On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:36:26 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:36:27 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Alan Parr" wrote in message
. com...
Thanks to all for your prompt responses. I have West Marine online
and am checking out a Nav kit, I've shot off a couple of queries to
the CG about local courses, and only time will tell if it will be
worthwhile pursuing a certification - but the experience will improve
my sailing, and that's what counts.

Thank you,

Alan

Don't forget that book, Alan! Even if you ignore the sections on
navigation,
it'll still serve a very important purpose: If other family members read
it,
they might learn some of the things that the captain sometimes needs to
YELL
during tense situations. Unfortunately, the book is missing one thing.
I've
repeatedly told my first mate that for safety reasons, she should remove
her
shirt while on the boat during nice weather. She wants to see it in
writing
from another source, and I can't find it anywhere.

It's a well known nautical fact that females have to take their shirts
off and expose their...er....themselves to the elements.

Why the hell do you think the female mastheads are half naked all the
time? [1]

Take care.

Tom

Thank you, Tom. This may be the "another source" that takes care of my
onboard disagreement. It's unbelievable how some people don't understand the
meaning of the word "captain".

Trust me, I have the same problem. ;)

Later,

Tom
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"Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt..."

Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653

Also, you could try to find out if there is a maritime academy or college
near you that gives courses to the public.

to learn nav? what on Earth for? That is like going to a college to learn how
to brush one's teeth.

nav is simple. even more simple on the St. Croix River. Upstream is north,
downstream is south. Hit the dam and you are in St Croix Falls (east, where
the sun comes up) or Taylor's Falls (west, where the sun goes down).

Alan, don't sweat it. nav is easy

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
Also, you could try to find out if there is a maritime academy or college
near you that gives courses to the public.

to learn nav? what on Earth for? That is like going to a college to
learn how
to brush one's teeth.

nav is simple. even more simple on the St. Croix River. Upstream is
north,
downstream is south. Hit the dam and you are in St Croix Falls (east,
where
the sun comes up) or Taylor's Falls (west, where the sun goes down).

Alan, don't sweat it. nav is easy

Yeah. Easy. Compass variation & deviation can be lurnt rite on the bak of a
serial box.

Alan is a genius for wanting to learn. But, you are a complete moron.

Yeah. Easy. Compass variation & deviation can be lurnt rite on the bak of a
serial box.

actually, it is a cereal box, but yes, of course. but spelling doesn't count.

ancientangler comments:

-Yeah. Easy. Compass variation & deviation can be lurnt rite on the bak of a
serial box.-

Bilge-jaxashby doesn't know that a compass can be used for more than holding a
beer can.

Regards;


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On 29 Sep 2004 03:51:34 GMT, (Bilgeman) wrote:

ancientangler comments:

-Yeah. Easy. Compass variation & deviation can be lurnt rite on the bak of a
serial box.-

Bilge-jaxashby doesn't know that a compass can be used for more than holding a
beer can.

You mean it does something other than holding my soda can?

Damn....

Later,

Tom

tomf123 asks:

-You mean it does something other than holding my soda can?-

Bilge- Yeah, man! It can hold your bong, your ashtray, with a little duct tape
it makes a wicked lava lamp platform...like dude! There's a zillion uses for
the thing.

I've even heard, back in the "Golden Age", that some ship turned their
binnacle into the "no-****-'em" finest wet bar anyone had ever seen!

Well, that was only the starboard one...for the licensed officers, the
unlicensed had the port binnacle, which had been converted into a keg chiller &
tap. James Bond and "Q" were mere hobbyists compared to that crew.

Quartermasters were chosen mainly for their skills at dry martini assembly.

Some of the most vicious fistfights anyone could ever witness would be between
two AB's over which one had "First Wheel".

Cheers;


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Select Your Tattoo while Sober