My weekend boating...
 

On 6/18/10 4:12 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jun 18, 3:09 pm, wrote:
On 6/18/10 4:01 PM, Tim wrote:





On Jun 18, 1:04 pm, wrote:
On 6/18/10 1:56 PM, Tim wrote:

On Jun 18, 6:38 am, wrote:
On 6/18/10 6:16 AM, W1TEF wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:27:09 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Jun 17, 5:32 pm, wrote:
mmc wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Jun 16, 8:27 pm, wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:54:04 -0400, wrote:
Another dive, got skunked for fish but it was very clear and got to hang
with a manta that was over 10' wide. too cool.
We have seen a couple of big ones go "flying by" down in the Bahamas.
They are very interesting to watch once you get over the initial
surprise.

I've heard they get bigger (wider) than 10' too!
------
The one I swam with was passing right over me when I noticed it, got kinda
dark pretty quick. From right underneath, and not expecting it, it looked
friggin enormous!
During a swim on a sub in Port Canaveral, I came from underneath up to the
leading edge of a stern plane and nose to nose with a nurse shark that was
laying on the plane.
Funny, when that happens, I don't think "oh, it's just a nurse shark", I
think "OH SH*T, IT"S A SHARK!!!!"
My funniest diving memory was when working R&D on a mine sweeper and my dive
buddy and I were setting markers for the ship to run thru. We used pole
anchors (screw in like you're talking about for securing your pontoon on
land) screwed into the bottom on the Bahama bank and had to adjust the slack
out of the bouy lines. I was just hanging out and my buddy was tying off the
slack when a remora came up and tried to attach itself to my buddy's ass. I
was really sorry I didn't have a camera......
We used the screw in anchors because the bank where we were was about an
inch of sand on a shelf of old reef with sand filled holes in the shelf.
We'd tried cinder blocks but wave action would lift them off the bottom and
they would "walk" out of position.

You might destroy this group with all this trash talk of interesting
personal experience.
Thanks.

Jim - Who does this guy think he is writing good stuff here?

It's all made up. Next thing you know he'll be single-handing it
around the horn. :-)

In a twelve foot row boat escorted by a pod of orcas.

Not nearly as adventurous as having to drive 800 miles to get to your
trailerboats. Who would be dumb enough to do that? :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Me, if rthe value was right. I went about 350 mi. one way to get my
Marquis. Good boat almost dirt cheap. a great value and worth the trip.

There's a difference between driving a distance to buy a boat and
driving twice that distance to visit a boat you already own.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Even then, it depends on what you want. My bro-in-law lived in
northern IL. and kept some kind of a tri-axled Baja, Eliminator, or
some kind of a shiny go-faster on the Lake of the Ozarks. He and his
wife would drive from north of Peoria to a rented cabin there at least
once a month. I couldn't do that, but they could afford it.

so.....

Well, that's more frequently than tom visits his boats.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I can't speak for him, but I would imagine that will change in the
near future. Besides, I abelieve his kids have plenty of acccess to
them so the could be his proxy.


Whatever. At one point, I thought it hard to imagine Tom living in South
Carolina, but...these days, I think it suits him to a tee.

My weekend boating...
 

On Jun 18, 3:15*pm, Harry wrote:
On 6/18/10 4:12 PM, Tim wrote:





On Jun 18, 3:09 pm, *wrote:
On 6/18/10 4:01 PM, Tim wrote:

On Jun 18, 1:04 pm, * *wrote:
On 6/18/10 1:56 PM, Tim wrote:

On Jun 18, 6:38 am, * * *wrote:
On 6/18/10 6:16 AM, W1TEF wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:27:09 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Jun 17, 5:32 pm, * * * *wrote:
mmc wrote:
* * * *wrote in message
...
On Jun 16, 8:27 pm, * * * *wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:54:04 -0400, * * * *wrote:
Another dive, got skunked for fish but it was very clear and got to hang
with a manta that was over 10' wide. too cool.
We have seen a couple of big ones go "flying by" down in the Bahamas.
They are very interesting to watch once you get over the initial
surprise.

