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On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 06:25:23 -0700 (PDT), John H
wrote:

When I'm touring in that area, I'm constantly wishing I'd brought my
boat. It's beautiful.

Absolutely right. That's our old cruising ground and we still get
back there once in a while. The area of Maine in the vicinity of Mt
Desert Island and Acadia Nataiona Park is arguably the most scenic
part of the entire US east coast. The lobster trap and fog issues
are very real, but surmountable with a little practice and experience.

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On 4/9/10 9:50 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 06:25:23 -0700 (PDT), John
wrote:

When I'm touring in that area, I'm constantly wishing I'd brought my
boat. It's beautiful.

Absolutely right. That's our old cruising ground and we still get
back there once in a while. The area of Maine in the vicinity of Mt
Desert Island and Acadia Nataiona Park is arguably the most scenic
part of the entire US east coast. The lobster trap and fog issues
are very real, but surmountable with a little practice and experience.


So, how do you avoid lobster traps while boating in the fog? Your radar
might pick up some of the floats, but not all of them...



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On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:50:06 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 06:25:23 -0700 (PDT), John H
wrote:

When I'm touring in that area, I'm constantly wishing I'd brought my
boat. It's beautiful.

Absolutely right. That's our old cruising ground and we still get
back there once in a while. The area of Maine in the vicinity of Mt
Desert Island and Acadia Nataiona Park is arguably the most scenic
part of the entire US east coast. The lobster trap and fog issues
are very real, but surmountable with a little practice and experience.

Next time you're in that neck of the woods and you need a deckhand that doesn't
chase whiskey and women, let me know.

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"John H" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:50:06 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:

On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 06:25:23 -0700 (PDT), John H
wrote:

When I'm touring in that area, I'm constantly wishing I'd brought my
boat. It's beautiful.

Absolutely right. That's our old cruising ground and we still get
back there once in a while. The area of Maine in the vicinity of Mt
Desert Island and Acadia Nataiona Park is arguably the most scenic
part of the entire US east coast. The lobster trap and fog issues
are very real, but surmountable with a little practice and experience.

Next time you're in that neck of the woods and you need a deckhand that
doesn't
chase whiskey and women, let me know.

Hee hee...we could make a reality show from you two 'cruzin' the NorthEast
area.

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On 4/9/10 10:06 AM, Don White wrote:
"John wrote in message
...
On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:50:06 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:

On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 06:25:23 -0700 (PDT), John
wrote:

When I'm touring in that area, I'm constantly wishing I'd brought my
boat. It's beautiful.

Absolutely right. That's our old cruising ground and we still get
back there once in a while. The area of Maine in the vicinity of Mt
Desert Island and Acadia Nataiona Park is arguably the most scenic
part of the entire US east coast. The lobster trap and fog issues
are very real, but surmountable with a little practice and experience.

Next time you're in that neck of the woods and you need a deckhand that
doesn't
chase whiskey and women, let me know.

Hee hee...we could make a reality show from you two 'cruzin' the NorthEast
area.




I'd be leery of having herring aboard with his medical history.


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On Apr 8, 8:19*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:02:38 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch

wrote:
Alaska Inside Passage. *Last year, wife asked me if I was interested
in cruising the Inside Passage and of course I said "sure", she shook
her head sadly and said, "I mean on a ship".
Eeeeeeew, a cruise ship, how would that be fun?
So, she is planning her trip of a lifetime with my two daughters,
flying to Fairbanks (been there myself) and taking a train down to
Anchorage and then by boat through the inside passage and then to
Seattle and then flying back here. *YES, Expensive, but I cannot
complain because i have done some bizarro travelling which although
they did not cost much money, did cause her to worry.
So............how to cheaply get my 8000 lb boat to Seattle............

Sail it there. The Panama canal is spectacular.

Yeah, and Harry could help you with that, he's done the Panama Canal
more than once. (Or so he claims)

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On 4/9/10 11:36 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 06:25:23 -0700 (PDT), John
wrote:

Froggy, if you've never sailed around the northeast USA, Connecticut
up to Maine, then that's where I would suggest you go. The area is
absolutely beautiful, much different from Florida.

I bet the crowds would amaze him. I know my wife had a hard time
believing how crowded it was and we were in New Hampshire/Vermont.

Going to a beach would blow his mind.



Especially those oceanfront beaches in Vermont...

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On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:56:43 -0400, hk
wrote:

So, how do you avoid lobster traps while boating in the fog?

Slowly and with great care. Even in Maine pea soup you can usually
see 50 to 100 ft. The radar is for avoiding other boats and locating
nav aids.

Being able to see lobster pots in thick fog is actually a good thing
because the lobstermen rarely set in less than 6 or 7 ft of water.

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On 4/9/10 1:31 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:56:43 -0400,
wrote:

So, how do you avoid lobster traps while boating in the fog?

Slowly and with great care. Even in Maine pea soup you can usually
see 50 to 100 ft. The radar is for avoiding other boats and locating
nav aids.

Being able to see lobster pots in thick fog is actually a good thing
because the lobstermen rarely set in less than 6 or 7 ft of water.


That's really interesting, Wayne, because some years ago I was out guest
"lobstering" with a friend of a friend off of Swans Island, Maine, and
the fog was as thick as pea soup on the way back. We couldn't see far
enough ahead to locate trap floats 50 feet away, or even 25 feet away.
We got back okay, but it felt as if we were in that scene in the movie
MacArthur (with Gregory Peck) on the way to Australia on the PT Boat,
running through mine fields.

There have been days out on Chesapeake Bay where I couldn't pick out
crab pot buoys at more than 25 feet because of fog.




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On Apr 8, 8:19*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:02:38 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch

wrote:
Alaska Inside Passage. *Last year, wife asked me if I was interested
in cruising the Inside Passage and of course I said "sure", she shook
her head sadly and said, "I mean on a ship".
Eeeeeeew, a cruise ship, how would that be fun?
So, she is planning her trip of a lifetime with my two daughters,
flying to Fairbanks (been there myself) and taking a train down to
Anchorage and then by boat through the inside passage and then to
Seattle and then flying back here. *YES, Expensive, but I cannot
complain because i have done some bizarro travelling which although
they did not cost much money, did cause her to worry.
So............how to cheaply get my 8000 lb boat to Seattle............

Sail it there. The Panama canal is spectacular.

Our company installed a communication system at the Panama Canal 10+
years ago. We sent two guys down there for about three weeks to do
the install. The main part of the system was installed in the lock
control building at one end of the canal. Part of the system was
remoted to the other end of the canal in another office, so one of the
guys had to go there every day for about a week. They would report to
work, and the one guy would get in a canal work boat, and they'd go
down the canal and across the lake to the other office in the morning,
returning by boat that evening. They also got to operate the locks
when they were there... cool stuff. Unfortunately, I didn't get to go.