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We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,
especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment. There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low 80s. http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/ http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php |
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On 4/20/2013 6:58 PM, Wayne B wrote:
We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment. There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low 80s. http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/ http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php Still a bit windy and chilly days, still in the low thirties at night up here... |
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On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote:
We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. Using a specialised crimping tool, I just installed a shielded RJ-45 plug for a friends Radar unit. Unfortuantely the old plug was connected to his expensive Garmin Chart plotter which was stolen from his boat (up on boat lift, mounted in console.) :-( The theives cut that cable, but took the effort to un-plugged others. They've recently hit seven other boats in nearby canals. |
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On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:19:05 -0400, T. Keating
wrote: On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote: We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. Using a specialised crimping tool, I just installed a shielded RJ-45 plug for a friends Radar unit. Unfortuantely the old plug was connected to his expensive Garmin Chart plotter which was stolen from his boat (up on boat lift, mounted in console.) :-( The theives cut that cable, but took the effort to un-plugged others. They've recently hit seven other boats in nearby canals. === That's to bad, sorry to hear it. Whereabouts are you located? |
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"Wayne B" wrote in message ... On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:19:05 -0400, T. Keating wrote: On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote: We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. Using a specialised crimping tool, I just installed a shielded RJ-45 plug for a friends Radar unit. Unfortuantely the old plug was connected to his expensive Garmin Chart plotter which was stolen from his boat (up on boat lift, mounted in console.) :-( The theives cut that cable, but took the effort to un-plugged others. They've recently hit seven other boats in nearby canals. === That's to bad, sorry to hear it. Whereabouts are you located? ---------------------------------------- Theft of boat electronics seems to be a continuing problem. I remember there was a series of break-ins in Scituate, MA years ago where chart plotters, radios, etc., were stolen. They would simply unplug or cut and leave the cables because they were too difficult to remove quickly so they just took the electronic units. Seems to me that will all of the advanced electronics available today that a digital "key" could be programmed into the cable itself thus making the electronic unit inoperable without the proper cable connected. Something similar is done with a popular recording software package called "Pro-Tools" in the music industry. It's purpose is to prevent pirating of the software for use on other computers, but the device has to be installed in the interconnecting cable in order for the computer containing the software package to communicate with anything else. You can run the software without the key but it's useless because there's no data input available. |
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On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:51:55 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Wayne B" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:19:05 -0400, T. Keating wrote: On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote: We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. Using a specialised crimping tool, I just installed a shielded RJ-45 plug for a friends Radar unit. Unfortuantely the old plug was connected to his expensive Garmin Chart plotter which was stolen from his boat (up on boat lift, mounted in console.) :-( The theives cut that cable, but took the effort to un-plugged others. They've recently hit seven other boats in nearby canals. === That's to bad, sorry to hear it. Whereabouts are you located? ---------------------------------------- Theft of boat electronics seems to be a continuing problem. I remember there was a series of break-ins in Scituate, MA years ago where chart plotters, radios, etc., were stolen. They would simply unplug or cut and leave the cables because they were too difficult to remove quickly so they just took the electronic units. Seems to me that will all of the advanced electronics available today that a digital "key" could be programmed into the cable itself thus making the electronic unit inoperable without the proper cable connected. Something similar is done with a popular recording software package called "Pro-Tools" in the music industry. It's purpose is to prevent pirating of the software for use on other computers, but the device has to be installed in the interconnecting cable in order for the computer containing the software package to communicate with anything else. You can run the software without the key but it's useless because there's no data input available. ==== I beleve that kind of protective device is sometimes called a "dongle". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongle It could probably be made in such a way to discourage marine hardware theft but it would increase costs and introduce a reliability point of failure which could become a liability issue. More importantly, the manufacturers have no incentive. Every theft for them usually represents in an additional sale. |
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On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:22:36 -0400, Wayne B wrote:
