On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:41:37 -0500, Gogarty
wrote:

In article , åke says...

(Snip)


Oh please! Does anybody sail for sailing's sake anymore? Or
has sailing become just another Facebook substitute?

"HEY LOOKIT MEEEEEE!!!!"

You object to expanding the experience? Got hemp? What's Facebook?

Check those sites I posted. You might learn a thing or too.


That is extremely doubtful as, you see, the illustrious Gregory
already knows everything there is to know about sailing. Learned all
about it reading sailing magazines :-(

--
Chers,

Bruce

On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:37:11 -0500, Gogarty
wrote:

In my "fleet" I have all the cruise ships that use New York (I get an email
notice when any of them enters or leaves a port), a party boat from Flushing
Bay, Mystic Whaler up in Mystic and a 45 foot catamaran I have tracked from
mid-Atlantic to Venezuela. Queen Mary 2 was in New York a couple if weeks ago
but is now in the eastern Med. The harbor webcam is especially interesting.

It amuses me.

=======

I never get tired of watching the boats in NY Harbor. Back in the
80s I had an office on the 9th floor of 111 Wall Street with a great
view of the East River going out towards Governors Island. You never
knew what you'd see from one day to the next.

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:02:50 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

We are once again underway for a little boating adventure, and
hopefully by this time next month we will be deep into the Caribbean,
most probably the BVI or Leeward Islands. From there we'll work our
way south to Martinique and St Lucia in the Windward Islands before
turning around and heading back north. Some of you will remember
that we did mostly the same trip 3 years ago. It was arguably one of
the best boating cruises of my lifetime and hopefully this one will be
even better.

Anyone who wants to keep track of our progress or lack thereof can
keep track of us he

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

Right now we're headed to Key West for a few days of watching my
oldest son racing sailboats in the annual Key West regatta, and after
that we'll head over to the Bahamas and start working our way farther
south as weather permits.

We'll have some internet access along the way but not everywhere, so
play nice in the meanwhile and try to think more about boating and
less about politics, gun control, abortion, etc.

========

We've made pretty good progress so far (presently at Chubb Cay in the
central Bahamas), and have had some interesting experiences along the
way. On day 2 we were heading SW from Marco Island towards Key West
in strong north easterly winds and 3 to 5 foot waves - not exactly
idylllic, but since we were headed downwind and surfing the waves,
fairly tolerable. Next thing I know an 87 foot Coast Guard cutter
with a pair of large machine guns on deck is pursuing us from astern.
They already had an inflatable and boarding party in the water so it
was clearly not going to be a social visit. The inflatable could not
keep up with our sprightly 9 knots so they radioed us to slow down to
5 knots, which we did of course. We were boarded by 5 heavily armed
young coasties who announced that they "wanted to see if we were safe
out here." The boarding officer was almost apologetic but said that
we were the only boat out that they had seen. We've been through
this before so all of our equipment was well in order, then they asked
for our boat documentation and "identificaion for everyone on board".
Since our passports were with the boat doc, I handed them in thinking
there could be no better proof of citizenship and ID. It turned out
they wanted driver's licenses however so they could run a search on
the NCIS database in the hope they could find unpaid parking tickets
perhaps? It was tempting to tell them that we didn't need drivers
licenses to be out there but discretion overruled that impulse. At
any rate we finally got a clean bill of health and were on our way.

Yesterday while heading across the Gulf Stream from the Florida Keys,
we were startled by the sight of a 25 to 30 inch fish which jumped
high in the air, even with the flybridge at about 15 feet, and sailed
clean across the boat to the other side. It was the most spectacular
jump I've ever seen from a fish that size.

The weather has been good so far and tomorrow we are headed south east
towards Nassau and he northern Exuma Islands. All systems are go -
especially the alternators thanks to Tim's good work.

In article ,
says...

