OzOne wrote


Not much populated areas up there, though there are a lot of small
coastal villages at risk.

Mostly just Aborigines, and who cares if a few hundred of them wash
out to sea, eh Ozzy?

SV

katysails wrote:
That's nice, Joe...my husband lived in Jacksonville for 5 years...my
mom-in-law in St Pete for 20 and various other relatives are
lifers....hurricanes are terribly destructive, not onlt for lubbers
but for
experienced boaters...you do no one any favors by lessening the facts
of
reality except possibly leading the uninformed unto a dangerous
situation...be a nice boy and go back to your manly man stuff, now
and stop
spinnig tales...

Katy, Im serious Ive been thru many hurricanes, been in the eyes of 4.
Alicia being the worst. Id rather be no other place than on redcloud.
While everyone else looses power I have a gen set, communications to
the USCG, weather fax, and a steel fortress to protect me. I have 3
hurricane holes one in Cedar Bayou n of here, One up the Brazos river
west of here and one near the Sabine river East of here. If your
prepared, have the proper equipment and act before the storm, then its
no big deal. Only those who can not excape the wrath of the storm have
to worry, I will stay at my marina unless the winds are over 120 knots.
I enjoy a good storm.

Joe



"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
Katy, Hurricane season is enjoyable if you own the proper boat and
know
how to weather any storm. Its not like you have to worry about
getting
flooded. It may be a bad time for lubbers but a nice warm place to
live
is worth the risk. Ive been thru 5-6 hurricanes and only had one
item
trashed, a 22' camper on jacks rolled across the lawn. My fault.I
was
offshore and did not have it properly secured. You know the news
people
look for the worst to show you Yankee's on TV.

Joe

We tarp and humidity gets under there...what we have found is that there is
a direct relationship to the proximity of the wood pulp factory to where our
boat is moored and stored...Muskegon is an industrial town and I think air
pollution might explain some of it...our varnish jobs lasted better when we
were up farther north away from industry....
and yes, Max's boat is worth the effort of varnish, but hey, he likes cetol,
so who am I to complain?

"DSK" wrote in message
. ..
katysails wrote:
Winter takes its' toll on varnish in a very bad way here...

How so? I've never seen a snow cover tear up varnish the way intense UV
from the southern sun will do.

... and Mr Sails is a varnish fanatic...its' done as a matt4er of course
rather than a matter of need...


My wife has gone from racing tactician to teak nazi. Nowadays when we walk
around looking at boats, she is as likely to criticize the brightwork as
make a comment about the rig or design. And one thing we agree on
(actually we agree on many things) is that we have never seen a Cetol
finish that looked as good as even a half-assed varnish finish much less a
good one. You can read a newspaper in the reflection off our brightwork,
which is not half-assed IMHO.

If Maxprop's boat has decent wood on it, she deserves better.

Fresh Brushes- Doug King

Everyone knows you're nuts...
I enjoy a good storm, also, but not with a death wish...

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...

katysails wrote:
That's nice, Joe...my husband lived in Jacksonville for 5 years...my
mom-in-law in St Pete for 20 and various other relatives are
lifers....hurricanes are terribly destructive, not onlt for lubbers
but for
experienced boaters...you do no one any favors by lessening the facts
of
reality except possibly leading the uninformed unto a dangerous
situation...be a nice boy and go back to your manly man stuff, now
and stop
spinnig tales...

Katy, Im serious Ive been thru many hurricanes, been in the eyes of 4.
Alicia being the worst. Id rather be no other place than on redcloud.
While everyone else looses power I have a gen set, communications to
the USCG, weather fax, and a steel fortress to protect me. I have 3
hurricane holes one in Cedar Bayou n of here, One up the Brazos river
west of here and one near the Sabine river East of here. If your
prepared, have the proper equipment and act before the storm, then its
no big deal. Only those who can not excape the wrath of the storm have
to worry, I will stay at my marina unless the winds are over 120 knots.
I enjoy a good storm.