On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:19:05 -0400, T. Keating wrote: On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote: We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. Using a specialised crimping tool, I just installed a shielded RJ-45 plug for a friends Radar unit. Unfortuantely the old plug was connected to his expensive Garmin Chart plotter which was stolen from his boat (up on boat lift, mounted in console.) :-( The theives cut that cable, but took the effort to un-plugged others. They've recently hit seven other boats in nearby canals. === That's to bad, sorry to hear it. Whereabouts are you located? Lighthouse Point, Fl |
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On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:13:01 -0400, T. Keating
wrote: On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:22:36 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:19:05 -0400, T. Keating wrote: On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote: We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. Using a specialised crimping tool, I just installed a shielded RJ-45 plug for a friends Radar unit. Unfortuantely the old plug was connected to his expensive Garmin Chart plotter which was stolen from his boat (up on boat lift, mounted in console.) :-( The theives cut that cable, but took the effort to un-plugged others. They've recently hit seven other boats in nearby canals. === That's to bad, sorry to hear it. Whereabouts are you located? Lighthouse Point, Fl === I'm in a canal community on the west coast of FL when I'm not out cruising. We've had some crime issues but fortunately not too frequently. I've got our docked rigged out with motion detector lighting which I think is something of a deterrent. I know of at least one instance where it frightened off intruders. When we're not home I keep our runabout at maximum height in the boat lift and have double locks on the electrical feed. |
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On 21/04/2013 12:58 AM, Wayne B wrote:
We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment. There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low 80s. http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/ http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php We're in Msida Marina in Malta on a very windy stormy day. Swell is even wrapping around our breakwater and giving us a hard time. One of my u-beaut docklines parted last night. I thought I had the marina's line as the tensioned line with mine as the backup but the marina line slipped on the cleat making mine the (now) sacrifical. Bugger. $20 down the drain. Still, this is a nice place and the wind will ease Friday. Anzac Day tomorrow (for Australians) so we're headed up to the Commonwealth War Cemetery here for a service. This is a very nice place to visit. Militarily, I would have loved to be charged with its defence in the days of cannon. There's no way in! Beer is good, food is good, people are nice and the boat repairs very competent. Hoges |
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On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote:
We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment. There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low 80s. http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/ http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php This occurred this early this morning on the opposite side of canal next to my friend's house. I arrived in later in the afternoon to feed his cat. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/bro...4,0,5488.story By the time I had arrived, they had towed away what's left of the cabin cruiser.. The sailboat is in rough shape(she'll never sail again).. Another cruiser has damage.. |
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:50:51 -0400, T. Keating
wrote: On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote: We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment. There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low 80s. http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/ http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php This occurred this early this morning on the opposite side of canal next to my friend's house. I arrived in later in the afternoon to feed his cat. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/bro...4,0,5488.story By the time I had arrived, they had towed away what's left of the cabin cruiser.. The sailboat is in rough shape(she'll never sail again).. Another cruiser has damage.. ==== That's bad, lucky everyone got off alive but the burn victims have a tough road ahead. I'd imagine that it must have been either a gasoline or propane explosion, quite possibly gasoline since most of the older Mainship's of that era had 454 big block engines. An old friend of mine used to live on Hendricks Isle back in the 80s. He had a big old Irwin ketch named Belaire or something like that docked at his house. |
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"T. Keating" wrote in message
... On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote: We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment. There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low 80s. http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/ http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php This occurred this early this morning on the opposite side of canal next to my friend's house. I arrived in later in the afternoon to feed his cat. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/bro...4,0,5488.story By the time I had arrived, they had towed away what's left of the cabin cruiser.. The sailboat is in rough shape(she'll never sail again).. Another cruiser has damage.. And people pay lots of money to tie up in a slip. The above in but one reason you won't ever find this sailor tied up in a slip. -- Sir Gregory |
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On Apr 20, 5:58*pm, Wayne B wrote:
