[NE Sailboat]

Jeff ,,, I was just looking at a chart .... since you seem to know the area
... is it a tough ride up the Kennebec?


"Jeff" wrote in message
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I don't know why you wouldn't expect reception in The Basin, its only 6
miles from Bath, about 8 from Brunswick. It just feels like it in the
boonies. My TV, admittedly with a powered antennae 20 feet up the mast,
gets a clear signal from up to 50 miles.


NE Sailboat wrote:
Most Honorable Captain Rob ,,,

There is a reason that "babe" is sleeping on "your" boat!

Last summer as I was cruising about Casco Bay, I anchored up the New
Meadows River at a spot called The Basin. Had my after sail coffee,
listened to some music, starting reading and ................. then I
plugged in my el cheapo black and white tv. The B/W tv runs off of the
cigarette battery power plug ..

I figured I'd never get any reception. Wrong! A very clear station came
on ... it was the NHP Station ... national public tv ,, the education
station or whathaveya ..

I sit back, pour a cup ,,, relax ..... and guess what the show is?

A documentary of the sinking of the Andrea Doria.

How is that for irony?
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And then one night recently I am watching some show on some channel ..
history channel, discover ?? One of those ... and the show is all about
a nuclear submarine. One of the major problems on a sub is weight, and
space. Makes sense ,, under the water and all. As the program went on it
showed how the sub dealt with this ... one major breakthrough in sub
technology was the CD Rom. Those little CD's replaced all the paper on
the sub. There is a CD for everything. Menu for the gallery, storage,
weapons, systems,, you name it. And they take up about the size of a
little closet. When the sub had paper, it was a major problem carrying
all the info. So much weight was gone and so much space was available
that the crew had more space to live in.

So, not only will I be bringing DVD's for movies, I will bring along all
the system DVS's, fix it DVD's, the how to sail it DVD's, etc.

High tech !!

I will bring along my Disco's Greatest hits CD though... my boat was
built in 1975!




"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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The thought of watching "Casablanca" on my super cool DVD player with
the
computer speakers ..........


Now you're talking! Nothing like a quiet night on the hook watching The
Devil and Daniel Webster...or Jaws before the next morning swim!
DVDs and CD's/Ipod offer smart entertainment onboard. They take up
almost no space and don't use much power. You can store 100 movies in
the space of a couple of paperbacks.



Robert
Beneteau 35s5
NY