"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 17:08:26 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

Exactly, You're so aware, girl. I recently downgraded to a smaller,
lighter
motor. This new one only weight sixty pounds. Not really a detriment at
all.

Hey, I could bench press it! (Need a spotter though..)


LOL! Only a little hellion would even think of bench pression an outboard
motor. ROFLOL! You're a hoot.





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There was no welding required. Just bending and fitting the hardware. I
can
weld steel but stainless steel is more of a challenge as one needs to
use
some inert gas to make good welds. (TIG welding) Welding is a good skill
to
learn. Did you ever see that movie, "Flashdance?" Now, there was one
hot
welder. LOL!

Sure... Jennifer Beals (sp?) was hot in that, but she wasn't the
dancer. I should definitely take a class. I think I can get it paid
for through work, so why the heck not. There must be a CC around here
that offers it. I bet I'll be the only woman in the class... great
ratio!!

I do recall reading she had a fill-in for some of the more extreme dance
scenes. You should take a welding class. And, as in inpector it would be a
good skill to have so you could more readily recognize bad welding. If
they
pay for it, so much the better. Great ratio, indeed! But, in California,
who
knows, the class might be full of lesbians.

The only way to justify it (for reimbursement) is if they have me
switch back to commercial (which can happen when needed).

Lesbians don't bother me. I'm not, they know it, they leave me alone.


Seems to me that the last thing you want to do is having fuel on the
deck. It could even be stolen if you leave the boat. I could see maybe
having some extra if you're crossing an ocean, but if you just stock
up on food and water, it seems like you could just wait it out if you
can't sail, right? All the big yachts must cost a bunch of money, so
they can't be hard up for money for fuel.


Seems dumb to me, too. You won't catch me doing it. The last time I sailed
to the Bahamas I stayed there six months and I had five gallons of
gasoline
stashed in a cockpit locker and 3.5 gallons in the little fuel tank for
the
outboard and I never bought any gas the whole time I was there. I sailed
most everywhere and only motored when I had to get in and out of windless
or
headwind harbor entrances. A sailboat loaded with jerry cans on deck
shouts
loudly - motorhead!

Ok, I get it. You wouldn't want to put it down below. That'd be dumb.

Could catch on fire and explode. My mast got struck by lighting several
years ago while I was asleep in the v-berth. Lightning went down the
backstay and jumped into the wiring from the old outboard and solar panels
to the charging system wires to the inside of the boat, batteries, etc. Then
it jumped to the ballast keel which is cast iron and exited the cast iron
into the water by blasting several hand-size holes in the paint. The
lightning arched across the plastic fuel tank for the outboard and blackened
it but it never caught fire luckily. I woke up and there was smoke and ball
lighting popping and crackling inside the boat. One half-full bottle of wine
in one of the lockers had burst open and was on fire in the bilge. My ears
were ringing. It was pretty scary. But, at least I never got shocked by it
or anything. I guess I was lucky, could have been killed.


And you're afraid of snakes falling from the sky? LOL!