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Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
I recently learned that, due to the fact the "Flying Pig" has been on the hard for so long, when the building inspector was making the rounds he couldn't help noticing how the Pig had become a permanent structure so the inspector declared the Pig to be an historical monument. As you all know, historical monuments acquire a certain 'status' that renders them unable to be moved from the place where they were declared historical. So it will take reams of paperwork, thousands of dollars, a team of lawyers and a special dispensation to release the "Flying Pig" from her historical monument status she has so richly earned due to her extreme longevity in a boat yard for transients. -- Sir Gregory |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
On Thursday, December 27, 2012 5:52:19 PM UTC-5, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq· wrote:
I recently learned that, due to the fact the "Flying Pig" has been on the hard for so long, when the building inspector was making the rounds he couldn't help noticing how the Pig had become a permanent structure so the inspector declared the Pig to be an historical monument. As you all know, historical monuments acquire a certain 'status' that renders them unable to be moved from the place where they were declared historical. So it will take reams of paperwork, thousands of dollars, a team of lawyers and a special dispensation to release the "Flying Pig" from her historical monument status she has so richly earned due to her extreme longevity in a boat yard for transients. -- Sir Gregory It's feeling so much like home that we're going to move back on her in a few days. Nothing but the nits; we even got the thru-hull we rebedded bottom painted today. Reefer and freezer right on spec temps, and the spaces are getting cleared of tools. We think we can trump the NHR with a lunar high tide in a couple of weeks :{)) I discovered that I have several hundred pictures since my last session; I have over 20 different project folders open awaiting my review and massage before I put them up - which gives you an idea of what we've been up to for the last several months. Bunches of little stuff turning up as we touch each connection, fixture, hose and the like, but it's better to have a shorebound shakedown than to discover those little things out at sea, IMHO. We're pleased. Thanks for thinking of me. All the best to those still alive on rbc; next post likely will be of the wrapup, as there's entirely too much to do to make the photos happen in the next couple of days. L8R, y'all, Skip, wishing you all a great 2013 |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
Bwahahaha!
tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSpot Top 12.7, average 8.7 BOAT (through the water) knots, held down by a wait for a bridge on the way out... More in the log to come, but all that work on the bottom paid off in spades. It was getting, toward the end, when the wind dropped to 10 and we had a counter-current of a couple of knots, that we griped about "only" making 7+ SOG with mid-8s to 10+ BOAT... No, the engine wasn't running until the turn into the channel. Boy, does she SAIL! L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely nothing-half so much worth doing as simply messing, messing-about-in-boats; messing about in boats-or *with* boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not." |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
"Flying Pig" wrote in message
... Bwahahaha! tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSpot Top 12.7, average 8.7 BOAT (through the water) knots, held down by a wait for a bridge on the way out... More in the log to come, but all that work on the bottom paid off in spades. It was getting, toward the end, when the wind dropped to 10 and we had a counter-current of a couple of knots, that we griped about "only" making 7+ SOG with mid-8s to 10+ BOAT... No, the engine wasn't running until the turn into the channel. Boy, does she SAIL! Skippy, you don't seem to have a clue about apparent wind. If the wind from the south dropped to to ten knots and you were heading north at 8 knots then your apparent wind would only be two knots from astern. A two-knot wind from astern can't possibly push you along at 8 knots. You must have had one hell of a favorable current. :-) But, I'm happy you're happy with the results of your bottom job. I sure hope you take full advantage of it in the next six months because that is about all the time you have before large blisters start popping up again. -- Sir Gregory |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
" Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote in message
... "Flying Pig" wrote in message ... Bwahahaha! tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSpot Top 12.7, average 8.7 BOAT (through the water) knots, held down by a wait for a bridge on the way out... More in the log to come, but all that work on the bottom paid off in spades. It was getting, toward the end, when the wind dropped to 10 and we had a counter-current of a couple of knots, that we griped about "only" making 7+ SOG with mid-8s to 10+ BOAT... No, the engine wasn't running until the turn into the channel. Boy, does she SAIL! Skippy, you don't seem to have a clue about apparent wind. If the wind from the south dropped to to ten knots and you were heading north at 8 knots then your apparent wind would only be two knots from astern. A two-knot wind from astern can't possibly push you along at 8 knots. You must have had one hell of a favorable current. :-) Indeed, I