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Aswell as buying it I would actually quite like to learn to sail it!!!!!!!!
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The question is now moot, but your local time was set for just before midnight - as I'm reading this it is about 7PM in Singapore. There must be some part of the world where this computer is correct - where are you headed now? -jeff "Michael" wrote in message ... That better now? Michael "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... Your clock has the right local time but it has PDT for the timezone - it should be +8, not -7 "Michael" wrote in message ... Just called the front desk and it's 7:18AM 27Jun03 Singapore Time "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... I'm losing track - are you in Singapore now? Your last post said: Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 06:02:07 -0700 I can believe in the Far East its Friday morning now, but the timezone should be something like +11, not -7, which is PDT. It looks like you changed the clock but not the timezone. "Michael" wrote in message ... It should be right now. I noticed that and made the change when the thread started. Aren't these supposed to convert automatically when you hook up to a new local system? Michael "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... Mike - your clock is wrong also - I was giving you a break since you've crossed so many time zones lately. Everyone else is showing correctly. I normally don't care much about this stuff, but I usually display newsgroups in order of time posted, not by threads. If your date is early, your message sits on the top for a while; if you're late, you show way down on the list and I often don't see it. Donal's posts have a different problem - his clock seems to be right, but his posts take a few hours to cross the pond. -jeff "Michael" wrote in message ... Mine is 5:15AM on the 27th "Daniel Thompson" wrote in message ... My clock *is* set to the right time. I'm guessing you haven't quite understood the concept of timezones: -0700? "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... I don't mind the cross post that much - but you could set your clock to the right time. "Daniel Thompson" wrote in message ... "TopCat" wrote in message ... On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:20:03 -0700, "Daniel Thompson" wrote: Is this insane? I have some experience in dinghy sailing and do indeed have a qualification - whoopee - in this area. I have spent a lot of my youth on yachts - generally my Grandad's 32 foot Westerly - but have not, until now, taken as much interest as my brother, and do not have a proverbial 'scoobie' when it comes to maps and charts. I do however have £25000 and a moderate and mobile income. I will not be single for the rest of my life. I will not have zero commitment for a two year period at any other time in my life. I do not want to waste a year cow-towing to some jumped up lilttle Hitler and his crew of merry - force you to do the bad jobs - men. This is why I want my own yacht and why I want it now. Do you think it is realistic to expect to find a personally compatible Yachtmaster with a high degree of experience who would be prepared to spend six months teaching me to sail my boat. The destinations on this escapade could be decided by means of a vote - I would have the final decision of course - Hitler in effect perhaps! Daniel. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 First off please do not cross post, it is bad practice, many people have filters on cross posted posts so you already have cut the number of responses to this question. If you have experience of dinghy sailing, and experience crewing your grandfathers boat, 6 months training is highly unlikely to be required. Navigation can be learned shore side and there are many schools who will offer you this service. If you feel better take along an experienced skipper for a few trips, then start taking her out yourself, build up you trips in stages. Your dinghy experience has taught you boat handling and how to sail, you just need to transfer you skills upward now, to be fair this in my opinion is the easier way round, someone with no dinghy experience would probably need help on their first trips in a dinghy. Buy it, do some navigation training, it is not that difficult really, and start sailing, there is no law that says your first season must be littered with extended cruises, sail around the harbour mouth until you feel confident in venturing further. Do it in you time, you will learn far more than trying to transfer someone elses experience into your own. Fair Winds....... Julian http://www.topcatsail.co.uk No more cross posting for me. Thanks for the confidence building Julian! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.493 / Virus Database: 292 - Release Date: 25/06/2003 |
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Aswell as buying it I would actually quite like to learn to sail it!!!!!!!!
