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Heading south from US E coast
A bit of advice, please, for a UK yachtsman.
If I have a boat in Newport RI and want to head south to the Caribbean -I imagine this is well worn route - what is the best time of year to do it? Is it better/ more interesting to use the inland route, or make a sea passage? How long would you allow to cruise it, rather than race it? Anything that would help me plan this passage would be useful, many thanks |
Heading south from US E coast
If your mean to the Windwards or Leewards and not the Bahamas, then what
you do is head for Bermuda. From there you go south. Depending on your vessel this is about a week or less to Bermuda and about 2 or more weeks to, for example, the Virgins or St. Martin You could also go to the Chesapeake first, but it doesn't save you much time at all. You can go down the water way to Florida, but then it is all up wind to the Caribbean, but the Bahamas are very close. Parts of the water way are very interesting. Other parts are very boring I am in Newport. If/when you are here, go down to the Armchair Sailor Bookstore on lower Thames. They will have everything you need. People usually leave in the middle of October or thereabouts. This is after the hurricane season and before it gets too cold. Good Luck captain. Bill "Ayesha" wrote in message k... A bit of advice, please, for a UK yachtsman. If I have a boat in Newport RI and want to head south to the Caribbean -I imagine this is well worn route - what is the best time of year to do it? Is it better/ more interesting to use the inland route, or make a sea passage? How long would you allow to cruise it, rather than race it? Anything that would help me plan this passage would be useful, many thanks |
Heading south from US E coast
If your mean to the Windwards or Leewards and not the Bahamas, then what
you do is head for Bermuda. From there you go south. Depending on your vessel this is about a week or less to Bermuda and about 2 or more weeks to, for example, the Virgins or St. Martin You could also go to the Chesapeake first, but it doesn't save you much time at all. You can go down the water way to Florida, but then it is all up wind to the Caribbean, but the Bahamas are very close. Parts of the water way are very interesting. Other parts are very boring I am in Newport. If/when you are here, go down to the Armchair Sailor Bookstore on lower Thames. They will have everything you need. People usually leave in the middle of October or thereabouts. This is after the hurricane season and before it gets too cold. Good Luck captain. Bill "Ayesha" wrote in message k... A bit of advice, please, for a UK yachtsman. If I have a boat in Newport RI and want to head south to the Caribbean -I imagine this is well worn route - what is the best time of year to do it? Is it better/ more interesting to use the inland route, or make a sea passage? How long would you allow to cruise it, rather than race it? Anything that would help me plan this passage would be useful, many thanks |
Heading south from US E coast
Subject: Heading south from US E coast
From: "Bill" People usually leave in the middle of October or thereabouts. This is after the hurricane season The hurricane season ends in December. Capt. Bill |
Heading south from US E coast
Subject: Heading south from US E coast
From: "Bill" People usually leave in the middle of October or thereabouts. This is after the hurricane season The hurricane season ends in December. Capt. Bill |
Heading south from US E coast
Now is the time. You have about 3 weeks to get packed up and out of
there. After November the weather windows get shorter and shorter and the forcasts less reliable. Head in the general direction of Bermuda but don't be tempted to stop there unless you have plenty of money and resolve to continue on immediately. Bermuda is seductive, expensive and a storm magnet in the winter. If departing after the first of December go south to Bufort before heading out. Take the ICW behind the cape. If you can't fit in the ditch head out ESE from Norfolk. Stay at least 200 miles off of Hatteras. Get as much easting as you can above about 25N. We do it out of Charleston on deliveries every couple of years but getting east is a lot easier when you start out from Bufort or further north. When you get to 65W hang a right and proceed direct to the Eastern Caribbean. Ayesha wrote: A bit of advice, please, for a UK yachtsman. If I have a boat in Newport RI and want to head south to the Caribbean -I imagine this is well worn route - what is the best time of year to do it? Is it better/ more interesting to use the inland route, or make a sea passage? How long would you allow to cruise it, rather than race it? Anything that would help me plan this passage would be useful, many thanks -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
