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but if you are going to make incredulous
postulations involving a sailing trip of radically short distances and yet
claim no communication abilities available.


So let me get this straight....you're saying that a vessel that sails a day out
from the Jersey shore will definitely maintain VHF contact?
Oh, okay.

RB

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Seriously Bob.... you may as well claim the vessel was on another planet!


That's the point of a hypothetical question in some cases, Mooron; to introduce
unusual or even impossible criteria.

I'm working to help you here!

RB

What If # 6
 

Yes Bob..... you can easily maintain contact by VHF. That's well within
the inshore commercial fleet. ( Well okay not _you_ per say, because you
will never sail that far)

You really must venture beyond that placid bay and flaccid location.

BTW ... Could you Please clarify the nature of the submerged obstruction...
over the continental shelf in over 600 feet of water?

CM


"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
| but if you are going to make incredulous
| postulations involving a sailing trip of radically short distances and yet
| claim no communication abilities available.
|
|
| So let me get this straight....you're saying that a vessel that sails a
day out
| from the Jersey shore will definitely maintain VHF contact?
| Oh, okay.
|
| RB

What If # 6
 

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
| Seriously Bob.... you may as well claim the vessel was on another
planet!
|
|
| That's the point of a hypothetical question in some cases, Mooron; to
introduce
| unusual or even impossible criteria.

Well then... following that brilliant logic ... I could be free to reply
that one should engage Hyper Drive Sails, transmit a Sub-Space Priority 1
hail and activate the Anti-Gravity Plating!

|
| I'm working to help you here!

If you are "working" it seems you had better understand the subject
matter..... it's evident you abandoned the advise to write about what you
know, considering the limitations that would impose on you.

CM

What If # 6
 

Well then... following that brilliant logic ... I could be free to reply
that one should engage Hyper Drive Sails, transmit a Sub-Space Priority 1
hail and activate the Anti-Gravity Plating!

You could have, but the nature of the question was clear, at least to everyone
else. Of course had you responded as above, you might have seemed a trifle
imaginative...at least!

RB

What If # 6
 

If you are "working" it seems you had better understand the subject
matter.....

Dispite my "limited" understanding, everyone else understood that it was a
hypothetical problem and as such was beyond such trivial examination.
Everyone but you. And still you missed the most glaring technical error! This
is about to get very embarassing for you...not that it isn't already!

RB

What If # 6
 

Bobsprit wrote:
The Boat: Catalina 320
Conditions: Moderate, seas 3-5 feet.

Damn! How did this happen!?? You've badly grounded your boat. You just left for
a 4 week cruise and now her wing keel has settled atop a group of rocks at high
tide, which you thought you'd be clear of. At the top of every swell, the keel
grinds and as the tide slacks (soon!) you know things could get worse. A lot
worse.
No one in sight. You're out of radio range. You wonder if you'll be taking the
dinghy home!

What do you do???

RB


No sweat. If it's a Mac 26M, just raise the daggerboard a foot or so.

Jim

What If # 6
 

"Jim Cate" wrote in message
...




No sweat. If it's a Mac 26M, just close the hatches and start a fire in
the cabin..

Jim

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Scott Vernon wrote:
"Jim Cate" wrote in message
...



No sweat. If it's a Mac 26M, just close the hatches and start a fire in

the cabin..

Jim


More like: raise the board and motor out a little futher, set the
anchor, and then sit back, drink a Margarita and listen to some Vivaldi
or Beethoven while you watch the sunset.

You can laugh if you want to, but this particular question illustrates
quite well one of the many advantages of the Mac 26M, particularly for
largely shallow and variable bay waters such as those near the Texas
coast. By contrast, a friend who has a large displacement boat had a
partial collision with the bottom several years ago, resulting in a bent
rudder shaft when he tried to motor off the spoil. He was never able to
fix it, and he finally had to cut off part of the top edge of the rudder
to prevent it from scraping the hull.

Jim

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Jim Cate wrote:



More like: raise the board and motor out a little futher, set the
anchor, and then sit back, drink a Margarita and listen to some Vivaldi
or Beethoven while you watch the sunset.

Ahhhh. A boat and boatman perfectly suited to a total absence of
wind and wave.

--
Flying Tadpole

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