My autopilot tracks just fine in 4 four foot quartering waves. Rock steady. If
yours can't, you don't know how to use it.

In 10 foot seas it lags behind a bit when surfing down the waves, and there have
been a few times that I've hand steered to give it s steadier ride.

It sure looks like you didn't know what you were doing there jaxie.


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
Well I guess that says it all. If you never heard of the various settings on
a
autopilot, then you wouldn't know how to use it, would you? We'll just have
to
add this to the list of things you don't know how to use, jaxie.


ah, yes, jeffies, which settings is that which makes a catamaran track
straighter when one hull -- off center -- takes a quartering wave, followed a
fraction of a second later when the other hull -- off center the other side --
takes the same quartering wave?

jeffies, are you sure you know what an autopilot is?

Subject: DR practice
From: (JAXAshby)
Date: 08/08/2004 17:28 Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

the FAA, shen, back several decades. the US navy, shen, back a couple
centuries.


ROFL Since this is about "boating" we could care less what the FAA has to say.
As for the Navy .... let's just say they have their own language which isn't
always in tune with that of the overall maritime world ..... no problem.
So tell me Jax .... what do "Marine Pilots" say?

Shen

ROFL Since this is about "boating" we could care less what the FAA has to
say.

of course. the FAA knows nothing about navigation.

As for the Navy .... let's just say they have their own language which isn't
always in tune with that of the overall maritime world

of course. The US Navy knows nothing about navigation.

no problem.

everyone is glad you feel that is "no problem", shen.

So tell me Jax .... what do "Marine Pilots" say?


drunk in the bar with you, or sober two days later?

Shen

ubject: DR practice
From: (JAXAshby)
Date: 08/08/2004 19:41 Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

ROFL Since this is about "boating" we could care less what the FAA has to
say.

of course. the FAA knows nothing about navigation.



As for the Navy .... let's just say they have their own language which isn't
always in tune with that of the overall maritime world

of course. The US Navy knows nothing about navigation.

ROFL Lame, jax, real lame, even for you.

no problem.

everyone is glad you feel that is "no problem", shen.

t'isn't. I even use right/left rudder and number the mooring lines when I'm
playin with them ..... kinda like the old phrase "different long splices".

So tell me Jax .... what do "Marine Pilots" say?


drunk in the bar with you, or sober two days later?

drunk,sober or hung over ....what do they say?

Shen

shen says "uncle", as witness his post below.

damn. and just after he learned that the sun is reference point in navigation,
too. I was hoping he *might* have learned of the term "celestial navigation",
but it seems no.

oh, well.

ROFL Since this is about "boating" we could care less what the FAA has to
say.

of course. the FAA knows nothing about navigation.



As for the Navy .... let's just say they have their own language which
isn't
always in tune with that of the overall maritime world

of course. The US Navy knows nothing about navigation.

ROFL Lame, jax, real lame, even for you.

no problem.

everyone is glad you feel that is "no problem", shen.

t'isn't. I even use right/left rudder and number the mooring lines when I'm
playin with them ..... kinda like the old phrase "different long splices".

So tell me Jax .... what do "Marine Pilots" say?


drunk in the bar with you, or sober two days later?

drunk,sober or hung over ....what do they say?

Shen

Subject: DR practice
From: (JAXAshby)
Date: 08/08/2004 20:06 Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

shen says "uncle", as witness his post below.

damn. and just after he learned that the sun is reference point in
navigation,
too. I was hoping he *might* have learned of the term "celestial
navigation",
but it seems no.

oh, well

ROFLMAO You are one weird piece of work!!!

So, what your saying is that Bowditch doesn't know what it's talking about or
anything about navigation. Dutton's doesn't know what it's talking about or
anything about navigation and that Marine Pilots don't know the meaning of the
words "piloting" or "pilotage" and how they should be used.
Don't know how you associated me with learning something about celestial, but
we do know your mind rattles around in strange ways.
Bysy wysy doodles.

Shen

nice post, shen. a little above your normal standards, for that you should be
congratulated.

Bysy wysy doodles.

Shen

My autopilot tracks just fine in 4 four foot quartering waves. Rock steady.
If
yours can't, you don't know how to use it.

jeffies, the autopilot tracked CON FRICKEN TINOUSLY, and even then a little
late. Steering by hand was quicker,more steady, less noisy.

maybe *you* didn't notice?

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
My autopilot tracks just fine in 4 four foot quartering waves. Rock steady.
If
yours can't, you don't know how to use it.

jeffies, the autopilot tracked CON FRICKEN TINOUSLY, and even then a little
late. Steering by hand was quicker,more steady, less noisy.

maybe *you* didn't notice?

You're the one who said you couldn't steer the boat.

You're the one who said you couldn't steer the boat.

you live in a strange universe, jeffies. that is not what I said. I did say
the boat wallowed around in quartering seas and was hard to keep going in a
straight line without continuous steering.

I understand this is common for cats, and cat owner sooner begin to think of
this as "normal".