Think hygene.... or in your case, genes.

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...



wrote in message
...
Thom gets laid more, too.

BB

I won't argue that one. I can't figure it out but most
women don't seem to be sexually attracted to me.

I guess that's why God made prostitutes.

S.Simon

Ive been washed overboard in big seas before and nothing was on my
terms.


You chose to be out there. You took the risks. Should you die while sailing, or
even by some dumb accident, it's on your terms. Your decision.
Better than cancer or being run down by a street sweeper, or stabbed or slowly
rubbed out by two many happy meals.

RB

"Simple Simon" wrote in message ...
Lightning is only a hazard on those crummy,
rust bucket, steel boats. They draw it like
a lightning rod. Lightning doesn't even see
a GRP boat.

S.Simon

Neil,

Ive been hit by lighting twice. Been on the boat both times. Passes
thru the hull to ground and damages nothing. The P 40 next to me got
hit a couple of months ago and it fried every peice of electronic
aboard. You see lighting has no where to go on a plastic boat but to
the wires and eletronics.

Ever here of the bird cage effect? Look it up.

Get a clue.

Joe
Msv RedCloud - Naturally protected from lighting.




"Joe" wrote in message om...
Granted drowning might be the most peaceful way to go, but having your
head explode when hit by lighting might smart a bit.

Joe

Steel attracts lightning and that's a fact. Ever hear
of a wooden lightning rod? Your steel hull will
not protect electronics from a direct lightning hit.
It is not a good faraday cage.

It is better to have a GRP boat - mine has never been
struck by lightning and I've lived in the lightning
capitol of the world for fifteen years. Steel boats
can hardly claim to even last fifteen years let alone
not being struck by lightning for a similar length
of time.

I was reading the other night about hand-bearing
compasses and was surprised to learn they don't
work on a steel boat. It makes me wonder how
accurate the ship's compass will be on a steel
boat.

S.Simon


"Joe" wrote in message om...
"Simple Simon" wrote in message ...
Lightning is only a hazard on those crummy,
rust bucket, steel boats. They draw it like
a lightning rod. Lightning doesn't even see
a GRP boat.

S.Simon

Neil,

Ive been hit by lighting twice. Been on the boat both times. Passes
thru the hull to ground and damages nothing. The P 40 next to me got
hit a couple of months ago and it fried every peice of electronic
aboard. You see lighting has no where to go on a plastic boat but to
the wires and eletronics.

Ever here of the bird cage effect? Look it up.

Get a clue.

Joe
Msv RedCloud - Naturally protected from lighting.




"Joe" wrote in message om...
Granted drowning might be the most peaceful way to go, but having your
head explode when hit by lighting might smart a bit.

Joe

On 26 Nov 2003 15:00:06 -0600, anonymous wrote:

They were made out of brass and lignting shot out of his A.... ? or
was that the young man from madrass?

Worked perfectly well on the USN's ships for years before anybody ever heard
of a gyrocompass. Ever heard of the navigator's balls?

OY!

Cheers MC

anonymous wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:15:26 -0500, "Simple Simon"
said:


I was reading the other night about hand-bearing
compasses and was surprised to learn they don't
work on a steel boat. It makes me wonder how
accurate the ship's compass will be on a steel
boat.


Worked perfectly well on the USN's ships for years before anybody ever heard
of a gyrocompass. Ever heard of the navigator's balls?

Hey Simple,

As Coast Guard Licensed Capt and you wonder how accurate the compasses
to compasses are on the Coast Guard Cutter, Ice breakers? How about the
US Navy Ships?

Your Mind isn't keeping up with your exercising and fasting body Going
(Sea-nile) doesn't make you a better sailorG Get rid of that myopic
brain set and realize Ocean Lines, Steel Tugs. Submarines, etc are all
steel with accurate compasses.

Wonder no longer Simple. They are all safely been Boxed and
accurateSMILE

"WE CAN DRINK TO THAT!"

