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20-06-2010, 07:26
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: W Florida
Boat: The Jon boat still, plus a 2007 SeaCat.
Posts: 6,861
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Originally Posted by delmarrey
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Nice roll cage!
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20-06-2010, 11:08
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#512
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Now in Blaine, WA
Boat: Modified Choate 40
Posts: 10,685
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Originally Posted by Therapy
Nice roll cage!
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Wellll, you know what some say about Cats flipping. 
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25-06-2010, 06:15
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#513
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Provocateur & Raconteur
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Iroquois, Ontario
Boat: Bateau.com TW31 Modified
Posts: 3,576
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Manual for SNAIL SHELL SYSTEM
Personally I think it'd be perfect for Niagara Falls!
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"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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25-06-2010, 15:18
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#514
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bourbonnais, Illinois
Boat: McGregor venture 15 "IMP"
Posts: 506
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Is that a giant coffee cup? Or a very round bathtub? I am surprised that it floats.
Spencer
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26-06-2010, 06:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 294
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Originally Posted by knottybuoyz
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How long before someone tries to set a record & cross an ocean in one?
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02-07-2010, 03:43
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Provocateur & Raconteur
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Iroquois, Ontario
Boat: Bateau.com TW31 Modified
Posts: 3,576
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Semi-serious question.
So this is a semi-serious question. Is it really safe to tow your dingy with people in it? I know, should probably have posted this in the seamanship thread! 
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"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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07-07-2010, 04:38
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cruiser
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Brisbane AUS
Boat: Cowther 43 - Hunter 40.5
Posts: 1,006
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Self righting cat
I saw a strange looking vessel being towed up a ramp a few years ago and had to go talk to the owner. It was a cat (6-7 metres) with a massive dome cabin. The owner/builder/designer told me its a cat the right way up, a mono hull on its side and a monohull when upside down. But becuase of the large dome it will will flip back on its hulls when knocked down. He says he has been knocked down entering bars in it and it flipped back up. He went on for ages about its design features.
He told me quite enthusiastically how it surfs down waves on its side all the way through the bar then flips back up. He commented on how keeled boats have the "hammer" effect where the yacht broaches and keel digging into the water while moving sideways cases a roll over which dismasts the yacht. His is also a mono hull on its side so surfs on its side without flipping all the way over and his mast stays intact. He said most cats surf then pitch pole, where his has a flat front on the bridgedeck which digs in to slow the boat when the nose digs in and allows the wave to pas under (prior to where other cats would pitchpole)
His method of going through bars is to ignore the channel and go through the 50cm deap water on its out skirts where the waves can't be very big due to the shallow water. Has got me stumped what he does when he gets further out, and what effect the flat bridgedeck has on the on coming huge waves when he gets to deeper water.
Definitely an interesting Character! My mate and I were going to ask him if he could take us on some bar crossings for a thrill. We were going to take surfboards so we could surf back in should the unthinkable (or in this case highly probable) would happen.
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22-07-2010, 06:09
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#518
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
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Former President Bush's Boat Runs Aground
Beachgoers in Maine had an unexpectedly close encounter with former President George H.W. Bush (Sr.) when his fishing boat ran aground. Bush can often be seen piloting his 38-foot boat off the coast of Kennebunkport. This time, the Fidelity IV ended up stuck on Gooch's Beach for several hours.
It's not clear who was steering the boat, but the former president and some family members were aboard, Bush's personal assistant Jim Appleby told SeacoastOnline.com. The boat had trouble navigating through heavy fog that rolled in at midafternoon and got caught in swells that pushed it onto the public beach, Appleby said.
More ➥ George Bush's boat runs aground at Gooch's Beach | SeacoastOnline.com
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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22-07-2010, 06:15
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#519
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Winnipeg
Boat: None at this time
Posts: 7,640
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He says he has been knocked down entering bars in it and it flipped back up. He went on for ages about its design features.
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Yeah, yeah, I was in Tony's bar the other night and I think I saw him surf through. Or maybe not. Maybe it was President Bush. Lighting was kind of dim.
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22-07-2010, 08:04
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: South coast of England, moving around a bit.
