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On 11 Apr 2007 22:14:16 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

See the last item on this list:

http://www.uscgboating.org/safety/fe...u_refchart.htm


I beleive that's the authority upon which the USCG relies when they
ask for Chart #1 in inland waters. Trailer boats are generally not
included in the requirement. The law reads 39 feet and up, (my boat is
39 LOA) and the check list reads 26 feet and up.

Chart #1 contains a copy of the navigation rules ?

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On Apr 12, 7:09?am, Wayne.B wrote:
On 11 Apr 2007 22:14:16 -0700, "Chuck Gould"

wrote:
See the last item on this list:

http://www.uscgboating.org/safety/fe...u_refchart.htm

I beleive that's the authority upon which the USCG relies when they
ask for Chart #1 in inland waters. Trailer boats are generally not
included in the requirement. The law reads 39 feet and up, (my boat is
39 LOA) and the check list reads 26 feet and up.

Chart #1 contains a copy of the navigation rules ?

No, it doesn't. However, I was asked to produce a copy of it during
the inspection. The only thing I can figure is that the reference to
rules is very liberally interpreted by the USCG boarding parties.
Nothing else in the list of requirements even comes close.

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Harry Krause wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

"Charlie" wrote in message
...

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

He argues even when he's wrong. He'd be a great addition to this
newsgroup.

One of you is enough.

Killed any dogs lately?

Tick Tock, Tick Tock.

-- Charlie


I'm scoping out YOUR doggy. Failing that, your family.

TICK TOCK TICK TOCK....


You probably don't want to get close to that particular ball of slime...


This from the guy who just advertised in a boating newsgroup that a 2500
gallon tank of his **** was just pumped out.

Good Lord, how self-centered do you have to be to do something like
that, and believe people are interested?

-- Charlie

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On Apr 11, 4:50 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Took the Ranger out for a ride to burn off some of the old gas. At
the launch ramp, DEP Inspector asked if he could look the boat over
for safety.

Sure- why not.

Pulled the cover off the engine and promptly told me that the
"backfire arrestor cover" wasn't correct.

Er...what?

So he launches into a whole deal about how the backfire arrestor has
to be a different design and how the carburetors blah, blah, blah.

I let him go on, nodding my head in agreement, then he says "I'd get
that changed as soon as I can".

To which I replied "I'm very sorry - I honestly don't understand -
there aren't any carburetors on that engine".

I swear this is true - he says - "let me show you" and took off the
air baffle for the air intake manifold. He points to the intake bells
and says - "There - those are your carburetors".

So, being the natural wise ass, I said "Could you show me where the
fuel lines attach to the ~carburetors~"?

So, being a nice guy, he traced out the fuel lines and when they led
to the injectors, he said - absolutely true - "I've never seen a four
stroke like this before".

To which I replied "Neither have I. And I suspect that's because it's
not a four stroke - it's a two stroke direct injected engine - no
carburetors."

~~ continued in Part Deaux ~~

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?
Thanks

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On 12 Apr 2007 18:46:05 -0700, wrote:

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?

Stonington.

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 12 Apr 2007 18:46:05 -0700, wrote:

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?

Stonington.


Sport???

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On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:15:43 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On 12 Apr 2007 18:46:05 -0700, wrote:

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?

Stonington.

Sport???

Bedroom?

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:15:43 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
. ..
On 12 Apr 2007 18:46:05 -0700, wrote:

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?

Stonington.

Sport???

Bedroom?


I was responding to the thing that addressed you as "sport". Obnoxious.

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Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?

Stonington.

Sport???

Bedroom?


I was responding to the thing that addressed you as "sport". Obnoxious.


Perhaps it was just a truncation of Sportfishing, rather than the usage that
you're thinking of and which you've found so offensive. Ya' think maybe it
might be as simple as that, Sparky?

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"RG" wrote in message
m...

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?

Stonington.

Sport???

Bedroom?


I was responding to the thing that addressed you as "sport". Obnoxious.


Perhaps it was just a truncation of Sportfishing, rather than the usage
that you're thinking of and which you've found so offensive. Ya' think
maybe it might be as simple as that, Sparky?


Could be, sport.