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:02:50 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

We are once again underway for a little boating adventure, and
hopefully by this time next month we will be deep into the Caribbean,
most probably the BVI or Leeward Islands. From there we'll work our
way south to Martinique and St Lucia in the Windward Islands before
turning around and heading back north. Some of you will remember
that we did mostly the same trip 3 years ago. It was arguably one of
the best boating cruises of my lifetime and hopefully this one will be
even better.

Anyone who wants to keep track of our progress or lack thereof can
keep track of us he

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

Right now we're headed to Key West for a few days of watching my
oldest son racing sailboats in the annual Key West regatta, and after
that we'll head over to the Bahamas and start working our way farther
south as weather permits.

We'll have some internet access along the way but not everywhere, so
play nice in the meanwhile and try to think more about boating and
less about politics, gun control, abortion, etc.

========

We've made pretty good progress so far (presently at Chubb Cay in the
central Bahamas), and have had some interesting experiences along the
way. On day 2 we were heading SW from Marco Island towards Key West
in strong north easterly winds and 3 to 5 foot waves - not exactly
idylllic, but since we were headed downwind and surfing the waves,
fairly tolerable. Next thing I know an 87 foot Coast Guard cutter
with a pair of large machine guns on deck is pursuing us from astern.
They already had an inflatable and boarding party in the water so it
was clearly not going to be a social visit. The inflatable could not
keep up with our sprightly 9 knots so they radioed us to slow down to
5 knots, which we did of course. We were boarded by 5 heavily armed
young coasties who announced that they "wanted to see if we were safe
out here." The boarding officer was almost apologetic but said that
we were the only boat out that they had seen. We've been through
this before so all of our equipment was well in order, then they asked
for our boat documentation and "identificaion for everyone on board".
Since our passports were with the boat doc, I handed them in thinking
there could be no better proof of citizenship and ID. It turned out
they wanted driver's licenses however so they could run a search on
the NCIS database in the hope they could find unpaid parking tickets
perhaps? It was tempting to tell them that we didn't need drivers
licenses to be out there but discretion overruled that impulse. At
any rate we finally got a clean bill of health and were on our way.

Yesterday while heading across the Gulf Stream from the Florida Keys,
we were startled by the sight of a 25 to 30 inch fish which jumped
high in the air, even with the flybridge at about 15 feet, and sailed
clean across the boat to the other side. It was the most spectacular
jump I've ever seen from a fish that size.

The weather has been good so far and tomorrow we are headed south east
towards Nassau and he northern Exuma Islands. All systems are go -
especially the alternators thanks to Tim's good work.

Good deal!! Please repost your tracking URL I enjoy watching your
progress!

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:35:14 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

We've been through
this before so all of our equipment was well in order, then they asked
for our boat documentation and "identificaion for everyone on board".
Since our passports were with the boat doc, I handed them in thinking
there could be no better proof of citizenship and ID. It turned out
they wanted driver's licenses however so they could run a search on
the NCIS database in the hope they could find unpaid parking tickets
perhaps? It was tempting to tell them that we didn't need drivers
licenses to be out there but discretion overruled that impulse. At
any rate we finally got a clean bill of health and were on our way.

That would be interesting for me. We never carry our driver's license
on the boat. I have an expired CCW but that is the only ID I carry on
the boat.
My wife may not have anything.

They better pass a federal "show your papers" law if they want to
enforce this bull****.
BTW the only time I have ever been boarded by the CG, they never
looked for anything but drugs. In a few minutes they kicked us loose.
(after my dog ****ed all over their boat)

I agree that it's bull****. And I'm glad your dog ****ed all over their
boat!!

Wayne, Geoff Schultz has developed a means to interrogate the SPOT site to
get continuous data for their maps on his blog (bluejacket). You might want
to look at it; right now I'm a bit busy to do that :{))

L8R

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On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:41:06 -0500, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

Wayne, Geoff Schultz has developed a means to interrogate the SPOT site to
get continuous data for their maps on his blog (bluejacket). You might want
to look at it; right now I'm a bit busy to do that :{))

====

Interesting, I'll take a look at it when I get a chance. Thanks.