Mine is 5:15AM on the 27th
"Daniel Thompson" wrote in message ... My clock *is* set to the right time. I'm guessing you haven't quite understood the concept of timezones: -0700? "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... I don't mind the cross post that much - but you could set your clock to the right time. "Daniel Thompson" wrote in message ... "TopCat" wrote in message ... On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:20:03 -0700, "Daniel Thompson" wrote: Is this insane? I have some experience in dinghy sailing and do indeed have a qualification - whoopee - in this area. I have spent a lot of my youth on yachts - generally my Grandad's 32 foot Westerly - but have not, until now, taken as much interest as my brother, and do not have a proverbial 'scoobie' when it comes to maps and charts. I do however have £25000 and a moderate and mobile income. I will not be single for the rest of my life. I will not have zero commitment for a two year period at any other time in my life. I do not want to waste a year cow-towing to some jumped up lilttle Hitler and his crew of merry - force you to do the bad jobs - men. This is why I want my own yacht and why I want it now. Do you think it is realistic to expect to find a personally compatible Yachtmaster with a high degree of experience who would be prepared to spend six months teaching me to sail my boat. The destinations on this escapade could be decided by means of a vote - I would have the final decision of course - Hitler in effect perhaps! Daniel. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 First off please do not cross post, it is bad practice, many people have filters on cross posted posts so you already have cut the number of responses to this question. If you have experience of dinghy sailing, and experience crewing your grandfathers boat, 6 months training is highly unlikely to be required. Navigation can be learned shore side and there are many schools who will offer you this service. If you feel better take along an experienced skipper for a few trips, then start taking her out yourself, build up you trips in stages. Your dinghy experience has taught you boat handling and how to sail, you just need to transfer you skills upward now, to be fair this in my opinion is the easier way round, someone with no dinghy experience would probably need help on their first trips in a dinghy. Buy it, do some navigation training, it is not that difficult really, and start sailing, there is no law that says your first season must be littered with extended cruises, sail around the harbour mouth until you feel confident in venturing further. Do it in you time, you will learn far more than trying to transfer someone elses experience into your own. Fair Winds....... Julian http://www.topcatsail.co.uk No more cross posting for me. Thanks for the confidence building Julian! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.493 / Virus Database: 292 - Release Date: 25/06/2003 |
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Aswell as buying it I would actually quite like to learn to sail it!!!!!!!!
Just called the front desk and it's 7:18AM 27Jun03 Singapore Time
"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... I'm losing track - are you in Singapore now? Your last post said: Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 06:02:07 -0700 I can believe in the Far East its Friday morning now, but the timezone should be something like +11, not -7, which is PDT. It looks like you changed the clock but not the timezone. "Michael" wrote in message ... It should be right now. I noticed that and made the change when the thread started. Aren't these supposed to convert automatically when you hook up to a new local system? Michael "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... Mike - your clock is wrong also - I was giving you a break since you've crossed so many time zones lately. Everyone else is showing correctly. I normally don't care much about this stuff, but I usually display newsgroups in order of time posted, not by threads. If your date is early, your message sits on the top for a while; if you're late, you show way down on the list and I often don't see it. Donal's posts have a different problem - his clock seems to be right, but his posts take a few hours to cross the pond. -jeff "Michael" wrote in message ... Mine is 5:15AM on the 27th "Daniel Thompson" wrote in message ... My clock *is* set to the right time. I'm guessing you haven't quite understood the concept of timezones: -0700? "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... I don't mind the cross post that much - but you could set your clock to the right time. "Daniel Thompson" wrote in message ... "TopCat" wrote in message ... On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:20:03 -0700, "Daniel Thompson" wrote: Is this insane? I have some experience in dinghy sailing and do indeed have a qualification - whoopee - in this area. I have spent a lot of my youth on yachts - generally my Grandad's 32 foot Westerly - but have not, until now, taken as much interest as my brother, and do not have a proverbial 'scoobie' when it comes to maps and charts. I do however have £25000 and a moderate and mobile income. I will not be single for the rest of my life. I will not have zero commitment for a two year period at any other time in my life. I do not want to waste a year cow-towing to some jumped up lilttle Hitler and his crew of merry - force you to do the bad jobs - men. This is why I want my own yacht and why I want it now. Do you think it is realistic to expect to find a personally compatible Yachtmaster with a high degree of experience who would be prepared to spend six months teaching me to sail my boat. The destinations on this escapade could be decided by means of a vote - I would have the final decision of course - Hitler in effect perhaps! Daniel. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 First off please do not cross post, it is bad practice, many people have filters on cross posted posts so you already have cut the number of responses to this question. If you have experience of dinghy sailing, and experience crewing your grandfathers boat, 6 months training is highly unlikely to be required. Navigation can be learned shore side and there are many schools who will offer you this service. If you feel better take along an experienced skipper for a few trips, then start taking her out yourself, build up you trips in stages. Your dinghy experience has taught you boat handling and how to sail, you just need to transfer you skills upward now, to be fair this in my opinion is the easier way round, someone with no dinghy experience would probably need help on their first trips in a dinghy. Buy it, do some navigation training, it is not that difficult really, and start sailing, there is no law that says your first season must be littered with extended cruises, sail around the harbour mouth until you feel confident in venturing further. Do it in you time, you will learn far more than trying to transfer someone elses experience into your own. Fair Winds....... Julian http://www.topcatsail.co.uk No more cross posting for me. Thanks for the confidence building Julian! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.493 / Virus Database: 292 - Release Date: 25/06/2003 |
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Aswell as buying it I would actually quite like to learn to sail it!!!!!!!!
