"Wayne.B" wrote

Have a good trip. Are you taking along your SPOT device ?


Yes, the university PR guy just emailed me that they will be posting URL
link at:

http://www.umces.edu/vessel/

Roger

ETD is Wednesday evening but it might be Thursday evening if there are any
last minute loose ends.

Do you think there might be some loose ends on a 3.5 million dollar vessel
sophisticated enough to be sent 1000 miles from the shipyard to its dock via
desktop computer like a Predator drone?

Just think. This vessel has more computing power than existed in the entire
world when man landed on the moon and the guidance systems are vastly more
complex and capable. (Yeah, Larry, I know they didn't really go but, just
for the sake of argument

--
Roger Long
(Sitting here killing time waiting for my ride to the airport)

"Roger Long" wrote in news:gdkl9g$7mn$1
@registered.motzarella.org:

(Yeah, Larry, I know they didn't really go but, just
for the sake of argument


Your trip won't take you through the Van Allen Radiation Belts....(c;

"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
I fly out tomorrow (Monday Oct 21) for the nearly 1000 mile delivery trip
in the new research vessel.

Wheatly, Ontario Canada
Lake Erie
Welland Canal
Lake Ontario
Oswego Canal
Erie Canal
Hudson River
Delaware Bay
Delaware Canal
Annapolis, MD
Solomons, MD

I wouldn't normally sign on for such a long trip as passenger/crew but,
when you've designed the boat, it's a different experience.

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/RVRCpixvid.htm

--
Roger Long

Geeze...if you wanted to test the boat, why not travel east on the St.
Lawrence, pass thorogh the Canso Causeway and then south west along the Nova
Scotia coast, across the Gulf of Maine and then to it's home port?

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:29:50 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
I fly out tomorrow (Monday Oct 21) for the nearly 1000 mile delivery trip
in the new research vessel.

Wheatly, Ontario Canada
Lake Erie
Welland Canal
Lake Ontario
Oswego Canal
Erie Canal
Hudson River
Delaware Bay
Delaware Canal
Annapolis, MD
Solomons, MD

I wouldn't normally sign on for such a long trip as passenger/crew but,
when you've designed the boat, it's a different experience.

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/RVRCpixvid.htm

--
Roger Long

Geeze...if you wanted to test the boat, why not travel east on the St.
Lawrence, pass thorogh the Canso Causeway and then south west along the Nova
Scotia coast, across the Gulf of Maine and then to it's home port?

If it breaks down they can pull it with a horse,

"Don White" wrote

Geeze...if you wanted to test the boat, why not travel east on the St.
Lawrence, pass thorogh the Canso Causeway and then south west along the
Nova Scotia coast, across the Gulf of Maine and then to it's home port?

100 gallons per hour. You do the math

--
Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in news:gdj7ns$f9v$1
@registered.motzarella.org:

"Don White" wrote

Geeze...if you wanted to test the boat, why not travel east on the St.
Lawrence, pass thorogh the Canso Causeway and then south west along the
Nova Scotia coast, across the Gulf of Maine and then to it's home port?

100 gallons per hour. You do the math

--
Roger Long





Oh, remember to leave your credit cards at home! It's an old trick. "We
can't find our fuel card.".....

On 2008-10-20 20:28:43 -0400, "Roger Long" said:

"Don White" wrote

Geeze...if you wanted to test the boat, why not travel east on the St.
Lawrence, pass thorogh the Canso Causeway and then south west along the
Nova Scotia coast, across the Gulf of Maine and then to it's home port?

100 gallons per hour. You do the math

If I remember the numbers, that's about 5 gallons per mile. Times 1000
miles. Times $5 a gallon....

Dang, that's a year or two's luxury cruising kitty!

--
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/

Congratulations and enjoy the ride! I's like to hear about some of your
"lessons learned".

SV Endeavor
"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
I fly out tomorrow (Monday Oct 21) for the nearly 1000 mile delivery trip
in the new research vessel.

Wheatly, Ontario Canada
Lake Erie
Welland Canal
Lake Ontario
Oswego Canal
Erie Canal
Hudson River
Delaware Bay
Delaware Canal
Annapolis, MD
Solomons, MD

I wouldn't normally sign on for such a long trip as passenger/crew but,
when you've designed the boat, it's a different experience.

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/RVRCpixvid.htm

--
Roger Long