"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Does 'A' dock mean something special at your marina? At mine, it seems
the bigger ($$$$) boats are on A dock and get smaller as the letter
gets higher. Is this the norm.

My wife asked me one time if A dock meant something. Seems this woman,
wearing tons of jewelry (powerboater?) struck up a conversation with
her and repeatedly mentioned , with emphasis, that they were on A
dock.

Scotty ( E- docker )

Yeah, A dock is where they keep the biggest boats in our marina but no one
brags about it, we are the least expensive marina in this area. What I find
hilarious is the "commodore" thing, you know, they wear the uniform and the
hat, blah, blah. I know what you're talking about, I have heard women
mention the size of their boat, etc. You would think that this would be a
guy thing, talking about how big it is
The women with the excess jewelry was probably a powerboater. Really funny
also, listening to folks talk about their experience on the lake as if they
had been sailing in the roaring forties.
John Cairns





"Maxprop" wrote in message
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My entire life isn't defined by a dock with a letter designation.
Well,
okay, maybe it is.

"John Cairns" wrote in message
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The women with the excess jewelry was probably a powerboater. Really funny
also, listening to folks talk about their experience on the lake as if
they
had been sailing in the roaring forties.
John Cairns

Heh .... we haven't heard about the "Sea of Michigan" for a while.



Regards


Donal
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"Donal" wrote in message
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"John Cairns" wrote in message
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The women with the excess jewelry was probably a powerboater. Really
funny
also, listening to folks talk about their experience on the lake as if
they
had been sailing in the roaring forties.
John Cairns

Heh .... we haven't heard about the "Sea of Michigan" for a while.



Regards


Donal
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When I got back from the crossing, one of our club members was talking about
a club cruise to a destination about 40 miles from here, blah, blah. I
laughed a little bit about it, they were slightly hurt and adamant about how
nasty it was. The seas can get real nasty in these parts, but it's generally
when everyone has hauled out for the winter. And in any event, nothing like
running into nasty weather well offshore.

John Cairns

I bet the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald might have something to say.


"John Cairns" wrote
Heh .... we haven't heard about the "Sea of Michigan" for a
while.



When I got back from the crossing, one of our club members was
talking about
a club cruise to a destination about 40 miles from here, blah, blah.
I
laughed a little bit about it, they were slightly hurt and adamant
about how
nasty it was. The seas can get real nasty in these parts, but it's
generally
when everyone has hauled out for the winter. And in any event,
nothing like
running into nasty weather well offshore.

John Cairns

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message

I bet the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald might have something to say.

That was just one boat. How about that year (1917 maybe??) when over 30
bulk freighters went to the bottom?

Max

"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Scott Vernon" wrote in message

I bet the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald might have something to
say.

That was just one boat. How about that year (1917 maybe??) when
over 30
bulk freighters went to the bottom?

Yeah but only the EF had a song written about it.

Scotty

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message


"Maxprop" wrote in message

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message

I bet the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald might have something to
say.

That was just one boat. How about that year (1917 maybe??) when
over 30
bulk freighters went to the bottom?

Yeah but only the EF had a song written about it.

No. I've written songs about every damn one of those 30 stinking boats, but
so far no one's had the good sense to publish or record them. That *******
Lightfoot won't even return my calls.

Max

"John Cairns" wrote in message

When I got back from the crossing, one of our club members was talking
about a club cruise to a destination about 40 miles from here, blah, blah.
I laughed a little bit about it, they were slightly hurt and adamant about
how nasty it was. The seas can get real nasty in these parts, but it's
generally when everyone has hauled out for the winter. And in any event,
nothing like running into nasty weather well offshore.

Would that account for the fact that the statistic of shipwrecks per a given
period of time in the GLs is many times that for virtually any other body of
water in the world? I'll take 40 footers on the ocean any day before those
same wave heights on the GLs, with their short periodicity.

Granted most GL sailors are fair-weather types, and don't get much
experience with the sort of weather that occurs between October and March,
but to imply that the GLs are a picnic compared with offshore is not borne
out by the statistics. And a chat with any merchant seamen from abroad
who've experienced the GLs at their most violent will probably change your
mind.

Max

They don't sail on the Sea of Michigan... they sail on the Erie Mudpuddle
and the Pond St Clair...


"Donal" wrote in message
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"John Cairns" wrote in message
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The women with the excess jewelry was probably a powerboater. Really
funny
also, listening to folks talk about their experience on the lake as if
they
had been sailing in the roaring forties.
John Cairns

Heh .... we haven't heard about the "Sea of Michigan" for a while.



Regards


Donal
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"Donal" wrote in message

Heh .... we haven't heard about the "Sea of Michigan" for a while.

Oddly enough, Lake Michigan and the other GLs aren't really lakes at all.
They would more correctly be termed inland seas. And I'll take the Roaring
Forties any day over Lake Michigan in hurricane force winds. The southern
ocean will get very, very big, but Lake M. will have almost no spacing
between the 40' waves, meaning a small boat will fall off the waves into the
trough as if dropped off a three-story building. Many a salty skipper
sailing container and bulk freighters from abroad have been humbled by the
GLs. Among the most oft-repeated tales in European and Asian ports are
those of storms on the Great Lakes.

Max