We're laughing at your claim that all lights are marking rocks!!! You must be
scared ****less of all navaids.

Perhaps you should take that Power Squadron course and learn how to read a
chart. But first, you should learn how a compass works.






"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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the lights are there for laughing at? I didn't know that. thanks shen for
enlightening the world.

and the lights are there for what reason?



ROFL

Shen

It still says nothing. Lots of people spent time at McMurdo that don't know
squat about boats or navigation.

But whether he is an experienced mariner is not the point; regardless of that,
its clear you learned nothing from him, and probably had no concept of what he
was doing.


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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we didn't discuss it much, but he did have a plaque in his home (end point of
the voyage was the dock in front of his home) for his service at MacMurdo
Station.

BTW "career merchant marine" tells us little. Was he deck or engine? Officer
or
crew?

Shen

I've been "out there" many times, jaxie, but I've never been lost like you were.
What you describe is the anxiety of navigating inshore amongst the rocks of the
Maine Coast, in the fog, before the days of Loran and Radar. Where you were,
with 3 GPS's and Loran, you should have had no doubt at all, and you shouldn't
have been within 5 miles of a hazard.



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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no jeffies, it did not mean we were withing 100 feet of hitting something. It
meant we hadn't yet seen a light we expected to see, and if we didn't see it
****soon**** we would do the prudent thing and backtrack until we were sure
the light was out or something. we found the light right where it was
expected.

go out there sometime jeffies and you will find out that one does indeed watch
for lights. training wheels motorboat operators, on the other hand, motor a
bit and stop, motor a bit and stop, stay stopped because it might rain or the
bread is stale or whatever.

Right. You said "we were within 20 seconds of turning around". That sounds
an
awful lot like you were lost. Especially since you can go 5 miles inside of
a
light with 38 mile visibility. At 3 knots, that means you were afraid you
were
within 100 feet of bumping into a "rock." Given that there are no hazards,
other than Diamond Shoals, which is very well marked and easy to avoid, its
sounds a lot like you were lost.


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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jeffies, the only one to use the word "lost" is you.

Lost at Hatteras with two GPS's! Good one jaxie!

Yup. Sounds like he was lost.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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You had two GPS's on board and you were lost?


actually, we had three, and a LORAN and a fine, fine sextant with tables
and
chronometer and radio for time ticks.

we weren't lost, and nobody but you has said we were.

and why, jeffies, to *you* keep talking about dirty pants when discussing
being
on the ocean at night in a flat calm?

the possibility you were
changing your pants is looking stronger.

sounds lost to me.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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no jeffies, it did not mean we were withing 100 feet of hitting something.
It
meant we hadn't yet seen a light we expected to see, and if we didn't see
it
****soon**** we would do the prudent thing and backtrack until we were
sure
the light was out or something. we found the light right where it was
expected.

go out there sometime jeffies and you will find out that one does indeed
watch
for lights. training wheels motorboat operators, on the other hand, motor
a
bit and stop, motor a bit and stop, stay stopped because it might rain or
the
bread is stale or whatever.

Right. You said "we were within 20 seconds of turning around". That
sounds
an
awful lot like you were lost. Especially since you can go 5 miles inside
of
a
light with 38 mile visibility. At 3 knots, that means you were afraid
you
were
within 100 feet of bumping into a "rock." Given that there are no
hazards,
other than Diamond Shoals, which is very well marked and easy to avoid,
its
sounds a lot like you were lost.


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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jeffies, the only one to use the word "lost" is you.

Lost at Hatteras with two GPS's! Good one jaxie!

Well... he was lost!

"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
...
It still says nothing. Lots of people spent time at McMurdo that don't
know
squat about boats or navigation.

But whether he is an experienced mariner is not the point; regardless of
that,
its clear you learned nothing from him, and probably had no concept of
what he
was doing.


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
we didn't discuss it much, but he did have a plaque in his home (end
point of
the voyage was the dock in front of his home) for his service at
MacMurdo
Station.

BTW "career merchant marine" tells us little. Was he deck or engine?
Officer
or
crew?

Shen

He would still be lost.

"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
...
We're laughing at your claim that all lights are marking rocks!!! You
must be
scared ****less of all navaids.

Perhaps you should take that Power Squadron course and learn how to read a
chart. But first, you should learn how a compass works.






"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
the lights are there for laughing at? I didn't know that. thanks shen
for
enlightening the world.

and the lights are there for what reason?



ROFL

Shen

Sounds lost to me. (Mind you now, this is a good thing.)

"Shen44" wrote in message
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Subject: Lifelines
From: "Jeff Morris"

Those may be "tings ta hits" but they are not rocks. The only reason
someone
would claim there are rocks there is if they never were there at all. Of
course, its also possible you were hiding down below, scared ****less at
the
thought of passing Hatteras. Or maybe you were hanging over the side.
One
thing is for sure, you weren't navigating!


The other reason he might claim they are rocks, is much simpler .... he
doesn't
know how to read a chart (obviously).
You'll note that Jax only hires on as a crewmember for these trips and
it's
obvious that't all he's qualified for.

Shen

JAXAshby wrote:
we didn't discuss it much, but he did have a plaque in his home (end point of
the voyage was the dock in front of his home) for his service at MacMurdo
Station.


BTW "career merchant marine" tells us little. Was he deck or engine? Officer
or
crew?

Shen

Sounds to me like ole Jaxass has been caught "dreaming" again. What does
duty at MacMurdo have to do with a Merchant Marine career?

otn

JAXAshby wrote:
the lights are there for laughing at? I didn't know that. thanks shen for
enlightening the world.


and the lights are there for what reason?



ROFL

Shen

He's not the only one following this thread and laughing at you.

otn