That better now?
Michael "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... Your clock has the right local time but it has PDT for the timezone - it should be +8, not -7 "Michael" wrote in message ... Just called the front desk and it's 7:18AM 27Jun03 Singapore Time "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... I'm losing track - are you in Singapore now? Your last post said: Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 06:02:07 -0700 I can believe in the Far East its Friday morning now, but the timezone should be something like +11, not -7, which is PDT. It looks like you changed the clock but not the timezone. "Michael" wrote in message ... It should be right now. I noticed that and made the change when the thread started. Aren't these supposed to convert automatically when you hook up to a new local system? Michael "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... Mike - your clock is wrong also - I was giving you a break since you've crossed so many time zones lately. Everyone else is showing correctly. I normally don't care much about this stuff, but I usually display newsgroups in order of time posted, not by threads. If your date is early, your message sits on the top for a while; if you're late, you show way down on the list and I often don't see it. Donal's posts have a different problem - his clock seems to be right, but his posts take a few hours to cross the pond. -jeff "Michael" wrote in message ... Mine is 5:15AM on the 27th "Daniel Thompson" wrote in message ... My clock *is* set to the right time. I'm guessing you haven't quite understood the concept of timezones: -0700? "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... I don't mind the cross post that much - but you could set your clock to the right time. "Daniel Thompson" wrote in message ... "TopCat" wrote in message ... On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:20:03 -0700, "Daniel Thompson" wrote: Is this insane? I have some experience in dinghy sailing and do indeed have a qualification - whoopee - in this area. I have spent a lot of my youth on yachts - generally my Grandad's 32 foot Westerly - but have not, until now, taken as much interest as my brother, and do not have a proverbial 'scoobie' when it comes to maps and charts. I do however have £25000 and a moderate and mobile income. I will not be single for the rest of my life. I will not have zero commitment for a two year period at any other time in my life. I do not want to waste a year cow-towing to some jumped up lilttle Hitler and his crew of merry - force you to do the bad jobs - men. This is why I want my own yacht and why I want it now. Do you think it is realistic to expect to find a personally compatible Yachtmaster with a high degree of experience who would be prepared to spend six months teaching me to sail my boat. The destinations on this escapade could be decided by means of a vote - I would have the final decision of course - Hitler in effect perhaps! Daniel. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 First off please do not cross post, it is bad practice, many people have filters on cross posted posts so you already have cut the number of responses to this question. If you have experience of dinghy sailing, and experience crewing your grandfathers boat, 6 months training is highly unlikely to be required. Navigation can be learned shore side and there are many schools who will offer you this service. If you feel better take along an experienced skipper for a few trips, then start taking her out yourself, build up you trips in stages. Your dinghy experience has taught you boat handling and how to sail, you just need to transfer you skills upward now, to be fair this in my opinion is the easier way round, someone with no dinghy experience would probably need help on their first trips in a dinghy. Buy it, do some navigation training, it is not that difficult really, and start sailing, there is no law that says your first season must be littered with extended cruises, sail around the harbour mouth until you feel confident in venturing further. Do it in you time, you will learn far more than trying to transfer someone elses experience into your own. Fair Winds....... Julian http://www.topcatsail.co.uk No more cross posting for me. Thanks for the confidence building Julian! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.493 / Virus Database: 292 - Release Date: 25/06/2003 |
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Aswell as buying it I would actually quite like to learn to sail it!!!!!!!!
The delay is due to translating Donal's posts into English.
