How many beer boxes needed to navigate an ocean?
 

Stay away from Maine, "Turn-Back-Jaxie," its way too scary for you! If you
thought the "rocks" at Hatteras were so scary you wanted to turn back, you have
no business cruising where there are real rocks!

BOO!

How many beer boxes needed to navigate an ocean?
 

he died some time ago. not sure how long ago.

Ahh yes, Wolfman Jack...is he still around, we don't get him here
anymore? :-)

How many beer boxes needed to navigate an ocean?
 

which word couldn't you understand?

As soon as you figure out what you're trying to say, type it in.

--
"j" ganz @@

How many beer boxes needed to navigate an ocean?
 

kinda a strange way, jeffies, for you to tell us you were unable to google
enough info to back up your claim that you have known for years how RDF works.

Stay away from Maine, "Turn-Back-Jaxie," its way too scary for you! If you
thought the "rocks" at Hatteras were so scary you wanted to turn back, you
have
no business cruising where there are real rocks!

BOO!

How many beer boxes needed to navigate an ocean?
 

Sorry. Turnback, I'm not playing. RDF's were very common back then, just like
GPS's are now. Why don't you explain how a GPS works, and why you were so lost
you wanted to turn back when you should have been 10 miles from any hazard? And
why can't you tell the difference between rocks and shoals?



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
kinda a strange way, jeffies, for you to tell us you were unable to google
enough info to back up your claim that you have known for years how RDF works.

Stay away from Maine, "Turn-Back-Jaxie," its way too scary for you! If you
thought the "rocks" at Hatteras were so scary you wanted to turn back, you
have
no business cruising where there are real rocks!

BOO!

How many beer boxes needed to navigate an ocean?
 

I heard Kasem's voice on an ad recently. he seems to be mostly retired. I
though he was well into his 70's?

Hmmm, that explains a lot :-)
I looked it up..died july 1 1995....young at 57

http://www.radiohof.org/discjockey/wolfmanjack.html

Sorry Jocks. I've sadly mislead you.
The "count dow owne" guy is Kasey Kasem (sp)


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

How many beer boxes needed to navigate an ocean?
 

Sorry. Turnback, I'm not playing ...

.... with a full deck.

sorry, jeffies, you did someting stupid in your days of RDFing, and you got
lucky in your ignorance. other people didn't.

How many beer boxes needed to navigate an ocean?
 

So what did I do, jaxie? I went cruising in Maine, a number of times, without
GPS, Loran, Radar, or even VHF. Yes, this would be foolhardy for you to do.
For me, there was no great risk, only great sailing.



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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Sorry. Turnback, I'm not playing ...

... with a full deck.

sorry, jeffies, you did someting stupid in your days of RDFing, and you got
lucky in your ignorance. other people didn't.

How many beers before jaxie starts to make sense?
 

How so?
"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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dude, I hope you believe in an afterlife, because you certainly are lost
to
this one.

From: "The Carrolls"
Date: 3/6/2004 11:36 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id:

Perhaps it was not referred to as a U-boat, but it seems to me someone
here
claimes that U-boat is a generic reference to submarines, you don't
happen to recall who that was do you?

http://www.bowfin.org/website/educat...urtle/article/
a
rticle.htm Check out this page and then we will discuss weather there
were
submarines as warships during the age of sail.
"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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was it refered to -- in history -- as a "U-Boat"? if so, did it reduce
sail
powered to commercial vessels to nothingness? If not, when was sail
powered
commercial shipping kaput relative to U-Boats?



sail powered commercial shipping was kaput long before any u-boats
got
on
this
side of the atlantic.

For your information, approximated 25% of ALL
commercial shipping vessels made in the last 50 years of sail
powered
shipping
sunk before the boats were retired. one in four.

it was those darn U-boats hiding in LIS.

SV

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Jax,

I one of your replies, when you were incorrect but close enough, you
made a big thing of concepts. How about in Navi.?

You talk of cardboard "Astrolobes" and being within 60 miles. I can be
within 15 miles just using my fist and watch set to GMT. The Concept
isn't hard; Think about it.

The year is composed of 4 seasons. 365/4 plus 6 hours a year until Leap
Year. That is the time it takes the Earth to go around the Sun. Each
season in determined by the slant of the Earth as compared to the Sun (
If you look on any large scale chart, you will find two lines above and
below the Equator The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn) They
are found at 221/2 North and 221/2 degrees South. That is the Slant of
the Earth:

Each Season is 91 1/4 divided by 22 1/2=4.05 days per degree. The
average days for a one deg change of sun angle. Since the change is in
the form of a sine wave, we can brake that average down an awful lot by
using RMS average for the observed change at the top of the sine wave.
Roughly the top 29% and 70.7% for the bottom. That my Mensa friend is
basically the Sun Sight Tables

How do you make the angle on the sun;

You make a Fist with your thumb stuck under your fingers to the first
knuckle and extend it at arms length. The fist will be 10 degrees. Each
knuckle to knuckle is 2 degrees, The top of the knuckle to the valley
between the knuckles is 1 degree, half way up the knuckle is a 1/2
degree, the distance in between is 1/4 degree
Now if you use your cap you can shade out the sun until you can detect
just the bottom of the sun. This distance can be measured with fists and
knuckles to the Horizon. ( don't forget to allow for your own height
above) That is your Observed LATITUDE

Longitude; The Earth rotates 360 degrees every 24 hours: 360/24=15
degrees every hour. Zero starts a GMT, Midnigth at International Date
line (180 degrees) Local Noon is when the Sun observed at its highest
(Fist and knuckles)

A CONCEPT that will let you know pretty damn close any where you are in
the world