Hello from a Fort Lauderdale Newbie

18Bravo · 06-11-2009, 08:46

Hello to all. I'm newly registered...been lurking here for awhile before I registered so please accept my apologies. This is a great forum that has helped me pass many a rainy day and sleepless night...and yes I'll admit, I get on in the middle of the day when I should be doing other things too. :-) I am impressed by the civility here as opposed to some of the other forums and I'm glad to be a registered member.

I live aboard and having been in that lifestyle for about 15 years I like to think I take things with a grain of salt and a dose of reality without being thin-skinned. I am "apolitical" which comes from 26 years in the military (retired now).

Unfortunately, my old girl has been a dock queen since the war started in '01 so I haven't had much time underway since then. Back-to-back military deployments are hell on cruising plans. I'm looking forward to getting back to my favorite Bahamas cruising grounds (Exumas) next summer once I put some extra cash in the slop chest. Well anyway, I'm glad to have finally come aboard the forum.

V/R
Dave

flashmutt007 · 06-11-2009, 09:22

Welcome. Thank you for your service to our country. I admire you for it. And good luck getting back to your favorite cruising grounds in an expeditious manner!

scallywag · 06-11-2009, 10:18

Dave,
Welcome aboard and thank you for your service. The Bahamas have changed a lot over the past 26 years. Every time I return to a previous visited location, I am upset how the area has become modernized.
John

imagine2frolic · 06-11-2009, 10:42

At least the change is slow, island time! Welcome, thanks for the service, and joining........i2f

18Bravo · 06-11-2009, 19:14

Bill, John and i2f, thanks for the warm welcome. I really appreciate your kind words. I'm hoping to be ready and geared up for an extended voyage to the Exumas and other areas for the summer of 2010. I have heard that Georgetown just isn't the same anymore...but I'm flexible. Plenty of great areas in the general vicinity.
Dave

Chief Engineer · 06-11-2009, 20:02

Is the noon opening at the 17th street causeway still at 12 o'clock

(from The Funniest Things I Have Heard on VHF by Chief Engineer

SkiprJohn · 07-11-2009, 17:16

Aloha Dave,
Welcome aboard! Thanks for your service. Only 26? Army?
regards,

06-11-2009, 08:46	#1
18Bravo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Boat: 52' one-off passagemaker motor vessel "Eagles Dare II" Posts: 5	Hello from a Fort Lauderdale Newbie Hello to all. I'm newly registered...been lurking here for awhile before I registered so please accept my apologies. This is a great forum that has helped me pass many a rainy day and sleepless night...and yes I'll admit, I get on in the middle of the day when I should be doing other things too. :-) I am impressed by the civility here as opposed to some of the other forums and I'm glad to be a registered member. I live aboard and having been in that lifestyle for about 15 years I like to think I take things with a grain of salt and a dose of reality without being thin-skinned. I am "apolitical" which comes from 26 years in the military (retired now). Unfortunately, my old girl has been a dock queen since the war started in '01 so I haven't had much time underway since then. Back-to-back military deployments are hell on cruising plans. I'm looking forward to getting back to my favorite Bahamas cruising grounds (Exumas) next summer once I put some extra cash in the slop chest. Well anyway, I'm glad to have finally come aboard the forum. V/R Dave

06-11-2009, 09:22	#2
flashmutt007 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Charles Town WV Posts: 47	Welcome. Thank you for your service to our country. I admire you for it. And good luck getting back to your favorite cruising grounds in an expeditious manner! __________________ Bill a.k.a. - Flashmutt007

06-11-2009, 10:42	#4
imagine2frolic Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: N.E. Florida Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE Posts: 3,405 Images: 114	At least the change is slow, island time! Welcome, thanks for the service, and joining........i2f __________________ BORROWED! No single one of us is as smart as all of us! SAILING is not always a slick magazine cover!

07-11-2009, 17:16	#7
SkiprJohn Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kea'au, Big Island, Hawaii Boat: Cascade, Cutter, 42 - "Casual" Posts: 5,553	Aloha Dave, Welcome aboard! Thanks for your service. Only 26? Army? regards, __________________ JohnL Click to Search Cruisers Forum Archives, Twenty Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere, Vigor, http://www.atomvoyages.com/articles/boatlist.htm, http://www.mahina.com/boats.html

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06-11-2009, 10:18	#3
scallywag Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: St. Augustine, Fl Boat: Allied Princess, 36-Scallywag Posts: 586 Images: 8	Dave, Welcome aboard and thank you for your service. The Bahamas have changed a lot over the past 26 years. Every time I return to a previous visited location, I am upset how the area has become modernized. John

06-11-2009, 19:14	#5
18Bravo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Boat: 52' one-off passagemaker motor vessel "Eagles Dare II" Posts: 5	Bill, John and i2f, thanks for the warm welcome. I really appreciate your kind words. I'm hoping to be ready and geared up for an extended voyage to the Exumas and other areas for the summer of 2010. I have heard that Georgetown just isn't the same anymore...but I'm flexible. Plenty of great areas in the general vicinity. Dave

06-11-2009, 20:02	#6
Chief Engineer Commercial Vendor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North of Baltimore Boat: Ericson 27 & 18' Herrmann Catboat Posts: 2,438	Is the noon opening at the 17th street causeway still at 12 o'clock (from The Funniest Things I Have Heard on VHF by Chief Engineer

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