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Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:06:07 -0500, Boater
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Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:12:32 -0500, wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:04:08 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:36:01 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
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It's just not that big a deal, guys. Really. Go boating, or, in the case
of FloridaJim, pretend you have a boat.
No, no. We are all concerned with your prop. You have a steel prop? What
kind of steel? Stainless steel?
What grade of Stainless steel?
This is serious. If that steel prop is rusting already, you might get
stranded 50 yards offshore in the Bay.
What else is rusting?
Do you carry a spare prop in case of an emergency?
It's a Yamaha.
Probably carries a spare engine for those circumstances. :)
Which brings up an interesting point - I carry a spare prop, but last
summer it occurred to me that I've never tried to change it in the
middle of the lake.
Guess what - I can't. It's too far back for me to reach in the fully
tilted up position.
You can't swim?
Tell you what - you go swimming in 50 degree water in the Spring to
change a prop - I'll watch. :)
Ever swim at Revere Beach or Nantasket? I did when I was a kid. I doubt
I could tolerate it in August these days.
Devreaux Beach which might as well be the same - it's about six miles
apart. :)
All I know is that I hate being cold - I'm cold when the wood stove is
cranking and it's 75 in the house. Mrs. Wave thinks I'm a freak of
nature - which I am.
God's honest truth - at night, I've got two down comforters, one
thermal blanket, a flannel blanket and I wear socks to keep my feet
warm and have been known to wear jersey gloves when my hands get cold.
Mrs. Wave has maybe a sheet and the flannel blanket covering her -
maybe. Plus the temp is set for 62 overnight and goes up to 75 at 0445
for a 0500 wake up because if I get a chill from a cold room, the rest
of my day, and everybody else's, will be ruined. :)
Even when I was a kid, I would wear a thin wet suit over a heavier wet
suit when diving. Later on, I wore dry suits even during the summer.
I have no internal temperature regulation at all - I'm always cold.
About the only time I'm not cold is when the temp is in the mid-80s -
then I'm fairly comfortable.
You could be...a reptile. Is your skin scaly?
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