Daniel Webster...or Jaws before the next morning swim!
DVDs and CD's/Ipod offer smart entertainment onboard. They take up
almost no space and don't use much power. You can store 100 movies in
the space of a couple of paperbacks.



Robert
Beneteau 35s5
NY