Peter wrote:
Flying Tadpole wrote:
Peter wrote:
Flying Tadpole wrote:
Thom Stewart wrote:
Tad,

Almost all of us would do the same here. In fact, a lot of us would
simply just put more twist to our sails, if we were caught out in it.

Nutsy's just using it as troll bait.

Good to have you back Tad.


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Hi Thom. Lady Kate, being a traditional-sail New England design, has an
oversize main intended for the windless conditions of the NE seaboard in
summer! I rarely get to use it without at least one reef in during our
summers. Winter, though, can have very cool, gentle consistent breezes
so it looks more impressive then.

I'm only back temporarily, between deserts. Bit like the antarctic ice
man, but the only ice I see is in fever dreams and mirages.
What about a G&T? Your Subie can carry an Engel refrigerator. That's
probably about its max payload, but still...... bottle of gin, some
tonic and a couple slabs of beer and you're all set for the desert.

PDW (owner of an old Subaru Liberty 4WD sedan)

I did give the Engel serious thought, especially as it could double on
Lady Kate...payload and power drain though are both issues though size
in the end was the final "no". THe car is carrying an additional 40L of
petrol and 60L or so of water, plus food n tools and spares, and with
the GPS, laptop, satphone, cameras etc all recharging through the
inverter, I twitch a bit at the power requirements given where I am,
tho' it's only 5 days or so as a maximum between local civilisation
outposts.

..... or what passes for civilisation :-)

HEY! Innamincka has a permanent population of 15 and a pub! Must be
civilised. Oh, and 35,000+ tourists a year.

Hmmm. Much as I like Subies, I'd say you're pushing the envelope. Don't
know what else is worth using tho - the big beasts are heavy & suck
fuel.

On the edge. Always been ready to give up, retreat to Moomba and hire a
Toyota when defeated, but hasn't happened yet.


Running solo, I don't use alcohol until back in safety. I know that
conflicts with the great and glorious traditions of .asa but it's perish
country out there in summer...

I know. I'm over deserts permanently. Never did spend much time there
and I plan on spending none in the future. Problem is the desert is
coming to me - my place in central west NSW looks terrible from the
drought and I'm running no stock, haven't had any there for 10 years
due to lack of time.

Dry ship these days for me, too. Professionally anyway.

I would still say we're in a 1930's style period. Not yet as bad as
1914-18 drought, nowhere near as bad as one of the 19th C. I get really
****ed off at the media and the trendy scientists who rush around
screaming it's unprecedented. Actually, the long moist period from
about 1948 to the late 1990s was unprecedented, as far as I can see.


Nice & green around my place here in Tas. Plovers have finished
breeding and I'm expecting the native hens to start parading new chicks
past any day now. Pity that no 2 dam is dry & no 1 dam is at best 1/4
full, heading into summer. No runoff at all, really, this winter. The 2
small local creeks haven't run in ages and their mouths are silting up
from the longshore sand drift - a problem you're undoubtedly familiar
with, tho on a somewhat more macro scale.....

Heh. still green at Mt Barker too, but definitely sandy in the Murray
Mouth. Murray Lakes are at maximum pool level in preparation for summer.


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"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
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I get really ****ed off at the media and the trendy scientists who rush
around screaming it's unprecedented.


How can a scientist be "trendy"?

Gilligan wrote:
"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
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I get really ****ed off at the media and the trendy scientists who rush
around screaming it's unprecedented.


How can a scientist be "trendy"?




Wrong question. Rather, how can a trendy be a scientist?

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