"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:26:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I was going to head down there yesterday afternoon, but we had a visitor
at
the house so I will leave later this morning. I bought a Satellite dish
and a DirecTV receiver, hooked it up at the house and got it activated
and
working. Today, I'll install it on the Navigator and will be all set
with
it and the excellent WiFi service they have.

Makes the winter almost bearable.

Sounds good except for the winter part. Do you bring Sam Adams along
for company or does he enjoy having exclusive use of your favorite
chair at home?


I bring him along once in a while. He enjoys sitting at the pilothouse side
door watching the ducks, swans, seagulls and occasional fish jumping in the
water. I brought one of those furniture moving blankets that I spread out
over the leather couch in the main salon. He claimed that as his bed.

It's much easier to get him on the Navigator than the GB. He's a really
cool dog, but not much of an athlete. At 100+ lbs it's a pain picking him
up to get on the GB. On the Navigator he just steps onto the large,
fiberglass swim platform and then through the transom door onto the cockpit.

Eisboch

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:43:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

In one of our former apartments, the tenants wanted satellite, but I
wouldn't allow them to put the dishes on the roof.

So I found an old telephone pole, dug a hole, sunk the pole and the
tenants used that to mount the dishes.

Oddly enough, other's in that neighborhood started doing the same
thing. :)

But I have seen that cement block deal on other installations - it's a
pretty nifty solution.

As long as there is a clear view to the south western sky, you can
mount them just about anywhere.

Prices keep coming down on the servo aimed TracVision systems. I
picked one up from a discount dealer for about $1700 back in June. It
was a relatively easy install and works OK as we swing at anchor or
are underway.

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:35:53 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

I have started to wear Crocs on the boat.

I like them for beaching the dinghy, other than that I still prefer
top siders. Old habits die hard.

Eisboch wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:26:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I was going to head down there yesterday afternoon, but we had a visitor
at
the house so I will leave later this morning. I bought a Satellite dish
and a DirecTV receiver, hooked it up at the house and got it activated
and
working. Today, I'll install it on the Navigator and will be all set
with
it and the excellent WiFi service they have.

Makes the winter almost bearable.
Sounds good except for the winter part. Do you bring Sam Adams along
for company or does he enjoy having exclusive use of your favorite
chair at home?


I bring him along once in a while. He enjoys sitting at the pilothouse side
door watching the ducks, swans, seagulls and occasional fish jumping in the
water. I brought one of those furniture moving blankets that I spread out
over the leather couch in the main salon. He claimed that as his bed.

It's much easier to get him on the Navigator than the GB. He's a really
cool dog, but not much of an athlete. At 100+ lbs it's a pain picking him
up to get on the GB. On the Navigator he just steps onto the large,
fiberglass swim platform and then through the transom door onto the cockpit.

Eisboch


I had an older dog with arthritis. He hated being carried on board the
boat, so I had plywood board cut the right size so he could easily walk
on board. I think they actually sell something like this, but it was
easy to have the board cut and then place foam insulation (the kind they
sell to wrap around pipes) on the ends so it would not scratch the
fiberglass.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:35:53 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

I have started to wear Crocs on the boat.

I like them for beaching the dinghy, other than that I still prefer
top siders. Old habits die hard.

Deck shoes do a better job of supportingly the side of the feet and
arches, but my dogs like to jump in and out of the water, and I have to
pick them up to get them back in the boat. The wet hair would soak my
Rockports and after a day they would stink.

On Oct 11, 3:26 pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

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Don White wrote:
wrote in message
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Crocks look so uncomfortable and too gangly, I like a water shoe with
a sneaker like fit. I wear these on my boats, not only comfortable and
warm, but stable if you need to move quickly and not worry about slack
sandals washing off...

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/pr...ductId=2448858...

Check em' out..

When I wear my Crocs (2 pairs) around the house as slippers, I have the
strap forward for easy on & off.
When outside or boating, the strap is moved so it grips the heel,
I haven't had one fall off accidently in about 16 months.

What color Crocs do the real men of Canada wear? :}

....I wouldn't be caught dead in 'em.

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Yeah, I don't think they sell crocks in the mens dept around here

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:16:30 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

It's much easier to get him on the Navigator than the GB. He's a really
cool dog, but not much of an athlete. At 100+ lbs it's a pain picking him
up to get on the GB. On the Navigator he just steps onto the large,
fiberglass swim platform and then through the transom door onto the cockpit.

Eisboch


I had an older dog with arthritis. He hated being carried on board the
boat, so I had plywood board cut the right size so he could easily walk
on board. I think they actually sell something like this, but it was
easy to have the board cut and then place foam insulation (the kind they
sell to wrap around pipes) on the ends so it would not scratch the
fiberglass.

Over the course of a summer's cruising we've seen a number of
improvised dog boarding systems. They sure do look forward to that
morning trip ashore in the dinghy.

On Oct 11, 7:46 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:16:30 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"

wrote:
It's much easier to get him on the Navigator than the GB. He's a really
cool dog, but not much of an athlete. At 100+ lbs it's a pain picking him
up to get on the GB. On the Navigator he just steps onto the large,
fiberglass swim platform and then through the transom door onto the cockpit.

Eisboch

I had an older dog with arthritis. He hated being carried on board the
boat, so I had plywood board cut the right size so he could easily walk
on board. I think they actually sell something like this, but it was
easy to have the board cut and then place foam insulation (the kind they
sell to wrap around pipes) on the ends so it would not scratch the
fiberglass.

Over the course of a summer's cruising we've seen a number of
improvised dog boarding systems. They sure do look forward to that
morning trip ashore in the dinghy.

All I got to say is "fishin'" and my dog is on it... Then we get to
the boat and he lies down. Hates water, will bite you if you try to
get him in. But put it on plane and he is standing right there, havin'
a blast. I often wonder what he makes of circles around the lake.

On Oct 11, 6:36 pm, wrote:
On Oct 11, 3:26 pm, "JimH" ask wrote:





"HK" wrote in message

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Don White wrote:
wrote in message
groups.com...
Crocks look so uncomfortable and too gangly, I like a water shoe with
a sneaker like fit. I wear these on my boats, not only comfortable and
warm, but stable if you need to move quickly and not worry about slack
sandals washing off...

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/pr...ductId=2448858...

Check em' out..

When I wear my Crocs (2 pairs) around the house as slippers, I have the
strap forward for easy on & off.
When outside or boating, the strap is moved so it grips the heel,
I haven't had one fall off accidently in about 16 months.

What color Crocs do the real men of Canada wear? :}

....I wouldn't be caught dead in 'em.

Ditto.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, I don't think they sell crocks in the mens dept around here- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I wear plain ol' China-mart "Faded Glory" (contrasting story?)
sandals, similar to these:

http://www.global-b2b-network.com/di...82/Sandals.jpg

Don't mind getting them wet, and if I would go over, they're not heavy
and easy to remove if necessary.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:25:36 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

BTW .... I did this once before when we had the house in Florida. I
wanted
DirecTV service in a hanger that was quite a distance from the main house.
I bought a cheap, portable dish at Radio Shack, tie-rapped it to cement
blocks sitting on the ground behind the hanger and it worked great.

In one of our former apartments, the tenants wanted satellite, but I
wouldn't allow them to put the dishes on the roof.

So I found an old telephone pole, dug a hole, sunk the pole and the
tenants used that to mount the dishes.

Oddly enough, other's in that neighborhood started doing the same
thing. :)

But I have seen that cement block deal on other installations - it's a
pretty nifty solution.


My Dish Network dish is mounted with an under the eves mount. A J shaped
unit.