Heading south from US E coast
Now is the time. You have about 3 weeks to get packed up and out of
there. After November the weather windows get shorter and shorter and the forcasts less reliable. Head in the general direction of Bermuda but don't be tempted to stop there unless you have plenty of money and resolve to continue on immediately. Bermuda is seductive, expensive and a storm magnet in the winter. If departing after the first of December go south to Bufort before heading out. Take the ICW behind the cape. If you can't fit in the ditch head out ESE from Norfolk. Stay at least 200 miles off of Hatteras. Get as much easting as you can above about 25N. We do it out of Charleston on deliveries every couple of years but getting east is a lot easier when you start out from Bufort or further north. When you get to 65W hang a right and proceed direct to the Eastern Caribbean. Ayesha wrote: A bit of advice, please, for a UK yachtsman. If I have a boat in Newport RI and want to head south to the Caribbean -I imagine this is well worn route - what is the best time of year to do it? Is it better/ more interesting to use the inland route, or make a sea passage? How long would you allow to cruise it, rather than race it? Anything that would help me plan this passage would be useful, many thanks -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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LaBomba182 wrote:
Subject: Heading south from US E coast From: "Bill" People usually leave in the middle of October or thereabouts. This is after the hurricane season The hurricane season ends in December. Capt. Bill The official end is 01 Nov. Whether that turns out to be the case is often another question. -- Good luck and good sailing. s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat http://kerrydeare.tripod.com |
Heading south from US E coast
LaBomba182 wrote:
Subject: Heading south from US E coast From: "Bill" People usually leave in the middle of October or thereabouts. This is after the hurricane season The hurricane season ends in December. Capt. Bill The official end is 01 Nov. Whether that turns out to be the case is often another question. -- Good luck and good sailing. s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat http://kerrydeare.tripod.com |
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A few years a go, we sailed from Fort Lauderdale Florida to the east end of
Puerto Rica (which is where the Virgin's start). We first sailed to Nassau and then headed out from there. It was a long slog to windward and not too pleasant even in a 50 footer. Total trip was about 9 days Once that far south, many cruisers go leisurely via the Abacos and Exumas and then have a shorter and somewhat more sheltered but still upwind stretch to Puerto Rica and on to the Virgins. It is apparently best to bypass Haiti and the Dominican Republic - there may be some smaller islands to stop at - others may know. Some friends are presently doing the trip - they planned to go via Norfolk or Beaufort, then to Bermuda and then to BVI,s - 38 footer. Fine for experienced sailors, but most cruisers from our area do not venture that far out to sea! As others have said - timing is such that you should now be on your way! "Ayesha" wrote A bit of advice, please, for a UK yachtsman. If I have a boat in Newport RI and want to head south to the Caribbean -I imagine this is well worn route - what is the best time of year to do it? Is it better/ more interesting to use the inland route, or make a sea passage? How long would you allow to cruise it, rather than race it? Anything that would help me plan this passage would be useful, many thanks |
Heading south from US E coast
A few years a go, we sailed from Fort Lauderdale Florida to the east end of