I've heard they get bigger (wider) than 10' too!
------
The one I swam with was passing right over me when I noticed it, got kinda
dark pretty quick. From right underneath, and not expecting it, it looked
friggin enormous!
During a swim on a sub in Port Canaveral, I came from underneath up to the
leading edge of a stern plane and nose to nose with a nurse shark that was
laying on the plane.
Funny, when that happens, I don't think "oh, it's just a nurse shark", I
think "OH SH*T, IT"S A SHARK!!!!"
My funniest diving memory was when working R&D on a mine sweeper and my dive
buddy and I were setting markers for the ship to run thru. We used pole
anchors (screw in like you're talking about for securing your pontoon on
land) screwed into the bottom on the Bahama bank and had to adjust the slack
out of the bouy lines. I was just hanging out and my buddy was tying off the
slack when a remora came up and tried to attach itself to my buddy's ass. I
was really sorry I didn't have a camera......
We used the screw in anchors because the bank where we were was about an
inch of sand on a shelf of old reef with sand filled holes in the shelf.
We'd tried cinder blocks but wave action would lift them off the bottom and
they would "walk" out of position.

You might destroy this group with all this trash talk of interesting
personal experience.
Thanks.

Jim - Who does this guy think he is writing good stuff here?

It's all made up. *Next thing you know he'll be single-handing it
around the horn. *:-)

In a twelve foot row boat escorted by a pod of orcas.

Not nearly as adventurous as having to drive 800 miles to get to your
trailerboats. Who would be dumb enough to do that? * :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Me, if rthe value was right. I went about 350 mi. one way to get my
Marquis. Good boat almost dirt cheap. a great value and worth the trip.

There's a difference between driving a distance to buy a boat and
driving twice that distance to visit a boat you already own.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Even then, it depends on what you want. My bro-in-law lived in
northern IL. and kept some kind of a tri-axled Baja, Eliminator, or
some kind of a shiny go-faster on the Lake of the Ozarks. He and his
wife would drive from north of Peoria to a rented cabin there at least
once a month. I couldn't do that, but they could afford it.

so.....

Well, that's more frequently than tom visits his boats.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I can't speak for him, but I would imagine that will change in the
near future. Besides, I abelieve his kids have plenty of acccess to
them so the could be his proxy.

Whatever. At one point, I thought it hard to imagine Tom living in South
Carolina, but...these days, I think it suits him to a tee.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Whatever. I could see me living there. It's very beautiful. a lot
nicer than the flatlands of nowhere that I'm living in now.

My weekend boating...
 

On 6/18/10 4:59 PM, Tim wrote:

Whatever. At one point, I thought it hard to imagine Tom living in South
Carolina, but...these days, I think it suits him to a tee.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Whatever. I could see me living there. It's very beautiful. a lot
nicer than the flatlands of nowhere that I'm living in now.

Coastal south carolina has its charms, but the state is still fighting
the civil war, and the racism is overt and really ugly. At one point a
few years ago, we were considering buying a small condo at hilton head
island, which we like, but we decided the state was just too politically
backwards for us.

My weekend boating...
 

On Jun 18, 4:05*pm, Harry wrote:
On 6/18/10 4:59 PM, Tim wrote:

Whatever. At one point, I thought it hard to imagine Tom living in South
Carolina, but...these days, I think it suits him to a tee.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Whatever. I could see me living there. It's very beautiful. a lot
nicer than the flatlands of nowhere that I'm living in now.

Coastal south carolina has its charms, but the state is still fighting
the civil war, and the racism is overt and really ugly. At one point a
few years ago, we were considering buying a small condo at hilton head
island, which we like, but we decided the state was just too politically
backwards for us.

Everything you see is what you want it to be, Harry.

My weekend boating...
 

On 6/18/10 5:59 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jun 18, 4:05 pm, wrote:
On 6/18/10 4:59 PM, Tim wrote:

Whatever. At one point, I thought it hard to imagine Tom living in South
Carolina, but...these days, I think it suits him to a tee.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Whatever. I could see me living there. It's very beautiful. a lot
nicer than the flatlands of nowhere that I'm living in now.

