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"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Compared to Ganzy and Scotty I'm frikin' Columbus!

RB


Bob's gay? .... or a necrophiliac???

Clever, Donal!!!

Woweeee! Recognition at last!




Regards


Donal
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Sailing from Newport to Bermuda
 

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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I was more interested in your question:
"an inflatable rubber saucer is you only and/or best solution in case you
are
sinking?"

What other options are you thinking about?

1.) A hard dinghy, ala Lin & Larry,

This seems to be the only realistic option.

Your question was about the options when your boat was already sinking. So
the rest of your answers are fairly irrelevant, arent they?

2.) Putting the boat in solid shape,
3.) Realizing the chance of a sinking is remote compared to other risks,
4.) Realizing that maybe -- just maybe -- an inflatable rubber saucer
might
not inflate when you need it, so plan to not need it.



regards


Donal
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Sailing from Newport to Bermuda
 

Your question was about the options when your boat was already sinking. So
the rest of your answers are fairly irrelevant, arent they?

oh god, no. unless one also asks the question of a young man, "What medication
scheme is the best in case you catch lung cancer 40 years from now?". Plainly,
not smoking is a cheaper, more viable option than chemo maybe at some future
point.

reducing the risk is always preferable. Liferaft or not, you already have a
greater chance of dying of skin cancer than drowning on a sinking sailboat.
For the price of the liferaft you can buy a LOT of sunscreen AND have a greater
chance of dying from a gunshot wound of a jealous husband at age 95 to boot.

Sailing from Newport to Bermuda
 

You know every time someone tells me I have xx IQ or I just
did a deal for xx $$, or I just bought a brand new xx for 1/2 the
cost, I know for certain that they are full of it.

If you believe you're brilliant, fine with me.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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yeah, my 133 to 154 (depending on the test) was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay below
their
198 to 305 IQ's

The reason being that they couldn't believe how low the scores
were, while still allowing you to talk.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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I was given so many different tests over the years I can't begin to
remember
them all. Even my summer between 7th and 8th grades, three teachers
doing
their normal grad coursework asked my mother if they could "borrow" me
to
practise their testing giving skills.

Is that why you take so many IQ tests?

Sailing from Newport to Bermuda
 

Donal wrote:

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...

I was more interested in your question:
"an inflatable rubber saucer is you only and/or best solution in case you
are
sinking?"

What other options are you thinking about?

1.) A hard dinghy, ala Lin & Larry,


This seems to be the only realistic option.

Your question was about the options when your boat was already sinking. So
the rest of your answers are fairly irrelevant, arent they?

I'd say a good inflatable is much better than a hard dinghy.

Cheers

Sailing from Newport to Bermuda
 

it's hard to argue with scientific logic.


"JAXAshby" wrote

What other options are you thinking about?

1.) A hard dinghy, ala Lin & Larry,
2.) Putting the boat in solid shape,
3.) Realizing the chance of a sinking is remote compared to other risks,
4.) Realizing that maybe -- just maybe -- an inflatable rubber saucer
might
not inflate when you need it, so plan to not need it.

Sailing from Newport to Bermuda
 

Both.


"Lanod" asked


Bob's gay? .... or a necrophiliac???




Regards


Donal
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Sailing from Newport to Bermuda
 

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:07:19 -0800, "Jon-boy Ganz"
wrote this homo crap:

From everything you tell us of course!!

From what?


Well, you certainly have enough experience with
boyfriends to know!

How would you know?



This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe

Sailing from Newport to Bermuda
 

"JAXAshby" wrote ...
I was given so many tests over the 5 years between 7th and 8th grades,
three teachers asked my mother if they could "shoot" me

Sailing from Newport to Bermuda
 

I don't understand it, the site you posted says:

"When approaching Bermuda from the Northeast through North around to
Southwest it must be remembered that reefs extend up to 10 miles from
the island in these directions"

but doesn't mention from the west.

Cheers

DSK wrote:
MC wrote:


Is there really no approach from the west along a line of latitude until
landfall can be made?


Depends on your boat, your nerves, and the weather. Supposedly there are a
couple of channels used by locals coming in from the west, but AFAIK the
approach usually relied on is to sail well north (or south, if you have
either come from the Bahamas or have been blown past it) and around to the
east side.

http://www.tallships2000.bm/captain.html#Approaches to Bermuda

Several Newport-Bermuda races have hinged on how well the navigator manages
this.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King