"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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At least I get to water.

billy bud, I live on an island in the Atlantic Ocean.

So, you look at the water as you drive over the bridge. If you boated the
ocean, you would have bigger than a 12' boat.

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On 19 May 2004 00:30:41 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

It is not a rope on the boat, it is a line, and when it is attached to
the
anchor, it becomes a rode.
Bill

In France, they speak French. In Italy, they speak Italian. In
California,
they speak cereal (i.e. nuts, fruits and flakes). On Midwest lakes, an
anchor
is tied to a boat with a rope.

In the Midwest one can expect the nautical experience of those
accustomed to a prairie schooner.

Just how much does that "rope" stretch?? It that the same "rope" that
Roy Rogers uses? Get along little dingy..... yip....yip.....
yee-haw.... little mushroom anchor....

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ROTFLMAO!!!

So...... what is the diameter of a 3 inch rope?

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1 inch

I can't remember where rope changes from diameter to circumference when
describing....it may be around 1.5 inch dia.
Below 5/8 dia, it was called "small stuff".
G Then again, different groups may have different points.

Shen

The acutal solution:

The rec.boats posters went into Big Box Marine.

Calif Bill bought ten feet of anchor line
Gould bought ten feet of rope to use for an anchor rode
Jax bought ten feet of rope to use for an anchor rope.

The young clerk on duty got rather confused by it all, and forgot what the
cordage was supposed to sell for.
The clerk charged all three rec.boats posters $10 @.

Before the posters could relocate their argument to the parking lot, the
manager of Big Box Marine asked the clerk about the sale. The clerk said, "I
didn't know what to charge, so they each paid $10."

"That's too much said the manager of Big Box Marine, " {{OK OKIt's a fable
already so give me a break}} "Take $5 out of the till and give it back to
them."

The clerk didn't know how to divide $5 by three, so he took a $2 "tip" and gave
eachof the rec.boaters a $1 refund. Since the cordage originally cost each
poster $10 and they received $1 back, the net cost per poster could be said to
be $9.

Since 9X3 = 27, and the clerk absoconded with $2....what happened to the extra
buck? ($27 + 2 = $29)

Who will be the first "unstumped" by this one? :-)

On 18 May 2004 19:28:24 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

How do you plan to use the boat? Many trawlers have a lot more fuel capacity
than they need. A boater running 75 hours a year has too much fuel on board
with 450-500 gallons, yet you run into these situations all the time.

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The boat has a pair of 500 gallon tanks, both rusted out at the top.
I plan to use the boat way more than 75 hours a year, probably living
aboard and cruising it for 5 or 6 months of the year after I retire.
Long range at a semblance of economy was one of the attractions of the
GB 49 versus a Hatt 53.

There's a ton of information on the web about replacing tanks, and
quite a few different options. Cutting holes and reglassing is not
way up on my list of favorites however. One of the issues now is who
does the repair and when. If I had my druthers I'd like to set up an
escrow account with the sellers $$$s, do the deal, and pay for repairs
with the escrow funds. It may be sticky getting insurance however
with defective tanks on the survey. If I push the deal out waiting
for repairs, there is a big risk of interest rates taking off in a big
way. There already up almost 1/2 a percent in the last month.

In France, they speak French. In Italy, they speak Italian. In California,
they speak cereal (i.e. nuts, fruits and flakes). On Midwest lakes, an
anchor
is tied to a boat with a rope.

In the Midwest one can expect the nautical experience of those
accustomed to a prairie schooner.


It is their boats, their anchors and their lakes. They can call them sweet
potatoes if they wish.

billy bud, I live on an island in the Atlantic Ocean.

It's not an island. It's a peninsula. The Supreme Court said so,
officially making Whidbey Island, WA the longest island in the country.

Manhattan Island is a peninsula? Well, there is that tiny piece of the Bronx
that is legally part of Manhattan, but I don't live on that part.

billy bud, I live on an island in the Atlantic Ocean.

So, you look at the water as you drive over the bridge. If you boated the
ocean, you would have bigger than a 12' boat.

Oh? Well, I do also have an Achilles and an inflatable kayak.

Boy, was it hell getting all the last two Atlantic Highlands to Cape May last
fall aboard the Porta-Bote on my weigh south, but I squeezed by. The waves
were sometimes 2 feet high, cresting to 2-1/2 feet, the fish were circling and
the sky too coast to take any celestial sights.

Also Sprach JAXAshby :
billy bud, I live on an island in the Atlantic Ocean.

It's not an island. It's a peninsula. The Supreme Court said so,
officially making Whidbey Island, WA the longest island in the country.

Manhattan Island is a peninsula? Well, there is that tiny piece of the Bronx
that is legally part of Manhattan, but I don't live on that part.

Ah, I thought you had mentioned you lived on Long Island, which is legally
a peninsula. However, no one in their right mind would call Manhattan an
island in the Atlantic ocean. It's surrounde by rivers on all sides, for
gods sake.

Dan

--
Take GWAR, add in some goats and stuff, and you have Grimstari!

-- Matt Hufstetler

On Tue, 18 May 2004 21:52:06 -0400, "Gene Kearns"
wrote:

In the Midwest one can expect the nautical experience of those
accustomed to a prairie schooner.

Dunno about that. Somehow, Michigan (part of
the Midwest) has more boats registered than
any other state. At least a few of us have
a bit of boating experience. The Great Lakes
(bordering several Midwestern states, and thus
Midwestern Lakes) have just about everything in
the way of boating pleasures except hurricanes
(we are limited to the occasional tornado and
80 kt straight-line winds) and (noticeable) tides.
You can go in a straight line for several days
out of the sight of land. Not an ocean crossing,
but I bet a lot of salt water cruisers don't
make open ocean crossings either.

My take on nomenclatu rope is the material;
lines (and a few named ropes) are what you
make from rope. Rode is like halyard, sheet,
painter, stay, or shroud: a special name for a
particular application.

Thus you take some rope (and maybe a bit of
chain) to make your anchor rode. Anchor line
is probably acceptable. Reducing precision
of usage dilutes the language. Maybe a lost
cause, but worth fighting for anyway.

On adding chain to the rode: I like to have chain
equal to the weight of the anchor. Unless you
are anchoring in coral or some other abrasive
bottom, six to ten feet is plenty, so you up the
size of the chain to get the weight up. With a
25# danforth, use ten feet of 1/2" chain (overkill
for strength, but about the right weight).

--
--Pete "Peter W. Meek"
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