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"To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm
foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine
traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at
sea... cruising, it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the
wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are
contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until
your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.
"I've always wanted to sail to the south seas, but I can't afford it."
What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the
cancerous discipline of security. And in the worship of security we
fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine - and before we know it
our lives are gone. What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form
of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's
all - in the material sense, and we know it. But we are brainwashed by
our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time
payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our
attention for the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by, the
dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of
patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed. Where, then, lies the
answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy
of life?"

Sterling Hayden

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"Gordon" wrote in message
m...

"To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm
foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine
traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at sea...
cruising, it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers
of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are contemplating a
voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes
change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about. "I've always
wanted to sail to the south seas, but I can't afford it." What these men
can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline
of security. And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the
wheels of routine - and before we know it our lives are gone. What does a
man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter,
six feet to lie down in - and some form of working activity that will
yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all - in the material sense, and
we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up
in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous
gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention for the sheer idiocy of the
charade. The years thunder by, the dreams of youth grow dim where they lie
caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is
sealed. Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be:
bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life?"

Sterling Hayden


Rest in peace. He was an amazing guy.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

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Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form
of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's
all - in the material sense, and we know it.

Catalina 22?

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Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form
of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's
all - in the material sense, and we know it.

Catalina 22?


something with a real keel!

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In article , cavelamb wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form
of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's
all - in the material sense, and we know it.

Catalina 22?

something with a real keel!

If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

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Justin C wrote in
:

In article , cavelamb
wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some
form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment.
That's all - in the material sense, and we know it.

Catalina 22?

something with a real keel!

If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.


Dump her! The docks are full of cooperative females to breed...(c;]

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On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:53:16 +0000, Larry wrote:

Justin C wrote in
l:

In article , cavelamb
wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some
form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment.
That's all - in the material sense, and we know it.

Catalina 22?

something with a real keel!

If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.


Dump her! The docks are full of cooperative females to breed...(c;]

Easy to see why you're not married.

--Vic

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Vic Smith wrote in
:

Dump her! The docks are full of cooperative females to breed...(c;]

Easy to see why you're not married.

--Vic



Once for 17 years was more than plenty.......

call me an "escapee".....

The day she left me in 1992, after living with a neat freak for 17+ years,
i threw an old T-shirt in the middle of the bedroom floor as an exwife
detector. I knew that if she ever came back, that t-shirt would be "put
up"...just like my iced tea glass the instant I sat it on a surface.

That t-shirt is STILL there, just to make sure....(c;

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In article , Larry wrote:
Justin C wrote in
:

In article , cavelamb
wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some
form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment.
That's all - in the material sense, and we know it.

Catalina 22?

something with a real keel!

If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.


Dump her! The docks are full of cooperative females to breed...(c;]

No! You got (possibly) the wrong end of the stick. The wife wants to
come along too, it's just that a Folkboat is too small for two!

..... hmmm, or are you suggesting I go with out her and find a woman in
any/every port I visit? Isn't that how you catch syphilis?

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

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On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:40:25 +0000, Larry wrote:

Vic Smith wrote in
:

Dump her! The docks are full of cooperative females to breed...(c;]

Easy to see why you're not married.

--Vic



Once for 17 years was more than plenty.......

call me an "escapee".....

The day she left me in 1992, after living with a neat freak for 17+ years,
i threw an old T-shirt in the middle of the bedroom floor as an exwife
detector. I knew that if she ever came back, that t-shirt would be "put
up"...just like my iced tea glass the instant I sat it on a surface.

That t-shirt is STILL there, just to make sure....(c;

A cabin mate on a tanker I steamed on had a half-carton of cigs
on a shelf. Told me it had been there 3 years, since he quit.
I won't make any analogies - they'd all be stupid.
But your t-shirt reminded me of him.

--Vic

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Larry wrote:


That t-shirt is STILL there, just to make sure....(c;


Time you got over it.

