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"Donal" wrote in message ...
"MC" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:



I've also forgotton what most lights mean. If they have
anything unusual, then I give way.


Even to channel markers?



No, I know those! I was talking about the lights shown by various types
of vessel.


Regards


Donal
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Now your showing your true abilitys.
Get you a set of flash cards and learn all the various configurations,
your flirting with disaster Lanod. Giving way to a tow might get you
cut in half.
Plus your kiddos will have fun learning them.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

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"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:

I am under the impression that the "connisseurs"(sp?... I can see it's
wrong, but I don't know why!) do not rate it highly. However, to my
simple
taste buds, it is as good as Bushmills Green Label, and yet only costs
half
as much.


Well I'm hardly a connoisseur of Irish Whiskeys, but, IMHO, Tullamore is
not as
good as Bushmills, (any label), it seems to be somewhat harsher, less
smooth if
you will. However, it's just great for making Irish Coffee, which would
probably
be a hanging offense if done with Bushmills Green! Sort of like mixing
soda and adding
ice to Glenlivit (sp).


Green Bush is £22.00 a bottle ($39.60)in the UK. Usually, I pay £6-£8 for
the Tullamore in France.

Perhaps my taste buds can be easily influenced by money!!
Regards


Donal
--

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Donal wrote:



Green Bush is £22.00 a bottle ($39.60)in the UK. Usually, I pay £6-£8 for
the Tullamore in France.

Perhaps my taste buds can be easily influenced by money!!
Regards


Sounds about right, $34 Can for Tullamore (1.34l), $46 can for the Bush, (1.34l)

Cheers
Marty

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Joe wrote:

I'm not a proponent of total immersion in the radar hood, though at
times it's necessary. I have always preferred to pull back, at times and
rest my eyes and attention .... sometimes, you might be able to see more
than you expect .... it's a total awareness thingy.


Thats OK at night or offshore, but not a good ideal in the day or
river....
It's a night vision issue. Fof blindness is somewhat like snow
blindness

Understand what you are referring to, but we'll have to agree to
disagree on this.
In many if not most cases, now, the "daylight" screens tend to solve
this problem. The greater problem applies to normal visual lookouts who
are staring/concentrating while scanning the horizon, as well as those
staring/concentrating on the radar screen ..... they tend to develop a
narrowed response to the overall picture, which causes them to miss some
things and I have frequently been surprised that when I look away, then
look back, that I pick up something that I was missing before .... G
not the easiest thing to explain.





If you can not see your bow, whats he going to see or prevent at
20kts?

G One never knows for certain. Again, I'm not necessarily advocating a
constant visual lookout, but more of a split visual, radar, hearing, for
the designated lookout, in your case..... each case can and will vary.



Plotting.... not often unless coming up on a seabouy with inbound
traffic or offshore. On the crewboats we did little plotting, but
supply and tow boats we plotted most targets, always when we were the
lead tow on a jack-up or semi.

On a tow, you are apt to have more time ... on the crewboat, you might
have to rely on the EBL and VRM unless you have ARPA capabilities.




Rivers and canals are the best place to do this. With flat water you
can tune a radar to see the wake off a canoe. The outline of the banks
can be as familiar as seeing it in the day. Tanks on the banks,
Hunting shacks, channel markers, islands, bouys, docks, tree clumps,
logs and even seagrass clumps can be tuned in to a crystal clear
picture if you know what your looking at, and know how to use the
tool.

Would he argue so strongly if I said the wheelhouse was equiped with
FLIR?

BG I'm waiting for them to come up with a lightweight, portable,
inexpensive unit, that I can carry with me.


Raytheon has a real cool unit you see on cop cars all the time now 7
grand.
not to portable, but awesome preformance. I know one crewboat the
Comet out of Freeport has one. We use to call the owner Capt. Gaget.
Totally tricked out boat.

Fraid that all the units I've seen to date are too cumbersome and/or
expensive for this "poor mans" application.

otn

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"John.E" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message
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Possibly! One thing is certain - you aren't telepathic.

