things you've tossed off the boat that others think are necessary

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by savoir

I bet he didn't have to bring his own nosebag when he went out visiting.

Excuse me?

[Cheechako]

Originally Posted by JK n Smitty

I don't know if I agree with this. On a cool night, I don't mind having a little heat during my cockpit shower. The hotwater for dishes is pretty good too. Plus mine gives me another 20 gallons of water storage. But we are still on the dock in New England, maybe this opinion will change once we cut the lines.

We did toss our bulky salon tables (came with a large one and a small one). Instead we use a light weight "TV table". It really opened up the salon area.

Yeah, I love em. Never had one go bad yet and most mine came with the boat. what the heck, if a $250 boat appliance lasts 6-8 years... cool. Nothing like reaching your destination and having warm water for a shower just from the motoring into the anchorage. If you've motored a bunch, you'll still have warm water the next morning. Free hot water really.

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by Cheechako

Nothing like reaching your destination and having warm water for a shower just from the motoring into the anchorage. If you've motored a bunch, you'll still have warm water the next morning. Free hot water really.

Exactly. And very environment friendly too , because the boat without just spills all that wasted energy overboard with the cooling water">engine cooling water .

[SmartMove]

Originally Posted by Blue Crab

Wasn't Proletariat the last Triple Crown Winner?

It is Secretariat, and he was mn't the last, Affirmed was.

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

Excuse me?

They are talking about a horse.

[Blue Crab]

Originally Posted by SmartMove

It is Secretariat, and he was mn't the last, Affirmed was.

Heh. It's funnier my way.

[youmeandthed]

I tossed off a Jimmy Buffett book 100 miles of the Gulf de Fonseca. No one should ever suffer from such literature.

[SmartMove]

Originally Posted by Blue Crab

Heh. It's funnier my way.

Yeah it was. Since Jedi didn't get the nose bag I thought I would add a little more info.

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by youmeandthed

I tossed off a Jimmy Buffett book 100 miles of the Gulf de Fonseca. No one should ever suffer from such literature.

Agree! You should also throw overboard any Jimmy Buffett CD that contains the song Margaritaville on it! If you ever really feel the need to hear it again just hang out in any Florida waterfront bar you'll hear it soon enough!

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by SmartMove

Yeah it was. Since Jedi didn't get the nose bag I thought I would add a little more info.

I still don't get it, but it felt like an insult. Just wondering what triggered that...

[Blue Crab]

Originally Posted by mbianka

Agree! You should also throw overboard any Jimmy Buffett CD that contains the song Margaritaville on it! If you ever really feel the need to hear it again just hang out in any Florida waterfront bar you'll hear it soon enough!

I think Kokomo qualifies too.

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by Blue Crab

I think Kokomo qualifies too.

I can still tolerate Kokomo once in a while but, when I hear Margaritaville it's "Slowly I turned step by step, inch by inch..."

[JPA Cate]

To sort of get this thread away from the hazards of wallet envy and back on track, I'm going to come at this backwards. My excuse for doing so is that both Jim and I are packrats.http://www.cruisersforum.com/images/...on_redface.gif So I'm going to tell you some gifts we've received from folks more discliplined than ourselves in this business of throwing stuff out ...

1) Splash Zone, underwaterepoxy, helped keep water out on I-1

2) Hot knife/soldering iron --often used

3) water pump, used now for a washdown pump--it had been an extra spare for the donor.

Something that might be thrown out but isn't going to be is a set for 4 of
stoneware plates, bowls, cups, salad plates and saucers. One of the plates is mended. We have miscellaneous bowls and 8 corelle plates, too. But I use plates instead of platters. I could replace with all corelle, but the stoneware was a gift from treasured friends, and it stays. Go figure.

I did think the chap who kept his briefcase could use it to keep his favorite hand tools in. http://www.cruisersforum.com/images/smilies/devil_3.gif

[Blue Crab]

Originally Posted by mbianka

I can still tolerate Kokomo once in a while but, when I hear Margaritaville it's "Slowly I turned step by step, inch by inch..."

I hear you Cap. The years I was with Discovery Diving, Jimmy sang about 18/7 on the dock outside speakers (we had all the CDs) and was not to be interfered with. He usually got turned on when the boss drove in the parking lot. And off when she left. She was a very short woman but quite tall on the inside.

[mbianka]

Took me a year to remove the Kings 8001 LORAN unit off the boat after the Coast Guard stopped transmitting the signals.
THE BIANKA LOG BLOG: TO DO LIST: REMOVE LORAN
Eventually I decided toat least use the case for an instrumentation project for my electric propulsion system:
THE BIANKA LOG BLOG: INSTRUMENTATION PROJECT PART ONE: Plan A
A few months ago I get an email from a fellow in Norway who saw my post about taking apart the Kings LORAN unit for my project. He had a dead Kings 8001 unit and wanted to know if I still had the boards and manual. Pack rat that I am. I still had the boards and manual. Sent them off to him right around Earth Day:
THE BIANKA LOG BLOG: LORAN LIVES AND A HAPPY EARTH DAY ENDING!
Seems LORAN is still used around Norway. Who knew? I love it when stuff can get recycled instead of just being pitched out.

[JPA Cate]

"I love it when stuff can get recycled instead of just being pitched out. "

Me too!

Ann