No, but competence does.

Most boaters have nudged a soft bottom on occasion, usually going very
slow, but there really is no excuse for hitting a charted rock at
three knots, especially after someone pointed it out.

Sorry Bob.


Capt. Rob wrote:
Used as what? If you really used a chart, you wouldn't have hit a
rock a mile from your slip.


Even your trolls are silly. Charts never kept anyone from hitting
bottom on occasion.

RB
35s5
NY

Jeff wrote:
No, but competence does.

Most boaters have nudged a soft bottom on occasion, usually going very
slow, but there really is no excuse for hitting a charted rock at three
knots, especially after someone pointed it out.

Sorry Bob.


Capt. Rob wrote:

Used as what? If you really used a chart, you wouldn't have hit a
rock a mile from your slip.


Even your trolls are silly. Charts never kept anyone from hitting
bottom on occasion.
RB
35s5
NY

Wait for it. You are tempting fate. There but for the grace of God........

Gary wrote:
Jeff wrote:
No, but competence does.

Most boaters have nudged a soft bottom on occasion, usually going very
slow, but there really is no excuse for hitting a charted rock at
three knots, especially after someone pointed it out.

Wait for it. You are tempting fate. There but for the grace of
God........

Yes, I know, my time may come yet. But I've made it almost 50 years
and a ****load of miles, mostly in New England, without whacking a
rock. Now that I think of it, most of my soft groundings were in the
the Mid-Atlantic states. In the Chesapeake, especially with a cat,
you can go up a creek until you nudge bottom. In New England, with a
rocky bottom and 10 foot tides, you quickly learn to be more careful.

Q. Do you carry spare toilet paper on your boat?



"Capt. Rob" wrote

Nope. We always used paper charts.

Ewwww!

Gary, do you have pics of your boat? Did you post them?

Scotty



"Gary" wrote

Interesting point on "proper seaboats and Nav tables". How
important is
a proper nav table? I am of the opinion that unless you are
plotting
visual/astro fixes, a big nav table is a waste of space. And
who plots
fixes these days? The nav table on my 102 footer is just where
we store
the charts and sit our coffees. On my 33 footer I just fold
the chart
and hold it in my hand or watch the laptop.

Comments?

Scotty wrote:
Gary, do you have pics of your boat? Did you post them?

Scotty



"Gary" wrote

Interesting point on "proper seaboats and Nav tables". How

important is

a proper nav table? I am of the opinion that unless you are

plotting

visual/astro fixes, a big nav table is a waste of space. And

who plots

fixes these days? The nav table on my 102 footer is just where

we store

the charts and sit our coffees. On my 33 footer I just fold

the chart

and hold it in my hand or watch the laptop.

Comments?



No I haven't posted any but there is one of it on the Bill Garden
website at:
http://www.wholeboat.net/index.php?o...2&key=22&hit=1
It's actually a Truant 33 not a 37. The owners of the website have it
wrong.
Now you guys can hack my boat.

"Gary" wrote i



No I haven't posted any but there is one of it on the Bill
Garden
website at:

http://www.wholeboat.net/index.php?o...Itemid=46&page
=view&catid=2&PageNo=2&key=22&hit=1
It's actually a Truant 33 not a 37. The owners of the website
have it
wrong.
Now you guys can hack my boat.


Not the best pic, but looks like a nice boat. Why 'Plumper'?

What about the big boat?

Scotty

Scotty wrote:
"Gary" wrote i



No I haven't posted any but there is one of it on the Bill

Garden

website at:


http://www.wholeboat.net/index.php?o...Itemid=46&page
=view&catid=2&PageNo=2&key=22&hit=1

It's actually a Truant 33 not a 37. The owners of the website

have it

wrong.
Now you guys can hack my boat.



Not the best pic, but looks like a nice boat. Why 'Plumper'?

What about the big boat?

Scotty


HMS (Her Majesty's Ship) Plumper was the first survey ship on the west
coast of Canada. There are many topographic and oceanographic features
named after it and her crew. Plumper Sound, Bedwell Harbour etc. One
of the previous owners of Plumper II was an Oceangrapher and he named
the boat. It is registered in the Canadian List of Ships and I like the
story. Besides, it's about $500 to change the name of a ship.

The big boat I command is at:
www.navy.gc.ca/oriole
The history is all on that website.

"Scotty" wrote in message

Not the best pic, but looks like a nice boat. Why 'Plumper'?

What about the big boat?

Scotty... look for a Truant 37... labelled Truant 33.... Pilothouse Double
Ender.

CM

Gary wrote:
No I haven't posted any but there is one of it on the Bill Garden
website at:
http://www.wholeboat.net/index.php?o...2&key=22&hit=1

It's actually a Truant 33 not a 37. The owners of the website have it
wrong.
Now you guys can hack my boat.

We don't really hack boats here, only Bob does that. The rest of us
just hack Bob.

I've never seen a Truant, but I've seen a Saturna in Maine built by
Wiggers. Pretty slick boat.

Do you have more pics of yours?