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Roger Long wrote:
Ronald Wong wrote:

I suspect that's your problem.

Your Garmin thinks you're in a car.


No, I know that much. Actually, it was acting like it thought my car
was a boat. However, the route was following roads properly for 80%
of the trip but just taking that weird shortcut across the invisible
bridge. It's supposed to act one way or the other; not both.


Are there still any DUKW's available in the US Roger?

I haven't tried it yet but I intend to try to set up a route which involves
catching one of our many ferries to one or other of the Scottish Islands. I
will let you know how I get on.

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Roger Long wrote:
Ronald Wong wrote:

I suspect that's your problem.

Your Garmin thinks you're in a car.


No, I know that much. Actually, it was acting like it thought my car
was a boat. However, the route was following roads properly for 80%
of the trip but just taking that weird shortcut across the invisible
bridge. It's supposed to act one way or the other; not both.


Are there still any DUKW's available in the US Roger?

I haven't tried it yet but I intend to try to set up a route which
involves
catching one of our many ferries to one or other of the Scottish Islands.
I
will let you know how I get on.

Dennis.




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"Dennis Pogson" wrote

Are there still any DUKW's available in the US Roger?


They are incredibly popular here. I even designed one for the company that
operates two here in Portland.

If you go to Boston on a summer day, you'll see one go by about every five
minutes. Due to their success in the tour business, all the WWII ones have
probably been snatched up and refurbished by now.

I recently read a fascinating book about ocean waves. The author spent a
several years surveying and studying beaches in the Pacific Northwest using
DUWK's in high surf and stated something that I would never have expected.
They are one of the best surf boats ever designed. The drag of the forward
wheels pulls them forward without actually surfing in such a way that they
don't pick up too much speed and risk broaching. Despite the fact that they
will sink if swamped, the author and his crew survived many years of
extensive operation in waves up to twenty feet.

The book is at my office and I'm home but I'll post the title if anyone is
interested. Well worth reading for anyone whose interests in life bring
them into contact with waves. (Would that cover anyone in this group?) Old
and probably unobtainable though.


Dennis.




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"Dennis Pogson" wrote

Are there still any DUKW's available in the US Roger?


They are incredibly popular here. I even designed one for the company
that operates two here in Portland.

If you go to Boston on a summer day, you'll see one go by about every five
minutes. Due to their success in the tour business, all the WWII ones
have probably been snatched up and refurbished by now.


there is a tour company, in Washington DC, that has them and part of the
tour is a trip on the Potomac.

Leanne

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The GPS resource page mentioned at the beginning of this page seems to
be an excellent resource. I checked it our yesterday and found the
solutions to two minor but iritating problems I've been aving with my
76CS. One was described in the FAQs but for the other I had to post a
quesiton on their forum. Incredibly I had an answer withng a couple
of hours.

I am in no way afiliated with the site other than that I found some
answers.

Matt



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"Roger Long" wrote in message
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They are incredibly popular here. I even designed one for the company
that operates two here in Portland.

If you go to Boston on a summer day, you'll see one go by about every five
minutes. Due to their success in the tour business, all the WWII ones
have probably been snatched up and refurbished by now.

I recently read a fascinating book about ocean waves. The author spent a
several years surveying and studying beaches in the Pacific Northwest
using DUWK's in high surf and stated something that I would never have
expected. They are one of the best surf boats ever designed. The drag of
the forward wheels pulls them forward without actually surfing in such a
way that they don't pick up too much speed and risk broaching. Despite
the fact that they will sink if swamped, the author and his crew survived
many years of extensive operation in waves up to twenty feet.

The book is at my office and I'm home but I'll post the title if anyone is
interested. Well worth reading for anyone whose interests in life bring
them into contact with waves. (Would that cover anyone in this group?)
Old and probably unobtainable though.



Anything like the Vietnam era Lark V vehicles they like to use up here for
tours?
http://www.harbourhopper.com/About.php


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In article , rlong003
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"Dennis Pogson" wrote

Are there still any DUKW's available in the US Roger?


They are incredibly popular here. I even designed one for the company that
operates two here in Portland.

If you go to Boston on a summer day, you'll see one go by about every five
minutes. Due to their success in the tour business, all the WWII ones have
probably been snatched up and refurbished by now.

I recently read a fascinating book about ocean waves. The author spent a
several years surveying and studying beaches in the Pacific Northwest using
DUWK's in high surf and stated something that I would never have expected.
They are one of the best surf boats ever designed. The drag of the forward
wheels pulls them forward without actually surfing in such a way that they
don't pick up too much speed and risk broaching. Despite the fact that they
will sink if swamped, the author and his crew survived many years of
extensive operation in waves up to twenty feet.

The book is at my office and I'm home but I'll post the title if anyone is
interested. Well worth reading for anyone whose interests in life bring
them into contact with waves. (Would that cover anyone in this group?) Old
and probably unobtainable though.


"Waves and Beaches" by Willard Bascom is still available at Amazon. I
got my copy as a text for a summer class in coastal oceanography
at the Bodega Marine Lab in 1967. We didn't have any DUKWs, so
we had to send volunteers out into the surf with measuring rods
to get data for that part of the beach profile.


Mark Borgerson

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