Tell us, how many Trans-Atlantic trips have you done?


3 in total. Sigma 39 (UK - Antigua), Victoria 34 (Antigua - UK) and a Swan
40 (Canaries - St. Lucia).

And you?

None.


Regards


Donal
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"Donal" wrote in message
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snip

You are suffering from the delusion that I owe you any kind of response at
all.


Not at all. It just seems that if you talk the talk, as you do, then from
time to time you may have to walk the walk. That may include producing
evience of you claims from time to time. Life is a bitch but not everyone
will believe all you say, particularly when some flawed info is put about.
If you should choose not to respond, fine, but do not expect everyone to
concider your claims true and be prepared to be challanged in public.

Imagine that you walk into a strange pub. You overhear part of an
argument
between two of the regulars. Would you introduce yourself by immediately
attacking the integrity of one of the participants?

This not a strange pub. It is a public forum, PUBLIC FORUM being the
operative words. If you want to brag and advice in confidence then why post
to a public environment? And as for attack the integrity of the
participants, yep, but I called you a faker initially (fairly mellow term),
I believe you have bandied the phrase LIAR in your earlier posts,
provocative or what. For my sins I fell to your level over that one.

That is exactly what you appear to have done here. Even worse, you have
incorrectly questioned my integrity.

Not at all. You make claims you can not or will not support in a public
place. Be prepared to be challanged. You miss quoted the conditions for the
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore blind nav' test. As one who has taken and past this
exam I feel I am entitled to correct you and even question the validity of
your claims.

You have behaved with outrageous impertinence, and I feel that you might
learn some manners if I treat you the same way.

Mmmm. I doubt you could teach me manners, as indeed I doubt you could teach
others to sail. To teach one must command respect, for you and your yarns I
have little to none.

As I have repeatedly said, I will prove you wrong within the next 6 days.
I
deserve to get a little pleasure from the exercise.

Well, I will keep watching, but I am a sceptical as ever abouth the truth of
your claims. This scepticism is ever more reinforced byt your total lack of
ability to respond to any question put to you with regaurds to the topic
under descussion, i.e. Yacht Master Offshore and the RYA exam it entails.

Keep the cutlery ready!

All ready back in the draw. As I have said, the information you require
could probably be extracted from public records in the number of days you
wish the group to wait so would in fairness carry little on no weight for
myself and possibly others.

Regards


Donal
--

JohnE

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"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:



Green Bush is £22.00 a bottle ($39.60)in the UK. Usually, I pay £6-£8
for
the Tullamore in France.

Perhaps my taste buds can be easily influenced by money!!
Regards


Sounds about right, $34 Can for Tullamore (1.34l), $46 can for the Bush,
(1.34l)


Our bottles are only 0.7l. [sigh]



Regards

Donal
--

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"John.E" wrote in message
...

"Donal" wrote in message
...

snip

You are suffering from the delusion that I owe you any kind of response
at
all.


Not at all. It just seems that if you talk the talk, as you do, then from
time to time you may have to walk the walk. That may include producing
evience of you claims from time to time. Life is a bitch but not everyone
will believe all you say, particularly when some flawed info is put about.
If you should choose not to respond, fine, but do not expect everyone to
concider your claims true and be prepared to be challanged in public.

Imagine that you walk into a strange pub. You overhear part of an
argument
between two of the regulars. Would you introduce yourself by
immediately
attacking the integrity of one of the participants?

This not a strange pub. It is a public forum, PUBLIC FORUM being the
operative words. If you want to brag and advice in confidence then why
post
to a public environment? And as for attack the integrity of the
participants, yep, but I called you a faker initially (fairly mellow
term),
I believe you have bandied the phrase LIAR in your earlier posts,
provocative or what. For my sins I fell to your level over that one.

Oh, pleeeasse! Are you really so naive as to think that "faker" is fairly
mellow?

Calling me a faker is accusing me of deception.