didn't specify the time we had our 10 knots. It was a beam reach, moving toward a close reach (60° to 90° apparent). One of the reasons we turned in was the change in wind direction, expected from our forecast. Indeed, we waited slightly too long, as it didn't HAVE to be that close a reach. So, the true wind was likely more toward our stern quarter, moved forward by our unexpectedly fast forward motion. Either way, as it's a relatively straight line, you can calculate it for yourself as to how far we went (close to 100 miles without the entrances/channels) in under 12 hours from the time we cleared the 17th Street bridge to anchor down and lights out by looking at the spot page. But, I'm happy you're happy with the results of your bottom job. I sure hope you take full advantage of it in the next six months because that is about all the time you have before large blisters start popping up again. -- Sir Gregory Heh. We'll see. There weren't any blisters when we tackled it, either, so I very much doubt we'll have to deal with that. Our shakedown may show other things which need attention, but we don't expect blisters to be among them. FWIW, there can't possibly be anything growing on our bottom, as fast as we were going... And, sorry, Neal, but I think we're going to do a very thorough shakedown in the form of another East Coast swing this summer, so we'll have to wait until another day (unless it's unusually cold in April, when we'd start, in which case we might swing down that way first) to come for that beer. L8R, y'all Skip, going to bed early after a late night on the computer catching up last night... |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:46:27 -0500, "Flying Pig"
wrote: And, sorry, Neal, but I think we're going to do a very thorough shakedown in the form of another East Coast swing this summer, so we'll have to wait until another day (unless it's unusually cold in April, when we'd start, in which case we might swing down that way first) to come for that beer. ==== After 3 summer cruises to the northeast we have come to the conclusion that you really don't want to be north of about 35 degres latitude until late May, early June. There can be some nice days here and there but we like to see the average night time temps at least 60 degrees when we're living on the boat. Average night temps here in the BVI are in the low 70s right now and that's just about ideal for us. |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
"Flying Pig" wrote in
message ... And, sorry, Neal, but I think we're going to do a very thorough shakedown in the form of another East Coast swing this summer, so we'll have to wait until another day (unless it's unusually cold in April, when we'd start, in which case we might swing down that way first) to come for that beer. Don't go north too early as the chances are good you'll get caught in some insufferably cold and wet weather. And if you do come south you'd better make sure you scrub the slime off your hull as you sure wouldn't want to be left in my wake. Remember, at 42 inches of draft, my fine blue water yacht can take shortcuts across the reef. LOL! -- Sir Gregory |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:58:14 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote: "Flying Pig" wrote in message ... And, sorry, Neal, but I think we're going to do a very thorough shakedown in the form of another East Coast swing this summer, so we'll have to wait until another day (unless it's unusually cold in April, when we'd start, in which case we might swing down that way first) to come for that beer. Don't go north too early as the chances are good you'll get caught in some insufferably cold and wet weather. And if you do come south you'd better make sure you scrub the slime off your hull as you sure wouldn't want to be left in my wake. Remember, at 42 inches of draft, my fine blue water yacht can take shortcuts across the reef. LOL! How in the world do you "take across a reef" when you are permanently moored? -- Cheers, Bruce |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
" Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote in message
... "Flying Pig" wrote in message ... And, sorry, Neal, but I think we're going to do a very thorough shakedown in the form of another East Coast swing this summer, so we'll have to wait until another day (unless it's unusually cold in April, when we'd start, in which case we might swing down that way first) to come for that beer. Don't go north too early as the chances are good you'll get caught in some insufferably cold and wet weather. And if you do come south you'd better make sure you scrub the slime off your hull as you sure wouldn't want to be left in my wake. Remember, at 42 inches of draft, my fine blue water yacht can take shortcuts across the reef. LOL! -- Sir Gregory We'll keep the weather in close view. We might, also, do the southern thing, first, in which case we'll take you out in some 30-knot stuff and spank your bottom. 6-8 is just a doddle for the Pig... L8R Skip and crew -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land. - Dr. Samuel Johnson |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
"Bruce" wrote in message
