"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

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

"HK" wrote in message
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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.

that would make more sense... who wants to be down in the basement pumping
away for hours in the middle of the night.

BTW.. so far so good.. We may have had a blink or two but the power stayed
on.

As far as the waves at the harbour mouth... still over 26 feet high as we
speak.. but the max was at 0500 hrs this morning with a height of 33.8
feet.
I may run down to Lawrencetown Beach this morning and watch the surfers take
advantage of the conditions.
http://novascotia.com/en/home/funstu...h/default.aspx

Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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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.

that would make more sense... who wants to be down in the basement pumping
away for hours in the middle of the night.

BTW.. so far so good.. We may have had a blink or two but the power stayed
on.

As far as the waves at the harbour mouth... still over 26 feet high as we
speak.. but the max was at 0500 hrs this morning with a height of 33.8
feet.
I may run down to Lawrencetown Beach this morning and watch the surfers take
advantage of the conditions.
http://novascotia.com/en/home/funstu...h/default.aspx




Take some photos. I haven't seen 26' waves since Skipper, Dan, and Bert
Robbins swirled around the toilet bowl on their way to the septic tank.

"HK" wrote in message
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Take some photos. I haven't seen 26' waves since Skipper, Dan, and Bert
Robbins swirled around the toilet bowl on their way to the septic tank.


They must recycle sewage effluent south of the border. Dan's still here (or
at least his evil twin Freddie) and now Burpie is back... or is that Bertie?
If Skipper shows up we may have to invite some 'ole time religion' to
counteract all the negativity.