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On Nov 10, 1:02 pm, Joe wrote:
On Nov 10, 11:55 am, "Roger Long" wrote: "Joe" wrote You Roger are invited here next Friday if you can make it for free Caye coffee and a tour, after all I did use the math formula you provided to determine how much cargo we can carry safely. Thanks very much but it's a bit far to go, even for good coffee and I've got to haul my boat next week. For the record, just in case you get abducted by aliens or have some other mishap, I did not provide you with a formula to determine how much cargo you can safely carry. I did give you a way to make a rough estimate of how much your draft will change with the addition of weight. Whether your vessel is "safe" at *any* particular draft is a very different question. Even when I do a complete stability analysis, stability test, computer model, Coast Guard stability criteria, loading conditions, righting arms, wind heel area, etc., safety has little to do with it. The boiler plate in the letter that accompanies such reports states that I am not expressing any opinion about the vessel's safety or seaworthiness. I perform standard calculations in accordance with a recognized methodology to determine certain characteristics. International research and conventions has produced a consensus that certain measures of these characteristics are associated with vessels that have a reasonable chance of surviving the effects of weather. Some of these measures have been turned into regulation. It is the comparison of the characteristics found by the calculations I perform with numbers determined by IMO, USCG, and other organizations that makes the determination of safety, not my opinion. It's a lot like the law. It doesn't guarantee justice. Having a legal system increases order and civility and increases the probability of any particular individual being treated justly but any individual can still experience a severe miscarriage of justice. Even your USCG certificated sailing vessel can be capsized (In fact, it may be more likely to be capsized because of being designed to accomodate a stupid set of regulations than if it were just designed to meet the rigors of the ocean. But, that's another story and rant.). I haven't got a clue whether you will be safe or not but I sure hope you get back with that coffee. Are you accepting pre-orders or is it all committed to Ebay? I'd like to get some fresh off the dock. I can't help noticing that there is a certain tension between sailboat speeds and the concept of "freshness" but the polar bears would certainly thank you if they knew BTW Do you plan to do this again? I'm sure you could get plenty of school supplies with more lead time. My sailing partner would put your email in the church bulletin except that time is now too short. -- Roger Long Yeah I was kidding on the safety thing, I've been loading boats all my life and know how to secure cargo and when to say that's enough. Yes we are planning on doing this full time if we can sell the coffee fast enough. If we sell all the cargo before Christmas (our goal) we will kick off in January for another load of mostly 1 lb packs. The coffee will be about 3 weeks fresh roasted when it hits the market, the average store bought is 6 mo to 3 yrs old. We plan on shipping some green beans for the home roaster if thats not fresh enough. But keep in mind IMO a great Roast master is almost as important as the beans. My sailing partner has rounded up 2 violens, 2 guitars, and a 2 drums so far. She also has been in contact with Wal-Mart and they may come through with a nice load of school supplies, if not we will spring for as much as we can afford. The schools have an average of 50 kids per class room . They are very poor and shipping any supplies is very expensive for them. All the school children are very polite and friendly. School yardhttp://sports.webshots.com/photo/2876755830063212926IYXKlP The dockhttp://sports.webshots.com/photo/2000261720063212926lSCITj Dirt Bags?http://sports.webshots.com/photo/208...63212926qbnnnT From offshore San Pedro http://sports.webshots.com/photo/208...63212926qbnnnT 400 YO anchorhttp://sports.webshots.com/photo/2305255530063212926pRUVZj Roller on the reefhttp://sports.webshots.com/photo/2138748320063212926pRrgfN Caye Coffeehttp://sports.webshots.com/photo/2394901020063212926dJhhJY Airport Cauker Cayehttp://sports.webshots.com/photo/2609329090063212926CIVDtI Da Planehttp://sports.webshots.com/photo/2309618830063212926YgCLdk Dr. Jackson & Terry & Doghttp://sports.webshots.com/photo/2295913100063212926HhoLZk- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Oh forgot.. No we are not comitted to sell on ebay just feel it's a good ave to mkt. We will be selling it here in El-Lago at the dock, and hang a shingle on the internet. We haven't taken any orders yet, and I hate to sell anything I don't have in hand. As soon as we hit the dock I'll post a link to order....Thanks for your support. Joe |
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