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"Scout" wrote in message
. ..
"Capt. Rob" wrote
. . . the propane oven is shutdown for good,
until I decide it's worth coverting to CNG.

Why no propane? It has 2.5 x more btu's than nat gas (per cu
ft)!
Hank Hill


Paranoia!

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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...and he can always plug in the electric cord on his crock
pot....


How right you are. Our stove has an electric option and we'll
use that
when plugged in at the slip or other marinas.

What exactly do you mean by "when?"


24/7

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when plugged in at the slip or other marinas.


What exactly do you mean by "when?"


Scotty makes a good point. In our last summer with Alien, we visited 3
marinas on just one 3 day sail....Centreport, Norwalk and Port Jeff. So
the electric cooker can make a lot of sense even for a local sailor.

RB
35s5
NY

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"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Why no propane? It has 2.5 x more btu's than nat gas (per cu
ft)!
Hank Hill

There's been a quiet and quick switch to CNG here in my area.
Without
exception, everyone I know and many of the boats I see have
abandoned
the less safe propane.

CNG, phttttttt.... must you always jump on the bandwagon?

Scotty

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"Swab Rob" wrote ...
when plugged in at the slip or other marinas.


What exactly do you mean by "when?"


Scotty makes a good point.


Yes, I usually do, butt you're replying to Maxprop.

SBV

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Why not a big spool of wire so you can have hard wired land communication
too?

If something medical goes wrong it's up to you to fix it immediately,
waiting for help someone can die.

Amen!


"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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So, Jonathan, I'm carrying a spare fixed radio because I have it, and
the same goes for the antennas...one is a little rail mount and the
other is a rollup that goes right on the back of the radio. If they
were taking up any kind of space or were in the way, I guess I'd leave
them home. But we have more space than we know what to with. Maybe
we'll lose our rig and the handheld will fail...I don't see a reason
NOT to carry it any more than I see a reason not to carry a few extra
life jackets and flares. Doesn't hurt...might help.
In the world of Katy and Scotty this is crazy behavior. Fine by me!


RB
35s5
NY

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What about enough orange dye to stain the entire LIS?

Flare guns powerful enough to escape earth's gravity!

Bwaahahahaa!!


"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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What?! No EPIRB?

I have two Epirbs in my closet. One is new in the box, an ACR 406 that
will probably go on ebay soon.


RB
35s5
NY

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It's not just the radios, Robbie...it's the whole shebang...the
whole glut of existence you've jam packed on that boat...


"Capt" Rob wrote:
Katie, I think you're making things up.

Of course she is. Just following your example.

BTW why aren't you out sailing?

DSK

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Sounds like Robbie has a medical condition that can go haywire at any
moment. Taking a kid out alone with RB's medical problems isn't exactly
brilliant.

Why is he putting his child at risk?

Amen!

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Capt. Rob wrote:
It's not just the radios, Robbie...it's the whole shebang...the
whole glut of existence you've jam packed on that boat...


Katie, I think you're making things up. Outside of a small 200 dollar
flat screen DVD player from Costco, what do you imagine we're carrying?
Our stereo is no larger (and probably lighter) than most. The speakers
are smaller than most (but better quality). And there's just nothing
else on board. No Playstations, no trainsets. We don't have radar
installed or a color fishfinder or even a coffee machine.
Do you have a stereo on board? You have this illusion that there's a
home theatre on my boats, but do you look at the pics? All we had on
Ghost and Alien were car based CD players and a portable TV with a 9
inch screen...pretty much what you'd find on most boats, Katy.
As for Thomas....he got a lot of toys for Xmas and almost all are
packedc away, opened slowly, one at a time over the weeks. And only a
few toys are out at a time as well. His TV time is very limited...his
music time is also limited. His social time is mostly unlimited.

RB
35s5
NY


Do not limit his music rime. He needs that to devlop mathematical
ability...syudies show that kids exposed to good music (we're not
speaking Metallica here) do much better in school....

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Capt. Rob wrote:
when plugged in at the slip or other marinas.



What exactly do you mean by "when?"



Scotty makes a good point. In our last summer with Alien, we visited 3
marinas on just one 3 day sail....Centreport, Norwalk and Port Jeff. So
the electric cooker can make a lot of sense even for a local sailor.

RB
35s5
NY


Best electric cooker around is an electric skillet...you can even
bake cupcakes in one....that and an electric pressure cooker

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wrote:

If our cruising range extends next year..."