... On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:58:14 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote: "Flying Pig" wrote in message ... And, sorry, Neal, but I think we're going to do a very thorough shakedown in the form of another East Coast swing this summer, so we'll have to wait until another day (unless it's unusually cold in April, when we'd start, in which case we might swing down that way first) to come for that beer. Don't go north too early as the chances are good you'll get caught in some insufferably cold and wet weather. And if you do come south you'd better make sure you scrub the slime off your hull as you sure wouldn't want to be left in my wake. Remember, at 42 inches of draft, my fine blue water yacht can take shortcuts across the reef. LOL! How in the world do you "take (shortcuts) across a reef" when you are permanently moored? That's easy. As you've been stuck at the docks for so long you've probably forgotten how so here's a refresher course. 1) raise sails 2) drop mooring lines 3) sail off mooring 4) sail across Hawk Channel 5) approach the reef carefully and sail across it in deep enough water so as not to run aground. HTH. -- Sir Gregory |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 18:20:46 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:58:14 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote: "Flying Pig" wrote in message ... And, sorry, Neal, but I think we're going to do a very thorough shakedown in the form of another East Coast swing this summer, so we'll have to wait until another day (unless it's unusually cold in April, when we'd start, in which case we might swing down that way first) to come for that beer. Don't go north too early as the chances are good you'll get caught in some insufferably cold and wet weather. And if you do come south you'd better make sure you scrub the slime off your hull as you sure wouldn't want to be left in my wake. Remember, at 42 inches of draft, my fine blue water yacht can take shortcuts across the reef. LOL! How in the world do you "take (shortcuts) across a reef" when you are permanently moored? That's easy. As you've been stuck at the docks for so long you've probably forgotten how so here's a refresher course. 1) raise sails 2) drop mooring lines 3) sail off mooring 4) sail across Hawk Channel 5) approach the reef carefully and sail across it in deep enough water so as not to run aground. HTH. Yup, That is how you do it. Been reading books again haven't you. Of course you missed the part about hauling the dinghy aboard, and a few other jobs, but you are getting there. A few more chapters of Sailing for Dummies and you'll be good to go. Of course, in the mean time Skip will have sailed blithely off into the "wine dark sea". Do try to temper your envy. -- Cheers, Bruce |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
"Bruce" wrote in message
... On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 18:20:46 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message . .. On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:58:14 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote: "Flying Pig" wrote in message ... And, sorry, Neal, but I think we're going to do a very thorough shakedown in the form of another East Coast swing this summer, so we'll have to wait until another day (unless it's unusually cold in April, when we'd start, in which case we might swing down that way first) to come for that beer. Don't go north too early as the chances are good you'll get caught in some insufferably cold and wet weather. And if you do come south you'd better make sure you scrub the slime off your hull as you sure wouldn't want to be left in my wake. Remember, at 42 inches of draft, my fine blue water yacht can take shortcuts across the reef. LOL! How in the world do you "take (shortcuts) across a reef" when you are permanently moored? That's easy. As you've been stuck at the docks for so long you've probably forgotten how so here's a refresher course. 1) raise sails 2) drop mooring lines 3) sail off mooring 4) sail across Hawk Channel 5) approach the reef carefully and sail across it in deep enough water so as not to run aground. HTH. Yup, That is how you do it. Been reading books again haven't you. Of course you missed the part about hauling the dinghy aboard, and a few other jobs, but you are getting there. A few more chapters of Sailing for Dummies and you'll be good to go. The dingy stays on the mooring. When I drop the mooring lines they are dropped into the dinghy made fast to the painter. Hauling the dinghy aboard is easy as it only weighs 45 pounds and I've made a pushpit on which it resides upside-down. Takes only a few minutes to lift it, flip it over, slide it on and tie it down. Of course, in the mean time Skip will have sailed blithely off into the "wine dark sea". Do try to temper your envy. Skippy probably takes half a day to get underway. He's got way too much stuff and way too many constant projects in his way of ease of getting underway. There is a volcano in the Canary Islands that could cause a massive landslide which would result in a HUGE tsunami that would wipe out the East Coast of the USA including Florida with a wave about three-hundred feet high going hundreds of miles per hour. Is ever this should happen I have about eight hours to get underway and out into the deep waters of the Gulf Stream where the tsunami will cause me no harm. That is why I practice crossing the reef - my life may well depend upon it. And, as usual, it will probably involve sailing across the reef in the middle of the night. -- Sir Gregory (not a sitting duck in Thailand like Bruce) |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
