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On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:20:28 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:15:02 -0500, HK wrote:

So, what's the approximate bill on that dropped tranny?

Probably find out by mid week. It won't be cheap, but better than
worrying about it on the way home.

Pay the mechanic in Quatloos. The Intergalactic Exchange Rate is in
your favour. :)

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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:

Harry,
Do you read what SWS said to Charile and BAR when they were accusing
you of not owning a lobster boat? It is just as boring and stupid
when you do the same thing.


Sorry, Reggie, but I don't pay much attention to the crap posted here
by the likes of BAR and Charile. In fact, I don't even recall a
Charile. Perhaps you like reading the posts of idiots on a regular
basis, but I do not.

There's no reason to believe you have a boat.

Sorry you missed SWS's post, he was basically saying that the subject of
who has a boat and who makes up bs really is stupid, and gets real old
real fast, that only an idiot would keep it up. I am paraphrasing, so
it isn't exactly the way he said it, but I think that was the jest of it.




Why don't you entertain us a bit more with your lack of knowledge about
Windows?

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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I know you've been on LIS up near The Race when a sub comes out of New
London. I swear, it's about the only time I've ever been surprized by
the size and depth of a wake - had just about enough time to quarter
the three waves or I would have taken a ton of water aboard the
Ranger.

Talk about a wake. :)


Maybe 10-15 years ago, one of those sub bow waves capsized a commercial
fishing boat near the Kings Bay sub base in Georgia, and my memory on
the event is vague, but I think there were drowning deaths. The sub
captain, an arrogant ass, said something like "deal with it." He's
driving a bait boat now.

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"Wayne.B" wrote
http://blizzard.zmm.com/whips/movie.wmv

There are some alternatives to the mooring whips which I've
seen used elsewhere and would be more effective:

Thanks for the suggestions. A lift would be great, but I just can't justify
the expense. A lot of people here use floating lifts, the kind with a pair
of pontoons that you sink under the boat and then inflate with an air pump
to raise it. They look a little precarious to me, with their relatively high
center of gravity. Fixed lifts are a bit of a problem in most places here
because the slope of the bank make it difficult to get a good footing on the
bottom. The water is about 12 feet deep at the edge of my dock, and
continues at that angle for quite some distance. A mooring ball would be
handy, but I'd probably need some kind of dispensation from the Corpse of
Engineers to put something that far out toward the channel, and again I'd
have the problem of anchoring it on the slope. The mooring whips are doing
the job well enough for now.

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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:29:08 -0500, "Ernest Scribbler"
wrote:

Fixed lifts are a bit of a problem in most places here
because the slope of the bank make it difficult to get a good footing on the
bottom.

The best type of lift is installed on driven pilings. It makes the
bottom contour irrelevant and there is no metal in the water.

http://www.dolphinboatlifts.com/Cradle.htm

In my area of Florida everyone uses this type, power or sail.

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:18:44 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:43:30 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I've stayed out of this mostly because I have a different view.

Which I am NOT going to share. :)

=================================

Why should you be different? :-)

PS, If you are concerned about your low wake, get a bigger, heavier
boat. It will make all the difference. :-) )

The odd thing is that I couldn't make a decent wake if I tried. :)

Not enough Irish in you.

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"HK" wrote in message
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:08:26 -0500, HK wrote:

Stop splitting hairs, Reggie. At really low speeds, my boat leaves a
practically flat wake that isn't going to cause any small boats nearby
any grief.

And how often do you run at really low speed? We thought you were on the
fast track, getting out to those fish as
quickly as possible. Virtually everyone I know with a boat that will
run at planing speeds can't wait to get up and moving because the ride
is so miserable at slow speed.


Obviously your circle is filled with jerks.

We spend some time exploring the smaller rivers and creeks around here,
and when we do, slow speeds are the way to go. My Parker rides just fine
at slow speeds, and at those speeds, you can barely hear the engine and
there is no exhaust smell. It's great being out in all that air, just a
few feet above the water. You see things you simply cannot see if you're
on an RV barge.

Of course, you wouldn't be able to take that oversized, diesel-smelling
barge into some of the waters we frequent...

And my type boat can explore those same streams and rivers when they are
shallower and at speed.

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"HK" wrote in message
. ..

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I know you've been on LIS up near The Race when a sub comes out of New
London. I swear, it's about the only time I've ever been surprized by
the size and depth of a wake - had just about enough time to quarter
the three waves or I would have taken a ton of water aboard the
Ranger.

Talk about a wake. :)


Maybe 10-15 years ago, one of those sub bow waves capsized a commercial
fishing boat near the Kings Bay sub base in Georgia, and my memory on the
event is vague, but I think there were drowning deaths. The sub captain,
an arrogant ass, said something like "deal with it." He's driving a bait
boat now.

I doubt that. The subs that use to base at Mare Island always had CG
escorts. And the bow wave exceeds anything else that I have ever witnessed
as to wakes. And I fish near a couple of the offshore channels to SF bay.

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Calif Bill wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I know you've been on LIS up near The Race when a sub comes out of New
London. I swear, it's about the only time I've ever been surprized by
the size and depth of a wake - had just about enough time to quarter
the three waves or I would have taken a ton of water aboard the
Ranger.

Talk about a wake. :)

Maybe 10-15 years ago, one of those sub bow waves capsized a commercial
fishing boat near the Kings Bay sub base in Georgia, and my memory on the
event is vague, but I think there were drowning deaths. The sub captain,
an arrogant ass, said something like "deal with it." He's driving a bait
boat now.

I doubt that. The subs that use to base at Mare Island always had CG
escorts. And the bow wave exceeds anything else that I have ever witnessed
as to wakes. And I fish near a couple of the offshore channels to SF bay.



You can doubt it all you wish. It was covered on the TV news in Jax, and
there were a couple of articles in the area newspapers.

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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:42:51 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
...

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I know you've been on LIS up near The Race when a sub comes out of New
London. I swear, it's about the only time I've ever been surprized by
the size and depth of a wake - had just about enough time to quarter
the three waves or I would have taken a ton of water aboard the
Ranger.

Talk about a wake. :)

Maybe 10-15 years ago, one of those sub bow waves capsized a commercial
fishing boat near the Kings Bay sub base in Georgia, and my memory on the
event is vague, but I think there were drowning deaths. The sub captain,
an arrogant ass, said something like "deal with it." He's driving a bait
boat now.

I doubt that. The subs that use to base at Mare Island always had CG
escorts. And the bow wave exceeds anything else that I have ever witnessed
as to wakes. And I fish near a couple of the offshore channels to SF bay.

Bow wave/wake - same damn thing in effect. :)