Puerto Rica (which is where the Virgin's start). We first sailed to Nassau and then headed out from there. It was a long slog to windward and not too pleasant even in a 50 footer. Total trip was about 9 days Once that far south, many cruisers go leisurely via the Abacos and Exumas and then have a shorter and somewhat more sheltered but still upwind stretch to Puerto Rica and on to the Virgins. It is apparently best to bypass Haiti and the Dominican Republic - there may be some smaller islands to stop at - others may know. Some friends are presently doing the trip - they planned to go via Norfolk or Beaufort, then to Bermuda and then to BVI,s - 38 footer. Fine for experienced sailors, but most cruisers from our area do not venture that far out to sea! As others have said - timing is such that you should now be on your way! "Ayesha" wrote A bit of advice, please, for a UK yachtsman. If I have a boat in Newport RI and want to head south to the Caribbean -I imagine this is well worn route - what is the best time of year to do it? Is it better/ more interesting to use the inland route, or make a sea passage? How long would you allow to cruise it, rather than race it? Anything that would help me plan this passage would be useful, many thanks |
Heading south from US E coast
If you want to avoid all that slogging to windward, you should read
Bruce Van Sant's book "Passages South" and follow his recommendations. Takes all the hard stuff out of it. Don't be in a hurry to get there though. His method requires waiting for the right weather window for those windward passages. Kelton s/v Isle Escape Nameless wrote: A few years a go, we sailed from Fort Lauderdale Florida to the east end of Puerto Rica (which is where the Virgin's start). We first sailed to Nassau and then headed out from there. It was a long slog to windward and not too pleasant even in a 50 footer. Total trip was about 9 days Once that far south, many cruisers go leisurely via the Abacos and Exumas and then have a shorter and somewhat more sheltered but still upwind stretch to Puerto Rica and on to the Virgins. It is apparently best to bypass Haiti and the Dominican Republic - there may be some smaller islands to stop at - others may know. Some friends are presently doing the trip - they planned to go via Norfolk or Beaufort, then to Bermuda and then to BVI,s - 38 footer. Fine for experienced sailors, but most cruisers from our area do not venture that far out to sea! As others have said - timing is such that you should now be on your way! "Ayesha" wrote A bit of advice, please, for a UK yachtsman. If I have a boat in Newport RI and want to head south to the Caribbean -I imagine this is well worn route - what is the best time of year to do it? Is it better/ more interesting to use the inland route, or make a sea passage? How long would you allow to cruise it, rather than race it? Anything that would help me plan this passage would be useful, many thanks |
Heading south from US E coast
If you want to avoid all that slogging to windward, you should read
Bruce Van Sant's book "Passages South" and follow his recommendations. Takes all the hard stuff out of it. Don't be in a hurry to get there though. His method requires waiting for the right weather window for those windward passages. Kelton s/v Isle Escape Nameless wrote: A few years a go, we sailed from Fort Lauderdale Florida to the east end of Puerto Rica (which is where the Virgin's start). We first sailed to Nassau and then headed out from there. It was a long slog to windward and not too pleasant even in a 50 footer. Total trip was about 9 days Once that far south, many cruisers go leisurely via the Abacos and Exumas and then have a shorter and somewhat more sheltered but still upwind stretch to Puerto Rica and on to the Virgins. It is apparently best to bypass Haiti and the Dominican Republic - there may be some smaller islands to stop at - others may know. Some friends are presently doing the trip - they planned to go via Norfolk or Beaufort, then to Bermuda and then to BVI,s - 38 footer. Fine for experienced sailors, but most cruisers from our area do not venture that far out to sea! As others have said - timing is such that you should now be on your way! "Ayesha" wrote A bit of advice, please, for a UK yachtsman. If I have a boat in Newport RI and want to head south to the Caribbean -I imagine this is well worn route - what is the best time of year to do it? Is it better/ more interesting to use the inland route, or make a sea passage? How long would you allow to cruise it, rather than race it? Anything that would help me plan this passage would be useful, many thanks |