On Sat, 2 Mar 2013 14:13:15 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 18:20:46 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message ... On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:58:14 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote: "Flying Pig" wrote in message ... And, sorry, Neal, but I think we're going to do a very thorough shakedown in the form of another East Coast swing this summer, so we'll have to wait until another day (unless it's unusually cold in April, when we'd start, in which case we might swing down that way first) to come for that beer. Don't go north too early as the chances are good you'll get caught in some insufferably cold and wet weather. And if you do come south you'd better make sure you scrub the slime off your hull as you sure wouldn't want to be left in my wake. Remember, at 42 inches of draft, my fine blue water yacht can take shortcuts across the reef. LOL! How in the world do you "take (shortcuts) across a reef" when you are permanently moored? That's easy. As you've been stuck at the docks for so long you've probably forgotten how so here's a refresher course. 1) raise sails 2) drop mooring lines 3) sail off mooring 4) sail across Hawk Channel 5) approach the reef carefully and sail across it in deep enough water so as not to run aground. HTH. Yup, That is how you do it. Been reading books again haven't you. Of course you missed the part about hauling the dinghy aboard, and a few other jobs, but you are getting there. A few more chapters of Sailing for Dummies and you'll be good to go. The dingy stays on the mooring. When I drop the mooring lines they are dropped into the dinghy made fast to the painter. Hauling the dinghy aboard is easy as it only weighs 45 pounds and I've made a pushpit on which it resides upside-down. Takes only a few minutes to lift it, flip it over, slide it on and tie it down. Of course, in the mean time Skip will have sailed blithely off into the "wine dark sea". Do try to temper your envy. Skippy probably takes half a day to get underway. He's got way too much stuff and way too many constant projects in his way of ease of getting underway. There is a volcano in the Canary Islands that could cause a massive landslide which would result in a HUGE tsunami that would wipe out the East Coast of the USA including Florida with a wave about three-hundred feet high going hundreds of miles per hour. Funny, I went through the Thai Tsunami and there weren't any 300 ft high waves. Your logic regarding volcano's seems faulty as an eruption seldom, if ever, causes a landslide and a surface landslide doesn't cause a tsunami. See: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami2.htm (if I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times: "It is better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool then to open it and prove it") -- Cheers, Bruce |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
"Bruce" wrote in message
... On Sat, 2 Mar 2013 14:13:15 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message . .. On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 18:20:46 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message m... On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:58:14 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote: "Flying Pig" wrote in message ... And, sorry, Neal, but I think we're going to do a very thorough shakedown in the form of another East Coast swing this summer, so we'll have to wait until another day (unless it's unusually cold in April, when we'd start, in which case we might swing down that way first) to come for that beer. Don't go north too early as the chances are good you'll get caught in some insufferably cold and wet weather. And if you do come south you'd better make sure you scrub the slime off your hull as you sure wouldn't want to be left in my wake. Remember, at 42 inches of draft, my fine blue water yacht can take shortcuts across the reef. LOL! How in the world do you "take (shortcuts) across a reef" when you are permanently moored? That's easy. As you've been stuck at the docks for so long you've probably forgotten how so here's a refresher course. 1) raise sails 2) drop mooring lines 3) sail off mooring 4) sail across Hawk Channel 5) approach the reef carefully and sail across it in deep enough water so as not to run aground. HTH. Yup, That is how you do it. Been reading books again haven't you. Of course you missed the part about hauling the dinghy aboard, and a few other jobs, but you are getting there. A few more chapters of Sailing for Dummies and you'll be good to go. The dingy stays on the mooring. When I drop the mooring lines they are dropped into the dinghy made fast to the painter. Hauling the dinghy aboard is easy as it only weighs 45 pounds and I've made a pushpit on which it resides upside-down. Takes only a few minutes to lift it, flip it over, slide it on and tie it down. Of course, in the mean time Skip will have sailed blithely off into the "wine dark sea". Do try to temper your envy. Skippy probably takes half a day to get underway. He's got way too much stuff and way too many constant projects in his way of ease of getting underway. There is a volcano in the Canary Islands that could cause a massive landslide which would result in a HUGE tsunami that would wipe out the East Coast of the USA including Florida with a wave about three-hundred feet high going hundreds of miles per hour. Funny, I went through the Thai Tsunami and there weren't any 300 ft high waves. Your logic regarding volcano's seems faulty as an eruption seldom, if ever, causes a landslide and a surface landslide doesn't cause a tsunami. See: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami2.htm (if I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times: "It is better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool then to open it and prove it") See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMH5YyJu8GQ |
Poor Captain Skippy - his boat might never sail again.
