On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:05:54 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:09:20 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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Probably "date" has a different meaning for her than for older folks.
Didn't
you say she was still pretty young?

Yeah, she just a baby... early teen going on 38. I should put a pic of
her on myspace... she's so amazing really. The absolute sweetest
person.

I saw that you put her pic there and your handsome brother. . . He looks
pretty tall and one wouldn't want him smacking you with a baseball bat for
sure. I guess you're going to end up being an old spinster. LOL!

Oh... heh... yet he's tall now.... used to be a shrimp!

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:31:08 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Jessica B" wrote in message
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According to google maps it's about 60 or 70 miles away?

Sounds about right.

Well, if the boat sinks, there's always the dinghy! You could rig it
with a sail for just in case!

If conditions were rough enough to sink the mother ship I sure wouldn't want
to be out there in an open dinghy. It probably wouldn't last two minutes.
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I guess I'll just put on my life jacket and hold on to something that
floats!


I had one of those units in my other car... "Turn left in 1.2
miles...." Maybe they should make one for a boat!

Pretty much, they do. But, I don't know of any that speak to you. The one(s)
I use you have to look at it and adjust the autopilot manually to follow the
track which you plot in advance. You can set an alarm that beeps if you get
too far off-course or if you arrive at a waypoint so you can re-adjust the
course the auto pilot is steering.


I think that would be cool.. if it talked to you. "Hey, do you realize
that you're at least 5 miles from a nightclub? Turn to the left
immediately!"

I wish the stupid U.S. government would allow citizens to take a sailboat
cruise to Cuba but they don't unless you jump though all kinds of
ridiculous
hoops. I've looked at the charts and there is some fine sailing to be had
along the north coast of Cuba. Looks like thousands of little barrier
islands with a bay or sound between them and the big island. Can you speak
any Spanish?

I know... it would solve a lot of stuff if they were exposed to free
enterprise! I guess the Cuban expats are really a strong lobby in DC.

It seems dumb to me. The so-called embargo has obviously failed as every
other country in the world trades with Cuba. All it does is punish American
citizens who'd like to travel to Cuba as tourists. If anything is going to
overthrow the dictatorship it's Cuban citizens who become more affluent
because they can get ahold of dollars.

Exactly! Looks like freedom is on the march in the middle-east!

Maybe you can claim to be a journalist? I think there's an exception
for that. I also heard that things are a bit less restrictive these
days, but it might just be for sending money. I don't really follow it
much... wrong coast.

Cuba, itself, is kind of a pain in the ass to cruise because you have to
clear into and out of each and every port of call. They need to change that
aspect before they can attract cruisers in any kind of significant numbers.
In the Bahamas, for example, you clear in at one port and get a cruising
permit good for six months and you can go anywhere in the country without
having to clear in and out of whatever port you might happen to visit.

I don't know about most people, but I often change my mind as to
destinations depending on the winds and, if I clear out of one port and
declare I am to arrive at another port at such and such a date and the wind
shifts and I can't get there so I have to go someplace else, then I get a
bunch of bureaucratic crap when I arrive there for not sticking to the plan
then who the hell needs that kind of hassle.

Ah.. yes... you wouldn't want to go against that particular
government. I don't think their jails are nice. :-}


I took it in high school, but it's been a while.


I took French but I wish I would have taken Spanish.



Dos Cervesas? That's about it these days.

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:12:44 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:15:34 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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Oftentimes things don't work out for love and romance and living happily
ever after but that's no reason to dislike somebody.

Exactly. I try to be kind to my former romantic partners, but I'm not
too successful. snerk

I can see where they might have a difficult time letting go.

Fortunately, no stalkers...

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:18:03 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Jessica B" wrote in message
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sniP.


That term... ground tackle... I guess because on the bottom is ground,
but it seems like it should be called boat tackle or water tackle. lol

The bottom is often referred to as "holding grounds" for anchoring purposes
so I guess
calling the anchor/rode "ground tackle" makes sense.



Ok... I guess so... I was thinking stomping grounds, but that's a
different context.