Yep... no doubt about it... "HF" capability would be most desirable
if cruising off shore any considerable distances.

Needless to say... a communication system linked to satellite would
also be nice... but very expensive for the average cruiser.

73

Bill aka N6TGC

Is that your tail number, Bill? If so, what kind/type of aircraft do you
fly?

LP

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"Capt. Rob" wrote:
when plugged in at the slip or other marinas.


What exactly do you mean by "when?"


Scotty makes a good point. In our last summer with Alien, we visited 3
marinas on just one 3 day sail....Centreport, Norwalk and Port Jeff. So
the electric cooker can make a lot of sense even for a local sailor.

Have you ever tried "fasting"?

LP

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"katy" wrote in message
...
Capt. Rob wrote:
when plugged in at the slip or other marinas.



What exactly do you mean by "when?"



Scotty makes a good point. In our last summer with Alien, we visited 3
marinas on just one 3 day sail....Centreport, Norwalk and Port Jeff. So
the electric cooker can make a lot of sense even for a local sailor.

RB
35s5
NY


Best electric cooker around is an electric skillet...you can even bake
cupcakes in one....that and an electric pressure cooker

I have an inverter, but still don't think an electric skillet is a useful
thing on the hook, which is where we typically are when cruising. That's
what propane is for. :-)

Max

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"katy" wrote in message
...
Capt. Rob wrote:
when plugged in at the slip or other marinas.



What exactly do you mean by "when?"



Scotty makes a good point. In our last summer with Alien, we
visited 3
marinas on just one 3 day sail....Centreport, Norwalk and
Port Jeff. So
the electric cooker can make a lot of sense even for a local
sailor.

RB
35s5
NY


Best electric cooker around is an electric skillet...you can
even bake
cupcakes in one....that and an electric pressure cooker

I have an inverter, but still don't think an electric skillet
is a useful
thing on the hook, which is where we typically are when
cruising. That's
what propane is for. :-)


bob's afraid of propane.

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Maxprop wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
...

Capt. Rob wrote:

when plugged in at the slip or other marinas.




What exactly do you mean by "when?"



Scotty makes a good point. In our last summer with Alien, we visited 3
marinas on just one 3 day sail....Centreport, Norwalk and Port Jeff. So
the electric cooker can make a lot of sense even for a local sailor.

RB
35s5
NY


Best electric cooker around is an electric skillet...you can even bake
cupcakes in one....that and an electric pressure cooker


I have an inverter, but still don't think an electric skillet is a useful
thing on the hook, which is where we typically are when cruising. That's
what propane is for. :-)

Max


I was referring to when on the dock since on the hook is not a
familiar term for Robbie....

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"katy" wrote in message
...

I was referring to when on the dock since on the hook is not a familiar
term for Robbie....

I think you guys left before we got the new fiberglass dock boxes throughout
the marina. They are really cheap and will break if sat upon. And they
slope toward the main dock, making cooking on them a problem. You'd need a
table for the electric skillet. Another one of Eric's bargain
"improvements."

Max

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Maxprop wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
...


I was referring to when on the dock since on the hook is not a familiar
term for Robbie....


I think you guys left before we got the new fiberglass dock boxes throughout
the marina. They are really cheap and will break if sat upon. And they
slope toward the main dock, making cooking on them a problem. You'd need a
table for the electric skillet. Another one of Eric's bargain
"improvements."

Max


They had them on B and C but hadn't replaced them on A yet when we
left....yes, they were POS...
but then, many marinas don't allow any type of grill or cooking on
the dock. Where we're at now, you cannot have a grill on the dock.
Same was true at MYC.

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Shucks, the bobspit spends most his time flopping on hooks as the
Commode.

Joe

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Bill aka N6TGC

Is that your tail number, Bill? If so, what kind/type of aircraft
do you fly?

No it isn't... LP.

It's my F.C.C. amateur radio license call sign. I understand
your inquiry though... now that I think about it... a lot of U.S.
aircraft have that N6 prefix as well. :-)

In amateur radio... the alpha/numeric prefix is a geographical de-
signator indicating your base of operation. N6 is California... a KH6
would be Hawaii... so on and so forth. Don't know if this is the case
with aircraft though.

Best regards

Bill

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Scotty,

AND that's on LIS where he is usually within Hailing Distance of a
Conn.Beach or a Long Island Beach.