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Kelton Joyner wrote:
If you want to avoid all that slogging to windward, you should read Bruce Van Sant's book "Passages South" and follow his recommendations. Takes all the hard stuff out of it. Don't be in a hurry to get there though. His method requires waiting for the right weather window for those windward passages. Kelton s/v Isle Escape thanks everbody for your help. I now get the general idea and can start to make some plans. thanks again |
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Kelton Joyner wrote:
If you want to avoid all that slogging to windward, you should read Bruce Van Sant's book "Passages South" and follow his recommendations. Takes all the hard stuff out of it. Don't be in a hurry to get there though. His method requires waiting for the right weather window for those windward passages. Kelton s/v Isle Escape thanks everbody for your help. I now get the general idea and can start to make some plans. thanks again |
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The closest point on the U.S. east coast to Bermuda is Nantucket,
Massachusetts. You will be going twice the distance if you head to Beaufort, South Carolina first! "Listen to the live broadcast of 'Nautical Talk Radio' with Captain Lou every Sunday afternoon from 4 - 5 (Eastern Standard Time) on the web at www.959watd.com or if you are in Boston or Cape Cod set your radio dial to 95.9FM. |
Heading south from US E coast
The closest point on the U.S. east coast to Bermuda is Nantucket,
Massachusetts. You will be going twice the distance if you head to Beaufort, South Carolina first! "Listen to the live broadcast of 'Nautical Talk Radio' with Captain Lou every Sunday afternoon from 4 - 5 (Eastern Standard Time) on the web at www.959watd.com or if you are in Boston or Cape Cod set your radio dial to 95.9FM. |
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Larry, I love that southern hospitality! A bottle of cool wine upon docking,
bagles or donuts, coffee, and the newspaper delivered to the boat every morning, a courtesy car to go shopping.............. When will those yankee marina owners learn how to treat their paying customers? And by the way, tell the Chamber that I know the difference between Beaufort (Bu-fort), SC and Beaufort (Bo-fort), NC. "Listen to the live broadcast of 'Nautical Talk Radio' with Captain Lou every Sunday afternoon from 4 - 5 (Eastern Standard Time) on the web at www.959watd.com or if you are in Boston or Cape Cod set your radio dial to 95.9FM. |
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Larry, I love that southern hospitality! A bottle of cool wine upon docking,
bagles or donuts, coffee, and the newspaper delivered to the boat every morning, a courtesy car to go shopping.............. When will those yankee marina owners learn how to treat their paying customers? And by the way, tell the Chamber that I know the difference between Beaufort (Bu-fort), SC and Beaufort (Bo-fort), NC. "Listen to the live broadcast of 'Nautical Talk Radio' with Captain Lou every Sunday afternoon from 4 - 5 (Eastern Standard Time) on the web at www.959watd.com or if you are in Boston or Cape Cod set your radio dial to 95.9FM. |
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Heading south from US E coast
Isn't the southern one "Bufert" or maybe "Buferd"?
Jim Woodward www.mvFintry.com .. "Larry W4CSC" wrote in message ... On 04 Nov 2003 21:45:50 GMT, (Capt Lou) wrote: And by the way, tell the Chamber that I know the difference between Beaufort (Bu-fort), SC and Beaufort (Bo-fort), NC. Most Yankees don't. It was about 87F here yesterday. My fall-spring window fan ran all night, its thermostat never finding peace. Today, it's only going up to 80F, so it'll be more comfortable in my truck without the AC going to work. What a great place to call home......(c; Larry W4CSC "Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!" |
Heading south from US E coast
Isn't the southern one "Bufert" or maybe "Buferd"?
