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Soul searching about a sailor in trouble
On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:52:17 -0400, wrote:
Yes, and the water that collects in each one makes a dandy little mosquito factory. In many locales, that spells "West Nile Virus". That's why holes are drilled in the bottoms. According to the CDC, the best way to deal with West Nile is to get it. Then you're immune. A CDC doctor stated that one is 800 times more likely to die or have serious damage from the regular yearly flu than from West Nile. He blamed the media for all the scare stories. Most people who get it don't even know it, some think it's the flu, some (like in my case) suffer what seems the worst case of flu ever, and some die or suffer permanent damage. Remember the later are 1/800 of those who die or suffer permanent damage from the "regular" flu. Rick ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:52:17 -0400, wrote:
Yes, and the water that collects in each one makes a dandy little mosquito factory. In many locales, that spells "West Nile Virus". Only if you are too dumb to provide a drain hole. When they just lie arround in piles, they collect rainwater, and one hole won't deal with that. Casady |
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On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:56:13 -0000, Justin C
wrote: In article , Bruce in Bangkok wrote: On a less frivolous note, there is a boat down the dock from me that has real car tires for fenders - carefully covered by custom sewed covers made from Sunbrella fabric.......And tied to the lifelines with sparkling white double-braid. That's another way of recycling. The tyres will probably last longer than regular fenders too. I guess that without the fabric covers the tyre rubber will mark the boat, so they're not just to improve appearances. Justin. BTW: Tyres are those air-filled rubber things on the wheels of an automobile, tires is what one does when one works hard ;-) Nope, won't mark the boat at all! Been aboard many tugs and work boats. Never seen a fender mark at all. Just paint the hull black..... Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom) |
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On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:20:32 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote: On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:56:13 -0000, Justin C wrote: In article , Bruce in Bangkok wrote: On a less frivolous note, there is a boat down the dock from me that has real car tires for fenders - carefully covered by custom sewed covers made from Sunbrella fabric.......And tied to the lifelines with sparkling white double-braid. That's another way of recycling. The tyres will probably last longer than regular fenders too. I guess that without the fabric covers the tyre rubber will mark the boat, so they're not just to improve appearances. Justin. BTW: Tyres are those air-filled rubber things on the wheels of an automobile, tires is what one does when one works hard ;-) Nope, won't mark the boat at all! Been aboard many tugs and work boats. Never seen a fender mark at all. Just paint the hull black..... Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom) Most of the ones I have seen on boats just have thick plastic garbage bags around them to prevent hull marking. Peter |
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On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:43:00 +1000, Herodotus
wrote: On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:20:32 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok wrote: On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:56:13 -0000, Justin C wrote: In article , Bruce in Bangkok wrote: On a less frivolous note, there is a boat down the dock from me that has real car tires for fenders - carefully covered by custom sewed covers made from Sunbrella fabric.......And tied to the lifelines with sparkling white double-braid. That's another way of recycling. The tyres will probably last longer than regular fenders too. I guess that without the fabric covers the tyre rubber will mark the boat, so they're not just to improve appearances. Justin. BTW: Tyres are those air-filled rubber things on the wheels of an automobile, tires is what one does when one works hard ;-) Nope, won't mark the boat at all! Been aboard many tugs and work boats. Never seen a fender mark at all. Just paint the hull black..... Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom) Most of the ones I have seen on boats just have thick plastic garbage bags around them to prevent hull marking. Peter Obviously not Real Sailors! =:-) As discussed with Larry, a real yachtie would use tires from a compact car, not from a truck (ugh), and then swath them in a custom made Sunbrella cover with a white double braid mooring line. At least the guy down the dock did. Better yet to anchor out where you don't need fenders. If you are using a hard dinghy just let your significant other stick her leg over the side to keep the dinghy off the topsides paint. Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom) |
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On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:13:38 -0400, wrote:
On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:23:58 GMT, (Richard Casady) wrote: On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:52:17 -0400, wrote: Yes, and the water that collects in each one makes a dandy little mosquito factory. In many locales, that spells "West Nile Virus". Only if you are too dumb to provide a drain hole. When they just lie arround in piles, they collect rainwater, and one hole won't deal with that. Casady First you have to be dumb enough to use old tires for fenders. I don;t know. Sure are a lot of boats using them... maybe somebody knows something we don;t know? Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom) |
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On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:15:27 -0400, wrote:
That's why holes are drilled in the bottoms. Which end of a tire is the bottom? LOL I knew that was coming!! LOL According to the CDC, the best way to deal with West Nile is to get it. Total baloney. The CDC web link you gave basically backs me up, without coming out and saying so plainly. You have to dig through the stats. The very young, infirmed and elderly are at even more risk from the "common" flu. Or anything else for that matter. Let's not debate it, okay? Neither of us will change the other's mind, so let it be enough that two views were shown. Rick ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:20:19 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote: First you have to be dumb enough to use old tires for fenders. I don;t know. Sure are a lot of boats using them... maybe somebody knows something we don;t know? Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom) A lot of cruising boats traveling through the European canals swear by them as they often lie alongside barges. I have often seen them in use (small car ones, not trucks) in harbours in Spain and Italy where boats are moored to the quay or marina dock and packed in so tightly that it is normal to touch each other. Normal boating fenders can get torn off as one yacht rocks in a swell and pulls its neighbour's fenders downwards. Makes sense to use tyres in this case. Peter |
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