On Aug 9, 4:44 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
Anybody heard from Skip and Lydia lately?

Last I heard they were near Frying Pan Shoals headed for Beaufort, NC
on Aug 6.

I'd have thought they would be in by now.

We're in Beaufort. Stay tuned for the reports, and thanks for the
concerns. No worries...

L8R

Skip

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make it
come true. You may have to work for it however."
(and)
"There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its
hands.
You seek problems because you need their gifts."
(Richard Bach, in The Reluctant Messiah)

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:18:00 -0000, Skip Gundlach
wrote:

We're in Beaufort.

Good deal.

I always regard Beaufort as the half way mark heading to the north
east. Do you have the bridge clearance to take the ICW to Norfolk?
That stretch is one of the nicer parts of the ICW.

On Aug 9, 5:28 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:18:00 -0000, Skip Gundlach

wrote:
We're in Beaufort.

Good deal.

I always regard Beaufort as the half way mark heading to the north
east. Do you have the bridge clearance to take the ICW to Norfolk?
That stretch is one of the nicer parts of the ICW.

Unless someone's misled us, we're under 65' and should be good to go.
In Beaufort we'll go around, toward Morehead City, to miss the shallow
cut there, but otherwise we've been assured by many (see Charleston
post) that we're going to be fine all the way.

Thanks for asking. Nice to have some conversations where the thread
doesn't get ugly :{)) (no, I'm not bothered - see prior threads about
that)

L8R

Skip

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"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make
it
come true. You may have to work for it however."
(and)
"There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its
hands.
You seek problems because you need their gifts."
(Richard Bach, in The Reluctant Messiah)

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:45:44 -0000, Skip Gundlach
wrote:

Unless someone's misled us, we're under 65' and should be good to go.

Be careful at the Wilkerson Bridge. It's about 1 fry short of a happy
meal at 64 ft, supposedly a design error.

Lat 35-33.31 / Lon 76-26-35

It depends on the "tide".
I can't remember which wind direction piles the water up, but if you can't
make it, there is less back tracking when going north than when going south.
I have called a marina at Belhaven to determine water levels.
Yeah, I can't believe the NC Highway Dept cut it so close.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:45:44 -0000, Skip Gundlach
wrote:

Unless someone's misled us, we're under 65' and should be good to go.

Be careful at the Wilkerson Bridge. It's about 1 fry short of a happy
meal at 64 ft, supposedly a design error.

Lat 35-33.31 / Lon 76-26-35

On Aug 9, 2:45 pm, Skip Gundlach wrote:

That stretch is one of the nicer parts of the ICW.

Unless someone's misled us, we're under 65' and should be good to go.
Skip
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC

Hello Skip........

PLEASE tell me that you have a Coast Pilot for that part of the world
and dont rely only on helpful people for bridge clearance?!?1??@@??
@?!?!?!?

Also, I believe "SV Flying Pig" is more of a S/Y (Saling Yacht).
Although I suppose it could also be a OL/S (oil screw).
But probably others here may know better.

Wont go under a bridge without a Coast Pilot Bob

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On Aug 9, 2:45 pm, Skip Gundlach wrote:

That stretch is one of the nicer parts of the ICW.

Unless someone's misled us, we're under 65' and should be good to go.
Skip
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC

Hello Skip........

PLEASE tell me that you have a Coast Pilot for that part of the world
and dont rely only on helpful people for bridge clearance?!?1??@@??
@?!?!?!?

Also, I believe "SV Flying Pig" is more of a S/Y (Saling Yacht).
Although I suppose it could also be a OL/S (oil screw).
But probably others here may know better.

Wont go under a bridge without a Coast Pilot Bob


Because of the ineptitude of the crew, "Flying Pig" cannot be labeled
S/V or S/Y. The proper label would have to be L/S Flying Pig for
"Laughing Stock."

Wilbur Hubbard

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:19:58 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

Because of the ineptitude of the crew, "Flying Pig" cannot be labeled
S/V or S/Y. The proper label would have to be L/S Flying Pig for
"Laughing Stock."

Give it a rest.

At least they are out cruising and getting the boat shaken down.

What are you doing?

On Aug 11, 10:19 am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message

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On Aug 9, 2:45 pm, Skip Gundlach wrote:

That stretch is one of the nicer parts of the ICW.

Unless someone's misled us, we're under 65' and should be good to go.
Skip
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC

Hello Skip........

PLEASE tell me that you have a Coast Pilot for that part of the world
and dont rely only on helpful people for bridge clearance?!?1??@@??
@?!?!?!?

Also, I believe "SV Flying Pig" is more of a S/Y (Saling Yacht).
Although I suppose it could also be a OL/S (oil screw).
But probably others here may know better.

Wont go under a bridge without a Coast Pilot Bob

Because of the ineptitude of the crew, "Flying Pig" cannot be labeled
S/V or S/Y. The proper label would have to be L/S Flying Pig for
"Laughing Stock."

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Willl burrr:

Did you read Skips comment about how he stands watch? this is what
Skip wrote:

Our radar is set for 24 nautical miles. The typical shipping traffic
is moving at 15-30 knots, so I check every 15 minutes while I'm at the
keyboard. In 15 minutes, the fastest shipping would move 8 miles or
less, so
that would give us ample warning to pay very close attention.
Meanwhile, Otto (the autopilot) continues his faithful duty, steering
us to
the waypoint off Cape Fear.

Do you see any problems spending your watch typing and looking at a
RADAR screen? I guess he doesnt relize some sailboats dont show on
radar along with floating rope, logs, etc.

Whats your take?
Bob

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On Aug 9, 2:45 pm, Skip Gundlach wrote:

That stretch is one of the nicer parts of the ICW.

Unless someone's misled us, we're under 65' and should be good to
go.
Skip
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC

Hello Skip........

PLEASE tell me that you have a Coast Pilot for that part of the
world
and dont rely only on helpful people for bridge clearance?!?1??@@??
@?!?!?!?

Also, I believe "SV Flying Pig" is more of a S/Y (Saling Yacht).
Although I suppose it could also be a OL/S (oil screw).
But probably others here may know better.

Wont go under a bridge without a Coast Pilot Bob

Because of the ineptitude of the crew, "Flying Pig" cannot be labeled
S/V or S/Y. The proper label would have to be L/S Flying Pig for
"Laughing Stock."

Wilbur Hubbard- Hide quoted text -

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Willl burrr:

Did you read Skips comment about how he stands watch? this is what
Skip wrote:

Our radar is set for 24 nautical miles. The typical shipping traffic
is moving at 15-30 knots, so I check every 15 minutes while I'm at
the
keyboard. In 15 minutes, the fastest shipping would move 8 miles or
less, so
that would give us ample warning to pay very close attention.
Meanwhile, Otto (the autopilot) continues his faithful duty, steering
us to
the waypoint off Cape Fear.

Do you see any problems spending your watch typing and looking at a
RADAR screen? I guess he doesnt relize some sailboats dont show on
radar along with floating rope, logs, etc.

Whats your take?
Bob


Radar is but a single aid to navigation. To rely on it exclusively is
folly. One must use all aids to navigation available to one. Up there
around Cape Fear there's plenty of shallow water that does not show up
on radar or the charts. It's a shifting mess.

Skip's an accident waiting to happen. He's a fool. Besides only an idiot
goes AROUND the cape. There is a very safe and well marked yacht channel
right through Frying Pan Shoals that cuts miles off the more dangerous
Cape Fear route where big shipping going south plies close in to avoid
the north set of the Gulf Stream.

Wilbur Hubbard