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

On 4/20/13 6:58 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.

When I was 10 to 16 years old racing sailboats on Long Island Sound, the
water temps at this time of year were usually in the high 40's to very
low 50's, a bit nippy for the Blue Jay, Lighting and Star "fleets" at
the local clubs. The Blue Jays, especially, were tippy in the short,
sudden gusts on the Sound. Hardly anyone left the shelter of the harbor
to even race around Charles Island.

I've been told some Connecticut clubs have gone to Pixels. I'll try to
check it out when I'm up there a little later this year.

On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:17:57 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 4/20/13 6:58 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.

When I was 10 to 16 years old racing sailboats on Long Island Sound, the
water temps at this time of year were usually in the high 40's to very
low 50's, a bit nippy for the Blue Jay, Lighting and Star "fleets" at
the local clubs. The Blue Jays, especially, were tippy in the short,
sudden gusts on the Sound. Hardly anyone left the shelter of the harbor
to even race around Charles Island.

I've been told some Connecticut clubs have gone to Pixels. I'll try to
check it out when I'm up there a little later this year.

===

Not much gong on in Blue Jays anymore. We ended up donating ours to
a sailing foundation in Connecticut that teaches inner city kids about
boats.

On 4/20/2013 6:58 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


Still a bit windy and chilly days, still in the low thirties at night up
here...

On Saturday, 20 April 2013 20:37:00 UTC-3, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:17:57 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:



On 4/20/13 6:58 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.



When I was 10 to 16 years old racing sailboats on Long Island Sound, the

water temps at this time of year were usually in the high 40's to very

low 50's, a bit nippy for the Blue Jay, Lighting and Star "fleets" at

the local clubs. The Blue Jays, especially, were tippy in the short,

sudden gusts on the Sound. Hardly anyone left the shelter of the harbor

to even race around Charles Island.



I've been told some Connecticut clubs have gone to Pixels. I'll try to

check it out when I'm up there a little later this year.



===



Not much gong on in Blue Jays anymore. We ended up donating ours to

a sailing foundation in Connecticut that teaches inner city kids about

boats.

A few years ago the Royal NS Yacht Squadron was home to a couple Blue Jays painted in 2 popular beer brand colours.
They were sold off. I hear there is a lake around here that has a small fleet of them.

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.

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?

"Wayne B" wrote in message
...

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?

----------------------------------------

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.

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



"Wayne B" wrote in message
.. .

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?

----------------------------------------

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.

====

I beleve that kind of protective device is sometimes called a
"dongle".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongle

It could probably be made in such a way to discourage marine hardware
theft but it would increase costs and introduce a reliability point of
failure which could become a liability issue. More importantly, the
manufacturers have no incentive. Every theft for them usually
represents in an additional sale.

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