Doug,

A mono could have positive floation

Yeah, and painted yellow!!

OT

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
nope, it means you don't need an inflatable saucer no matter what type of
boat
you sail or drive.

Why didn't you say that the first time? You are absolutely correct - if
you don't wish to cater for the possibility of a sinking.





read it again.

OK................

The original still says "You need training wheels to need a liferaft."

Honestly! It does ..... really!

BTW, I'm really not unsurprised that you haven't been welcomed back without
any unnoticable degree of warmth.


Regards


Donal
--

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
One thing is for sure, cell phone coverage is
going to really suck most of the way.

cell phone coverage will suck virtually the entire way New to Ber.


The inflatable harnesses are better than nothing

not really. fall overboard at sea with or without a PFD on and you can
figure
on dying in the not too distant future.

BTW a few people mentioned "sextants." How about almanacs?

a sextant is almost as useless as tits on a boar. If lightning takes out
all
your gps's it will also take out your quartz watches and you long distance
radios to reset them by. If you really do lose all your electronics, turn
west
and sail until you sight land, stop at a Sunoco gas station and ask
directions.


Rubbish. People who have an IQ of less than 186, may well find that their
watches still function after a lightning strike. I know of one boat that
lost her electronic instruments in a strike. The crew (and their watches)
were fine. One of the crew thought that she got a "tingle" from a winch
after the strike!!!!




Regards


Donal
--

Hey Bubbles, when I did my first delivery of a multi over about 1200
miles, I carried a raft.

I'm sorry, Ozzy. Multis can be sunk or damaged in such a way that a liferaft
should be aboard.
Can't see why a long distance cruiser wouldn't carry one for that very rare
instance.

RB

It's not apparent from
your writing...


Or Ganzy's READING!

Bwahahahahaha!

RB

Make sure you have tit-reduction surgery before you
leave.

There he goes again.


RB

Why should anyone take you serious about off shore sailing,


So you AGREE that serious sailboat builders and serious cruisers prefer SPARTAN
interiors with no eye towards comfort?
Ganzy was wrong, Thom, but feel free to hop aboard. If you also think a multi
doesn't need a liferaft, well hop aboard that thread too.
Right is right and Ganzy isn't. My sailing experience is just not a factor in
this discussion, though I do sail more than most of the people here. And that's
a fact.

RB

so, take a sextant and almanac and sight tables and timex's(with extra
batteries) and ssb (for time checks)(with battery backup) and calculators (with
extra batteries), work pads, temp compensators, and practise, practise,
practise, practise just in case the DOD decides to get you.

You best hope there are enough sunny days so you can tell north from south, and
east from west, which if you know that you can find land anyway.

Oh, btw, remove enough provisions to store all that useless antique stuff
above.

a sextant is almost as useless as tits on a boar. If lightning takes out
all
your gps's it will also take out your quartz watches and you long distance
radios to reset them by. If you really do lose all your electronics, turn
west
and sail until you sight land, stop at a Sunoco gas station and ask
directions.


Rubbish. People who have an IQ of less than 186, may well find that their
watches still function after a lightning strike. I know of one boat that
lost her electronic instruments in a strike. The crew (and their watches)
were fine. One of the crew thought that she got a "tingle" from a winch
after the strike!!!!




Regards


Donal
--

an inflatable rubber saucer is you only and/or best solution in case you are
sinking?

Do consider, however, that maybe you wouldn't be sinking if you had spent part
of the the $6,000 cost of an installed inflatable rubber saucer on new
thru-hulls.


nope, it means you don't need an inflatable saucer no matter what type of
boat
you sail or drive.

Why didn't you say that the first time? You are absolutely correct - if
you don't wish to cater for the possibility of a sinking.





read it again.

OK................

The original still says "You need training wheels to need a liferaft."

Honestly! It does ..... really!

BTW, I'm really not unsurprised that you haven't been welcomed back without
any unnoticable degree of warmth.


Regards


Donal
--

YOU WIN BOB. YOU ALWAYS WIN. YOU ALWAYS WIN
EVEN WHEN YOU LOSE!!!

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
Why should anyone take you serious about off shore sailing,


So you AGREE that serious sailboat builders and serious cruisers prefer
SPARTAN
interiors with no eye towards comfort?
Ganzy was wrong, Thom, but feel free to hop aboard. If you also think a
multi
doesn't need a liferaft, well hop aboard that thread too.
Right is right and Ganzy isn't. My sailing experience is just not a factor
in
this discussion, though I do sail more than most of the people here. And
that's
a fact.

RB