We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. *When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment. There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua Sailing Week. * Everything is good here except the weather - lots of gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. * The rain and mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low 80s. http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/ http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php I did some today. Due to heavy rains locally and up north, plus snow melting in the upper states has caused the Mississippi river to reach pre-flood stage. Same with the creek behind my farm... it's 9 feet above normal and flooding fields.. It had been a while since I'd done it, but I took my 10 ft. Jon boat, some oars, trolling motor and an 8-D battery and went back and launched it in the creek. Heading down stream was really kind of a treat. Normally the creek is way low in the summer and impassable with a jon boat due to log jams, but this was easy. I saw lots of ducks, hawks and an occasional fish eagle. Driving distance from the farm to town is about 4 mi. By boat it's approx. 9. Even with high water there's really no current as of to say, but I used the old trolling motor to power quite a bit back to the farm. I found that even slow, easy rowing will remind you of unused muscles you didn't realize you had. Right now my arms feel like concrete held on by rubber bands.... |
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On 4/20/2013 5:58 PM, Wayne B wrote:
We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment. There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low 80s. http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/ http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php I spend about 45 hrs a week on my boat, but I don't go anyplace. Does that count? Mikek |
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... On 4/20/2013 5:58 PM, Wayne B wrote: We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash, especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once by this time. Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys. We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment. There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low 80s. http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/ http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php I spend about 45 hrs a week on my boat, but I don't go anyplace. Does that count? Mikek Yes, that counts you as one intelligent individual who'd rather live on the water in a boat than in the festering, filthy and disgusting zoo where landlubbers accumulate like the out-of-control planetary disease they really are. -- Sir Gregory |
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"amdx" wrote in message ... I spend about 45 hrs a week on my boat, but I don't go anyplace. Does that count? Mikek --------------------------------------- Absolutely, IMO. Some of the most enjoyable times I had on my boat were spent in the middle of the winter, especially during snowstorms. I kept it in the water year round the last three years I had it. The marina had bubblers running 24/7 in the area my boat was in. The reverse cycle AC/Heat system supplied enough heat until the middle of December after which I used space heaters (when aboard) plugged into 20 amp outlets that I wired into each of the four AC system supplies that were not used again until spring. I also installed foil lined Styrofoam insulating panels on most of the main cabin windows . The boat was always nice and warm, even when the outside temperature was well below freezing. The space heater in the main cabin was one of those fake fireplaces. Had a Direct TV dish and receiver hooked up and wi-fi from the marina office. Nice and cozy and "away" from it all. |
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On 4/28/2013 8:00 PM, Eisboch wrote:
"amdx" wrote in message ... I spend about 45 hrs a week on my boat, but I don't go anyplace. Does that count? Mikek --------------------------------------- Absolutely, IMO. Some of the most enjoyable times I had on my boat were spent in the middle of the winter, especially during snowstorms. I kept it in the water year round the last three years I had it. The marina had bubblers running 24/7 in the area my boat was in. The reverse cycle AC/Heat system supplied enough heat until the middle of December after which I used space heaters (when aboard) plugged into 20 amp outlets that I wired into each of the four AC system supplies that were not used again until spring. I also installed foil lined Styrofoam insulating panels on most of the main cabin windows . The boat was always nice and warm, even when the outside temperature was well below freezing. The space heater in the main cabin was one of those fake fireplaces. Had a Direct TV dish and receiver hooked up and wi-fi from the marina office. Nice and cozy and "away" from it all. Well, to complete the picture, I have a modified pontoon boat that is docked in a marina. I sell seafood from the boat. That means I'm working when I'm on the boat. I also get to walk the marina when I'm not busy. It's on a bay in the Gulf of Mexico. Mikek |
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"amdx" wrote in message ... On 4/28/2013 8:00 PM, Eisboch wrote: "amdx" wrote in message ... I spend about 45 hrs a week on my boat, but I don't go anyplace. Does that count? Mikek --------------------------------------- Absolutely, IMO. Some of the most enjoyable times I had on my boat were spent in the middle of the winter, especially during snowstorms. I kept it in the water year round the last three years I had it. The marina had bubblers running 24/7 in the area my boat was in. The reverse cycle AC/Heat system supplied enough heat until the middle of December after which I used space heaters (when aboard) plugged into 20 amp outlets that I wired into each of the four AC system supplies that were not used again until spring. I also installed foil lined Styrofoam insulating panels on most of the main cabin windows . The boat was always nice and warm, even when the outside temperature was well below freezing. The space heater in the main cabin was one of those fake fireplaces. Had a Direct TV dish and receiver hooked up and wi-fi from the marina office. Nice and cozy and "away" from it all. Well, to complete the picture, I have a modified pontoon boat that is docked in a marina. I sell seafood from the boat. That means I'm working when I'm on the boat. I also get to walk the marina when I'm not busy. It's on a bay in the Gulf of Mexico. Mikek ----------------------- What's that "work" thing that you mention? :-) |
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