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Justin C wrote:
In article , cavelamb wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form
of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's
all - in the material sense, and we know it.
Catalina 22?
something with a real keel!

If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.

I've spent a fair amount of time in a wooden Folkboat. It was one of
the least comfortable I've sailed. I didn't mind too much, but the
owner's wife got seasick thinking about it (which is why I got so much
time in it). I'll admit they have a good passage record for a 26
footer, but its not a boat I could "take off" in. But, give me a
Nonsuch 26 and no ties ...

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Justin C wrote:
In article , Larry wrote:
Justin C wrote in
:

In article , cavelamb
wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some
form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment.
That's all - in the material sense, and we know it.
Catalina 22?
something with a real keel!
If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.

Dump her! The docks are full of cooperative females to breed...(c;]

No! You got (possibly) the wrong end of the stick. The wife wants to
come along too, it's just that a Folkboat is too small for two!

.... hmmm, or are you suggesting I go with out her and find a woman in
any/every port I visit? Isn't that how you catch syphilis?

Justin.


That's what they told us in the Navy but no one on my Destroyer ever
got it. Clap and crabs, yes! They also said no tattoos for the same reason.
g

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Justin C wrote in
:

No! You got (possibly) the wrong end of the stick. The wife wants to
come along too, it's just that a Folkboat is too small for two!



Go to Youtube and do a search for "Keep Turning Left".....your kind of
boat....(c;

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"Larry" wrote in message
...
Vic Smith wrote in
:

Dump her! The docks are full of cooperative females to breed...(c;]

Easy to see why you're not married.

--Vic



Once for 17 years was more than plenty.......

call me an "escapee".....

The day she left me in 1992, after living with a neat freak for 17+ years,
i threw an old T-shirt in the middle of the bedroom floor as an exwife
detector. I knew that if she ever came back, that t-shirt would be "put
up"...just like my iced tea glass the instant I sat it on a surface.

That t-shirt is STILL there, just to make sure....(c;

Were you still bringing home truckloads of interesting antique electronic
stuff for all those 17 years?

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"Edgar" wrote in
:

Were you still bringing home truckloads of interesting antique
electronic stuff for all those 17 years?




Not allowed. I didn't fill the house until after she left...(c;]

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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:43:52 +0000, Larry wrote:

"Edgar" wrote in
:

Were you still bringing home truckloads of interesting antique
electronic stuff for all those 17 years?




Not allowed. I didn't fill the house until after she left...(c;]


Off Topic but someone admonished me for posting a "Ping Larry" so I'll
borrow this thread for a moment.

Larry,

Any thoughts on using a 555 as a pulse width modulator to drive a LED
from a 12 volt source? I am presently using a 7806 and a resister but
that ends up drawing about as many amps as an incandescent light.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

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Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

Any thoughts on using a 555 as a pulse width modulator to drive a LED
from a 12 volt source? I am presently using a 7806 and a resister but
that ends up drawing about as many amps as an incandescent light.



That's exactly how an LED taillight on a vehicle or trailer works. When
you turn on the taillight circuit wire, the lights are pulsed with a
square wave, giving you the illusion of "dim" from your eye's optical
persistence, how you see this message on your screen. When the brake
wire is fed, the LED comes on full DC brightness. There's only one set
of LEDs in them.

The 555 should drive a powertab transistor so you can run as many LEDs
off it as you wish, limited only by the powertab's peak current rating.
You won't need much of a heat sink on this transistor because you'll
make SURE that when it is on it is fully saturated by selecting its
series base resistor. A normally-off power MOSFET used in small
inverters eliminates any load at all on the 555 and is more efficient as
it saturates in a snap. There are lots of models. I'm currently
working on a switching audio power amp with such MOSFET output
transistors. The resting feed with no audio input is a square wave fed
to each gate one N-channel one P-channel. The average DC output fed to
a series choke with capacitance on its output towards the speaker load
is zero...50% on, 50% off. The frequency is around 100 Khz and the L-
filter blocks this frequency because its rolloff is around 25 Khz above
the audio we want out. The speakers feel nothing.

