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

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...

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.

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?

"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.

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.

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

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.

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

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..