Why so few boating related posts?
 

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:17:14 -0700 (PDT), lj
wrote:

On Oct 30, 8:51*am, "*e#c" wrote:
On Oct 29, 8:05*pm, Secular Humouresque wrote:





On 10/29/10 7:42 PM, I am Tosk wrote:

In ,
says...

I know the season is ending.

What do you do with your boat(s) over the winter if you are not in the
southern climes?

I store my old classic in a shed. My newer boat spends the winter on the
hard in a nearby boatyard, in a cradle the previous owner had built for
her. The cradle has an A-frame that can be erected to support a couple
of tarps.

The old boat has a simple inboard marine engine that's easy enough to
service. The newer boat has a pair of diesels that i have an outside
contractor service. I take the batteries home.

How do you store the batteries in the winter, do you manage them during
the time off?

I clean the batteries when I get them home, put a bit of grease on the
lugs, charge them up slowly, and then charge them up once a month to
keep them fully charged.

Hopefully NOT sitting on concrete. I put plywood under mine.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The batteries and concrete thing is an urban legend.

Agreed. But I do it anyway. Wood is warmer than concrete, and a warm battery is
a happy battery....or is that another legend?
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Hope you're having a great day!

John H

Why so few boating related posts?
 

On 11/2/10 5:53 PM, John H wrote:
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:53:35 -0400, wrote:

I know the season is ending.

What do you do with your boat(s) over the winter if you are not in the
southern climes?

I store my old classic in a shed. My newer boat spends the winter on the
hard in a nearby boatyard, in a cradle the previous owner had built for
her. The cradle has an A-frame that can be erected to support a couple
of tarps.

The old boat has a simple inboard marine engine that's easy enough to
service. The newer boat has a pair of diesels that i have an outside
contractor service. I take the batteries home.

Usually, I winterize the engine and leave it under cover in the marina on a
trailer. (That's a mess of prepositional phrases in a row. Wonder if that's
legal?) Last year the cover took a hit. We had a lot of snow, which laid waste
to the old cover. This year the boat got shrink wrapped.

BTW, Harry, thanks for the info. Childress had a couple delays, but he showed up
yesterday and did the job. Winterization and shrink wrap for $350. I'm pleased.

He's an interesting guy, and a lot more competent than he looks.

Why so few boating related posts?
 

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:44:44 -0400, I am Tosk
wrote:

In article , says...

On 10/30/10 6:35 PM, I am Tosk wrote:

It started about a week ago... me and Harry got on board, that made it a
lot easier. The spoofers have outlived their usefulness and when we had
the opportunity we all remembered why we came here in the first place,
adn here we are about a week later with a fairly stable base to work our
way back from... Glad to have you back.. Big hugs from Scottysnerk



You keep claiming that the ID spoofers served some sort of purpose here,
or were useful.

That's bull****.

All they did was disrupt this newsgroup further, and drive away posters.

The best thing that could happen to usenet would be moderated-only
newsgroups.

It's time to move on, and time to leave behind that silliness.

Difference in opion, but I am not going to argue the past here, I don't
look back..

Scotty, I'd hate to pull up some of your recent posts just to show how f'ing
much you *do* look back! It would be damn nice if you'd stop.

And, I've got to agree with Harry. The spoofers, one or two of them, were funny
at first. The humor quickly wore off. They most certainly did nothing to *help*
rec.boats.
--

Hope you're having a great day!

John H

Why so few boating related posts?
 

On 11/2/10 6:17 PM, Gene wrote:
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:56:56 -0400, John
wrote:

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:17:14 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Oct 30, 8:51 am, wrote:
On Oct 29, 8:05 pm, Secular wrote:





On 10/29/10 7:42 PM, I am Tosk wrote:

In ,
says...

I know the season is ending.

What do you do with your boat(s) over the winter if you are not in the
southern climes?

I store my old classic in a shed. My newer boat spends the winter on the
hard in a nearby boatyard, in a cradle the previous owner had built for
her. The cradle has an A-frame that can be erected to support a couple
of tarps.

The old boat has a simple inboard marine engine that's easy enough to
service. The newer boat has a pair of diesels that i have an outside
contractor service. I take the batteries home.

How do you store the batteries in the winter, do you manage them during
the time off?

I clean the batteries when I get them home, put a bit of grease on the
lugs, charge them up slowly, and then charge them up once a month to
keep them fully charged.

Hopefully NOT sitting on concrete. I put plywood under mine.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The batteries and concrete thing is an urban legend.

Agreed. But I do it anyway. Wood is warmer than concrete, and a warm battery is
a happy battery....or is that another legend?

Two things:

1) A warm battery is a more chemically active battery, thus more
cranking power, and

2) a fully charged battery won't freeze where we live(-77 deg F), but
a discharged battery will (20 deg F).






I've resigned myself to charging up the batteries in the boat because
they are too damned big to move easily, and to open the cover once a
month to charge them up.

Why so few boating related posts?
 