Jim Woodward www.mvFintry.com .. "Larry W4CSC" wrote in message ... On 04 Nov 2003 21:45:50 GMT, (Capt Lou) wrote: And by the way, tell the Chamber that I know the difference between Beaufort (Bu-fort), SC and Beaufort (Bo-fort), NC. Most Yankees don't. It was about 87F here yesterday. My fall-spring window fan ran all night, its thermostat never finding peace. Today, it's only going up to 80F, so it'll be more comfortable in my truck without the AC going to work. What a great place to call home......(c; Larry W4CSC "Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!" |
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The odd thing about Bermuda is that Halifax, Nova Scotia is as close as
anypoint on the US eastern seaboard. If it was earlier in the season, I'd say...come up here, enjoy the scenery and then head due south. Very simple except that you will probably be close hauled the first part of the trip and the Gulf Stream current might slow you a bit. Capt Lou wrote in message ... The closest point on the U.S. east coast to Bermuda is Nantucket, Massachusetts. You will be going twice the distance if you head to Beaufort, South Carolina first! "Listen to the live broadcast of 'Nautical Talk Radio' with Captain Lou every Sunday afternoon from 4 - 5 (Eastern Standard Time) on the web at www.959watd.com or if you are in Boston or Cape Cod set your radio dial to 95.9FM. |
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The odd thing about Bermuda is that Halifax, Nova Scotia is as close as
anypoint on the US eastern seaboard. If it was earlier in the season, I'd say...come up here, enjoy the scenery and then head due south. Very simple except that you will probably be close hauled the first part of the trip and the Gulf Stream current might slow you a bit. Capt Lou wrote in message ... The closest point on the U.S. east coast to Bermuda is Nantucket, Massachusetts. You will be going twice the distance if you head to Beaufort, South Carolina first! "Listen to the live broadcast of 'Nautical Talk Radio' with Captain Lou every Sunday afternoon from 4 - 5 (Eastern Standard Time) on the web at www.959watd.com or if you are in Boston or Cape Cod set your radio dial to 95.9FM. |
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On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:15:06 -0500, "Jim Woodward" jameslwoodward at
attbi dot com wrote: Isn't the southern one "Bufert" or maybe "Buferd"? Jim Woodward www.mvFintry.com Right....Beaufort, in SC is pronounced B(long)u-Fut South Carolinians have a similar heritage to British colonies like Maine. They don't prounounce R either. Bu-fut Charleston has a special dialect called Geechee. You can also hear it in Norfolk, Va, (pronounced in Geechee Nofuk, which is where the Navy sailors got it, not from their sexual discoveries). Charleston, here, is properly pronounced Chao-stun..... Do a google search on geechee and learn it. When you come to Chaostun, I'll take you out to Rockville on Wadmalaw Island and cut you loose after we take off your blindfold. The Geechee people, black and white, will direct you back to the city and if you make it (many don't and we have to send out the rescue squad) we'll issue you a Geechee Certificate and put a special code on your driver's license indicating to the local people that you know Geechee and can accept basic instructions in Geechee, endearing you to all of them, instantly. Of course, drenched in coastal island hospitality, many Yankees refuse to be rescue, choosing, instead, to stay in Rockville. Many seem attracted to the shrimp, which sells there for $2/pound, to their astonishment compared to "back home". Another interesting pronounciation is one of the major islands close in, James Island. It's proper geechee pronounciation is Ji-mile. Makes perfect sense....reduces a long name to nearly one syllable, as do many Geechee words. I learned Geechee sitting at the lunch counters of the old Eckards Drug Store just South of downtown Chaostun on US 17. Old Geechee men used to sit and talk for hours and eventually let me sit in so I wouldn't miss anything. Don't ask for translations, though. They figure anyone who's not crazy already KNOWS Geechee, obviously. Your reporter in Chaostun, Lah-e (Larry) |
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On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:15:06 -0500, "Jim Woodward" jameslwoodward at
