On Jul 11, 8:25 am, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
Fouling something hard enough to bend a shaft while leaving the
marina
doesn't speak well for your seamanship or the construction quality of
your boat.

You're right! I should've had my forward looking sonar aimed right at
the surface, as whatever it was did not appear at the surface even
after we hit it. Our shaft was not made by Beneteau, but clearly it
must have been inferior French steel!

RB
35s5
NY

Did you get SeaTow to haul you back to the dock, or Tow-boats US?

Joe

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RB
35s5
NY

Did you get SeaTow to haul you back to the dock, or
Tow-boats US?


I May-Dayed the coasties and they called SeaTow.

RB
355s55
NY

Did you get SeaTow to haul you back to the dock, or Tow-boats US?



The beauty of working with my club is that I made a quick call and
they brought us to the travel lift using the service boat.



RB
35s5
NY

On Jul 11, 6:54 pm, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
Did you get SeaTow to haul you back to the dock, or Tow-boats US?

The beauty of working with my club is that I made a quick call and
they brought us to the travel lift using the service boat.

RB
35s5
NY

Yeah that sounds nice.. We do not have that service here, unless you
call a friend.

Don't feel to bad, I've bent so many shafts and propellors the owner
of one boat named his beach house the Broken Wheel Ranch and hung all
my bent props around the place.. If you have exposed shafts, struts
and props thats going to happen if you use the boat.

Joe

On Jul 11, 10:18 pm, Joe wrote:
On Jul 11, 6:54 pm, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

Did you get SeaTow to haul you back to the dock, or Tow-boats US?

The beauty of working with my club is that I made a quick call and
they brought us to the travel lift using the service boat.

RB
35s5
NY

Yeah that sounds nice.. We do not have that service here, unless you
call a friend.

Don't feel to bad, I've bent so many shafts and propellors the owner
of one boat named his beach house the Broken Wheel Ranch and hung all
my bent props around the place.. If you have exposed shafts, struts
and props thats going to happen if you use the boat.

Joe

PS in 30 + yrs underway I've only been towed in once. I bent the
shaft, broke the strut, and tore several big ass holes in a nice
shrimp net. I refer to that night as the night we caught thoses shrimp
worth about 400 dollars each.

Joe

PS in 30 + yrs underway I've only been towed in once. I bent the
shaft, broke the strut, and tore several big ass holes in a nice
shrimp net. I refer to that night as the night we caught thoses
shrimp
worth about 400 dollars each.



Not bad. I've been towed once in 13 years so you're way ahead!
Now how many times have you supplied a tow? I've done it at least once
per season, usually for other sailboats and a couple of Jetskis.


RB
35s5
NY

On Jul 12, 7:21 am, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
PS in 30 + yrs underway I've only been towed in once. I bent the
shaft, broke the strut, and tore several big ass holes in a nice
shrimp net. I refer to that night as the night we caught thoses
shrimp
worth about 400 dollars each.

Not bad. I've been towed once in 13 years so you're way ahead!
Now how many times have you supplied a tow? I've done it at least once
per season, usually for other sailboats and a couple of Jetskis.

RB
35s5
NY

I have a 1,600 ton freight and towing licences. I've towed several
hundred things including bullwinkle.

http://www.mie.uth.gr/labs/mex-lab/P.../pics/B2-3.jpg

Joe

I have a 1,600 ton freight and towing licences. I've towed several
hundred things including bullwinkle.



Ah! No, I meant under recreational circumstances, such as when out
with Redcloud!


RB
35s5
NY

"Joe" wrote in message
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On Jul 12, 7:21 am, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
PS in 30 + yrs underway I've only been towed in once. I bent the
shaft, broke the strut, and tore several big ass holes in a nice
shrimp net. I refer to that night as the night we caught thoses
shrimp
worth about 400 dollars each.

Not bad. I've been towed once in 13 years so you're way ahead!
Now how many times have you supplied a tow? I've done it at least once
per season, usually for other sailboats and a couple of Jetskis.

RB
35s5
NY

I have a 1,600 ton freight and towing licences. I've towed several
hundred things including bullwinkle.

http://www.mie.uth.gr/labs/mex-lab/P.../pics/B2-3.jpg

Joe



I wonder if Bob has a towing endorsement on his license. Oh wait, no
license. I hope he didn't accept money for the tow.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message
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On Jul 12, 7:21 am, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
PS in 30 + yrs underway I've only been towed in once. I bent the
shaft, broke the strut, and tore several big ass holes in a nice
shrimp net. I refer to that night as the night we caught thoses
shrimp
worth about 400 dollars each.

Not bad. I've been towed once in 13 years so you're way ahead!
Now how many times have you supplied a tow? I've done it at least once
per season, usually for other sailboats and a couple of Jetskis.

RB
35s5
NY

I have a 1,600 ton freight and towing licences. I've towed several
hundred things including bullwinkle.

http://www.mie.uth.gr/labs/mex-lab/P.../pics/B2-3.jpg

Joe


Guess that puts you in the "al bidness" too.