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Flying Pig Float Plan
On 2008-10-08 23:33:50 -0400, "Skip Gundlach" said:
Enjoying the rain and the wind in Charleston while we attend to some minor boat chores and electronics games with Larry, another of our angels. We'll be heading out either direct to MIA or with a stopover in Saint Simons Island to help repay one of our Saints for all his helps, when the weather's right. Immediate forecasts are fairly stiff, and not particularly good for our course of travel... I detect a bit of annoyance in what I snipped. I included the obviously ironic with what I see as appropriate considerations of your future plans. You have successfully gotten past the monster of the East Coast, Hataras (which I can't spell right without a chart except by accident). You're pretty much "home free" (nevermind that you live on your home). I am assured that you won't fall prey to parochial forecasts, will venture out only when the forecast benefits outweigh the forecast possible drawbacks. -- Jere Lull Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
Flying Pig Float Plan
On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:33:50 -0400, "Skip Gundlach"
wrote: Also glad that you've all seemed to enjoy our SPOT tracks; we've certainly enjoyed that folks like you and our families have some more immediate view of where we are. FWIW, West is having a killer sale on them at the moment; 100 instead of 150, a free year's subscription to the tracking service, and a carrying case, plus some other coupon freebie (don't recall if it's 30 bux or 30% for something). SPOT is impressive for its price/performance regardless of the occasional growing pains with the web site. Thanks for the sale info. I'm thinking of getting one at that price. If nothing else it would be useful as an inexpensive EPIRB backup, especially for remote dinghy expeditions in places like the Bahamas and Everglades where it is easy to get in trouble. |
Flying Pig Float Plan
"Jere Lull" wrote in message news:2008100901052716807-jerelull@maccom... On 2008-10-08 23:33:50 -0400, "Skip Gundlach" said: Enjoying the rain and the wind in Charleston while we attend to some minor boat chores and electronics games with Larry, another of our angels. We'll be heading out either direct to MIA or with a stopover in Saint Simons Island to help repay one of our Saints for all his helps, when the weather's right. Immediate forecasts are fairly stiff, and not particularly good for our course of travel... I detect a bit of annoyance in what I snipped. I included the obviously ironic with what I see as appropriate considerations of your future plans. You have successfully gotten past the monster of the East Coast, Hataras (which I can't spell right without a chart except by accident). You're pretty much "home free" (nevermind that you live on your home). I am assured that you won't fall prey to parochial forecasts, will venture out only when the forecast benefits outweigh the forecast possible drawbacks. I doubt Skippy will ever be "home free" unless and until he changes his mental frame of mind from sailing on a schedule dictated by meeting lubbers ashore to sailing strictly according to the optimal weather conditions. As for weather forecasts, that's another very weak area in Skippy's grab bag of lubberly tricks. I have read where he employs a professional weather router. Sad! Weather prognostication is something any intelligent sailor can do with ease since the advent of all the weather information pages on the Internet. To rely upon some lubber ashore for your weather forecasts is to shirk a captain's personal responsibility to vessel and crew. This continued dependence upon land while claiming to be a sailor is not very smart. Skippy has come a long way but he has an even longer way to go before I consider him one of my peers. Wilbur Hubbard |
Flying Pig Float Plan
"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:33:50 -0400, "Skip Gundlach" wrote: Also glad that you've all seemed to enjoy our SPOT tracks; we've certainly enjoyed that folks like you and our families have some more immediate view of where we are. FWIW, West is having a killer sale on them at the moment; 100 instead of 150, a free year's subscription to the tracking service, and a carrying case, plus some other coupon freebie (don't recall if it's 30 bux or 30% for something). SPOT is impressive for its price/performance regardless of the occasional growing pains with the web site. Thanks for the sale info. I'm thinking of getting one at that price. If nothing else it would be useful as an inexpensive EPIRB backup, especially for remote dinghy expeditions in places like the Bahamas and Everglades where it is easy to get in trouble. I was thinking of getting a SPOT too but I decided not to. I don't want to put people like Skippy or the rest of you to shame should you look in on my progress and note I regularly do 200 mile days in a vessel with a much shorter LWL. Skippy only manages about half that with a 45-footer. I think the difference is I know how to work the wind and currents and Skippy tends to work against them to meet lubberly schedules. Wilbur Hubbard |
Flying Pig Float Plan
Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:33:50 -0400, "Skip Gundlach" wrote: Also glad that you've all seemed to enjoy our SPOT tracks; we've certainly enjoyed that folks like you and our families have some more immediate view of where we are. FWIW, West is having a killer sale on them at the moment; 100 instead of 150, a free year's subscription to the tracking service, and a carrying case, plus some other coupon freebie (don't recall if it's 30 bux or 30% for something). SPOT is impressive for its price/performance regardless of the occasional growing pains with the web site. Thanks for the sale info. I'm thinking of getting one at that price. If nothing else it would be useful as an inexpensive EPIRB backup, especially for remote dinghy expeditions in places like the Bahamas and Everglades where it is easy to get in trouble. I was thinking of getting a SPOT too but I decided not to. You found out that there's no 12VDC available on your Lazy Boy? Cheers Martin |
Flying Pig Float Plan
"Skip Gundlach" wrote in news:gcju2u$4fb$1
@aioe.org: We'll be heading out either direct to MIA or with a stopover in Saint Simons Island to help repay one of our Saints for all his helps, when the weather's right. I don't need to get off at St Simons. I'm good all the way to Key West! Larry |
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Larry wrote in news:Xns9B32CF3A1B624noonehomecom@
74.209.131.10: "Skip Gundlach" wrote in news:gcju2u$4fb$1 @aioe.org: We'll be heading out either direct to MIA or with a stopover in Saint Simons Island to help repay one of our Saints for all his helps, when the weather's right. I don't need to get off at St Simons. I'm good all the way to Key West! Larry (crickets chirping......a train way in the distance) |
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