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Jet Ski overheating problem
Bill McKee wrote:
"otnmbrd" wrote in message nk.net... "Bill McKee" wrote in message hlink.net... And your motor is not propelling machinery? No, Bill, a motor is not propelling machinery, nor is a propeller, propelling machinery, but used together, they become propelling machinery. Just for kicks, let's get a bit more complicated. The only way you can be certain (reasonably) under the Rules, that a sail vessel is also being powered by some mechanical means other than the sails, is, in daylight, a cone, apex down; at night, she's lit as a power driven vessel; or radio communications. Barring any of those (excluding some sailboat making 10k in a 1k breeze... possible exceptions noted) you should consider the sailboat just that ..... a sailboat, and I send you back to rule 2. otn And a stupid guy who is motoring with his sails up is going to run day signals or lights? LOL! Well, maybe not if he has a stupid greedy lawyer, and and you do too, and it all winds up in court, IF there were damages that might have been avoided, or settled beforhand. If he's smart enough to know that there is sufficient wind (in his locality) that he may be deflected from his intended course by the wind, and is using his trolling motor, he may hoist a powering cone to let you know that he is probably able to manouver better than he could without an engine, but you should be able to tell, anyway, just from looking, that he has a sail in the air, seems to be going too fast for the wind, and may get farted on by the wind. If he has a need for the engine in light airs, he probably has a big suit of sails up, and is most vulnerable to a gust or turbulence from trees half a mile away, etc. Got it? He may be almost out of gas, can't charge his battery, and needs to hoist a sail, so needs to turn into the wind soon, because of tides and rocks awash. He may need 6 feet of water, or could soon be a pedestrian. He may not have any juke box money, either, because he spent it all on charts. You do have charts on board? A smart powerboater would have no question in his mind; sail in the air is a hazard, keep very clear, if you can or slow down, under pain of responsibility. It's usually not a personal problem, is it? You got gas, you got a steering wheel, eh? Your wrists are not as limp as your brain, are they? Or is that your dick sticking up through your collar? Now, stop chewing your own tail, or you'll grow hair on your nose and go blind. Which brings us back to that age old question, "Why do old sea dogs lick their own balls?" Remember, to start with, only half of them do. Consider yourself bitten. Terry K |
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