Coastal south carolina has its charms, but the state is still fighting
the civil war, and the racism is overt and really ugly. At one point a
few years ago, we were considering buying a small condo at hilton head
island, which we like, but we decided the state was just too politically
backwards for us.

Everything you see is what you want it to be, Harry.


I see no reason to live in or otherwise financially support a state
where many of the officials are racists, corrupt, and backwards. When we
drive the interstate to Florida, we gas up the car in North Carolina or
Georgia so we don't have to stop and spend a buck in South Carolina. To
me, South Carolina is the modern-day equivalent of the old Mississippi
and Alabama.

My weekend boating...
 

"Jack" wrote in message
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On Jun 17, 5:32 pm, Jim wrote:
mmc wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
...
On Jun 16, 8:27 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:54:04 -0400, "mmc" wrote:
Another dive, got skunked for fish but it was very clear and got to
hang
with a manta that was over 10' wide. too cool.
We have seen a couple of big ones go "flying by" down in the Bahamas.
They are very interesting to watch once you get over the initial
surprise.

I've heard they get bigger (wider) than 10' too!
------
The one I swam with was passing right over me when I noticed it, got
kinda
dark pretty quick. From right underneath, and not expecting it, it
looked
friggin enormous!
During a swim on a sub in Port Canaveral, I came from underneath up to
the
leading edge of a stern plane and nose to nose with a nurse shark that
was
laying on the plane.
Funny, when that happens, I don't think "oh, it's just a nurse shark", I
think "OH SH*T, IT"S A SHARK!!!!"
My funniest diving memory was when working R&D on a mine sweeper and my
dive
buddy and I were setting markers for the ship to run thru. We used pole
anchors (screw in like you're talking about for securing your pontoon on
land) screwed into the bottom on the Bahama bank and had to adjust the
slack
out of the bouy lines. I was just hanging out and my buddy was tying off
the
slack when a remora came up and tried to attach itself to my buddy's
ass. I
was really sorry I didn't have a camera......
We used the screw in anchors because the bank where we were was about an
inch of sand on a shelf of old reef with sand filled holes in the shelf.
We'd tried cinder blocks but wave action would lift them off the bottom
and
they would "walk" out of position.

You might destroy this group with all this trash talk of interesting
personal experience.
Thanks.

Jim - Who does this guy think he is writing good stuff here?

It's all made up. Next thing you know he'll be single-handing it
around the horn. :-)
-----------
Haha!
Nope, used to be a young, dumb........Navy EOD Diver and got a fun job doing
interesting things at CCAFS after I got out.
Don't have the imagination to be one of those "NG Pros"! No long passages
(except USN ships) no fireboats, etc, etc.....

My weekend boating...
 

On Jun 18, 5:59*pm, Tim wrote:
On Jun 18, 4:05*pm, Harry wrote:

On 6/18/10 4:59 PM, Tim wrote:

Whatever. At one point, I thought it hard to imagine Tom living in South
Carolina, but...these days, I think it suits him to a tee.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Whatever. I could see me living there. It's very beautiful. a lot
nicer than the flatlands of nowhere that I'm living in now.

Coastal south carolina has its charms, but the state is still fighting
the civil war, and the racism is overt and really ugly. At one point a
few years ago, we were considering buying a small condo at hilton head
island, which we like, but we decided the state was just too politically
backwards for us.

Everything you see is what you want it to be, Harry.

It seems the only one still fighting the Civil War is harry. Funny
how he says he spends no time here, but thinks he knows what it's
like. No matter, SC is much better off with him being very afraid of
it. We definitely don't like narcissist yankee assholes down here.
This paradise is already getting crowded.

You'd be welcome anytime, Tim.

My weekend boating...
 

W1TEF wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:27:09 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:


On Jun 17, 5:32 pm, wrote:

mmc wrote:

wrote in message
...
On Jun 16, 8:27 pm, wrote:

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:54:04 -0400, wrote:

Another dive, got skunked for fish but it was very clear and got to hang
with a manta that was over 10' wide. too cool.

