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On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:05:54 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "Jessica B" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:09:20 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: snip 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! |
#582
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:31:08 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "Jessica B" wrote in message .. . a snip 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. snip 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. |
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:12:44 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "Jessica B" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:15:34 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: snip 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... |
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:18:03 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "Jessica B" wrote in message .. . 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. |
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"Jessica B" wrote in message
... 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 wrote: Jessica B wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:27:05 -0600, CaveLamb wrote: 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 |
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"Jessica B" wrote in message
... On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:09:23 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: "Jessica B" wrote in message . .. snip 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 |
#587
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"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 |
#588
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"Jessica B" wrote in message
... On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:12:44 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: "Jessica B" wrote in message . .. On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:15:34 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: snip 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 |
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"Jessica B" wrote in message
... On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:09:23 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: "Jessica B" wrote in message . .. snip 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 |
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"Waldo" wrote in message
eb.com... "Jessica B" wrote in message ... On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:12:44 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: "Jessica B" wrote in message ... On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:15:34 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: snip 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 |
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