On 11/2/2010 4:23 PM, HarryK wrote:
On 11/2/2010 2:15 PM, HarryK wrote:
On 11/2/10 2:12 PM, HarryK wrote:
On 11/2/2010 12:20 PM, Hairy Crotch wrote:
In , says...

On 11/2/10 11:36 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:46:29 -0400, wrote:

It's really better around here, what with the ID spoofers still ID
spoofing. :)

I think that if everyone ignores them, the fun will be out of it and
they'll go away.



I wish you were correct on this, Wayne, but I don't believe *fun* is
their motivation.

Harry, what was your motivation for coming here daily and insulting
everyone, lying about others, name calling and accusing people of
outlandish things like breaking their kid's arms, incest, etc.?

Wow, what a lie! Paul, are you listening? This is a lie. I never, ever
accused Scott of having an incestuous relation with his daughter in a
tent. I never, ever accused Kevin of breaking his daughter's arms. It's
all lies, lies, lies!

For that matter, I never accused anyone of bestiality either, come to
think of it.

Anything else I need to deny?


Spoofing again, little man?

Just telling the truth, big man.


Almost every reasonable poster has asked you to stop this ID spoofing
silliness. Why are you doing it? It sure doesn't help improve the
atmosphere around here.

Why so few boating related posts?
 

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:21:33 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:46:09 -0700, jps wrote:

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:28:23 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:03:54 -0400, I am Tosk
wrote:

When you hold it 8 hours a day, in the sweat and the
grease, you want it to be comfy in your hand...;)

That is, basically, what I tell my students. Buy what fits your
hand.... and at 40% - 60% off even Snap-On is affordable....

Snap on feels wonderful in the hand but hits the wallet hard. By the
time I got through giving the snap on guy his monthly due, it was
significantly more challenging to pay rent and buy food.

Yeah, I never did get that, the shinier the wrench the longer it
lasts, thing. Especially since I'm still using my Dad's tools he
bought in about 1927.

The final nail in the coffin was the blaxk oxide tools that were
equivalent to the shinies, except the chrome would flake off and FOD
whatever you were working on....

Have any of you seen the briefcase style tool kits that Crescent is
selling:

http://www.amazon.com/Crescent-Mecha.../dp/B000BQMLLY

I bought a set 2 years ago to keep on the boat and I'm very impressed
with overall quality and feel. We've got a local hardware store
selling them as a loss leader for about $60 or so.

Why so few boating related posts?
 

On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:34:06 -0400, Gene
wrote:

Have any of you seen the briefcase style tool kits that Crescent is
selling:

http://www.amazon.com/Crescent-Mecha.../dp/B000BQMLLY

I bought a set 2 years ago to keep on the boat and I'm very impressed
with overall quality and feel. We've got a local hardware store
selling them as a loss leader for about $60 or so.

No, but I'm going to check it out. I need something compact for the MC
trailer....

It's compact and fairly complete. There's only a few extra things
that I use regularly: large Channellocks, large screwdriver, large
and small crescent wrench, hammer, vice grips, crimper/stripper.

Why so few boating related posts?
 

In article , says...

On 11/2/10 3:08 PM, YukonBound wrote:


"Hairy Crotch" wrote in message
...
In article , says...

On 11/2/10 2:12 PM, HarryK wrote:
On 11/2/2010 12:20 PM, Hairy Crotch wrote:
In , says...

On 11/2/10 11:36 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:46:29 -0400, wrote:

It's really better around here, what with the ID spoofers still ID
spoofing. :)

I think that if everyone ignores them, the fun will be out of it
and
they'll go away.



I wish you were correct on this, Wayne, but I don't believe *fun* is
their motivation.

Harry, what was your motivation for coming here daily and insulting
everyone, lying about others, name calling and accusing people of
outlandish things like breaking their kid's arms, incest, etc.?

Wow, what a lie! Paul, are you listening? This is a lie. I never, ever
accused Scott of having an incestuous relation with his daughter in a
tent. I never, ever accused Kevin of breaking his daughter's arms.
It's
all lies, lies, lies!

For that matter, I never accused anyone of bestiality either, come to
think of it.

Anything else I need to deny?


Spoofing again, little man?

And just like his buddy Harry, Don didn't last a day without name
calling and insulting.


That's a lie..........

Harry couldn't go one day without insulting and name calling and neither
could Don.

Why so few boating related posts?
 

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:51:37 -0400, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:

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Almost every reasonable poster has asked you to stop this ID spoofing
silliness. Why are you doing it? It sure doesn't help improve the
atmosphere around here.

Small suggestion... instead of asking a spoofer to stop, stop
responding to him? Obviously, asking isn't helping. (Disclaimer: I'm
not claiming anyone is spoofing or not spoofing.)

Why so few boating related posts?
 

On 11/2/2010 7:51 PM, Paul@BYC wrote:

Almost every reasonable poster has asked you to stop this ID spoofing
silliness. Why are you doing it? It sure doesn't help improve the
atmosphere around here.

Reasonable?

Our children are in trouble.