When audio is applied to the pulse width modulator, it varies the width
up and down around 50% duty cycle and the output fed through the
averaging circuit L-filter on the output is a VERY low impedance, up to
90V peak-to-peak audio. The transistors don't even get warm when the
audio is painfully loud! These MOSFET switchers are rated for
continuous saturated current of THIRTY AMPS! Their switched off Source
to Drain voltage is rated at 60 or 80 VDC, as I remember.

Make sure you switch the 555 at a very high rate, ABOVE the audio range
so if anything is near the wires that's magnetic, it won't make it
"sing" when dimmed. LEDs can switch on and off at fantastic rates and
STROBE LIKE HELL so you want to make SURE you can't detect their
strobing or it will drive you crazy to sit in their light....like being
in a store or gym lit by stupid Mercury vapor or Metal Halide gas lamps
on 60 Hz. The frequency isn't critical as it's no where near how fast
the 555 can switch it for you. Don't go crazy, however, as you'll end
up with inductive spikes from the wiring.

Next time you're on a street at night and a car with LED taillights is
going away from you so you can see it without its brake lights on, move
your eyes rapidly back and forth and you can see their flashing on and
off at a rapid rate in taillight mode....

Series analog regulator, thankfully for the house batteries, are
HISTORY!

I bet somebody already makes an LED dimmer that works this way....

Here's a custom IC that's cheap and the application note:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/11968289/M...D-Dimmer-with-
CapSense-Control

Another source Google found:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4107556/...D-Dimmer-with-
CapSense-Control

Of course, Someone in Vienna is leddimmer.com:
http://leddimmer.com/dateien/Deutsch/struktur/home.html

Ah, here's a nice looking one for $15 from ebay in Singapo
http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/DC-12V-8A-LED...le-brightness-
controller_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ360136683352

Easy to mount, will look nice if the dimmer is behind a panel with only
its knob protruding through. Price is right.....(c;]

I'm sure Asia has millions of other examples and hits closer to home.

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Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

Any thoughts on using a 555 as a pulse width modulator to drive a LED
from a 12 volt source? I am presently using a 7806 and a resister but
that ends up drawing about as many amps as an incandescent light.



That last one from Singapore is rated at 8A....It oughta dim the whole LED
suite in the boat!

How cool....as she gets "in the mood"....you lay your hand back behind the
settee and slowly dim all the lights almost imperceptably to match her
increasing excitement.

Yeah....I can see a great use for such a dimmer....(c;]

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Larry wrote:
Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

Any thoughts on using a 555 as a pulse width modulator to drive a LED
from a 12 volt source? I am presently using a 7806 and a resister but
that ends up drawing about as many amps as an incandescent light.



That last one from Singapore is rated at 8A....It oughta dim the whole LED
suite in the boat!

How cool....as she gets "in the mood"....you lay your hand back behind the
settee and slowly dim all the lights almost imperceptably to match her
increasing excitement.

Yeah....I can see a great use for such a dimmer....(c;]



Hmmm. Need to dim the lights? Got sumting you don't want her to see?
G

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Gordon wrote in
m:

Larry wrote:
Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

Any thoughts on using a 555 as a pulse width modulator to drive a
LED from a 12 volt source? I am presently using a 7806 and a
resister but that ends up drawing about as many amps as an
incandescent light.



That last one from Singapore is rated at 8A....It oughta dim the
whole LED suite in the boat!

How cool....as she gets "in the mood"....you lay your hand back
behind the settee and slowly dim all the lights almost imperceptably
to match her increasing excitement.

Yeah....I can see a great use for such a dimmer....(c;]



Hmmm. Need to dim the lights? Got sumting you don't want her to see?
G


......or LACK something for her to see....hee hee....

The BEAST!

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In article , Larry wrote:
Justin C wrote in
:

No! You got (possibly) the wrong end of the stick. The wife wants to
come along too, it's just that a Folkboat is too small for two!