"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:28:39 -0500, "Waldo" wrote:

"Jessica B" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:13:26 -0500, "Waldo" wrote:

"Jessica B" wrote in message
m...
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:19:38 -0600, CaveLamb
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Jessica B wrote:
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:27:05 -0600, CaveLamb

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Jessica B wrote:
Ok, so I have a sailing question about anchors... obviously there
are
different anchors for different situations, but you don't
necessarily
know what you're going to find when you go someplace? So, how do
you
decide what anchor to take with you? Clearly, as you said, you can
take two (or three?) but they must eventually get kind of heavy...
I
guess there must be guides, but what if you're going to visit
several
places and they're all different?

Hopefully, this question is good enough for Justin! Sheesh...

Take them all!

And in the end, weight counts.

Hi Richard, Well, I guess I was concerned that it would be alot of
space and weight. Aren't there anchors that overlap as far as use
goes?

Yes on space and weight. The Rodes especially. I have three now -
250 to 300 feet each. AND chain (need more of that still)

That's ALOT of rope!! You must have a pretty big boat! Do tell...


Not really for the overlap...

A Danforth is good with mud and sand.
But it's not great in rocks.

Like Wilbur pointed out, a Herrschoff pattern (and a heavy Navy
pattern)
work well in rocky crags.

Fishermen use a mushroom type, but I have no use for that on a
sailboat.

I was just looking up anchor types... How about a Bruce... but then
you'd have to import it from Thailand! LOL (sorry Bruce...)


Geeze woman. Weren't you paying attention when the guy on rec.boats was
trying to teach you about anchors?

I've only looked at that section. There's way to many posts to sort
through. I thought I was Capt. Wil???


We know you are Nom De plume. If you think you are Capt. Wil, then maybe
you
are him too.
Waldo

I think you're over thinking this stuff. Believe what you want!

Nom De Plume is an author's pseudonym, so I have no idea who you think
I am.

You are the little flat chested girl that plays hide the banana when you
aren't infesting the internet with your dribble.

--
Waldo

"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:09:23 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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I hope something is done... I'm truly shocked by the number of
Hispanics who are working and can't speak English. I don't know if
they're legal or not, but whatever.


The only good I can see coming from it is the fact that Blacks rarely
marry
Hispanics. I guess it's because they're afraid their children would be too
lazy to steal.

ROFLOL!


I heard a joke like that...

What do you call a white guy driving a Cadillac... middle class.
What do you call a black guy driving a Cadillac... a pimp.
What do you call a Mexican guy driving a Cadillac... grand theft auto


You racist little bitch. Where do you hide your banana whilst typing.

--
Waldo

"Jessica B" wrote in message Dos Cervesas? That's
about it these days.


And don't forget your banana. You'd be lost without it.
--
Waldo

"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:12:44 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:15:34 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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Oftentimes things don't work out for love and romance and living happily
ever after but that's no reason to dislike somebody.

Exactly. I try to be kind to my former romantic partners, but I'm not
too successful. snerk

I can see where they might have a difficult time letting go.

Fortunately, no stalkers...


Who needs men when you have your banana?

--
Waldo

"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:09:23 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Jessica B" wrote in message
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I hope something is done... I'm truly shocked by the number of
Hispanics who are working and can't speak English. I don't know if
they're legal or not, but whatever.


The only good I can see coming from it is the fact that Blacks rarely
marry
Hispanics. I guess it's because they're afraid their children would be too
lazy to steal.

ROFLOL!


I heard a joke like that...

What do you call a white guy driving a Cadillac... middle class.
What do you call a black guy driving a Cadillac... a pimp.
What do you call a Mexican guy driving a Cadillac... grand theft auto



That's what makes a joke funny - a core of truth or reality. LOL!

Wilbur Hubbard

"Waldo" wrote in message
eb.com...
"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:12:44 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:15:34 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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Oftentimes things don't work out for love and romance and living
happily
ever after but that's no reason to dislike somebody.

Exactly. I try to be kind to my former romantic partners, but I'm not
too successful. snerk

I can see where they might have a difficult time letting go.

Fortunately, no stalkers...


Who needs men when you have your banana?




First it was boobs and now it's bananas. What are you smoking, boy?

Wilbur Hubbard