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"katy" wrote in message
...
Maxprop wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
...


I was referring to when on the dock since on the hook is not a familiar
term for Robbie....


I think you guys left before we got the new fiberglass dock boxes
throughout the marina. They are really cheap and will break if sat upon.
And they slope toward the main dock, making cooking on them a problem.
You'd need a table for the electric skillet. Another one of Eric's
bargain "improvements."

Max
They had them on B and C but hadn't replaced them on A yet when we
left....yes, they were POS...
but then, many marinas don't allow any type of grill or cooking on the
dock. Where we're at now, you cannot have a grill on the dock. Same was
true at MYC.

Otto actually banned them on the docks at Crosswinds, too, but everyone just
ignored him, and neither Dale or Elaine enforced Otto's ban either.

Max

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wrote in message
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Bill aka N6TGC

Is that your tail number, Bill? If so, what kind/type of aircraft
do you fly?

No it isn't... LP.

It's my F.C.C. amateur radio license call sign. I understand
your inquiry though... now that I think about it... a lot of U.S.
aircraft have that N6 prefix as well. :-)

In amateur radio... the alpha/numeric prefix is a geographical de-
signator indicating your base of operation. N6 is California... a KH6
would be Hawaii... so on and so forth.

That used to be the case, but with the vanity call sign program, anyone can
have any prefix anywhere now.

Don't know if this is the case
with aircraft though.

It isn't. US aircraft have 'N numbers', generally an N followed by four
numbers and a letter, or five numbers. Of course the vanity N numbers are
everywhere these days as well. For example, John Doe might have N44JD on
his Pitts Special.

Max

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wrote:
Bill aka N6TGC

Is that your tail number, Bill? If so, what kind/type of aircraft
do you fly?

No it isn't... LP.

It's my F.C.C. amateur radio license call sign. I understand
your inquiry though... now that I think about it... a lot of U.S.
aircraft have that N6 prefix as well. :-)

Well, they are prefixed with an N-etc. I had an Aerostar that was N601DP.
Canada uses C-etc, Bahamas uses C6-etc, Ireland uses EI-etc, Great Britian
uses G-etc.

The US numbers started out years ago using N- and 4 numbers and one letter
at the end. Now just about anything goes. I used to use the data base at
the FAA to pick vanity number for friends aircraft.

I had to get an FCC license years ago, but I think they gave me the same
number as the first aircraft I had. I don't remember now. I don't
understand why I ever spent the time to file the green paperwork. No one
ever asked me for it.

In amateur radio... the alpha/numeric prefix is a geographical de-
signator indicating your base of operation. N6 is California... a KH6
would be Hawaii... so on and so forth. Don't know if this is the case
with aircraft though.

Thanks for the info. I've never been "into" amateur radio.

LP

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"Maxprop" wrote:

It isn't. US aircraft have 'N numbers', generally an N followed by four
numbers and a letter, or five numbers. Of course the vanity N numbers are
everywhere these days as well. For example, John Doe might have N44JD on
his Pitts Special.

You seem to know a lot about tail numbers for a doctor and sailor. :-)
I'm not surprised, many doctors have airplanes. I've seen tail numbers like
N1 and N1G before. The more simple, the harder they are to get possession
of.

LP

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"Lady Pilot" wrote ...


. I've seen tail numbers like N1 and N1G before.

On my ''tail'' I tattoed ''FREE".


LP

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"Lady Pilot" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote:

It isn't. US aircraft have 'N numbers', generally an N followed by four
numbers and a letter, or five numbers. Of course the vanity N numbers
are everywhere these days as well. For example, John Doe might have
N44JD on his Pitts Special.

You seem to know a lot about tail numbers for a doctor and sailor. :-)
I'm not surprised, many doctors have airplanes. I've seen tail numbers
like N1 and N1G before. The more simple, the harder they are to get
possession of.

The FAA used to be fairly sluggish at reissuing old N-numbers after the
aircraft that bore them was destroyed or had it's number changed. Now with
the help of the electronic era, they are doing a better job. I put in for
N(anything with 1 or 2 numbers in combo)JC some years back, and was just
informed that I could have any of several different combinations. Sad
reality is that I have no airplane currently.

While on the subject, what thinkest thee of the Piper Malibu, either the
piston engine versions or the turbine powered?

Max