Boat: Long range motor cruiser
Posts: 750
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Originally Posted by GordMay
Beachgoers in Maine had an unexpectedly close encounter with former President George H.W. Bush (Sr.) when his fishing boat ran aground. Bush can often be seen piloting his 38-foot boat off the coast of Kennebunkport. This time, the Fidelity IV ended up stuck on Gooch's Beach for several hours. |
I so want to make what would be construed as a political comment, so I'll just have to bite my tongue
P.
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22-07-2010, 08:25
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Cruising Greece
Boat: Cat in the med & Trawler in Florida
Posts: 2,296
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Originally Posted by GordMay
Beachgoers in Maine had an unexpectedly close encounter with former President George H.W. Bush (Sr.) when his fishing boat ran aground. Bush can often be seen piloting his 38-foot boat off the coast of Kennebunkport. This time, the Fidelity IV ended up stuck on Gooch's Beach for several hours.
It's not clear who was steering the boat, but the former president and some family members were aboard, Bush's personal assistant Jim Appleby told SeacoastOnline.com. The boat had trouble navigating through heavy fog that rolled in at midafternoon and got caught in swells that pushed it onto the public beach, Appleby said.
More ➥ George Bush's boat runs aground at Gooch's Beach | SeacoastOnline.com |
I guess no one knows how to use a radar onboard
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22-07-2010, 09:16
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Gabriola Island & Victoria, British Columbia
Boat: Cooper 416 Honeysuckle
Posts: 6,932
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Good news - Bad news
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Originally Posted by GordMay
Beachgoers in Maine had an unexpectedly close encounter with former President George H.W. Bush (Sr.) when his fishing boat ran aground. Bush can often be seen piloting his 38-foot boat off the coast of Kennebunkport. This time, the Fidelity IV ended up stuck on Gooch's Beach for several hours.
It's not clear who was steering the boat, but the former president and some family members were aboard, Bush's personal assistant Jim Appleby told SeacoastOnline.com. The boat had trouble navigating through heavy fog that rolled in at midafternoon and got caught in swells that pushed it onto the public beach, Appleby said.
More ➥ George Bush's boat runs aground at Gooch's Beach | SeacoastOnline.com |
Good news - when you're former president Bush the your staff and the secret service get your boat off the beach.
Bad news - 500 people show up to watch.
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22-07-2010, 19:01
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: El Ciudad del Mission San Diego de Alcalá en Alta California, Virreinato de Nueva España
Boat: Cal 20
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Originally Posted by GordMay
Beachgoers in Maine had an unexpectedly close encounter with former President George H.W. Bush (Sr.) when his fishing boat ran aground. Bush can often be seen piloting his 38-foot boat off the coast of Kennebunkport. This time, the Fidelity IV ended up stuck on Gooch's Beach for several hours.
It's not clear who was steering the boat, but the former president and some family members were aboard, Bush's personal assistant Jim Appleby told SeacoastOnline.com. The boat had trouble navigating through heavy fog that rolled in at midafternoon and got caught in swells that pushed it onto the public beach, Appleby said.
More ➥ George Bush's boat runs aground at Gooch's Beach | SeacoastOnline.com |
Apparently Bush Sr. is still so pissed at Clinton about losing the 1992 election he refuses to use GPS with the SA turned off.
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22-07-2010, 20:30
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#524
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: North of Baltimore
Boat: Ericson 27 & 18' Herrmann Catboat
Posts: 3,798
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This is wierd
As the vessel gets bigger the people shrink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Adelie
Probably a 1:25 scale maritime pilot training vessel at Port Revel, near Grenoble (sp?), France. Been training Captains and pilots there since late 1960's on a 4-5ha lake with various scale vessels. Shoreline set up various berthing and docking configuations. The are canals, shallows, wind and current generators so you can run the whole gamut of bad things you might have to deal with. Oh, and the old 18ton scale VLCC (supertanker) has a 1/10th hp motor, comparable to the real thing. |
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22-07-2010, 21:28
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
Boat: 14 meter sloop
Posts: 7,256
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Originally Posted by fishwife
I so want to make what would be construed as a political comment, so I'll just have to bite my tongue
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me too. After all, it really is an ugly boat.
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