Currently anchored at Highbourne Cay, farther south tomorrow. All
systems are go, weather warm and windy (15 to 20 kts) out of the north
east.

On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:14:49 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:02:50 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

We are once again underway for a little boating adventure, and
hopefully by this time next month we will be deep into the Caribbean,
most probably the BVI or Leeward Islands. From there we'll work our
way south to Martinique and St Lucia in the Windward Islands before
turning around and heading back north. Some of you will remember
that we did mostly the same trip 3 years ago. It was arguably one of
the best boating cruises of my lifetime and hopefully this one will be
even better.

Anyone who wants to keep track of our progress or lack thereof can
keep track of us he

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

Right now we're headed to Key West for a few days of watching my
oldest son racing sailboats in the annual Key West regatta, and after
that we'll head over to the Bahamas and start working our way farther
south as weather permits.

We'll have some internet access along the way but not everywhere, so
play nice in the meanwhile and try to think more about boating and
less about politics, gun control, abortion, etc.

========

We've made pretty good progress so far (presently at Chubb Cay in the
central Bahamas), and have had some interesting experiences along the
way. On day 2 we were heading SW from Marco Island towards Key West
in strong north easterly winds and 3 to 5 foot waves - not exactly
idylllic, but since we were headed downwind and surfing the waves,
fairly tolerable. Next thing I know an 87 foot Coast Guard cutter
with a pair of large machine guns on deck is pursuing us from astern.
They already had an inflatable and boarding party in the water so it
was clearly not going to be a social visit. The inflatable could not
keep up with our sprightly 9 knots so they radioed us to slow down to
5 knots, which we did of course. We were boarded by 5 heavily armed
young coasties who announced that they "wanted to see if we were safe
out here." The boarding officer was almost apologetic but said that
we were the only boat out that they had seen. We've been through
this before so all of our equipment was well in order, then they asked
for our boat documentation and "identificaion for everyone on board".
Since our passports were with the boat doc, I handed them in thinking
there could be no better proof of citizenship and ID. It turned out
they wanted driver's licenses however so they could run a search on
the NCIS database in the hope they could find unpaid parking tickets
perhaps? It was tempting to tell them that we didn't need drivers
licenses to be out there but discretion overruled that impulse. At
any rate we finally got a clean bill of health and were on our way.

Yesterday while heading across the Gulf Stream from the Florida Keys,
we were startled by the sight of a 25 to 30 inch fish which jumped
high in the air, even with the flybridge at about 15 feet, and sailed
clean across the boat to the other side. It was the most spectacular
jump I've ever seen from a fish that size.

The weather has been good so far and tomorrow we are headed south east
towards Nassau and he northern Exuma Islands. All systems are go -
especially the alternators thanks to Tim's good work.

Good deal!! Please repost your tracking URL I enjoy watching your
progress!

====

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 11:56:58 -0500, wrote:

That would be interesting for me. We never carry our driver's license
on the boat. I have an expired CCW but that is the only ID I carry on
the boat.
My wife may not have anything.

===

Everyone is required to produce some form of identification if
requested by a law enforcement officer. Failure to comply can result
in being "detained" until your identity has been established. I'm OK
with that but refusing a passport and insisting on a drivers license
is probably unconstitutional (when on a boat) if you want to make a
case of it.

On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:39:12 -0500, Gogarty
wrote:

There was an incident a few years ago involving a large yacht travelling
the ICW and the CG. I forget the details but the yacht was stopped and
searched very few miles by yet another bunch of curious Coasties.
Finally the owner blew up and got jail and confiscation for his trouble.

===

USCG has become sensitive to the issue of repetitive boardings. The
key to avoidance is to ask for, and save, the so called "yellow sheet"
issued after a boarding. If you have a yellow sheet on board showing
a clean inspection within the last 6 months, they will let you go
unless there is some other probable cause.