I did a skippered charter for a company I work with in the SF bay on
Saturday. I was hired to run a fairly new (estimating '05) 36' Hunter for a
couple of out-of-towners for a few hours. Talk about windage! Whew. I know
it was blowing about 30kts, but we had the furling main (in mast, which I
hate) down to a napkin, and the jib furled down as well, and it was, to put
it mildly, a pig (no offense to Skip's intended). The people were total
novices, so I was basically on my own. We barely made it to the slot (the
line between the SF GG and Bezerkeley) when I decided not to go further than
the entrance to Raccoon Straight. We still had white caps, but the wind was
under 25kts. Not a bad day, except for the boat. (Did I mention I hate
Hunters?)

Anyway, when the couple of hours were nearly up, we headed back. The people
were from Texas and we got into a great discussion about politics. (They
were stridently independent... thinking people, which was refreshing!) We
were in such deep discussion that I missed turning into the slip (upwind
slip). We were dead slow with just enough to maneuver, so I backed a bit,
and port prop walk brought the stern to windward slightly, with the bow
obviously pointed away. I geared forward, then turned hard over toward
starboard, then reversed gear and did a very nice back and fill to bring her
all the way around. Then, we headed back down the slip area to place I could
do another back and fill, and we came in again... beautiful landing, but man
did that thing want to fall off the wind when I made the turn. The funny
thing was that nobody noticed I missed the slip until I was going back down
the fairway. The older guy asked me if we were going out again.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:59:16 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:59:16 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo. I'll be sure and let all my friends know I'm no longer perfect.
LOL

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
. ..
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:59:16 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo. I'll be sure and let all my friends know I'm no longer perfect.
LOL

I'm so disappointed in you!

Hopefully this lesson will put you back on the strait and narrow! LOL

"Dave" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG"
said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo.

Um...to most of us a typo is hitting a key when we intended to hit another
key. Adding a couple of extra letters to make a different word is not a
typo.

I sometimes make similar mistakes, but my excuse is that I use voice
recognition, and straight sounds just like strait.


Rite on Dave, thanks for the clarification!

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On 2 Sep 2008 14:34:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG" said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo.

Um...to most of us a typo is hitting a key when we intended to hit another
key. Adding a couple of extra letters to make a different word is not a
typo.


I disagree. A typo is when you type something other than what you
meant to type. If I type "their" when I meant to type "there", it is a
typo. Typo is the shortened form of "Typographical Error". It simply
means you didn't type what you were supposed to type.

wrote in message
...
On 2 Sep 2008 14:34:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG"
said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo.

Um...to most of us a typo is hitting a key when we intended to hit another
key. Adding a couple of extra letters to make a different word is not a
typo.


I disagree. A typo is when you type something other than what you
meant to type. If I type "their" when I meant to type "there", it is a
typo. Typo is the shortened form of "Typographical Error". It simply
means you didn't type what you were supposed to type.



I agree also. I was going to type "f*ck off" but instead I typed "rite on,"
which is clearly better. LOL

* - just kidding Dave... I would never type * LOL


--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

In article ,
says...
On 2 Sep 2008 14:34:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG" said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.

I'm really glad people are able to comment on the back and fill technique...
these on-topic posts are inspiring!

"Bruce in Bangkok" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...
On 2 Sep 2008 14:34:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG"
said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon
Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo.

Um...to most of us a typo is hitting a key when we intended to hit
another
key. Adding a couple of extra letters to make a different word is not a
typo.


I disagree. A typo is when you type something other than what you
meant to type. If I type "their" when I meant to type "there", it is a
typo. Typo is the shortened form of "Typographical Error". It simply
means you didn't type what you were supposed to type.



typographical error
n.

On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 07:06:44 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

In article ,
says...
On 2 Sep 2008 14:34:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG" said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo.

Um...to most of us a typo is hitting a key when we intended to hit another
key. Adding a couple of extra letters to make a different word is not a
typo.


I disagree. A typo is when you type something other than what you
meant to type. If I type "their" when I meant to type "there", it is a
typo. Typo is the shortened form of "Typographical Error". It simply
means you didn't type what you were supposed to type.



typographical error
n.
A mistake in printing, typesetting, or typing, especially one caused by
striking an incorrect key on a keyboard.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

:-)


A typographical error (aka typo) is when one of the punchers (that's a
typist, to a layman) in composing inadvertently types a complete
'graph from one story into the middle of another when typesetting. The
puncher may have to hit a couple hundred wrong keys to accomplish
that, but it's still a typo. Even if it contains no misspelled words,
it's still a typo.