Anyone doing any boating ?
 

On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:13:01 -0400, T. Keating
wrote:

On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:22:36 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:19:05 -0400, T. Keating
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,
especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast
should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long
Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once
by this time.

Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys.

Using a specialised crimping tool, I just installed a shielded RJ-45 plug for a friends
Radar unit.

Unfortuantely the old plug was connected to his expensive Garmin Chart plotter which was
stolen from his boat (up on boat lift, mounted in console.) :-(

The theives cut that cable, but took the effort to un-plugged others.

They've recently hit seven other boats in nearby canals.

===

That's to bad, sorry to hear it.

Whereabouts are you located?

Lighthouse Point, Fl

===

I'm in a canal community on the west coast of FL when I'm not out
cruising. We've had some crime issues but fortunately not too
frequently. I've got our docked rigged out with motion detector
lighting which I think is something of a deterrent. I know of at
least one instance where it frightened off intruders. When we're not
home I keep our runabout at maximum height in the boat lift and have
double locks on the electrical feed.

Anyone doing any boating ?
 

On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:51:55 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



"Wayne B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:19:05 -0400, T. Keating
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:

We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,
especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the
northeast
should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long
Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least
once
by this time.

Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys.

Using a specialised crimping tool, I just installed a shielded RJ-45
plug for a friends
Radar unit.

Unfortuantely the old plug was connected to his expensive Garmin
Chart plotter which was
stolen from his boat (up on boat lift, mounted in console.) :-(

The theives cut that cable, but took the effort to un-plugged others.

They've recently hit seven other boats in nearby canals.

===

That's to bad, sorry to hear it.

Whereabouts are you located?

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Theft of boat electronics seems to be a continuing problem. I
remember there was a series of break-ins in Scituate, MA years ago
where chart plotters, radios, etc., were stolen. They would simply
unplug or cut and leave the cables because they were too difficult to
remove quickly so they just took the electronic units.

Seems to me that will all of the advanced electronics available today
that a digital "key" could be programmed into the cable itself thus
making the electronic unit inoperable without the proper cable
connected. Something similar is done with a popular recording
software package called "Pro-Tools" in the music industry. It's
purpose is to prevent pirating of the software for use on other
computers, but the device has to be installed in the interconnecting
cable in order for the computer containing the software package to
communicate with anything else. You can run the software without the
key but it's useless because there's no data input available.


Makes me glad my boat is stored on a Marine base!


Salmonbait

--
'Name-calling' - the liberals' last stand.

Anyone doing any boating ?
 

On 21/04/2013 12:58 AM, Wayne B wrote:
We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,
especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast
should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long
Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once
by this time.

Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys.

We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment.
There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic
Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua
Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of
gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and
mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times
but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low
80s.

http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/

http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php



We're in Msida Marina in Malta on a very windy stormy day.
Swell is even wrapping around our breakwater and giving us
a hard time. One of my u-beaut docklines parted last night.
I thought I had the marina's line as the tensioned line with
mine as the backup but the marina line slipped on the cleat
making mine the (now) sacrifical. Bugger. $20 down the drain.
Still, this is a nice place and the wind will ease Friday.
Anzac Day tomorrow (for Australians) so we're headed up to
the Commonwealth War Cemetery here for a service.
This is a very nice place to visit. Militarily, I would
have loved to be charged with its defence in the days of
cannon. There's no way in!

Beer is good, food is good, people are nice and the boat
repairs very competent.
Hoges

Anyone doing any boating ?
 

On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,
especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast
should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long
Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once
by this time.

Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys.

We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment.
There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic
Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua
Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of
gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and
mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times
but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low
80s.

http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/

http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php


This occurred this early this morning on the opposite side of canal next to my friend's
house. I arrived in later in the afternoon to feed his cat.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/bro...4,0,5488.story

By the time I had arrived, they had towed away what's left of the cabin cruiser.. The
sailboat is in rough shape(she'll never sail again).. Another cruiser has damage..

Anyone doing any boating ?
 

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:50:51 -0400, T. Keating
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,
especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast
should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long
Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once
by this time.

Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys.

We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment.
There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic
Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua
Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of
gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and
mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times
but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low
80s.

http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/

http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php


This occurred this early this morning on the opposite side of canal next to my friend's
house. I arrived in later in the afternoon to feed his cat.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/bro...4,0,5488.story

By the time I had arrived, they had towed away what's left of the cabin cruiser.. The
sailboat is in rough shape(she'll never sail again).. Another cruiser has damage..

====

That's bad, lucky everyone got off alive but the burn victims have a
tough road ahead. I'd imagine that it must have been either a
gasoline or propane explosion, quite possibly gasoline since most of
the older Mainship's of that era had 454 big block engines.

An old friend of mine used to live on Hendricks Isle back in the 80s.
He had a big old Irwin ketch named Belaire or something like that
docked at his house.

Anyone doing any boating ?
 

"T. Keating" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:

We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,
especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast
should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long
Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once
by this time.

Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys.

We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment.
There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic
Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua
Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of
gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and
mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times
but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low
80s.

http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/

http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php


This occurred this early this morning on the opposite side of canal next to
my friend's
house. I arrived in later in the afternoon to feed his cat.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/bro...4,0,5488.story

By the time I had arrived, they had towed away what's left of the cabin
cruiser.. The
sailboat is in rough shape(she'll never sail again).. Another cruiser has
damage..