Wish you lived closer so we could brake bread together and discuss all
the things we have to be Thankful For.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Ole Thom

P/S I make a pretty good pie, thanks to US Navy Mess Cooking time

But, Thom, old chap, compasses on those big metal ships
are purpose built. They have little in common with the
little, off the shelf, yacht compasses we have on our
boats.

I was not asking about custom built and balanced units,
was I? Furthermore, hand-bearing compasses of the off-
the-shelf variety are grossly inaccurate on the deck of
a steel ship. One must get at least eight to ten feet
away from steel structures in order to obtain reasonable
accuracy. That's a fact.

Yep, too bad we don't live close enough to share a
meal onboard once in a while. I've got a feeling I
could teach you a lot about the way things work. ;-)

S.Simon


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Hey Simple,

As Coast Guard Licensed Capt and you wonder how accurate the compasses
to compasses are on the Coast Guard Cutter, Ice breakers? How about the
US Navy Ships?

Your Mind isn't keeping up with your exercising and fasting body Going
(Sea-nile) doesn't make you a better sailorG Get rid of that myopic
brain set and realize Ocean Lines, Steel Tugs. Submarines, etc are all
steel with accurate compasses.

Wonder no longer Simple. They are all safely been Boxed and
accurateSMILE

"WE CAN DRINK TO THAT!"

Wish you lived closer so we could brake bread together and discuss all
the things we have to be Thankful For.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Ole Thom

P/S I make a pretty good pie, thanks to US Navy Mess Cooking time

I always thought modern submarines were made out
of titanium and aluminum.

S.Simon


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Hey Simple,

As Coast Guard Licensed Capt and you wonder how accurate the compasses
to compasses are on the Coast Guard Cutter, Ice breakers? How about the
US Navy Ships?

Your Mind isn't keeping up with your exercising and fasting body Going
(Sea-nile) doesn't make you a better sailorG Get rid of that myopic
brain set and realize Ocean Lines, Steel Tugs. Submarines, etc are all
steel with accurate compasses.

Wonder no longer Simple. They are all safely been Boxed and
accurateSMILE

"WE CAN DRINK TO THAT!"

Wish you lived closer so we could brake bread together and discuss all
the things we have to be Thankful For.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Ole Thom

P/S I make a pretty good pie, thanks to US Navy Mess Cooking time

"Simple Simon" wrote in message ...
Steel attracts lightning and that's a fact. Ever hear
of a wooden lightning rod? Your steel hull will
not protect electronics from a direct lightning hit.


Hey Neil, It allready has twice!



It is not a good faraday cage.

It's a perfect one numbnuts!

It is better to have a GRP boat - mine has never been
struck by lightning and I've lived in the lightning
capitol of the world for fifteen years.

Thats because most trees and other boats in the area are taller that your mast.


Steel boats
can hardly claim to even last fifteen years let alone
not being struck by lightning for a similar length
of time.

I was reading the other night about hand-bearing
compasses and was surprised to learn they don't
work on a steel boat.

Your dumber than dirt.



It makes me wonder how
accurate the ship's compass will be on a steel
boat.

Most captains have heard of TVMDC. and can correct for such mystic magic.



S.Simon


"Joe" wrote in message om...
"Simple Simon" wrote in message ...
Lightning is only a hazard on those crummy,
rust bucket, steel boats. They draw it like
a lightning rod. Lightning doesn't even see
a GRP boat.

S.Simon

Neil,

Ive been hit by lighting twice. Been on the boat both times. Passes
thru the hull to ground and damages nothing. The P 40 next to me got
hit a couple of months ago and it fried every peice of electronic
aboard. You see lighting has no where to go on a plastic boat but to
the wires and eletronics.

Ever here of the bird cage effect? Look it up.

Get a clue.

Joe
Msv RedCloud - Naturally protected from lighting.




"Joe" wrote in message om...
Granted drowning might be the most peaceful way to go, but having your
head explode when hit by lighting might smart a bit.

Joe