Go to Youtube and do a search for "Keep Turning Left".....your kind of
boat....(c;

BTDT, I've got them book-marked. I'm just waiting for him to get going
again and finish what he started. I've enjoyed the series. Not long
after he started he went past my neck of the woods, and it was nice to
see my nearest port (Rye) through the eyes of someone who doesn't know
the area. Dylan Winter is a BBC reporter, I think it's his journalistic
skills that make his videos that bit better than your average Joe trying
to make a documentary.

But his boat's a little small for my tastes - the wife insists on a
separate heads, and I insist on one that's plumbed in - none of this
porta-potti crap (pardon the pun).

I'm eyeing up an Elizabethan 29 at the moment. Trying to justify
spending the money.

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

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In article , jeff wrote:
Justin C wrote:
In article , cavelamb wrote:
Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of
food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form
of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's
all - in the material sense, and we know it.
Catalina 22?
something with a real keel!

If it was just me (and not my wife too), I'd have a Folkboat - and I
wouldn't be here!

Justin.

I've spent a fair amount of time in a wooden Folkboat. It was one of
the least comfortable I've sailed. I didn't mind too much, but the
owner's wife got seasick thinking about it (which is why I got so much
time in it). I'll admit they have a good passage record for a 26
footer, but its not a boat I could "take off" in. But, give me a
Nonsuch 26 and no ties ...

I'm not keen on those rigs. I've never sailed on, but they just don't
look right to me. Given the budget I'd leave the Folkboat and be on a
Francis 26 - that Chuck Paine can certainly design sweet looking boats.

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

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Justin C wrote:
....
But, give me a Nonsuch 26 and no ties ...

I'm not keen on those rigs. I've never sailed on, but they just don't
look right to me.

I have to admit the wishbone looks weird, and sometimes the boat can
feel odd with the weight and windage aloft. But the ability to
singlehand in tight quarters with little effort makes it worthwhile. I
did much more sailing in my Monsuch 30 than I do now in the bigger
catamaran, because I use to raise sail 100 feet from the slip and tack
out of the harbor. The 30 felt small once the sail was up, but the
weight of the sail (for raising) and the boat (for docking), not to
mention the windage makes it a tad too big for one person. That's why I
tend to think of a Nonsuch 26 (or even the 22) for when my horizons are
not quite as far. (And yes, I know its hard to heave to in a Nonsuch,
but double reefed they can handle any wind I'd care to be out in.)


Given the budget I'd leave the Folkboat and be on a
Francis 26 - that Chuck Paine can certainly design sweet looking boats.

A lovely boat for sure, but rather pricy for what you get! Most don't
even have standing headroom, I think. I'd rather have one on the
mooring next to mine, so I could admire it from a short distance.

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On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:13:19 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

Any thoughts on using a 555 as a pulse width modulator to drive a LED
from a 12 volt source? I am presently using a 7806 and a resister but
that ends up drawing about as many amps as an incandescent light.



That's exactly how an LED taillight on a vehicle or trailer works. When
you turn on the taillight circuit wire, the lights are pulsed with a

Snipped

Thanks Larry.

(ain't it amazing the information one can get from boaties?)

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

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Justin C wrote in
:

But his boat's a little small for my tastes -

I think that's one of the things that makes his videos even more
interesting. The tides he's shown us so far are just awful, even on a
small boat. He couldn't show us half of the British coast in a larger
boat....

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Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

(ain't it amazing the information one can get from boaties?)



My confession is I used Google.

Ain't it amazing the information one can get from GOOGLE?....(c;]

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On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:56:44 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

(ain't it amazing the information one can get from boaties?)



My confession is I used Google.

Ain't it amazing the information one can get from GOOGLE?....(c;]


Aah - you destroy the mystique...

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

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Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:56:44 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
m:

(ain't it amazing the information one can get from boaties?)



My confession is I used Google.

Ain't it amazing the information one can get from GOOGLE?....(c;]


Aah - you destroy the mystique...

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)


Oh, sorry....I try to be honest and truthful....not like my government.