If I prove, beyond all doubt, that I am not a faker, would that mean that
you lied when you said that I was a faker?

If you answer "yes", then I will answer all your original questions as soon
as I read your post.



That is exactly what you appear to have done here. Even worse, you
have
incorrectly questioned my integrity.

Not at all. You make claims you can not or will not support in a public
place. Be prepared to be challanged.

I am. Believe me.

You miss quoted the conditions for the
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore blind nav' test. As one who has taken and past
this
exam I feel I am entitled to correct you and even question the validity of
your claims.

I accepted your correction almost immediately. Perhaps you missed my post,
or you felt like trying your luck at a flame war.



You have behaved with outrageous impertinence, and I feel that you might
learn some manners if I treat you the same way.

Mmmm. I doubt you could teach me manners, as indeed I doubt you could
teach
others to sail. To teach one must command respect, for you and your yarns
I
have little to none.

"Yarns"? Are you calling me a liar again? I am truly impressed by your
level of stupidity.



As I have repeatedly said, I will prove you wrong within the next 6
days.
I
deserve to get a little pleasure from the exercise.

Well, I will keep watching, but I am a sceptical as ever abouth the truth
of
your claims. This scepticism is ever more reinforced byt your total lack
of
ability to respond to any question put to you with regaurds to the topic
under descussion, i.e. Yacht Master Offshore and the RYA exam it entails.

It isn't "lack of ability". It is "lack of accountability".
I don't owe you an answer. In fact I don't owe you anything at all. I've
chosen to answer your questions after a suitable delay because I wanted to
see you dig a really deep hole for yourself. I had allowed 7 days for you
to demonstrate the true depths of your ignorance. However, it seems that
you might have accomplished the task in much less. Congratulations!!



Keep the cutlery ready!

All ready back in the draw. As I have said, the information you require
could probably be extracted from public records in the number of days you
wish the group to wait so would in fairness carry little on no weight for
myself and possibly others.

Am I a faker?
What is the difference between a faker and a liar?
Did you call me a faker?



Regards

Donal
--

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"otnmbrd" wrote in message
hlink.net...


Joe wrote:

I'm not a proponent of total immersion in the radar hood, though at
times it's necessary. I have always preferred to pull back, at times and
rest my eyes and attention .... sometimes, you might be able to see more
than you expect .... it's a total awareness thingy.


Thats OK at night or offshore, but not a good ideal in the day or
river....
It's a night vision issue. Fof blindness is somewhat like snow
blindness

Understand what you are referring to, but we'll have to agree to
disagree on this.
In many if not most cases, now, the "daylight" screens tend to solve
this problem. The greater problem applies to normal visual lookouts who
are staring/concentrating while scanning the horizon, as well as those
staring/concentrating on the radar screen ..... they tend to develop a
narrowed response to the overall picture, which causes them to miss some
things and I have frequently been surprised that when I look away, then
look back, that I pick up something that I was missing before .... G
not the easiest thing to explain.

It may not be easy to explain, but I think that you are describing the same
thing that I was referring to, when I said that "14 hours peering into the
fog" was very tiring.

5 minutes leaves you wondering if your eyes are working properly.

I've now got radar.


If you can not see your bow, whats he going to see or prevent at
20kts?

G One never knows for certain. Again, I'm not necessarily advocating a
constant visual lookout,

The CollRegs *do* advocate a constant visual lookout. Joe thinks it is a
waste of time. Jeff isn't sure what he thinks. I wonder what JohnE thinks?



Regards

Donal
--

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"Donal" wrote in message
...
Calling me a faker is accusing me of deception.

If I prove, beyond all doubt, that I am not a faker, would that mean that
you lied when you said that I was a faker?

If you answer "yes", then I will answer all your original questions as soon
as I read your post.


Are you actually claiming John "lied" when he suggested you are a faker? You
should be pleased! You were trying your best to act like a fool, weren't you?



As I have repeatedly said, I will prove you wrong within the next 6
days.

You're even trying to out do Boobsprit!

-jeff