We have seen a couple of big ones go "flying by" down in the Bahamas.
They are very interesting to watch once you get over the initial
surprise.


I've heard they get bigger (wider) than 10' too!
------
The one I swam with was passing right over me when I noticed it, got kinda
dark pretty quick. From right underneath, and not expecting it, it looked
friggin enormous!
During a swim on a sub in Port Canaveral, I came from underneath up to the
leading edge of a stern plane and nose to nose with a nurse shark that was
laying on the plane.
Funny, when that happens, I don't think "oh, it's just a nurse shark", I
think "OH SH*T, IT"S A SHARK!!!!"
My funniest diving memory was when working R&D on a mine sweeper and my dive
buddy and I were setting markers for the ship to run thru. We used pole
anchors (screw in like you're talking about for securing your pontoon on
land) screwed into the bottom on the Bahama bank and had to adjust the slack
out of the bouy lines. I was just hanging out and my buddy was tying off the
slack when a remora came up and tried to attach itself to my buddy's ass. I
was really sorry I didn't have a camera......
We used the screw in anchors because the bank where we were was about an
inch of sand on a shelf of old reef with sand filled holes in the shelf.
We'd tried cinder blocks but wave action would lift them off the bottom and
they would "walk" out of position.

You might destroy this group with all this trash talk of interesting
personal experience.
Thanks.

Jim - Who does this guy think he is writing good stuff here?

It's all made up. Next thing you know he'll be single-handing it
around the horn. :-)

In a twelve foot row boat escorted by a pod of orcas.

Don's got one of those!

My weekend boating...
 

Harry wrote:
On 6/18/10 4:01 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jun 18, 1:04 pm, wrote:
On 6/18/10 1:56 PM, Tim wrote:





On Jun 18, 6:38 am, wrote:
On 6/18/10 6:16 AM, W1TEF wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:27:09 -0700 (PDT),

wrote:

On Jun 17, 5:32 pm, wrote:
mmc wrote:
wrote in message
...

On Jun 16, 8:27 pm,
wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:54:04 -0400,
wrote:
Another dive, got skunked for fish but it was very clear and
got to hang
with a manta that was over 10' wide. too cool.
We have seen a couple of big ones go "flying by" down in the
Bahamas.
They are very interesting to watch once you get over the initial
surprise.

I've heard they get bigger (wider) than 10' too!
------
The one I swam with was passing right over me when I noticed
it, got kinda
dark pretty quick. From right underneath, and not expecting
it, it looked
friggin enormous!
During a swim on a sub in Port Canaveral, I came from
underneath up to the
leading edge of a stern plane and nose to nose with a nurse
shark that was
laying on the plane.
Funny, when that happens, I don't think "oh, it's just a nurse
shark", I
think "OH SH*T, IT"S A SHARK!!!!"
My funniest diving memory was when working R&D on a mine
sweeper and my dive
buddy and I were setting markers for the ship to run thru. We
used pole
anchors (screw in like you're talking about for securing your
pontoon on
land) screwed into the bottom on the Bahama bank and had to
adjust the slack
out of the bouy lines. I was just hanging out and my buddy was
tying off the
slack when a remora came up and tried to attach itself to my
buddy's ass. I
was really sorry I didn't have a camera......
We used the screw in anchors because the bank where we were
was about an
inch of sand on a shelf of old reef with sand filled holes in
the shelf.
We'd tried cinder blocks but wave action would lift them off
the bottom and
they would "walk" out of position.

You might destroy this group with all this trash talk of
interesting
personal experience.
Thanks.

Jim - Who does this guy think he is writing good stuff here?

It's all made up. Next thing you know he'll be single-handing it
around the horn. :-)

In a twelve foot row boat escorted by a pod of orcas.

Not nearly as adventurous as having to drive 800 miles to get to your
trailerboats. Who would be dumb enough to do that? :)- Hide
quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Me, if rthe value was right. I went about 350 mi. one way to get my
Marquis. Good boat almost dirt cheap. a great value and worth the
trip.