Scotty' "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... Mike - your clock is wrong also - I was giving you a break since you've crossed so many time zones lately. Everyone else is showing correctly. I normally don't care much about this stuff, but I usually display newsgroups in order of time posted, not by threads. If your date is early, your message sits on the top for a while; if you're late, you show way down on the list and I often don't see it. Donal's posts have a different problem - his clock seems to be right, but his posts take a few hours to cross the pond. -jeff "Michael" wrote in message ... Mine is 5:15AM on the 27th "Daniel Thompson" wrote in message ... My clock *is* set to the right time. I'm guessing you haven't quite understood the concept of timezones: -0700? "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... I don't mind the cross post that much - but you could set your clock to the right time. "Daniel Thompson" wrote in message ... "TopCat" wrote in message ... On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:20:03 -0700, "Daniel Thompson" wrote: Is this insane? I have some experience in dinghy sailing and do indeed have a qualification - whoopee - in this area. I have spent a lot of my youth on yachts - generally my Grandad's 32 foot Westerly - but have not, until now, taken as much interest as my brother, and do not have a proverbial 'scoobie' when it comes to maps and charts. I do however have £25000 and a moderate and mobile income. I will not be single for the rest of my life. I will not have zero commitment for a two year period at any other time in my life. I do not want to waste a year cow-towing to some jumped up lilttle Hitler and his crew of merry - force you to do the bad jobs - men. This is why I want my own yacht and why I want it now. Do you think it is realistic to expect to find a personally compatible Yachtmaster with a high degree of experience who would be prepared to spend six months teaching me to sail my boat. The destinations on this escapade could be decided by means of a vote - I would have the final decision of course - Hitler in effect perhaps! Daniel. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 First off please do not cross post, it is bad practice, many people have filters on cross posted posts so you already have cut the number of responses to this question. If you have experience of dinghy sailing, and experience crewing your grandfathers boat, 6 months training is highly unlikely to be required. Navigation can be learned shore side and there are many schools who will offer you this service. If you feel better take along an experienced skipper for a few trips, then start taking her out yourself, build up you trips in stages. Your dinghy experience has taught you boat handling and how to sail, you just need to transfer you skills upward now, to be fair this in my opinion is the easier way round, someone with no dinghy experience would probably need help on their first trips in a dinghy. Buy it, do some navigation training, it is not that difficult really, and start sailing, there is no law that says your first season must be littered with extended cruises, sail around the harbour mouth until you feel confident in venturing further. Do it in you time, you will learn far more than trying to transfer someone elses experience into your own. Fair Winds....... Julian http://www.topcatsail.co.uk No more cross posting for me. Thanks for the confidence building Julian! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.493 / Virus Database: 292 - Release Date: 25/06/2003 |
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Aswell as buying it I would actually quite like to learn to sail it!!!!!!!!
Some folkes can't get off unless they are on the bottom, others live their entire lives on the bottom.
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message ... And stop bottom posting. It's RUDE! Scott Vernon Plowville PA __/)__/)__ "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... I don't mind the cross post that much - but you could set your clock to the right time. "Daniel Thompson" wrote in message ... "TopCat" wrote in message ... On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:20:03 -0700, "Daniel Thompson" wrote: Is this insane? I have some experience in dinghy sailing and do indeed have a qualification - whoopee - in this area. I have spent a lot of my youth on yachts - generally my Grandad's 32 foot Westerly - but have not, until now, taken as much interest as my brother, and do not have a proverbial 'scoobie' when it comes to maps and charts. I do however have £25000 and a moderate and mobile income. I will not be single for the rest of my life. I will not have zero commitment for a two year period at any other time in my life. I do not want to waste a year cow-towing to some jumped up lilttle Hitler and his crew of merry - force you to do the bad jobs - men. This is why I want my own yacht and why I want it now. Do you think it is realistic to expect to find a personally compatible Yachtmaster with a high degree of experience who would be prepared to spend six months teaching me to sail my boat. The destinations on this escapade could be decided by means of a vote - I would have the final decision of course - Hitler in effect perhaps! Daniel. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 First off please do not cross post, it is bad practice, many people have filters on cross posted posts so you already have cut the number of responses to this question. If you have experience of dinghy sailing, and experience crewing your grandfathers boat, 6 months training is highly unlikely to be required. Navigation can be learned shore side and there are many schools who will offer you this service. If you feel better take along an experienced skipper for a few trips, then start taking her out yourself, build up you trips in stages. Your dinghy experience has taught you boat handling and how to sail, you just need to transfer you skills upward now, to be fair this in my opinion is the easier way round, someone with no dinghy experience would probably need help on their first trips in a dinghy. Buy it, do some navigation training, it is not that difficult really, and start sailing, there is no law that says your first season must be littered with extended cruises, sail around the harbour mouth until you feel confident in venturing further. Do it in you time, you will learn far more than trying to transfer someone elses experience into your own. Fair Winds....... Julian http://www.topcatsail.co.uk No more cross posting for me. Thanks for the confidence building Julian! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 |
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Aswell as buying it I would actually quite like to learn to sail it!!!!!!!!
Which Type are you??????
CM "jlrogers" wrote in message y.com... | Some folkes can't get off unless they are on the bottom, others live their entire lives on the bottom. |
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