In article , Larry wrote:
Justin C wrote in
:

I hear what you're saying, Larry, and am trying! I don't have a lot of
manual skills, my job is desk-bound, but I'm a practical person and have
no problem getting my hands dirty. I've just gotta get one of those
swipe-cards without paying for a berth.



Hmm...I'm sorry marinas have come to that where you live. We have gates,
but they are only closed at night to prevent looting. I have the codes....

I only stay aboard any more if I get to bombed to drive at dock
parties...which I seem interested in less and less, any more.

Wonder what would happen if you just happen to be hanging out in the
parking lot when a card holder needed to carry a bunch of stuff to his
boat. "Here, let me help you carry that...", as you follow him through the
gate with his stuff.

As you can see, I'm a professional wheedler....(c; Don't try this at
home...

Oh, another word of advise if you're going to try this. NEVER bring any of
your friends to the docks. Always come alone. You don't want to bring
others to your new friend's boat....unless HE invites you to...

Good luck getting through the gate. Oh, the main head code number is
13452, if you gotta pee...(c;

Larry, you just keep at it don't you?! You're like a dog with a bone! All suggestions are great. As another has said, racing is a good way to start. I do get in there quite frequently and am being recognised more often.

Another mentioned launching a dinghy... nice idea, except water height is controlled by a lock, I don't think they'd let me through with a little inflatable.

Hanging around the car-park to help carry is a bit hit and miss, there are three car-parks, and four distinct parts to the marina, the main basin, north harbour, west harbour and south harbour. I think I'm going to have to stick with the racing until I'm better known, it's only been about a year.

For those with Google Earth here's the lat/long so you can see it for yourself:

050 47'44.98"N 000 19'43.65"E

Justin.

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Justin C, by the sea.

"Justin C" wrote in message
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In article , Larry wrote:
Justin C wrote in
:

I hear what you're saying, Larry, and am trying! I don't have a lot of
manual skills, my job is desk-bound, but I'm a practical person and have
no problem getting my hands dirty. I've just gotta get one of those
swipe-cards without paying for a berth.



Hmm...I'm sorry marinas have come to that where you live. We have gates,
but they are only closed at night to prevent looting. I have the
codes....

I only stay aboard any more if I get to bombed to drive at dock
parties...which I seem interested in less and less, any more.

Wonder what would happen if you just happen to be hanging out in the
parking lot when a card holder needed to carry a bunch of stuff to his
boat. "Here, let me help you carry that...", as you follow him through
the
gate with his stuff.

As you can see, I'm a professional wheedler....(c; Don't try this at
home...

Oh, another word of advise if you're going to try this. NEVER bring any
of
your friends to the docks. Always come alone. You don't want to bring
others to your new friend's boat....unless HE invites you to...

Good luck getting through the gate. Oh, the main head code number is
13452, if you gotta pee...(c;

Larry, you just keep at it don't you?! You're like a dog with a bone! All
suggestions are great. As another has said, racing is a good way to start.
I do get in there quite frequently and am being recognised more often.

Another mentioned launching a dinghy... nice idea, except water height is
controlled by a lock, I don't think they'd let me through with a little
inflatable.

Hanging around the car-park to help carry is a bit hit and miss, there are
three car-parks, and four distinct parts to the marina, the main basin,
north harbour, west harbour and south harbour. I think I'm going to have
to stick with the racing until I'm better known, it's only been about a
year.

For those with Google Earth here's the lat/long so you can see it for
yourself:

050 47'44.98"N 000 19'43.65"E

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

Nice spot.
Just a little curio - when I was growing up, we had a large house across a
park from us (we could see it) that had a name embossed in the front fence.
Apparently we knew the people there because there's a picture of me at about
age 1 with my mother and another lady inside the property with the house
name underneath me.

The fence was brick, about waist high and it had its name "Sussex by the
Sea" stuck in the render in seashells.
Is that a common turn of phrase in your parts? I notice you use it.

hoges in wa

In article , Hoges in WA wrote:

"Justin C" wrote in message
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[snip]

--
Justin C, by the sea.

Nice spot.
Just a little curio - when I was growing up, we had a large house across a
park from us (we could see it) that had a name embossed in the front fence.
Apparently we knew the people there because there's a picture of me at about
age 1 with my mother and another lady inside the property with the house
name underneath me.

The fence was brick, about waist high and it had its name "Sussex by the
Sea" stuck in the render in seashells.
Is that a common turn of phrase in your parts? I notice you use it.

hoges in wa

It is a phrase I've heard before, but was not in my mind when I came up
with the .sig line. I went for rhyme and meter.

WRT Sussex by the Sea, a quick Google throws up a song from 1907 called
"Sussex by the Sea", and also a Rudyard Kipling poem. According to
Wikipedia it's a phrase that has been adopted by various Sussex coastal
areas. There is even a sussexbythesea.com, though that seems to be
exclusively for those in West Sussex, who obviously have ideas above
their station, and appear to want nothing to do with us in East
Sussex... perhaps they're jealous of our "1066 Country" label (Battle of
Hastings took place not 10 miles from here).

Historically there has been a lot of sailing in this area, Hastings is
one of the original Cinque Ports URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinque_Ports, but today there is very
little of the harbour left, the only vessels that sail our of hear are
small(ish) fishing boats, and they're all launched from the beach and
brought ashore when they return URL: http://tinyurl.com/646zvc. Google
Earth showing what's left of the fishing industry in the town:
050 51'18.80"N 000 35'36.55"E

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

Wilbur's rant mostly clipped, except:

On Oct 20, 4:16*pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
Dear Skippy Sycophants,


Every time Skippy posts one of his tome-like trip logs there are always too
many mistakes to count with respect to proper seamanship but you Rubes don't
recognize any of them.

http://www.basicinstructions.net/ima...gracefully.gif

That pretty well describes me :{))

Only the insecure are unwilling to admit that they're not the second
coming :{))

L8R

Skip
--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery!
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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

On Nov 5, 9:32*am, Skip Gundlach wrote:
Wilbur's rant mostly clipped, except:

On Oct 20, 4:16*pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

Dear Skippy Sycophants,

Every time Skippy posts one of his tome-like trip logs there are always too
many mistakes to count with respect to proper seamanship but you Rubes don't
recognize any of them.

http://www.basicinstructions.net/ima...gracefully.gif

That pretty well describes me :{))

Only the insecure are unwilling to admit that they're not the second
coming :{))

L8R

Skip
--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig * KI4MPC
See our galleries atwww.justpickone.org/skip/gallery!
Follow us at and


"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore.
Dream. Discover." * - Mark Twain

God skip ya keep ****ing up!
whats wrong with you?

Sailing around...... ****ing up........ like that?

Your gonna put an Eye out!