Monster Shark Tournament
 

Anyone following this series on ESPN?

The tournament took place this summer at Oak Bluffs in Martha's
Vineyard. 150 boats were entered, several owned or crewed by friends of
mine. Great job by ESPN. Two friends crewed on "Magic Lady" that ....
well, I won't spoil the finish for those of you that are watching the
series.

Eisboch

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:13:39 -0500, Eisboch
wrote:
Anyone following this series on ESPN?

The tournament took place this summer at Oak Bluffs in Martha's
Vineyard. 150 boats were entered, several owned or crewed by friends of
mine. Great job by ESPN. Two friends crewed on "Magic Lady" that ....
well, I won't spoil the finish for those of you that are watching the
series.
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Speaking of sharks, I was on MV for a couple of weeks the summer that
they filmed "Jaws" circa 1975 or thereabouts. What a three ring
circus that was with the movie folks intermingled with the tourists
and Edgartown regulars. We sailed in the day that the "Orca" almost
sank in real life. It sprang a plank during the shoot and was towed
back to Edgartown Marine with the gunnels awash. The producers flew
in a shipwright from the mainland and he spent the next two days
fitting a new plank while everything else was on hold. It was a mini
education in old time boat building to watch him work. I was walking
around the docks looking thoroughly disreputable and most of the
tourists assumed I was involved with the movie in some way.

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:13:39 -0500, Eisboch
wrote:

Eisboch

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PS, how have you been surviving the hurricanes? You were pretty close
to ground zero for Frances and Jeanne if my memory is correct.

Eisboch wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:13:39 -0500, Eisboch
wrote:


Eisboch


=========================

PS, how have you been surviving the hurricanes? You were pretty close
to ground zero for Frances and Jeanne if my memory is correct.


Mrs. E and I are up north for the summer (MA) so we weren't there for
the big blows. Unfortunately, our house in Jupiter did sustain some
damage. Seems the wind blew a set of double doors open which cascaded
into several outside doors being blow open. One of the sets of French
doors were ripped completely off of their hinges. With the house open to
the elements, most of the furniture and rugs got soaked with rain water.
One of our dining room chairs was picked up and deposited outside in the
pool. At least the roof stayed on, although several concrete roof tiles
were ripped off. All can be fixed, so no big loss.

I have my Scout stored at a marina on one of those rack storage units.
I haven't heard anything so I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Eisboch (starting to think snow storms ain't so bad)


Hmmm. You have storm shutters? They really can help if they are
installed properly.

--
We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the
son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah.

What, me worry?

Eisboch wrote:

Hey...reset your computer's clock...


--
We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the
son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah.

What, me worry?

Eisboch wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:13:39 -0500, Eisboch
wrote:



Eisboch


=========================

PS, how have you been surviving the hurricanes? You were pretty close
to ground zero for Frances and Jeanne if my memory is correct.


Mrs. E and I are up north for the summer (MA) so we weren't there for
the big blows. Unfortunately, our house in Jupiter did sustain some
damage. Seems the wind blew a set of double doors open which cascaded
into several outside doors being blow open. One of the sets of French
doors were ripped completely off of their hinges. With the house open to
the elements, most of the furniture and rugs got soaked with rain water.
One of our dining room chairs was picked up and deposited outside in the
pool. At least the roof stayed on, although several concrete roof tiles
were ripped off. All can be fixed, so no big loss.

I have my Scout stored at a marina on one of those rack storage units.
I haven't heard anything so I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Eisboch (starting to think snow storms ain't so bad)



Hmmm. You have storm shutters? They really can help if they are
installed properly.


Nope, no shutters. Wish now that we had installed them. We survived
Frances with no damage other than a couple of trees falling and were
probably lulled into a false sense of security. The winds in Jeanne were
much stronger. Hurricanes should be banned.

Eisboch


They will be under John Kerry.

Seriously, check out the shutters. We had them on our house..I recall
they were about $300 per double window, but this was some years ago.

--
We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the
son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah.

What, me worry?

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:13:39 -0500, Eisboch
wrote:


Eisboch


=========================

PS, how have you been surviving the hurricanes? You were pretty close
to ground zero for Frances and Jeanne if my memory is correct.


Mrs. E and I are up north for the summer (MA) so we weren't there for
the big blows. Unfortunately, our house in Jupiter did sustain some
damage. Seems the wind blew a set of double doors open which cascaded
into several outside doors being blow open. One of the sets of French
doors were ripped completely off of their hinges. With the house open to
the elements, most of the furniture and rugs got soaked with rain water.
One of our dining room chairs was picked up and deposited outside in the
pool. At least the roof stayed on, although several concrete roof tiles
were ripped off. All can be fixed, so no big loss.

I have my Scout stored at a marina on one of those rack storage units.
I haven't heard anything so I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Eisboch (starting to think snow storms ain't so bad)

GO SOX!!!

About your clock... It's 8:18pm PDT here, and your last post shows up as
8:52pm which means I haven't received it yet, even though I read it. g

--Mike

A transpanted BoSox fan on the west coast


"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
Harry Krause wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

Hey...reset your computer's clock...



