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#161
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Get Home Power
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 01:33:33 GMT, Dan Krueger wrote:
Harry Krause wrote: Smithers wrote: Harry, Let me get this straight. You are too scared to discuss your "Get Home Power", but I am the coward, a liar, and a weasel? You're really trying, eh? Is there any reason to engage you in any sort of conversation here? Yeah, you're a coward. Almost every post of yours in this newsgroup is your attempt to insult someone, and you don't have the balls to post with your real name or to introduce yourself with your real name at a lunch meeting you were trying to set up. Hmmm. Kevin Noble/atl_man/basskisser, whatever...does this sound familiar? You're a coward, hiding behind your the skirts of your fake ID here. Amd for good reason. Anyone who posted here what you post here and used a real name would get finally offend "the wrong person" and end up getting punched in the nose. Kevin? You don't have the balls to post here with your real name and behave as you do. You don't even have the balls to introduce yourself with your real name at a meeting you wanted. Kevin? You are a pusillanimous pussy. Kevin! I think he meant pussywillowish. -- John Herring Hope your Christmas is Spectacular! ....and your New Year even Better! |
#162
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The salmon guys like that setup also, lets them troll at just a couple
of knots or so....Yes the hydrogen does pose some explosive issues, for sure... But then again the Coast Guard, of all orgs., was on board with putting catalytic converters on boats...Yikes! |
#163
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Get Home Power
Harry,
So you would like to meet for lunch. Good, I look forward to it. "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Smithers wrote: Dan, I think Harry is upset because I offered to meet him for lunch, and sit across the table from him. I wanted to see if Harry is as weak as I imagine him to be. Unfortunately, Harry is too weak and cowardly to even meet for lunch. I can understand why. You're lying again, pussy. -- No Child Left Behind: There are always jobs in the military. |
#164
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Get Home Power
On 15 Dec 2005 21:44:36 -0800, "markvictor"
wrote: But in a single engine config. such as in many trawlers,etc.,there are some inherent problems with a wing engine configuration, most notable is the tendency to yaw excessively making navigating tedious at best ====================================== Any good autopilot can deal with that without too much difficulty. Most of the long range cruisers that really need get home power will already be heavy displacement with a decent keel however. We met some people this summer with a Skookum 53 LRC that had a small wing engine on its own off center shaft with a feathering prop. That boat had a range under power of over 5,000 miles and they were in transit to South America when we met them. No one really needs get home power in a coastal cruiser unless you are allergic to yellow boats or poorly maintained. |
#165
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"Wayne.B" wrote:
No one really needs get home power in a coastal cruiser unless you are allergic to yellow boats or poorly maintained. That is just plain foolish and untrue. Any single stinkpot can benefit from a 'get home' option. As technology advances this feature will become ever more popular. -- Skipper |
#166
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What kind of get home option do you have for your stinkpots/s, Skipper? I
would love to read about your personal experiences with them. JIM "Skipper" wrote in message ... "Wayne.B" wrote: No one really needs get home power in a coastal cruiser unless you are allergic to yellow boats or poorly maintained. That is just plain foolish and untrue. Any single stinkpot can benefit from a 'get home' option. As technology advances this feature will become ever more popular. -- Skipper |
#167
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Yhat's true, as long as you can maintain the capability to keep ahead
of the demand on your batteries.... |
#168
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Smithers wrote:
Dan, I think Harry is upset because I offered to meet him for lunch, and sit across the table from him. I wanted to see if Harry is as weak as I imagine him to be. Unfortunately, Harry is too weak and cowardly to even meet for lunch. I can understand why. "Dan Krueger" wrote in message k.net... Harry Krause wrote: Smithers wrote: Harry, Let me get this straight. You are too scared to discuss your "Get Home Power", but I am the coward, a liar, and a weasel? You're really trying, eh? Is there any reason to engage you in any sort of conversation here? Yeah, you're a coward. Almost every post of yours in this newsgroup is your attempt to insult someone, and you don't have the balls to post with your real name or to introduce yourself with your real name at a lunch meeting you were trying to set up. Hmmm. Kevin Noble/atl_man/basskisser, whatever...does this sound familiar? You're a coward, hiding behind your the skirts of your fake ID here. Amd for good reason. Anyone who posted here what you post here and used a real name would get finally offend "the wrong person" and end up getting punched in the nose. Kevin? You don't have the balls to post here with your real name and behave as you do. You don't even have the balls to introduce yourself with your real name at a meeting you wanted. Kevin? You are a pusillanimous pussy. Kevin! My response wasn't directed at Harry. It was just uncanny how he seemed to be describing Kevin. Not only does Kevin not see how cowardly his behavior is, he repeatedly posts "I'm not Kevin, insert profanity here and makes of lame excuses for "borrowing" someones name. I don't see anythig wrong with "Basskisser, Poco Loco, Smithers", etc but the fact that he "borrows" a name is just pathetic. Dan |
#169
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In this area they are red boats....
I think the allergies are outpaced by people foolish enough to forego with towing insurance.. That being said, the Channel Islands are a popular destination for "coastal cruisers" and there can be a 5 or 6 hour response time for towing depending on conditions, etc. I would be much more comfortable with some type of backup propulsion as opposed to waiting for assistance to arrive... My "coastal cruising" sailboat has a 40 hp. Isuzu diesel auxillary(yes, overkill,factory diesel was 12 hp one lunger,but it came with the boat) but I still have installed a swingdown bracket for the outboard from my dighy, there's a lot to be said for maneuverability in less than desireable situations. Poor maintanence does not preclude you from hitting a submerged object and losing your screw, or any of many other maladies that can occur....having a plan "B" is ALWAYS better than having no backup...And in addressing coastal cruising, many harbor entrances themselves are sometimes challenging to transit... mine takes you less than 100 yards off the beach, and often within yards of the rollers. A person can easily drown in the surf zone, even with their PFD on...I've seen it.. would it not be better to have been able to power out of that situation instead of having the attitude that "I don't need it, I'm well maintained and I like yellow boats"? Did you happen to see what happened to the Irving Johnson 30 yards from my harbor's entrance (it was nationally televised) That was a highly maintained heavy full keeled vessel, but alas, it was powerless after losing the main.. Nothing like an accident waiting to happen.... |
#170
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Get Home Power
On 18 Dec 2005 18:30:01 -0800, "markvictor"
wrote: That was a highly maintained heavy full keeled vessel, but alas, it was powerless after losing the main.. Nothing like an accident waiting to happen.... ========================================== That was kind of a special situation where they lost power at a particularly inopportune moment, right at the breakwater entrance as I recall. It's not clear to me that "get home power" would have saved them in the split seconds they had available. By my definition, all sailboats have "get home power". It's called the wind, and if that fails there's always the anchor or the dinghy. I've motored 40 footers weighing 20,000 lbs into the dock with a dinghy and 2 hp outboard strapped along side. It works in calm conditions, otherwise you anchor and wait it out. My comment was directed more at single engine power boats in the 25 to 40 foot range since twin engine boats have get home power by definition. A single engine boat in the 25 to 40 foot range is too big for an outboard kicker on a stern bracket to be really effective, and therefore needs a much more expensive inboard solution with secondary shafts, feathering props, etc. Considering that the expense of such an installation is likely to be in the $20 to $30K range, a $120/year SeaTow membership and good maintenance practices are likely to be much more cost effective. The guys who *really* need get home power are single engine power boats who are out 20 or more miles from assistance and beyond SeaTow range. |
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