attbi dot com wrote: Isn't the southern one "Bufert" or maybe "Buferd"? Jim Woodward www.mvFintry.com Right....Beaufort, in SC is pronounced B(long)u-Fut South Carolinians have a similar heritage to British colonies like Maine. They don't prounounce R either. Bu-fut Charleston has a special dialect called Geechee. You can also hear it in Norfolk, Va, (pronounced in Geechee Nofuk, which is where the Navy sailors got it, not from their sexual discoveries). Charleston, here, is properly pronounced Chao-stun..... Do a google search on geechee and learn it. When you come to Chaostun, I'll take you out to Rockville on Wadmalaw Island and cut you loose after we take off your blindfold. The Geechee people, black and white, will direct you back to the city and if you make it (many don't and we have to send out the rescue squad) we'll issue you a Geechee Certificate and put a special code on your driver's license indicating to the local people that you know Geechee and can accept basic instructions in Geechee, endearing you to all of them, instantly. Of course, drenched in coastal island hospitality, many Yankees refuse to be rescue, choosing, instead, to stay in Rockville. Many seem attracted to the shrimp, which sells there for $2/pound, to their astonishment compared to "back home". Another interesting pronounciation is one of the major islands close in, James Island. It's proper geechee pronounciation is Ji-mile. Makes perfect sense....reduces a long name to nearly one syllable, as do many Geechee words. I learned Geechee sitting at the lunch counters of the old Eckards Drug Store just South of downtown Chaostun on US 17. Old Geechee men used to sit and talk for hours and eventually let me sit in so I wouldn't miss anything. Don't ask for translations, though. They figure anyone who's not crazy already KNOWS Geechee, obviously. Your reporter in Chaostun, Lah-e (Larry) |
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Larry W4CSC wrote: Right....Beaufort, in SC is pronounced B(long)u-Fut South Carolinians have a similar heritage to British colonies like Maine. They don't prounounce R either. Bu-fut Charleston has a special dialect called Geechee. You can also hear it in Norfolk, Va, (pronounced in Geechee Nofuk, which is where the Navy sailors got it, not from their sexual discoveries). My wife, a Navy brat, moved from Mare Island to Charleston Navy Yard in the 6th grade and her grades went from As to Fs. At the teacher's conference it became obvious what the problem was. Nobody in the family understood a word the teacher said. :-) There are many Charlestonian terms that confuse Yankees. Like: Noose: What Dan Rather purports to read on TV. Abode: Noun: A flat piece of wood or Preposition: as in on or within a boat or ship. Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Kyar: A four wheeled vehicle for personal transportation. These are High Charlestonese terms. Geechee a lot harder to interpret and Gulla is totally unintelligible. On arrival visitors are encouraged to buy an English/Charlestonese dictionary. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Larry W4CSC wrote: Right....Beaufort, in SC is pronounced B(long)u-Fut South Carolinians have a similar heritage to British colonies like Maine. They don't prounounce R either. Bu-fut Charleston has a special dialect called Geechee. You can also hear it in Norfolk, Va, (pronounced in Geechee Nofuk, which is where the Navy sailors got it, not from their sexual discoveries). My wife, a Navy brat, moved from Mare Island to Charleston Navy Yard in the 6th grade and her grades went from As to Fs. At the teacher's conference it became obvious what the problem was. Nobody in the family understood a word the teacher said. :-) There are many Charlestonian terms that confuse Yankees. Like: Noose: What Dan Rather purports to read on TV. Abode: Noun: A flat piece of wood or Preposition: as in on or within a boat or ship. Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Kyar: A four wheeled vehicle for personal transportation. These are High Charlestonese terms. Geechee a lot harder to interpret and Gulla is totally unintelligible. On arrival visitors are encouraged to buy an English/Charlestonese dictionary. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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All right, I'll be the straight man --
Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Carrier? -- Jim Woodward www.mvFintry.com "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:dLsqb.7234$62.824@lakeread04... Larry W4CSC wrote: Right....Beaufort, in SC is pronounced B(long)u-Fut South Carolinians have a similar heritage to British colonies like Maine. They don't prounounce R either. Bu-fut Charleston has a special dialect called Geechee. You can also hear it in Norfolk, Va, (pronounced in Geechee Nofuk, which is where the Navy sailors got it, not from their sexual discoveries). My wife, a Navy brat, moved from Mare Island to Charleston Navy Yard in the 6th grade and her grades went from As to Fs. At the teacher's conference it became obvious what the problem was. Nobody in the family understood a word the teacher said. :-) There are many Charlestonian terms that confuse Yankees. Like: Noose: What Dan Rather purports to read on TV. Abode: Noun: A flat piece of wood or Preposition: as in on or within a boat or ship. Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Kyar: A four wheeled vehicle for personal transportation. These are High Charlestonese terms. Geechee a lot harder to interpret and Gulla is totally unintelligible. On arrival visitors are encouraged to buy an English/Charlestonese dictionary. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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All right, I'll be the straight man --
Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Carrier? -- Jim Woodward www.mvFintry.com "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:dLsqb.7234$62.824@lakeread04... Larry W4CSC wrote: Right....Beaufort, in SC is pronounced B(long)u-Fut South Carolinians have a similar heritage to British colonies like Maine. They don't prounounce R either. Bu-fut Charleston has a special dialect called Geechee. You can also hear it in Norfolk, Va, (pronounced in Geechee Nofuk, which is where the Navy sailors got it, not from their sexual discoveries). My wife, a Navy brat, moved from Mare Island to Charleston Navy Yard in the 6th grade and her grades went from As to Fs. At the teacher's conference it became obvious what the problem was. Nobody in the family understood a word the teacher said. :-) There are many Charlestonian terms that confuse Yankees. Like: Noose: What Dan Rather purports to read on TV. Abode: Noun: A flat piece of wood or Preposition: as in on or within a boat or ship. Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Kyar: A four wheeled vehicle for personal transportation. These are High Charlestonese terms. Geechee a lot harder to interpret and Gulla is totally unintelligible. On arrival visitors are encouraged to buy an English/Charlestonese dictionary. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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It's also interesting to note that, like it is spelled....boat.....is
a TWO syllable word.....boo-it If we wanted to say it as a one syllable word, His Majesty would have had it spelled BOTE..... While driving through the old city, yesterday, I saw two kids enjoying another old Chao-stun tradition, a joggling board. This flexible wooden board, tricky to stand on, is loosely supported on either end by equally shakey vertical mounts, making staying aboard with your opponent trying to shake you off great fun.... Many old Chao-stun houses have joggling boards on their verandas ovahlookin' tha gahdin. Y'all stop by and have some tea.... Larry W4CSC "Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!" |
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It's also interesting to note that, like it is spelled....boat.....is
a TWO syllable word.....boo-it If we wanted to say it as a one syllable word, His Majesty would have had it spelled BOTE..... While driving through the old city, yesterday, I saw two kids enjoying another old Chao-stun tradition, a joggling board. This flexible wooden board, tricky to stand on, is loosely supported on either end by equally shakey vertical mounts, making staying aboard with your opponent trying to shake you off great fun.... Many old Chao-stun houses have joggling boards on their verandas ovahlookin' tha gahdin. Y'all stop by and have some tea.... Larry W4CSC "Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!" |
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Jim Woodward wrote: All right, I'll be the straight man -- Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Carrier? Close, Courier. The Charleston paper is the Noose and Korea. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Jim Woodward wrote: All right, I'll be the straight man -- Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Carrier? Close, Courier. The Charleston paper is the Noose and Korea. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Larry W4CSC wrote: Y'all stop by and have some tea.... BIG difference between Charleston and Savannah. In Charleston they serve you tea and ask who your daddy is. In Savannah they just ask what you want to drink. :-) -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Larry W4CSC wrote: Y'all stop by and have some tea.... BIG difference between Charleston and Savannah. In Charleston they serve you tea and ask who your daddy is. In Savannah they just ask what you want to drink. :-) -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
Heading south from US E coast
"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
... It's also interesting to note that, like it is spelled....boat.....is a TWO syllable word.....boo-it If we wanted to say it as a one syllable word, His Majesty would have had it spelled BOTE..... While driving through the old city, yesterday, I saw two kids enjoying another old Chao-stun tradition, a joggling board. This flexible wooden board, tricky to stand on, is loosely supported on either end by equally shakey vertical mounts, making staying aboard with your opponent trying to shake you off great fun.... Many old Chao-stun houses have joggling boards on their verandas ovahlookin' tha gahdin. Y'all stop by and have some tea.... One of the requirements for the boat that turned out to be Fintry was that we could get her draft to less than seven feet for trips between here and Florida -- so, a few years from now, we might just do that. -- Jim Woodward www.mvFintry.com .. |
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