Sailing Question
 

Using it for what?
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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"The Carrolls" wrote in message
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Do you have a point here? Sharing a little information and adding to
the
participants in our sport(or what ever you wish to call it) seems to me
a
good thing. Passing on information through books, on the internet,
through
conversation or such is one of the things that seperates us from lower
life
forms.

that , and using toilet paper.

SV

Sailing Question
 

My suggestion would be stuffing it in bob's mouth, but that's just a
suggestion.

"The Carrolls" wrote in message
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Using it for what?
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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"The Carrolls" wrote in message
...
Do you have a point here? Sharing a little information and adding to
the
participants in our sport(or what ever you wish to call it) seems to
me
a
good thing. Passing on information through books, on the internet,
through
conversation or such is one of the things that seperates us from lower
life
forms.

that , and using toilet paper.

SV

Sailing Question
 

Look what happened to Bob...

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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"Gay Sailor" wrote
If a mere fleck of his brilliance rubbed off on you, you'd better
get to a doctor ASAP.

Sailing Question
 

Yes, my point is this: I have done much more than pass on a few URLs.

There are two scenarios. (1) The questioner was either ignorant of how
to find the answer to their question on the web or (2) was too lazy to
do it for himself.

Now the knowlege has been imparted and/or laziness highlighted. Now we
begin to see the emergence of a sailor who gets off his butt and solves
his own problems.

All thanks to Navvie!

Cheers


The Carrolls wrote:

Do you have a point here? Sharing a little information and adding to the
participants in our sport(or what ever you wish to call it) seems to me a
good thing. Passing on information through books, on the internet, through
conversation or such is one of the things that seperates us from lower life
forms."Nav" wrote in message
...

I see. Are you perhaps an advocate of the "sit on your fat behind and
let someone else do the work for you" method of education?

Cheers

The Carrolls wrote:


From my point of view it is the samething.
"Nav" wrote in message
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or won't?

Cheers



Can't answer the question can you?
"Nav" wrote in message
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A sailor knows how to use the tools at his/her disposal. Try a google
search for such elementary questions and then ask harder questions

here.

Cheers

Julia wrote:




I have a question. How do you make a sailing boat go when the wind

is

blowing sideways? I know that when the wind is blowing from the

front

the boat can't go and that when it is blowing from the back it will
push you through the water. But when the wind is coming from your
side what keeps the wind from blowing you sideways?

I am interested in learning to sail a boat and want to buy my own
little one first. What would be better, a runabout or one of those
little ones with a little cabin underneath?

Sailing Question
 

You told her to google for an answer. Must one stand up to google?

Scotty


"Navvie" wrote
Now we
begin to see the emergence of a sailor who gets off his butt and solves
his own problems.

Sailing Question
 

There are two scenarios. (1) a troll (2) a fresh faced n00b wanting to
learn to sail, figuring this was a good place to ask a sailing question.
Which it is, or should be.

Scotty


"Nav" wrote in message
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Yes, my point is this: I have done much more than pass on a few URLs.

There are two scenarios. (1) The questioner was either ignorant of how
to find the answer to their question on the web or (2) was too lazy to
do it for himself.

Now the knowlege has been imparted and/or laziness highlighted. Now we
begin to see the emergence of a sailor who gets off his butt and solves
his own problems.

All thanks to Navvie!

Cheers


The Carrolls wrote:

Do you have a point here? Sharing a little information and adding to
the
participants in our sport(or what ever you wish to call it) seems to me
a
good thing. Passing on information through books, on the internet,
through
conversation or such is one of the things that seperates us from lower
life
forms."Nav" wrote in message
...

I see. Are you perhaps an advocate of the "sit on your fat behind and
let someone else do the work for you" method of education?

Cheers

The Carrolls wrote:


From my point of view it is the samething.
"Nav" wrote in message
...


or won't?

Cheers



Can't answer the question can you?
"Nav" wrote in message
...



A sailor knows how to use the tools at his/her disposal. Try a
google
search for such elementary questions and then ask harder questions

here.

Cheers

Julia wrote:




I have a question. How do you make a sailing boat go when the wind

is

blowing sideways? I know that when the wind is blowing from the

front

the boat can't go and that when it is blowing from the back it will
push you through the water. But when the wind is coming from your
side what keeps the wind from blowing you sideways?

I am interested in learning to sail a boat and want to buy my own
little one first. What would be better, a runabout or one of those
little ones with a little cabin underneath?

Sailing Question... a somewhat personal
 

Nav wrote
Thats not what i said. I said we could email to verify my calculated LPS
after agreening terms for settling the bet.





Ahem... shall I google it up for you?


Please do.



From: The_navigator© )
Subject: Best entry level pocket cruiser

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Newsgroups: alt.sailing.asa
Date: 2003-12-03 13:28:52 PST

I've already estimated the LPS for the micro. It's a trivial problem
from the published displacement and ballast and cross section. If I post
an email to Bolger and friends and they confirm the veracity of my
estimate (which is 180 degrees) will you pay up?

Cheers MC


In other words... you are caught lying again. Why can't you keep your
story straight? You wanted Bolger to prove you right, as I said, and
that leaves one of 3 possibilities
1- you never emailed Phil Bolger (in other words, you're a liar... again)
2- you did but he didn't reply.
3- Bolger did reply and gave you the rasberry.

#2 would leave you with a shred of credibility, but it would seem that
you would have said at some point 'he's not answering my email' instead
of disappearing from the discussion.


I don't have to, I'll speak with him next time I see him at a regatta.


Sure you will. But I can't help wondering why won't he confirm what you
say by email...

Possibly because he realizes what a pedantic fraud you are. You make it
rather obvious sometimes.

DSK

Sailing Question
 

Thank you. I am reading some of the links you gave me, Doug. I'm
thinking maybe I should take some instruction.

To the person who asked, I am 23 and I like tanks and shorts but I
don't really look good in them. I'm not the prettiest girl in town.

Sailing Question
 

Don't know who asked, but looks have nothing to do with sailing
ability. The more you learn about sailing and the more you do it,
the greater will be your self-esteem. Sailing is not about ego, it's
about being in tune with the multi-dimensions involved in the sport.

Go for it.

"Julia" wrote in message
om...
Thank you. I am reading some of the links you gave me, Doug. I'm
thinking maybe I should take some instruction.

To the person who asked, I am 23 and I like tanks and shorts but I
don't really look good in them. I'm not the prettiest girl in town.

Sailing Question
 

Julia wrote:

Thank you. I am reading some of the links you gave me, Doug. I'm
thinking maybe I should take some instruction.

Some instruction can certainly help - try to find out if there's a sailing
school or club near you. I got started with a beginner's course after doing
a bunch of reading. I think the reading helped a lot in getting the most out
of the course.

As for what type of boat to go for, it kinda depends on what sort of sailing
you want to do. That said, a small open type (called a dinghy) is often a
good way to start - they're not too expensive and have the main features
that any sailboat has. An alternative to buying your own is to crew for
someone else, or hire. This is good for getting a better understanding of
what the various boats are like before spending real money on one of your
own.


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