See, Katy! Jeff has just described the typical cluster f*ck that
happens when there is a reliance on unnecessary systems. Sailing
becomes secondary to the care and feeding of broken systems
that are not necessary in the first place and idiots who rely on
them become so unaware of the folly of their ways that they
consider an ongoing cluster f*ck as par for the course.

No wonder so many of you fools end up spending more time
on the toilet ashore in your air conditioning than sailing.



"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ...
A foot is all you should need.

The slip where I kept my Nonsuch gave me a little over a foot, but it was double loaded so
I had a boat on my starboard side to worry about.

To make matters worse, the marina (Constitution Marina) is at the mouth of the Charles
River, so when the engineers decide to drop the river in advance of rain there can be a
two knot current running down the fairway.

The last time we docked the Nonsuch we were coming in late from Provincetown with a broken
shift cable. My wife was below, ready to push the lever on the transmission; seeing the
current I knew we had to come in fast. I lined it up and yelled for reverse - my wife
screamed when she realized how hot the shifter was was. She finally shifted, and I gave
it full throttle and the throttle cable broke, leaving us backing out of the slip with no
controls left. I killed the engine, fending off the boat opposite our slip, and started
calling for help as we were swept down the fairway. Fortunately, its a liveaboard marina
and several people appeared - one tossed a line and helped us into an unused slip.

The next morning we called the broker and told them we were ready to sell.


"Oz1" wrote in message
...
On 21 Jul 2003 05:57:06 GMT, Horvath wrote:


Wuss! My dock space is only one foot wider than my beam.




So exactly where do you buy your trousers?


Oz1...of the 3 twins.
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