On Sun, 3 Mar 2013 14:51:48 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 2 Mar 2013 14:13:15 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message ... On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 18:20:46 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message om... On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:58:14 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote: "Flying Pig" wrote in message ... And, sorry, Neal, but I think we're going to do a very thorough shakedown in the form of another East Coast swing this summer, so we'll have to wait until another day (unless it's unusually cold in April, when we'd start, in which case we might swing down that way first) to come for that beer. Don't go north too early as the chances are good you'll get caught in some insufferably cold and wet weather. And if you do come south you'd better make sure you scrub the slime off your hull as you sure wouldn't want to be left in my wake. Remember, at 42 inches of draft, my fine blue water yacht can take shortcuts across the reef. LOL! How in the world do you "take (shortcuts) across a reef" when you are permanently moored? That's easy. As you've been stuck at the docks for so long you've probably forgotten how so here's a refresher course. 1) raise sails 2) drop mooring lines 3) sail off mooring 4) sail across Hawk Channel 5) approach the reef carefully and sail across it in deep enough water so as not to run aground. HTH. Yup, That is how you do it. Been reading books again haven't you. Of course you missed the part about hauling the dinghy aboard, and a few other jobs, but you are getting there. A few more chapters of Sailing for Dummies and you'll be good to go. The dingy stays on the mooring. When I drop the mooring lines they are dropped into the dinghy made fast to the painter. Hauling the dinghy aboard is easy as it only weighs 45 pounds and I've made a pushpit on which it resides upside-down. Takes only a few minutes to lift it, flip it over, slide it on and tie it down. Of course, in the mean time Skip will have sailed blithely off into the "wine dark sea". Do try to temper your envy. Skippy probably takes half a day to get underway. He's got way too much stuff and way too many constant projects in his way of ease of getting underway. There is a volcano in the Canary Islands that could cause a massive landslide which would result in a HUGE tsunami that would wipe out the East Coast of the USA including Florida with a wave about three-hundred feet high going hundreds of miles per hour. Funny, I went through the Thai Tsunami and there weren't any 300 ft high waves. Your logic regarding volcano's seems faulty as an eruption seldom, if ever, causes a landslide and a surface landslide doesn't cause a tsunami. See: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami2.htm (if I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times: "It is better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool then to open it and prove it") See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMH5YyJu8GQ I suggest that prior to speaking you go and read the actual report that the BBC, and others were based on. To quote from the report: In the past million years, dozens of lateral collapse land- slides of a size comparable to the one considered here have been shed from volcanic islands in the Atlantic. If our models are correct, tsunami from these incidents should have washed several times over most coasts that have good exposure to the sea. A test of these predictions lies in whether tsunami deposits associated with specific collapses can be identified, dated, and widely correlated. Ironically, because of the more favor- able preservation conditions underwater, evidence of collapse tsunami may be more widespread on the continental shelf than on land. Still, the low-lying, tectonically stable, non-glaciated margins of west Africa, the southeast United States and north- east Brazil, together with the Bahamas carbonate platform, should be particularly suitable sites for geologists to search for footprints of these occasional visitors. Note the "If our models are correct" statement and the further statement, "should be particularly suitable sites for geologists to search for footprints of these occasional visitors" In other words, "if our guess is correct you ought to be able to find evidence of it somewhere" and the timing "several times in a million years". You would be far better to be preparing for the arrival of a gigantic meteor like the one that has been postulated to have killed the dinosaurs. As I keep telling you, "It is better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool then to open it and prove to the world just how foolish you really are". You might read the children's story about Chicken Little who ran about the barnyard shouting "the sky is falling, the sky is falling". -- Cheers, Bruce |
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