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Tall Ship Concordia sunk of coast of Brazil
"Roger Long" wrote in message ... On Feb 21, 4:37 pm, "mmc" wrote: How's it going Roger? Going good. I'm designing a very cool boat for a company in China and starting to inquiries about work that indicate that the economy is showing signs of life. I was going to take a winter off from working on my boat but I've had to put off my planned grand tour of Nova Scotia another year due to some family stuff. I'm taking advantage of the more relaxed schedule in the spring to undertake the major project of putting a rather interesting heating system in the boat. Details he http://www.rogerlongboats.com/10Winter.htm "Perfect Storm" is actually quite a good book if you simply cut all the reported wave heights in half. Someone I used to work for did the stability test on the boat and he told me he didn't think she ever saw the storm. She had probably rolled over and sunk long before it had built up into anything remarkable. How are things in your corner of the world? -- Roger Long ---------- Strider is looking great! Like the plan for the cabin/water heater too. Our weather here in FL has finally come to reflect what we expect in the winter, weekend was beautiful, mid 70s and clear. Took our pontoon out for an island visit with the kids on Saturday. About "Perfect Storm", I have a real problem with people who don't know what happened/where/how or why projecting thier ideas and opinions as facts. See it all to much in Gov't and contracting. |
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Roger Long wrote in news:af04ca82-7220-43d6-b480-
: http://www.rogerlongboats.com/10Winter.htm "Strider is going to be only slightly less complicated than a nuclear power plant in the piping department" I was thinking more like a U-boat....(c;] Hi, Roger! Thanks for the link. Our problem in South Carolina is getting a cold drink. Heating water for a shower just means leaving the sun beating down on the lazerette where the hot water tank is located and watching the hose so it doesn't boil to blow the system. -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry |
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On Feb 24, 10:41*pm, Larry wrote:
*Our problem in South Carolina is getting a cold drink. *Heating water for a shower just means leaving the sun beating down on the lazerette where the hot water tank is located and watching the hose so it doesn't boil to blow the system. Was that true last Nov Dec? Sounds like I would have wanted this heater all the way to FL if I had been heading down the ICW after hurricane season this year. -- Roger Long |
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On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:08:49 -0800 (PST), Roger Long
wrote: On Feb 24, 10:41*pm, Larry wrote: *Our problem in South Carolina is getting a cold drink. *Heating water for a shower just means leaving the sun beating down on the lazerette where the hot water tank is located and watching the hose so it doesn't boil to blow the system. Was that true last Nov Dec? Sounds like I would have wanted this heater all the way to FL if I had been heading down the ICW after hurricane season this year. I once spent a winter in South Carolina courtesy of the US Army. It can get very cold there in January/February, and this year Florida hasn't been much better. |
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Roger Long wrote in
: On Feb 24, 10:41*pm, Larry wrote: *Our problem in South Carolina is getting a cold drink. *Heating water for a shower just means leaving the sun beating d own on the lazerette where the hot water tank is located and watching the hos e so it doesn't boil to blow the system. Was that true last Nov Dec? Sounds like I would have wanted this heater all the way to FL if I had been heading down the ICW after hurricane season this year. -- Roger Long You'd want a full blown diesel genset running at 3/4 load today. It's only 6C at 1738ET on the Ashley River at Magnolia Gardens as I type this and the wind has been howling all day. Of course, sailing in such wind, we'd be warm as toast watching the handrail dragging in the water listening to the sheets groaning as she passes her old speed record, her winch handle a really hard turn in low gear....(c;]....smiling from ear to ear. Who'd notice the cold when she's hauling ass?! -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry |
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Tall Ship Concordia sunk of coast of Brazil
Wayne.B wrote in
: I once spent a winter in South Carolina courtesy of the US Army. It can get very cold there in January/February, and this year Florida hasn't been much better. You're about as far North as I'd want to be in all this "global warming" of 2010. I was going to clean out my old '73 Mercedes 220D so its new owner can come get it, but had to abort as my fingers were freezing in the full gale blowing across the Ashley River and up the driveway. It's 6C at 17:43 and I can hear the wind howling, still, through the roof. The river looks like the surface of the ocean with full waves beating the docks. -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry |
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