On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 10:57:24 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I also thought I saw snow mixed in with the rain. That's depressing.

Ohhh yes.

At least we didn't have that here last night, just wind and rain.

It's been almost 5 years since I've seen snow and can't say that I
miss it.

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Just watching the bouy data - man, it looks a little steep out your
way.


Wave height at mouth of our harbour is already 7 feet and the storm
'Noel' doesn't get here until late this afternoon.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44258



I am sitting here at the chart table in the pilothouse and the wind is
howling pretty good now.
There's a 46' Bertram convertible beside me and everyonce in a while it
bounces towards me while my boat is moving towards it. It happens fast
and makes me jump when I catch it out of the corner of my eye.

It's amazing. The wind is moving this 40K+ pound boat around like a
toothpick.
Hope all our lines hold.

I also thought I saw snow mixed in with the rain. That's depressing.

Eisboch


That reminds me of the poor sailor who had his wooden vessel tied up
opposite a WW2 Corvette during Juan 4 years ago. The larger steel boat kept
smashing into it until the wooden boat sank near a major sewer outlet.

Waves now at 15.4 feet and building till midnight when the center of the
storm should pass.
I was outside and saw a number of flashes so I'd better power down the
computer and ride out the storm.
Had to rush out to 'The Binnacle' this afternoon to get a manual bilge pump
as a backup for my basement sump pump. I had let my two pumps go with the
Sandpiper 565 when I sold it in August.
Tom might be pleased to know that the pump was manufactured in Bridgeport CT

Don White wrote:
Waves now at 15.4 feet and building till midnight when the center of the
storm should pass.
I was outside and saw a number of flashes so I'd better power down the
computer and ride out the storm.
Had to rush out to 'The Binnacle' this afternoon to get a manual bilge pump
as a backup for my basement sump pump. I had let my two pumps go with the
Sandpiper 565 when I sold it in August.
Tom might be pleased to know that the pump was manufactured in Bridgeport CT



Isn't that interesting. Last time I was in Bridgeport, I drove through
it quickly. I knew quite a few kids from Bridgeport when I was in junior
and senior high.

Owned a house in which I had a battery operated backup sump pump. If the
electric kicked off, two 12V car batteries ran the pump. It proved its
worth at least a half dozen times while we lived in that house.