On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:13:01 -0400, T. Keating
wrote:

On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:22:36 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:19:05 -0400, T. Keating
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,
especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast
should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long
Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once
by this time.

Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys.

Using a specialised crimping tool, I just installed a shielded RJ-45 plug for a friends
Radar unit.

Unfortuantely the old plug was connected to his expensive Garmin Chart plotter which was
stolen from his boat (up on boat lift, mounted in console.) :-(

The theives cut that cable, but took the effort to un-plugged others.

They've recently hit seven other boats in nearby canals.

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That's to bad, sorry to hear it.

Whereabouts are you located?

Lighthouse Point, Fl

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I'm in a canal community on the west coast of FL when I'm not out
cruising. We've had some crime issues but fortunately not too
frequently. I've got our docked rigged out with motion detector
lighting which I think is something of a deterrent. I know of at
least one instance where it frightened off intruders. When we're not
home I keep our runabout at maximum height in the boat lift and have
double locks on the electrical feed.