On Oct 19, 3:18*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Oct 19, 3:12*pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:



"Frogwatch" wrote in message

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On Oct 19, 2:03 am, "nom=de=plume" wrote:

"Mike" wrote in message

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On Oct 18, 8:53?pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:

"Frogwatch" wrote in message

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At last, temps in the 60s, wind, real wind out of the north. ?So,
tommorow, I sail my 28' sloop 36 miles west to get her bottom painted
in prep for sailing southward. ?Everybody else is in school or working
so I am taking the day off and going alone. ?I got an EPIRB, Hand held
VHF, VHF, phone, etc.
See y'all tomorrow night.

Stay safe... wear your lifejacket!

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Nom=de=Plume
Single handing is always a risk, don't forget your tether even if it
doesn't look bouncy starting out...
I am envious, I gotta work tomorrow, while your're having fun. Bah
Humbug!
Mike... !

If you have a tether, then I guess you don't need a lifejacket.

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Nom=de=Plume
Did not go. *Got to the coast and tried to start the engine, nothing,
even with compression relieved, she would barely turn over. *Brought
both batteries back to town, had em checked, both refused to charge.
Replaced em, may try again tommorow if the tides are right.
BTW, I am a safety fanatic. If someone is on my boat, they are wearing
a life jacket unless they are below. *I always wear a tether when
alone or at night. *Also have an EPIRB w GPS on my auto-inflate jacket
and a strobe.

If you have a tether, why do you need a lifejacket? Seems like the tether
would keep you with the boat. Well, I guess if it sinks, then you would..

Do you have a satelite phone? I think I'd want one of those if I was out of
cell service.

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Nom=de=Plume

Cell phone service on the coast here is so spotty as to be useless or
at least not reliable. *Later in the year when I sail across the Gulf
of Mexico, I'll rent a sat phone.
The auto-inflate jacket has a built in harness and is comfy to wear.

Last time I did this, having a cell phone got me in trouble due to bad
reception. When I got back to within sight of land, I managed to call
my wife to tell her my engine had crapped out and I was sailing in and
would be late and I'd call her. She somehow misheard this and thought
I was having trouble. So, a few hours later while I was pulling the
boat down the canal by rowing the dinghy (a pain in the ass), the
Marine Patrol shows up asking me if I was David OHara. Yes, Why I
ask. Wife was worried, "You said you'd call me". No reception makes
that difficult. It is best not to call until you are tied to the dock.