Who here has been in the middle of an ocean?

Even Better who here has crossed an Ocean?

For 2 ASA points.

Why would anyone want to be out in the middle of an ocean?

Bonus question

For those old timers here they might remember me asking this question
as the first question I ever posted here, and BTW I never got a
straight answer. I ask you this. If you were to sail around the world
would you go east or west? Why?

BTW Ol Thom, when I asked that question, you said that a friend of
yours had just died , and he asked that very same question...who was
that?

Joe

Joe wrote:
Who here has been in the middle of an ocean?


raise hand

Even Better who here has crossed an Ocean?


raise hand

For 2 ASA points.

Why would anyone want to be out in the middle of an ocean?


'cuz it's cool?
Cleanest & healthiest air on the planet?
Study pelagic species?
Widest & least light-polluted sky?


Bonus question

For those old timers here they might remember me asking this question
as the first question I ever posted here, and BTW I never got a
straight answer. I ask you this. If you were to sail around the world
would you go east or west? Why?


Umm, you can't go straight & still sail around the world.
You have to make some turns. Maybe that's why you didn't get
a straight answer?

Personally I have no interest in "sailing around the world"
as some kind of bragging-rights stunt. It is easiest &
fastest to go west-to-east because of prevailing winds &
currents.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

DSK wrote:
Joe wrote:
Who here has been in the middle of an ocean?


raise hand

Even Better who here has crossed an Ocean?


raise hand

For 2 ASA points.

Why would anyone want to be out in the middle of an ocean?


'cuz it's cool?
Cleanest & healthiest air on the planet?
Study pelagic species?
Widest & least light-polluted sky?

I thought in the middle of the rain forest has the best air on earth.
Would you stury the Mesopelagic, bathypelagic, Abyssopelagic or the
Hatydel Zone?

I think the haydel would be the most fun and interesting, maybe hook a
cracken.


Bonus question

For those old timers here they might remember me asking this question
as the first question I ever posted here, and BTW I never got a
straight answer. I ask you this. If you were to sail around the world
would you go east or west? Why?


Umm, you can't go straight & still sail around the world.
You have to make some turns. Maybe that's why you didn't get
a straight answer?

Personally I have no interest in "sailing around the world"
as some kind of bragging-rights stunt. It is easiest &
fastest to go west-to-east because of prevailing winds &
currents.


Bragging stunt, or true measurement and accomplishment?

Joe


Fresh Breezes- Doug King

DSK wrote:

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Cleanest & healthiest air on the planet?
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Fresh Breezes- Doug King


1974, 500 miles off the west coast of Africa, a few miles north of the
Equator, G.A.T.E. Project, N.O.A.A. ship Oceanographer (OSS-01) - I was
asking one of the scientists aboard about air quality as he was testing
it. He replied something to the effect that where we were it was the
cleanest air on Earth. Then he told me it had something like 150
particles per cubic [inch/centimeter/something or other...] of mostly
dust which I thought sounded like pretty dirty air. He proceeded then to
tell me what NYC had for air particulate content, and I thought "That
sounds like it has to be a solid block!" Quite an eye opener.

Joe wrote:
Who here has been in the middle of an ocean?

Yo.

Even Better who here has crossed an Ocean?

Yo.

For 2 ASA points.

Why would anyone want to be out in the middle of an ocean?

Because they pay me well to do it.....

For those old timers here they might remember me asking this question
as the first question I ever posted here, and BTW I never got a
straight answer. I ask you this. If you were to sail around the world
would you go east or west?

West.

Why?

Because there's bugger-all east of me except a lot of windy cold water.

But your question is too simplistic. I could go east, then north. I
could go north, then west. Or I could just go east, which would be the
shortest & fastest way. Depends on what you're trying to achieve. If it
was just bragging rights, I'd go east. If I had heaps of time, I'd go
north then west through Torres Strait.

Cornell's Ocean Passages of the World has been the subject of many
discussions & arguments while we've been at sea.

PDW

Peter wrote:
Joe wrote:
Who here has been in the middle of an ocean?

Yo.
Which one's?

Even Better who here has crossed an Ocean?

Yo.


For 2 ASA points.

Why would anyone want to be out in the middle of an ocean?

Because they pay me well to do it.....
Would you go again on your boat?



For those old timers here they might remember me asking this question
as the first question I ever posted here, and BTW I never got a
straight answer. I ask you this. If you were to sail around the world
would you go east or west?

West.

Why?

Because there's bugger-all east of me except a lot of windy cold water.

But your question is too simplistic. I could go east, then north. I
could go north, then west. Or I could just go east, which would be the
shortest & fastest way. Depends on what you're trying to achieve. If it
was just bragging rights, I'd go east. If I had heaps of time, I'd go
north then west through Torres Strait.

Cornell's Ocean Passages of the World has been the subject of many
discussions & arguments while we've been at sea.

Good book, I have a copy here.

joe

PDW

Joe wrote:
Peter wrote:
Joe wrote:
Who here has been in the middle of an ocean?

Yo.
Which one's?

Pacific, Indian, Southern more times than I like to think about ATM
since I'm going again in 2 weeks.

Why would anyone want to be out in the middle of an ocean?

Because they pay me well to do it.....
Would you go again on your boat?

Sure. They keep paying me.

PDW

In article .com,
Joe wrote:
Who here has been in the middle of an ocean?

Even Better who here has crossed an Ocean?

Croseed a sea, but not an ocean. Only out to about 200 NM on the
PAcific.

For 2 ASA points.

Why would anyone want to be out in the middle of an ocean?

So you don't hit land?

Bonus question

For those old timers here they might remember me asking this question
as the first question I ever posted here, and BTW I never got a
straight answer. I ask you this. If you were to sail around the world
would you go east or west? Why?

I'd sail west, because there's land east.

BTW Ol Thom, when I asked that question, you said that a friend of
yours had just died , and he asked that very same question...who was
that?

Joe



--
Capt. JG @@
www.sailnow.com

Jonathan Ganz wrote:
In article .com,
Joe wrote:
Who here has been in the middle of an ocean?

Even Better who here has crossed an Ocean?

Croseed a sea, but not an ocean. Only out to about 200 NM on the
PAcific.

Thats a nice jaunt offshore, what were you doning, heading to the sea
of cortez?

For 2 ASA points.

Why would anyone want to be out in the middle of an ocean?

So you don't hit land?

Thats true, but ...

Bonus question

For those old timers here they might remember me asking this question
as the first question I ever posted here, and BTW I never got a
straight answer. I ask you this. If you were to sail around the world
would you go east or west? Why?

I'd sail west, because there's land east.

you could go south than east thru the canal.

Joe

BTW Ol Thom, when I asked that question, you said that a friend of
yours had just died , and he asked that very same question...who was
that?

Joe



--
Capt. JG @@
www.sailnow.com

Joe,

His name was Ed ( for the life of me, I can't remember his Last name) He
was heading for England to pick up his new boat. He was asking which way
was the best way to Travel back to Australia.

I suggested going East on the "Roaring Forties" He agreed but said it
was probably more than he could handle on his own.

We; I, didn't know just how sick he was. He died in England. It was, is,
an unfinished Story!!

Oz, help me! I can't remember ED's last name. I'm in the middle of a
"Senior Moment"




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