And people pay lots of money to tie up in a slip.

The above in but one reason you won't ever find this sailor
tied up in a slip.

--
Sir Gregory

Anyone doing any boating ?
 

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:50:51 -0400, T. Keating wrote:

On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,
especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast
should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long
Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once
by this time.

Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys.

We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment.
There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic
Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua
Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of
gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and
mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times
but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low
80s.

http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/

http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php


This occurred this early this morning on the opposite side of canal next to my friend's
house. I arrived in later in the afternoon to feed his cat.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/bro...4,0,5488.story

By the time I had arrived, they had towed away what's left of the cabin cruiser.. The
sailboat is in rough shape(she'll never sail again).. Another cruiser has damage..

Damn shame. Luckily, my boat's still sitting on a trailer in a parking lot!

Anyone doing any boating ?
 

On Apr 20, 5:58*pm, Wayne B wrote:
We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,
especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast
should be warming up by now. *When I was racing sailboats on Long
Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once
by this time.

Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys.

We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment.
There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic
Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua
Sailing Week. * Everything is good here except the weather - lots of
gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. * The rain and
mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times
but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low
80s.

http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/

http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php

I did some today.

Due to heavy rains locally and up north, plus snow melting in the
upper states has caused the Mississippi river to reach pre-flood
stage. Same with the creek behind my farm... it's 9 feet above normal
and flooding fields.. It had been a while since I'd done it, but I
took my 10 ft. Jon boat, some oars, trolling motor and an 8-D battery
and went back and launched it in the creek. Heading down stream was
really kind of a treat. Normally the creek is way low in the summer
and impassable with a jon boat due to log jams, but this was easy. I
saw lots of ducks, hawks and an occasional fish eagle.

Driving distance from the farm to town is about 4 mi. By boat it's
approx. 9. Even with high water there's really no current as of to
say, but I used the old trolling motor to power quite a bit back to
the farm.

I found that even slow, easy rowing will remind you of unused muscles
you didn't realize you had. Right now my arms feel like concrete held
on by rubber bands....

Anyone doing any boating ?
 

On Saturday, 27 April 2013 22:50:43 UTC-3, Tim wrote:
On Apr 20, 5:58*pm, Wayne B wrote:

We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,

especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast

should be warming up by now. *When I was racing sailboats on Long

Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once

by this time.



Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys.



We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment.

There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic

Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua

Sailing Week. * Everything is good here except the weather - lots of

gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. * The rain and

mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times

but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low

80s.



http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/



http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php



I did some today.



Due to heavy rains locally and up north, plus snow melting in the

upper states has caused the Mississippi river to reach pre-flood

stage. Same with the creek behind my farm... it's 9 feet above normal

and flooding fields.. It had been a while since I'd done it, but I

took my 10 ft. Jon boat, some oars, trolling motor and an 8-D battery

and went back and launched it in the creek. Heading down stream was

really kind of a treat. Normally the creek is way low in the summer

and impassable with a jon boat due to log jams, but this was easy. I

saw lots of ducks, hawks and an occasional fish eagle.



Driving distance from the farm to town is about 4 mi. By boat it's

approx. 9. Even with high water there's really no current as of to

say, but I used the old trolling motor to power quite a bit back to

the farm.



I found that even slow, easy rowing will remind you of unused muscles

you didn't realize you had. Right now my arms feel like concrete held

on by rubber bands....


Speaking of birds....
while outside replacing our front entrance door.. we saw a good size bald eagle gliding over our street being chased by a couple of noisy crows.
What a majestic bird... it continued in an easterly direction up to the intersection with a busy street just over a block away and then turned south.

Anyone doing any boating ?
 

True North wrote:
On Saturday, 27 April 2013 22:50:43 UTC-3, Tim wrote:
On Apr 20, 5:58 pm, Wayne B wrote:

We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,
especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast
should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long
Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once
by this time.
Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys.
We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment.
There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic
Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua
Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of
gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and
mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times
but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low
80s.
http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/
http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php


I did some today.



Due to heavy rains locally and up north, plus snow melting in the

upper states has caused the Mississippi river to reach pre-flood

stage. Same with the creek behind my farm... it's 9 feet above normal

and flooding fields.. It had been a while since I'd done it, but I

took my 10 ft. Jon boat, some oars, trolling motor and an 8-D battery

and went back and launched it in the creek. Heading down stream was

really kind of a treat. Normally the creek is way low in the summer

and impassable with a jon boat due to log jams, but this was easy. I

saw lots of ducks, hawks and an occasional fish eagle.



Driving distance from the farm to town is about 4 mi. By boat it's

approx. 9. Even with high water there's really no current as of to

say, but I used the old trolling motor to power quite a bit back to

the farm.



I found that even slow, easy rowing will remind you of unused muscles

you didn't realize you had. Right now my arms feel like concrete held

on by rubber bands....

Speaking of birds....
while outside replacing our front entrance door.. we saw a good size bald eagle gliding over our street being chased by a couple of noisy crows.
What a majestic bird... it continued in an easterly direction up to the intersection with a busy street just over a block away and then turned south.
Did you throw the old door into your front yard to add to your
collection of trash?