Nautical Oddities - Page 21

Connemara · 13-05-2009, 04:45

dunno if it's a cat or a mono, but I bet it has a verrrry roomy vee-berth.

Connemara

dacust · 13-05-2009, 15:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Connemara

dunno if it's a cat or a mono, but I bet it has a verrrry roomy vee-berth.

Connemara

Getting it in a slip might be somewhat problematic...

But if you're running along and need to stop suddenly, you just open it up and I bet you rather quickly loose forward momentum.

shadow · 13-05-2009, 00:22

LOL, I love the one with the screws coming threw the bottom!! classic DIY

**Hud3** · 14-05-2009, 11:45

Good guess, Tao. It says "MondoPasta, so good you can't let go".

Now, go get your eyeglasses prescription updated.

**TaoJones** · 14-05-2009, 11:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hud3

Good guess, Tao. It says "MondoPasta, so good you can't let go".

Now, go get your eyeglasses prescription updated.

Heh. OK, Bionic Man, zoom in on those boats full of birds for me - geese or swans?

TaoJones

**Hud3** · 14-05-2009, 11:58

Swans, of course. BTW, look at the name of the tender...

WS4 SCHWAN

**TaoJones** · 14-05-2009, 12:01

Doh! Missed that!

I'll be at the eye doctor's . . .

TaoJones

Blue Stocking · 14-05-2009, 14:50

Hud'

I guess Tao will get break on Broadway, not here eh?

**Hud3** · 19-05-2009, 06:23

WELL?????????????????

:confused :

James S · 19-05-2009, 12:58

Nozzles for fogging or laying down some sort of James Bond smoke screen?

Air quality sensors?

Conversation pieces?

Blue Stocking · 20-05-2009, 20:45

Enquiring minds want to know

shadow · 20-05-2009, 20:50

I would guess, super sensitive microphones to catch people talking/shooting, etc..?? Or perhaps, a sound device to scatter crowds or riots.. If it's on top of a police car, it can't be too good...

delmarrey · 20-05-2009, 23:01

They look like silencers for an exhaust system similar to air pump mufflers. (defusers)

**knottybuoyz** · 21-05-2009, 03:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadow

I would guess, super sensitive microphones to catch people talking/shooting, etc..??

Bingo! We have a winner folks!

The area these boats work in, St. Lawrence river at Cornwall Ontario is ripe with smugglers. Illegal smokes, booze, gas, pot & immigrants. It took me awhile to find out what they were and as it turns out they're super sensitive microphones they use to detect all sorts of illegal activities at night. Shooting is one passtime the locals seem to enjoy and one of my first jobs in the Coast Guard was dragging for a 4-1/2' buoy that had been sunk by gunfire!

shadow · 21-05-2009, 04:32

OH man, what a lucky guess!!!! I only guessed it as I knew that the agencies were working on or wanting a high powered mic so they can hear gun shots and trouble in the dodgy areas. I also knew that they were working on a sound wave thing to give pain and discomfort to people in groups so then can disperse..

It's cool to have guessed it, but it does suck to actually see that they have succeeded in getting it done.. So do I get a prize like a new boat!!!!!

14-05-2009, 11:45	#4
Hud3 Moderator Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nevis, West Indies Boat: Island Packet 380 "The Belle of Virginia" Posts: 4,513	Good guess, Tao. It says "MondoPasta, so good you can't let go". Now, go get your eyeglasses prescription updated. __________________ Hud s/y The Belle of Virginia, IP 380 Nevis, West Indies Click to Search Cruisers Forum Archives

14-05-2009, 11:58	#6
Hud3 Moderator Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nevis, West Indies Boat: Island Packet 380 "The Belle of Virginia" Posts: 4,513	Swans, of course. BTW, look at the name of the tender... WS4 SCHWAN __________________ Hud s/y The Belle of Virginia, IP 380 Nevis, West Indies Click to Search Cruisers Forum Archives

14-05-2009, 12:01	#7
TaoJones Moderator Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles sobre El Río Porciuncula, Alta California Posts: 3,569	Doh! Missed that! I'll be at the eye doctor's . . . TaoJones __________________ "Your vision becomes clear only when you look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks within, awakens." Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)

19-05-2009, 06:23	#9
Hud3 Moderator Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nevis, West Indies Boat: Island Packet 380 "The Belle of Virginia" Posts: 4,513	WELL?????????????????:confused : __________________ Hud s/y The Belle of Virginia, IP 380 Nevis, West Indies Click to Search Cruisers Forum Archives

19-05-2009, 12:58	#10
James S Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: I live in Yemen...the boats in Lebenon Boat: 1978 CT48 Arctic Lady Posts: 1,183	Nozzles for fogging or laying down some sort of James Bond smoke screen? Air quality sensors? Conversation pieces? __________________ James S/V Arctic Lady

13-05-2009, 04:45	#1
Connemara Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Boat: Mirage 27 Connemara Posts: 337	dunno if it's a cat or a mono, but I bet it has a verrrry roomy vee-berth. Connemara

13-05-2009, 00:22	#3
shadow Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 527	LOL, I love the one with the screws coming threw the bottom!! classic DIY

14-05-2009, 14:50	#8
Blue Stocking Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Boat: Rhodes Reliant 41ft Blue Stocking Posts: 251	Hud' I guess Tao will get break on Broadway, not here eh?

20-05-2009, 20:45	#11
Blue Stocking Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Boat: Rhodes Reliant 41ft Blue Stocking Posts: 251	Enquiring minds want to know

20-05-2009, 20:50	#12
shadow Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 527	I would guess, super sensitive microphones to catch people talking/shooting, etc..?? Or perhaps, a sound device to scatter crowds or riots.. If it's on top of a police car, it can't be too good...

20-05-2009, 23:01	#13
delmarrey Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Puget Sound, WA Boat: Choate 40 Posts: 3,921	They look like silencers for an exhaust system similar to air pump mufflers. (defusers) __________________ Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend, but the Kisses of the Enemy are Deceitful!

21-05-2009, 04:32	#15
shadow Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 527	OH man, what a lucky guess!!!! I only guessed it as I knew that the agencies were working on or wanting a high powered mic so they can hear gun shots and trouble in the dodgy areas. I also knew that they were working on a sound wave thing to give pain and discomfort to people in groups so then can disperse.. It's cool to have guessed it, but it does suck to actually see that they have succeeded in getting it done.. So do I get a prize like a new boat!!!!!

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