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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:57:21 -0600, cavelamb
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Joe wrote:

Hi Joe!
How ya been?

On Feb 13, 10:32 am, cavelamb wrote:

I think to make this thing happen, I'm going to have to quit listening to
that part of myself and just load up and go.
What is that part of yourself telling you?
Probably what we call the "sensible" self.

The part that notices that most people don't do crazy adventurous stuff any
more. It's so much safer, cheaper, and comfortable to stay home and watch
crazy people have their adventures on TV.

I can't attribute correctly, but I recall someone quoted as saying an
adventure was someone *else* suffering from their foolishness thousands of
miles from home - or something to that effect.


Two takes on adventu

"The difference between an ordeal and an adventure is attitude"
- Robert Lipkin


"An adventure is a disaster that works out okay"
- unknown



Copy that *both* of 'em!

Brian Whatcott wrote:
cavelamb wrote:
anybody have any cool navigation tricks to share?

We went over running fixes tonight in class.


got to go to Block Island!
Always wanted to go there.

Keep all three GPSs dry, and spare Lion cells on hand?
(How crass of me!)

Brian W :-)


All the GPS shows is course to destination.

Based on that, how does one determine set and drift?

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:06:50 -0600, cavelamb
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Block Island is some exotic location where you might repair a boat.

I've done a lot of repairs there. :-)

Here are a few of my pictures from past cruises:

http://tinyurl.com/c9kbk4

"cavelamb" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:06:50 -0600, cavelamb
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:27:03 -0600, cavelamb
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anybody have any cool navigation tricks to share?

We went over running fixes tonight in class.


got to go to Block Island!
Always wanted to go there.
Where do you sail out of?

I'm near Dallas!
We race on Lake Ray Hubbard, and go down to Galveston Bay for salt water
sailing.

Block Island is some exotic location where you might repair a boat.

Richard

Are you talking about Block Island, RI?

On the Martha's Vineyard chart.

Interesting choice of charts for navigation training, huh?


That's the standard. Sailors from all over the country are trained and
tested for that spot.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:11:49 -0600, cavelamb
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All the GPS shows is course to destination.

Based on that, how does one determine set and drift?

Deviation from your dead reckoning plot, assuming you maintain a DR.

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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:57:21 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Joe wrote:

Hi Joe!
How ya been?

On Feb 13, 10:32 am, cavelamb wrote:

I think to make this thing happen, I'm going to have to quit listening
to
that part of myself and just load up and go.

What is that part of yourself telling you?

Probably what we call the "sensible" self.

The part that notices that most people don't do crazy adventurous stuff
any
more. It's so much safer, cheaper, and comfortable to stay home and watch
crazy people have their adventures on TV.

I can't attribute correctly, but I recall someone quoted as saying an
adventure was someone *else* suffering from their foolishness thousands of
miles from home - or something to that effect.


Two takes on adventu

"The difference between an ordeal and an adventure is attitude"
- Robert Lipkin


"An adventure is a disaster that works out okay"
- unknown



I've had lots of the latter ones... mostly related to girlfriends. lol

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"cavelamb" wrote in message
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Brian Whatcott wrote:
cavelamb wrote:
anybody have any cool navigation tricks to share?

We went over running fixes tonight in class.


got to go to Block Island!
Always wanted to go there.

Keep all three GPSs dry, and spare Lion cells on hand?
(How crass of me!)

Brian W :-)


All the GPS shows is course to destination.

Based on that, how does one determine set and drift?


If you don't have a chartplotter associated with the unit, then the paper
chart is how. I don't have a chartplotter (yet)... don't really need it,
since most of my sailing is done on or near the bay, and I'm quite familiar
with the currents. For me, it mostly doesn't matter that much. When the fog
rolls in, we tend to avoid the shipping lanes and keep a good watch.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:06:50 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Block Island is some exotic location where you might repair a boat.

I've done a lot of repairs there. :-)

Here are a few of my pictures from past cruises:

http://tinyurl.com/c9kbk4


Too cool, Wayne!
So THAT"S what it looks like there.

I'd like print a couple of those and stick them on the
chart near Block Island and Hope Town.

Makes it more real!

Joe wrote:

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the
things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off
the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in
your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

The perfect time will never come if you are waiting for it.

Joe
Richard


Hey Joe,

We are trying to put together a trip down there to look at slips
and apartments.

If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to sit down with you and
hear the story over a beer or two.

How about send me a note at this address so we can hook up?


Richard

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:33:29 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Are you talking about Block Island, RI?

On the Martha's Vineyard chart.

Interesting choice of charts for navigation training, huh?

USCG uses that chart with their navigation testing for a captain's
license. As a result it is very popular for class room instruction.



Same chart we used in an advanced nav course here in Washington state.
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