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"Tom R." wrote in message ... Stayed at the Moorings in Carabelle this past spring while delivering a boat via a modified version of the Great Loop. I have a Julia Mae's bumper sticker next to my printer right now. The good news is that the S2 is built like a tank. Mine S2 9.1 survived a slew of hurricanes while moored in Marion, MA. Best wishes. Tom, Marion is a nice place, but I would think a bit crowded for a hurricane hole. I left Mattapoisett a little over 50 years ago and both it and Marion had breathing room, but not any more. Leanne |
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We were lucky. We had a commercial size mooring on the channel coming in
after Ram Island more or less across from the Beverly Yacht Club. Facing southeast there was nothing in front of us. We left it about 5 years ago and downsized to smaller boats on Pleasant Bay in Chatham. Tom "Leanne" wrote in message ... "Tom R." wrote in message ... Stayed at the Moorings in Carabelle this past spring while delivering a boat via a modified version of the Great Loop. I have a Julia Mae's bumper sticker next to my printer right now. The good news is that the S2 is built like a tank. Mine S2 9.1 survived a slew of hurricanes while moored in Marion, MA. Best wishes. Tom, Marion is a nice place, but I would think a bit crowded for a hurricane hole. I left Mattapoisett a little over 50 years ago and both it and Marion had breathing room, but not any more. Leanne |
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rhys wrote in message . ..
On 11 Aug 2004 15:21:29 -0700, (Parallax) wrote: This is Florida the way it should be but it is almost gone as my Carabelle paradise has been "discovered" by South Florida and Yankee scum Wow, I didn't know Carl Hiassen was a boater G R. Fortunately for my boat but unfortunately for the removal of condo-trash from MY beaches, Bonnie has turned into a bust. NOW, for my OT rant. I HAVE A DREAM, that one day, air conditioning will be illegal, and all the northern transplants will go away and return FL to its natural state of being a backwater swamp. To that end, I advocate that every year, we burn Dr. John Gorrie in effigy in Apalachicola, FL (in 1856, Gorrie invented AC by building an ice machine to be used to cool a stream of air for his malaria patients). For cruising sailors, feel free to visit, but for Gods sake, dont stay, This aint no Disney world. Rodent World is the work of the devil. As a 6th generation Fl native, I despise what tourism has done to my home and I think that tourism is an especially dirty industry. It provides Minimum wage seasonal jobs while claiming to help the economy. It destroys our salt marshes and beaches by covering them with tacky condo-shacks filled with refrigerated air and cryogenic Yankees. Make Air Conditioning illegal and Real Estate Agentism an illegal profession and put razor wire fences along I-75. Get rid of tourists and then DRILL FOR OIL AND GAS IN THE GULF. The oil industry is FAR cleaner than the tourist industry. A thousand Exxon Valdez accidents would cause less damage than a single Theme park. Which is worse, drilling rigs on the horizon or not being able to see the horizon due to condos? Oil and gas could provide jobs for the few remaining natives after the transplants are gone. BTW, Carl Hiassen is a yankee transplant. David OHara |
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David, why don't you tell us how you really feel?
Don't forget, without tourism, there would be no Jobs for you. |
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Dave wrote:
On 12 Aug 2004 06:07:53 -0700, (Parallax) said: I HAVE A DREAM, that one day, air conditioning will be illegal, and all the northern transplants will go away and return FL to its natural state of being a backwater swamp. And while we're at it, let's take down all the bridges to Manhattan and make ferries the only way to get here. In fact maybe we could even expel everyone who didn't have an ancestor here before 1776. (There would, of course, be a "right of return" for anybody who did.) Everybody get in his tree house and pull up the ladder behind him. Yeah, and let's do away with home heating systems too, and go back to bearskin coats! And while we're at it airplanes and trains and cars! In fact, let's go back to the stone age where we fight the next tribe over for our food and territory! This comfort and security nowadays is just too much to take! Stephen |
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David O'hara,
