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Whats wrong with TV's onboard, I have 2 they have DVD players as well.
Ones a bulkhead mounted flat 42" TV in the forward bunk room and a 18" in the guest cabin. Have a direct TV dish onboard as well. Have 3 computer displays, and a color radar display with GPS & chart overlay. Soon I will have flir. I would really like to have a heads up display helmet that will always read my course, speed, wind direction, and relay flir image from the monitor, hooked up to the camera that will follow my eyes. Why wouldent Capt. Neal have a TV on board? Beside not being able to afford one. Whats wrong with enjoying a flick at anchor or the dock, or underway for that matter? Perhaps if you lubbers spent a little more time aboard, It would not seem "So Special" of a time. You would not have to SAVOR and relish it like its something holy. I like modern conviences and entertainment onboard my boat. And since I live on my boat I also have a washer dryer, microwave, 4 burner stove , oven, deep freeze, frig, stereo, blender, crock pot, toaster, ect..... and most thing you will find in any home. And none of it goes flying about when I sail. Joe MSV RedCloud |
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"Joe" wrote in message om... Whats wrong with TV's onboard, I have 2 they have DVD players as well. Ones a bulkhead mounted flat 42" TV in the forward bunk room and a 18" in the guest cabin. Have a direct TV dish onboard as well. Have 3 computer displays, and a color radar display with GPS & chart overlay. Soon I will have flir. I would really like to have a heads up display helmet that will always read my course, speed, wind direction, and relay flir image from the monitor, hooked up to the camera that will follow my eyes. Would it be cheaper to park that boat in a trailer park? You could prop it up on some nice red bricks!! snip Regards Donal -- |
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Joe,
Pipe down a minute....noone was referring to liveaboards....Cruisers = have houses with tv...why go to the boat to watch the tube, for Paete's = sake? You might as well stay home. --=20 katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein |
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tells the story of one of the Macinaw (sp?) race boats that used some sort of projector to show porn on their mainsail:) =20 And here I thought that was urban legend all these years.....I've heard = that story several times, too.... --=20 katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein |
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"Remco Moedt" wrote in message
... There is nothing wrong with a TV on board. It all depends on what you do with your boat. If I buy a Ferrari Enzo (yeah, right....in my dreams only I fear) I don't have to suspect I can transport a piano with it. If you're on a sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic with winds over the 50 knots and a wave height over 30 feet, you're not that happy with a TV on a bulkhead, or the change in weight distribution all those electric equipment caused. But if you're moored most of the time, or coastal cruising while you know how to interpret the weather map, you want those things which makes life easier. As long you don't carry those pesky powertools......g Wow! You make it sound like thousands of pounds of gear! All of my electronic entertainment toys, TV/VCR, AM/FM, CD changer, a nice pair of small speakers fit in one box when I brought it ashore this fall. It is certainly lighter than my tools, or even the galley gear - perhaps 25 pounds total. Were I to set it up again it would be half the weight with flat screen and MP3's. Even the 300 CD's we had on board for our trip was nothing compared to the books we had. I can understand not wanting a TV - I know people that never use one in their house - but the weight savings is rather meaningless nowadays. -jeff |
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Whats wrong with enjoying a flick at anchor or the dock, or underway
for that matter? There's nothing wrong with it and today's modern systems and flat screen sets make it easy and save for any boat. A Island packet 40 or Caliber 35 or PS 37 can carry a small TV/DVD anywhere without compromising a thing. A flush mounted set and player isn't going to be effected in bad weather...though you might get sick trying to watch. It's your boat and you can have your own rules. Don't listen to Katy or Dumbco's 1965 hippyesque ideals about what THEY think constitutes proper sailing. It's your boat. Enjoy it! RB |
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As long you don't carry those pesky powertools......g
Wow! You make it sound like thousands of pounds of gear! Jeff, this moron is clearly a troll. Or perhaps he thinks it's 1975. RB |
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I probably don't spend as much time "aboard" as you, but the last time I was
"underway', it was for just over 6 days, none of it coastal, and I recall that there didn't seem to be much time for leisure activities like watching TV, and, more importantly, the conversation was probably as interesting as any movie. I believe that when you have a situation, for whatever reason, where you can't have an intelligent /interesting conversation with your shipmate(s) then you might REALLY need a TV to while away the idle hours.Or to keep the kids occupied. Just my 2$. John Cairns "Joe" wrote in message om... Whats wrong with enjoying a flick at anchor or the dock, or underway for that matter? Perhaps if you lubbers spent a little more time aboard, It would not seem "So Special" of a time. You would not have to SAVOR and relish it like its something holy. I like modern conviences and entertainment onboard my boat. And since Joe MSV RedCloud |
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