On Sep 13, 3:43*pm, "Flying Pig" wrote:

Well, as always, in cruising, stuff happens.

is there anyone reading who might
be willing to run us to whomever we find who can work on it?

but we'd rather ...avoid the cost/inconvenience


I see youre still surviving off the goodwill of others.

Ya know Skip if you didnt have a generator ya wouldnt have this
problem.
Tell ya what, you can use one of the 3 on my boat. Got three snarling
12V71s for ya bra

Skip arent getting tired of fixing **** yet?
bob

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On Sep 13, 3:43 pm, "Flying Pig" wrote:

Ya know Skip if you didnt have a generator ya wouldnt have this
problem.
Tell ya what, you can use one of the 3 on my boat. Got three snarling
12V71s for ya bra

Skip arent getting tired of fixing **** yet?
bob

Nah - but I see you did, instead going to work on someone else' boat :{))

As to good will, some of us call it paying it forward. Evidently we've done
all right in prepayment, cuz things usually work out OK for us when we need
a hand up (or at least would appreciate one)...

Have fun on the big boat :{))

L8R

Skip

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On Sep 14, 9:52*am, "Flying Pig" wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message

...
On Sep 13, 3:43 pm, "Flying Pig" wrote:

Ya know Skip if you didnt have a generator ya wouldnt have this
problem.
Tell ya what, you can use one of the 3 on my boat. Got three snarling
12V71s for ya bra

Skip arent getting tired of fixing **** yet?
bob

Nah - but I see you did, instead going to work on someone else' boat :{))`

Bob could not get a union job, after he paid massive union dues, so he
had to pack it up and head to the oil patch were he and his union
buddy called non-union workers "slaves"....pretty pathetic, gutless
and proper for such a douche. The engineer on his boat keeps him busy,
he'd rather have Bob taking care of his soiled TP than risk clogging
the waste system. The clown gets the respect he deserves.

He has no 12-71's to loan anyone, all he has is a toilet brush and the
worst job on the boat... Could you imagine being an old man like Bob
and being in such a position? Talk about a lifetime achivement award.

Joe


As to good will, some of us call it paying it forward. *Evidently we've done
all right in prepayment, cuz things usually work out OK for us when we need
a hand up (or at least would appreciate one)...


Have fun on the big boat :{))



L8R

Skip

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"Joe" wrote in message
...

Bob could not get a union job, after he paid massive union dues, so he
had to pack it up and head to the oil patch were he and his union
buddy called non-union workers "slaves"....pretty pathetic, gutless
and proper for such a douche. The engineer on his boat keeps him busy,
he'd rather have Bob taking care of his soiled TP than risk clogging
the waste system. The clown gets the respect he deserves.

He has no 12-71's to loan anyone, all he has is a toilet brush and the
worst job on the boat... Could you imagine being an old man like Bob
and being in such a position? Talk about a lifetime achivement award.




I wonder, has Bob ever sunk a perfectly good boat in a GoM cold front? If
not, I wager he's a more competent sailor than you are. Bob has one thing
going for him that you don't - hubris! (Look it up, Cajun clown.)

Wilbur Hubbard

"Flying Pig" wrote in message
...
As to good will, some of us call it paying it forward. Evidently we've
done all right in prepayment, cuz things usually work out OK for us when
we need a hand up (or at least would appreciate one)...


Further to my last, a local cruiser has hooked up for us. We may do
Sailor's exchange, run to the local outboard place to get some supplies, and
perhaps one other small item or two.

FWIW, current SPOT is http://tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSPOT. Still trying to
figure out their arcana about OK messages, but it's currently transmitting
while I try to make sense of their nonsense, and in their non-helpful help
files on the subject...

L8R

Skip

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make it come true. You may have to work for it however."
(and)
"There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in
its hand
(Richard Bach)

"Flying Pig" wrote in message
...
FWIW, current SPOT is http://tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSPOT. Still trying to
figure out their arcana about OK messages, but it's currently transmitting
while I try to make sense of their nonsense, and in their non-helpful help
files on the subject...

Thanks for the link. I'll bookmark it so I can tune in for a good laugh at
you sailing up and down the Interstate highways.

Wilbur Hubbard

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...
"Flying Pig" wrote in message
...
FWIW, current SPOT is http://tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSPOT. Still trying to
figure out their arcana about OK messages, but it's currently
transmitting while I try to make sense of their nonsense, and in their
non-helpful help files on the subject...

Thanks for the link. I'll bookmark it so I can tune in for a good laugh at
you sailing up and down the Interstate highways.

Wilbur Hubbard


Sorry, Wilbur, there will be no more of that. We've left, and once we get
to the Bahamas, don't expect to be back in the States until we get off the
boat.

As it is, the arcane and REALLY stupid instructions with SPOT make it so I
rarely succeed in making it send an OK message, the last such attempt
cancelling the test I was doing of it in the harbor here, where it managed
two "messages" (location points) before it stopped.

Still testing, still trying to make sense of their FAQ, instruction, and
help files and Lydia's not-very-patient repetition of what she does which
seems to work - but when I wrote down her instructions after I finally
figured out how to get back into their system online to get the current
share page, following them produced the above...

L8R

Skip and crew

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On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:25:57 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

As it is, the arcane and REALLY stupid instructions with SPOT make it so I
rarely succeed in making it send an OK message, the last such attempt
cancelling the test I was doing of it in the harbor here, where it managed
two "messages" (location points) before it stopped.

You have to first configure an OK message on your personal SPOT web
page, a one-time thing unless you want to change something.

Next, press the OK button once. It should now send an OK message per
your settings assuming that it has got a current GPS position.

One of my "SPOT peeves" is that there doesn't seem to be any way of
knowing if it has a current GPS position. I'd like to see a small
display so it could also double as a pocket GPS unit and be able to
report its status.