There's a difference between driving a distance to buy a boat and
driving twice that distance to visit a boat you already own.- Hide
quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Even then, it depends on what you want. My bro-in-law lived in
northern IL. and kept some kind of a tri-axled Baja, Eliminator, or
some kind of a shiny go-faster on the Lake of the Ozarks. He and his
wife would drive from north of Peoria to a rented cabin there at least
once a month. I couldn't do that, but they could afford it.

so.....

Well, that's more frequently than tom visits his boats.
Why did you feel the need to move a simple conversation off-track and
attack an innocent bystander?

My weekend boating...
 

Harry wrote:
On 6/18/10 4:12 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jun 18, 3:09 pm, wrote:
On 6/18/10 4:01 PM, Tim wrote:





On Jun 18, 1:04 pm, wrote:
On 6/18/10 1:56 PM, Tim wrote:

On Jun 18, 6:38 am, wrote:
On 6/18/10 6:16 AM, W1TEF wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:27:09 -0700 (PDT),

wrote:

On Jun 17, 5:32 pm, wrote:
mmc wrote:
wrote in message
...

On Jun 16, 8:27 pm,
wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:54:04 -0400,
wrote:
Another dive, got skunked for fish but it was very clear
and got to hang
with a manta that was over 10' wide. too cool.
We have seen a couple of big ones go "flying by" down in
the Bahamas.
They are very interesting to watch once you get over the
initial
surprise.

I've heard they get bigger (wider) than 10' too!
------
The one I swam with was passing right over me when I noticed
it, got kinda
dark pretty quick. From right underneath, and not expecting
it, it looked
friggin enormous!
During a swim on a sub in Port Canaveral, I came from
underneath up to the
leading edge of a stern plane and nose to nose with a nurse
shark that was
laying on the plane.
Funny, when that happens, I don't think "oh, it's just a
nurse shark", I
think "OH SH*T, IT"S A SHARK!!!!"
My funniest diving memory was when working R&D on a mine
sweeper and my dive
buddy and I were setting markers for the ship to run thru.
We used pole
anchors (screw in like you're talking about for securing
your pontoon on
land) screwed into the bottom on the Bahama bank and had to
adjust the slack
out of the bouy lines. I was just hanging out and my buddy
was tying off the
slack when a remora came up and tried to attach itself to my
buddy's ass. I
was really sorry I didn't have a camera......
We used the screw in anchors because the bank where we were
was about an
inch of sand on a shelf of old reef with sand filled holes
in the shelf.
We'd tried cinder blocks but wave action would lift them off
the bottom and
they would "walk" out of position.

You might destroy this group with all this trash talk of
interesting
personal experience.
Thanks.

Jim - Who does this guy think he is writing good stuff here?

It's all made up. Next thing you know he'll be single-handing it
around the horn. :-)

In a twelve foot row boat escorted by a pod of orcas.

Not nearly as adventurous as having to drive 800 miles to get to
your
trailerboats. Who would be dumb enough to do that? :)- Hide
quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Me, if rthe value was right. I went about 350 mi. one way to get my
Marquis. Good boat almost dirt cheap. a great value and worth the
trip.

There's a difference between driving a distance to buy a boat and
driving twice that distance to visit a boat you already own.- Hide
quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Even then, it depends on what you want. My bro-in-law lived in
northern IL. and kept some kind of a tri-axled Baja, Eliminator, or
some kind of a shiny go-faster on the Lake of the Ozarks. He and his
wife would drive from north of Peoria to a rented cabin there at least
once a month. I couldn't do that, but they could afford it.

so.....

Well, that's more frequently than tom visits his boats.- Hide quoted
text -

- Show quoted text -

I can't speak for him, but I would imagine that will change in the
near future. Besides, I abelieve his kids have plenty of acccess to
them so the could be his proxy.


Whatever. At one point, I thought it hard to imagine Tom living in
South Carolina, but...these days, I think it suits him to a tee.
Does your life really revolve around other people's decisions and
choices? Sad...