One would think a sixth generation Floridian would know what to do with his wee boat when a storm breweth! I wondered why you were spending more time writing (and wringing your hands), than dealing with the problem. And I'm still wondering. My daughter is a first generation Floridian, I first came down here to pick pieces of the Challenger off the bottom, and decided I like the place. But not necessarily all the rednecks. Remember, fresh blood is GOOD for the gene pool. MMC "Parallax" wrote in message om... rhys wrote in message . .. On 11 Aug 2004 15:21:29 -0700, (Parallax) wrote: This is Florida the way it should be but it is almost gone as my Carabelle paradise has been "discovered" by South Florida and Yankee scum Wow, I didn't know Carl Hiassen was a boater G R. Fortunately for my boat but unfortunately for the removal of condo-trash from MY beaches, Bonnie has turned into a bust. NOW, for my OT rant. I HAVE A DREAM, that one day, air conditioning will be illegal, and all the northern transplants will go away and return FL to its natural state of being a backwater swamp. To that end, I advocate that every year, we burn Dr. John Gorrie in effigy in Apalachicola, FL (in 1856, Gorrie invented AC by building an ice machine to be used to cool a stream of air for his malaria patients). For cruising sailors, feel free to visit, but for Gods sake, dont stay, This aint no Disney world. Rodent World is the work of the devil. As a 6th generation Fl native, I despise what tourism has done to my home and I think that tourism is an especially dirty industry. It provides Minimum wage seasonal jobs while claiming to help the economy. It destroys our salt marshes and beaches by covering them with tacky condo-shacks filled with refrigerated air and cryogenic Yankees. Make Air Conditioning illegal and Real Estate Agentism an illegal profession and put razor wire fences along I-75. Get rid of tourists and then DRILL FOR OIL AND GAS IN THE GULF. The oil industry is FAR cleaner than the tourist industry. A thousand Exxon Valdez accidents would cause less damage than a single Theme park. Which is worse, drilling rigs on the horizon or not being able to see the horizon due to condos? Oil and gas could provide jobs for the few remaining natives after the transplants are gone. BTW, Carl Hiassen is a yankee transplant. David OHara |
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"MMC" wrote in message m...
David O'hara, One would think a sixth generation Floridian would know what to do with his wee boat when a storm breweth! I wondered why you were spending more time writing (and wringing your hands), than dealing with the problem. And I'm still wondering. My daughter is a first generation Floridian, I first came down here to pick pieces of the Challenger off the bottom, and decided I like the place. But not necessarily all the rednecks. Remember, fresh blood is GOOD for the gene pool. MMC "Parallax" wrote in message om... rhys wrote in message . .. On 11 Aug 2004 15:21:29 -0700, (Parallax) wrote: This is Florida the way it should be but it is almost gone as my Carabelle paradise has been "discovered" by South Florida and Yankee scum Wow, I didn't know Carl Hiassen was a boater G R. Fortunately for my boat but unfortunately for the removal of condo-trash from MY beaches, Bonnie has turned into a bust. NOW, for my OT rant. I HAVE A DREAM, that one day, air conditioning will be illegal, and all the northern transplants will go away and return FL to its natural state of being a backwater swamp. To that end, I advocate that every year, we burn Dr. John Gorrie in effigy in Apalachicola, FL (in 1856, Gorrie invented AC by building an ice machine to be used to cool a stream of air for his malaria patients). For cruising sailors, feel free to visit, but for Gods sake, dont stay, This aint no Disney world. Rodent World is the work of the devil. As a 6th generation Fl native, I despise what tourism has done to my home and I think that tourism is an especially dirty industry. It provides Minimum wage seasonal jobs while claiming to help the economy. It destroys our salt marshes and beaches by covering them with tacky condo-shacks filled with refrigerated air and cryogenic Yankees. Make Air Conditioning illegal and Real Estate Agentism an illegal profession and put razor wire fences along I-75. Get rid of tourists and then DRILL FOR OIL AND GAS IN THE GULF. The oil industry is FAR cleaner than the tourist industry. A thousand Exxon Valdez accidents would cause less damage than a single Theme park. Which is worse, drilling rigs on the horizon or not being able to see the horizon due to condos? Oil and gas could provide jobs for the few remaining natives after the transplants are gone. BTW, Carl Hiassen is a yankee transplant. David OHara Fresh blood is for sharks and lightning is Gods wrath on Yankee golfers in Florida. In the past, I kept my boat in a very safe canal, unfortunately, the influx of people has made such safe places very rare so I have had to make do with an exposed location I do not like (Carabelle is a nice little town, but not a good hurricane hole). The real problem is too many people in Florida. It oughta be a sort of clue when Miami, one of the wettest places on earth is running out of fresh water. My long term plan after my next bahama trip is to sell my 28' S2 and build a 32' trailerable tri. With 1.5' draft (board up), I can put her waaaaaaaaaaaaaay up river in shallow water where nobody else can go. BTW, oughta be some good deals on storm damaged boats right now. |
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Maybe you should buy a log, carve it out, and get outa here? Sounds like your
not too happy |