Joe



"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
Katy, Hurricane season is enjoyable if you own the proper boat and
know
how to weather any storm. Its not like you have to worry about
getting
flooded. It may be a bad time for lubbers but a nice warm place to
live
is worth the risk. Ive been thru 5-6 hurricanes and only had one
item
trashed, a 22' camper on jacks rolled across the lawn. My fault.I
was
offshore and did not have it properly secured. You know the news
people
look for the worst to show you Yankee's on TV.

Joe

katysails wrote:
We tarp and humidity gets under there...

Humidity is bad, especially going through thaw/freeze cycles, but unless
there are already bubbles in the varnish, or moisture sealed in, I don't
understand how this is going to tear up the finish. I have some
experience with boats left outside through New England winters, and they
usually required touching up... sometimes major touching up... but
varnish up there lasts a lot longer than down here in my admittedly
limited experience.


... what we have found is that there is
a direct relationship to the proximity of the wood pulp factory to where our
boat is moored and stored...Muskegon is an industrial town and I think air
pollution might explain some of it...our varnish jobs lasted better when we
were up farther north away from industry....

I can see that. Fly ash will put acid spots on every surface... it's bad
for cars too.


and yes, Max's boat is worth the effort of varnish, but hey, he likes cetol,
so who am I to complain?

Hold your eyes painfully when you walk by his boat ;)

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Nah...actually, his boat is one of the prettiest I've seen (don't tell him
that, though...things like that go to his head and then he becomes
unbearable...)

"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
katysails wrote:
We tarp and humidity gets under there...

Humidity is bad, especially going through thaw/freeze cycles, but unless
there are already bubbles in the varnish, or moisture sealed in, I don't
understand how this is going to tear up the finish. I have some experience
with boats left outside through New England winters, and they usually
required touching up... sometimes major touching up... but varnish up
there lasts a lot longer than down here in my admittedly limited
experience.


... what we have found is that there is a direct relationship to the
proximity of the wood pulp factory to where our boat is moored and
stored...Muskegon is an industrial town and I think air pollution might
explain some of it...our varnish jobs lasted better when we were up
farther north away from industry....

I can see that. Fly ash will put acid spots on every surface... it's bad
for cars too.


and yes, Max's boat is worth the effort of varnish, but hey, he likes
cetol, so who am I to complain?

Hold your eyes painfully when you walk by his boat ;)

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

katysails wrote:
Nah...actually, his boat is one of the prettiest I've seen (don't tell him
that, though...things like that go to his head and then he becomes
unbearable...)

Owning a pretty boat is an obligation to the public.

DSK

Ozzy wrote: Unfortunately that area has had king tides the last few days,

What are 'king tides'? I have never heard that expression before. Is
'king' another word for big? Or does it have some other meaning?

L

OzOne wrote in message ...
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:38:38 GMT, "Maxprop"
scribbled thusly:


OzOne wrote in message

Get back to reality and tell me just how you'd cope with a direct hit
from a Cat 5, like the one off Northerm Oz at the moment.
280kph winds are nver "enjoyable" and with the seas that go with such
winds, "getting flooded" is the least of your worries!

That sounds less than appealing. Will it make landfall?

Max

Yep, expected to make land sometime early morning at present.
Unfortunately that area has had king tides the last few days, and the
surge will not do them any good.

Not much populated areas up there, though there are a lot of small
coastal villages at risk.


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

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

"katysails" wrote complementing "Cut the Mustard" thusly:

Nah...actually, his boat is one of the prettiest I've seen (don't tell him
that, though...things like that go to his head and then he becomes
unbearable...)


Thanks, Katy!

CN

"DSK" spewed the following crap:

Owning a pretty boat is an obligation to the public.

DSK


Typical liberal - all show and no go. Function means less than appearances,
lies speak louder than the truth, fantasy is fact!

CN