Wassa matter with my clock?

It says "10:50" right now. And the Red Socks just won in the 11th.

Eisboch

Harry Krause wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:13:39 -0500, Eisboch
wrote:



Eisboch


=========================

PS, how have you been surviving the hurricanes? You were pretty close
to ground zero for Frances and Jeanne if my memory is correct.


Mrs. E and I are up north for the summer (MA) so we weren't there for
the big blows. Unfortunately, our house in Jupiter did sustain some
damage. Seems the wind blew a set of double doors open which cascaded
into several outside doors being blow open. One of the sets of French
doors were ripped completely off of their hinges. With the house open to
the elements, most of the furniture and rugs got soaked with rain water.
One of our dining room chairs was picked up and deposited outside in the
pool. At least the roof stayed on, although several concrete roof tiles
were ripped off. All can be fixed, so no big loss.

I have my Scout stored at a marina on one of those rack storage units.
I haven't heard anything so I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Eisboch (starting to think snow storms ain't so bad)



Hmmm. You have storm shutters? They really can help if they are
installed properly.


Nope, no shutters. Wish now that we had installed them. We survived
Frances with no damage other than a couple of trees falling and were
probably lulled into a false sense of security. The winds in Jeanne were
much stronger. Hurricanes should be banned.

Eisboch

Harry Krause wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

Hey...reset your computer's clock...



Wassa matter with my clock?

It says "10:50" right now. And the Red Socks just won in the 11th.

Eisboch

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:34:57 -0500, Eisboch
wrote:

Hurricanes should be banned.

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You bet, FL hurricanes at the very least. There's going to be a big
run on storm shutter installation this winter, along with pool cage
replacement. Right now you can't even get an estimate for a new pool
cage.

Sorry to hear about your damage. We drove through the Jupiter area on
I-95 Sunday, about 12 hours behind the eyewall. The winds were still
howling.

Subject: Monster Shark Tournament
From: Wayne.B

Speaking of sharks, I was on MV for a couple of weeks the summer that
they filmed "Jaws" circa 1975 or thereabouts.

Small world. Me too.

Capt. Bill

Subject: Monster Shark Tournament
From: Eisboch

Anyone following this series on ESPN?

Yes.


The tournament took place this summer at Oak Bluffs in Martha's
Vineyard. 150 boats were entered, several owned or crewed by friends of
mine. Great job by ESPN. Two friends crewed on "Magic Lady" that ....
well, I won't spoil the finish for those of you that are watching the
series.

It's a kill tournament.

One boat even got penalized for bringing in a Blue that's under size. Dead of
course. No excuse for that.

Total waste of fine animals.

Your friends should rethink their priorities.

Capt. Bill

LaBomba182 wrote:
Subject: Monster Shark Tournament
From: Eisboch


Anyone following this series on ESPN?


Yes.


The tournament took place this summer at Oak Bluffs in Martha's
Vineyard. 150 boats were entered, several owned or crewed by friends of
mine. Great job by ESPN. Two friends crewed on "Magic Lady" that ....
well, I won't spoil the finish for those of you that are watching the
series.


It's a kill tournament.

One boat even got penalized for bringing in a Blue that's under size. Dead of
course. No excuse for that.

Total waste of fine animals.

Your friends should rethink their priorities.

Capt. Bill

What they do for sport fishing or hunting is their business. For me,
occasional cod and tuna fishing is the limit although I did crew on a
catch and release shark tournament a few years ago. Exciting, but not
my bag.

Eisboch

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:57:57 -0400, Eisboch
wrote:

LaBomba182 wrote:
Subject: Monster Shark Tournament
From: Eisboch

Anyone following this series on ESPN?

Yes.

The tournament took place this summer at Oak Bluffs in Martha's
Vineyard. 150 boats were entered, several owned or crewed by friends of
mine. Great job by ESPN. Two friends crewed on "Magic Lady" that ....
well, I won't spoil the finish for those of you that are watching the
series.

It's a kill tournament.

One boat even got penalized for bringing in a Blue that's under size. Dead of
course. No excuse for that.

Total waste of fine animals.

Your friends should rethink their priorities.

What they do for sport fishing or hunting is their business. For me,
occasional cod and tuna fishing is the limit although I did crew on a
catch and release shark tournament a few years ago. Exciting, but not
my bag.

I have a mixed opinion on tournaments. In one sense, they can be a
lot of fun and it's a way for a lot of people to participate for
prizes.

On the other hand, I have to believe that "kill" tournaments aren't
the best type of tournament to run.

I am very much in the catch and release tournament camp - limit the
number of boats, place judges on each boat and have a tournament -
like tagging fish or placing radio locators, etc.

Xtreme Billfish system is the best - every catch is released, every
one has to be tagged and every catch is measured by an impartial judge
from a different team.

I think they have the best system and it should work well in a shark
tournament.

Take care.

Tom

"The beatings will stop when morale improves."
E. Teach, 1717