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02-06-2011, 07:57
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cruiser
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: beautiful anchorages
Boat: Dufour 34, 1975
Posts: 347
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
Don, I know that boat, and it's an easy mistake to make because of where the breaker is located. So maybe it isn't that stupid after all. I can only wish some of my 'stupid' moves were that clever...
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02-06-2011, 08:10
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
Boat: 14 meter sloop
Posts: 7,260
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
Having jammed that same windlass on a Hunter 410, I soon learned to take a boat hook forward with me when pulling up anchor. If the chain stacks up below the hawse it will cause that windlass to jam. Therefore, it's a good idea, every 50' or so, to knock the stack down with your boat hook to prevent the jamming in the first place.
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02-06-2011, 08:10
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Malvernshire, on the sunny side of the hill.
Boat: 50' steel canal and river cruiser
Posts: 1,905
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
Oi
My avatar is copyright.
Now I have to look for another.
Grrrrr.
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02-06-2011, 08:18
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
Boat: Custom 41' Steel Pilothouse Cutter
Posts: 4,976
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
Laughter and tears here, because I recognize the symptoms of a mislead mind!
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02-06-2011, 08:21
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 162
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
I know I am still a "FNG", but I fail to comprehend how a lapse in judgement correlates to post count.
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02-06-2011, 09:32
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Hurricane Highway
Boat: O'Day 28
Posts: 3,920
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
Quote:
Originally Posted by anjou
Oi
My avatar is copyright.
Now I have to look for another.
Grrrrr.
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No no Miss Fixit. I was able to download it to my computer but couldn't upload it to CF cuz it was a .GIF or some such. MarkJ has kindly provided the solution, as his link was to a .jpg which will work. (And hope I thanked you Mark for explaining how you perused this site awhile back. Changed my lotech ways and saved me a lot of time! Gracias.)
Meanwhile, Anjou, your objection is noted and I will not use your avatar as I intended or for any other reason. Please don't go to further trouble. I was planning a dumb poll about sexy-ish avatars. Yours is #2 on my list behind JanetH's avatar, and there are some other good ones around that elicit naughty-cal thoughts in the minds of some hermitized degenerates of the sailing persuasion. I am NOT in that group needless to say.
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02-06-2011, 09:36
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 2,959
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
Sounds like a simple mistake to me. Or several in a row. Not stupid.
What worries me is that you have 2000 posts here and this was like your first time anchoring....that's just wrong. I suggest you try to get your number of days cruising to equal your number of posts on CF.
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02-06-2011, 09:44
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Adirondacks
Boat: 1967 Alberg 35
Posts: 589
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
When I was twenty, I thought I was wrong...but I was mistaken. Many years later I know I am wrong most of the time...but am never mistaken.
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02-06-2011, 10:18
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: St. Georges, Bda
Boat: Rhodes Reliant 41ft
Posts: 4,131
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
I in stine failed math. Geeesh!! I can't even spell his name
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02-06-2011, 11:53
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 162
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Stocking
I in stine failed math. Geeesh!! I can't even spell his name
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Einstein?
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02-06-2011, 11:58
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Las Brisas Panama AGAIN!
Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE
Posts: 4,507
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
It's called a learning curve, and unfortunately for me the curve was more verticle than a curve. Are we related? ........ i2f
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02-06-2011, 11:58
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: St. Georges, Bda
Boat: Rhodes Reliant 41ft
Posts: 4,131
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
Quote:
Originally Posted by rowingdude
Einstein?
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Just going along with Don's theme
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02-06-2011, 14:42
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S/V rubber ducky
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: heading "south"
Boat: Hunter 410
Posts: 20,363
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
Quote:
Originally Posted by daddle
Sounds like a simple mistake to me. Or several in a row. Not stupid.
What worries me is that you have 2000 posts here and this was like your first time anchoring....that's just wrong. I suggest you try to get your number of days cruising to equal your number of posts on CF.
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Say what? Where did I say it was my first time anchoring? Or are you just looking to trash someone and ruin a good time?
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02-06-2011, 14:49
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Pac NW
Boat: Boatless, for now, Cat enthusiast
Posts: 1,318
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
Don, I really doubt that you can beat these guys, although some have implied that I might.
ID
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Intentional Drifter
Observations are gold; hypotheses, silver; and conclusions, bronze.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.--Ben Franklin
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.--Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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02-06-2011, 15:00
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#30
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S/V rubber ducky
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: heading "south"
Boat: Hunter 410
Posts: 20,363
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Re: 2000 Posts & I'm Still Stupid
Quote:
Originally Posted by Intentional Drifter
Don, I really doubt that you can beat these guys, although some have implied that I might.
ID
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That was great! I filled 2 notepads taking notes.
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