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22-02-2018, 11:34
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#106
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2003
Boat: Dragonfly 1000 trimaran
Posts: 7,072
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Re: Prepping?
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Originally Posted by Sailor_Hutch
An individual could only hope to remain undiscovered, and when eventually overrun by one of these groups would have to do what they wanted, including (probably) give up the prepper stores. What could happen to loved ones too bad to contemplate.
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At that point, I'd go down shooting with everything I've got, ala The Alamo.
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22-02-2018, 11:46
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#108
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Seaman, Delivery skipper


Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: PORTUGAL
Posts: 30,231
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Re: Prepping?
Quote:
Originally Posted by senormechanico
At that point, I'd go down shooting with everything I've got, ala The Alamo.
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Surprised you did not say Waco.. more similarities..
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22-02-2018, 11:52
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#109
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Australia
Boat: Milkraft 60 ex trawler
Posts: 4,603
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Re: Prepping?
[QUOTE=senormechanico;2583210]
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Originally Posted by weavis
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Yep, fan of the bum gun for a decade or more.
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22-02-2018, 11:55
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#110
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Everywhere (Sea of Cortez right now)
Boat: PSC Orion 27
Posts: 1,376
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Re: Prepping?
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Originally Posted by newhaul
the biggie downside for you personally is you aren't on the boat full time  
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Roger that. How hard would it be to get to your boat with thousands (millions) of people bugging out at the same time?
A town I lived in got evacuated for wild fires a couple years ago. 80,000 people jumped in their cars to bugger off. A lot didn't have enough fuel to get out of the evacuated zone. I was on a 5th floor condo building and just watched the vehicles parked on the freeway while surrounded by Hell. Miraculously there was only one fatality, but it was a camp type town where 90% of the people have been trained in all manner of safety scenarios and there was massive help available.
On an unrelated note, how well stocked is your boat? Errrr... once again, asking for a friend.
goat
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22-02-2018, 13:03
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#111
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Between Caribbean and Canada
Boat: Murray 33-Chouette & Pape Steelmaid-44-Safara-both steel cutters
Posts: 8,345
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Re: Prepping?
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Originally Posted by newhaul
the biggie downside for you personally is you aren't on the boat full time  
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No, but when not on the boat we are in our “but out” location. And we have a “spare” boat there.
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22-02-2018, 13:12
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#112
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: puget sound washington
Boat: 1968 Islander bahama 24 hull 182, 1963 columbia 29 defender. hull # 60
Posts: 12,054
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Re: Prepping?
Quote:
Originally Posted by goat
Roger that. How hard would it be to get to your boat with thousands (millions) of people bugging out at the same time?
A town I lived in got evacuated for wild fires a couple years ago. 80,000 people jumped in their cars to bugger off. A lot didn't have enough fuel to get out of the evacuated zone. I was on a 5th floor condo building and just watched the vehicles parked on the freeway while surrounded by Hell. Miraculously there was only one fatality, but it was a camp type town where 90% of the people have been trained in all manner of safety scenarios and there was massive help available.
On an unrelated note, how well stocked is your boat? Errrr... once again, asking for a friend.
goat
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it is normally a 20 min drive but it would just mean a 6 hour bike ride to it . Back roads and all. The best part for me is nobody knows what's on my boat but me. 
Alternatively a friend would drop me at my boat on the way to his big boat. We both are about a 20 min walk from his small boat. And lots of open water from there to our destinations.
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22-02-2018, 13:25
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#113
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Between Caribbean and Canada
Boat: Murray 33-Chouette & Pape Steelmaid-44-Safara-both steel cutters
Posts: 8,345
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Re: Prepping?
When we lived in center city Philadelphia the boat was docked in the water all year round at Delaware City. I kept a Porta Boat in the city and it was 3 blocks to the Schuylkill river. I figured it would take me 2 or 3 tides to get to the boat.
Not fun but beats the dickens out of gun fights. Doable.
We never hauled the boat for the winter but stayed on her frequently and maintained her in ready to go condition. Of course she would get hauled for maintenance once in a while.
The last few years we both worked every other week and then lived on the boat in the meantime, down to +1F. We just used a 2 amp charger to keep the Espar running. We could have used the Honda to charge batteries but got lazy.
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22-02-2018, 13:36
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#114
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Everywhere (Sea of Cortez right now)
Boat: PSC Orion 27
Posts: 1,376
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Re: Prepping?
Quote:
Originally Posted by newhaul
it is normally a 20 min drive but it would just mean a 6 hour bike ride to it . Back roads and all. The best part for me is nobody knows what's on my boat but me. 
Alternatively a friend would drop me at my boat on the way to his big boat. We both are about a 20 min walk from his small boat. And lots of open water from there to our destinations.
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I was.... err my friend was actually asking about hpeer's boat. ;^)
I consider myself already gone.
goat
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22-02-2018, 14:05
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#115
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cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2017
Boat: Retired from CF
Posts: 13,317
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Re: Prepping?
"On the Beach" meets "The Road"
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22-02-2018, 15:39
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#116
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: puget sound washington
Boat: 1968 Islander bahama 24 hull 182, 1963 columbia 29 defender. hull # 60
Posts: 12,054
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Re: Prepping?
Quote:
Originally Posted by goat
I was.... err my friend was actually asking about hpeer's boat. ;^)
I consider myself already gone.
goat
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QSL
assumed you were asking me due to quoting me.
Btw the time scenario I listed only applies if I'm not at home when the shtf.
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22-02-2018, 16:33
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#117
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Long Beach, CA. Moving to STT 11/18
Boat: 45 Leopard- Had a 42 Leopard- Sunk by Irma
Posts: 113
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Re: Prepping?
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Originally Posted by newhaul
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Shrimps on the barbie, of course! and Fosters Beer!
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22-02-2018, 17:01
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#118
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2016
Boat: Wauquiez Pretorien 35
Posts: 439
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Re: Prepping?
I used to be more prepared. Then I realized that speeding away at 5 1/2 knots was just plain silly...
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22-02-2018, 17:45
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#119
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: puget sound washington
Boat: 1968 Islander bahama 24 hull 182, 1963 columbia 29 defender. hull # 60
Posts: 12,054
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Re: Prepping?
Quote:
Originally Posted by LLizzard
Shrimps on the barbie, of course! and Fosters Beer!
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great idea. Have church key will travel.  
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22-02-2018, 18:12
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#120
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Australia
Boat: Milkraft 60 ex trawler
Posts: 4,603
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Re: Prepping?
Quote:
Originally Posted by LLizzard
Shrimps on the barbie, of course! and Fosters Beer!
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We don't have shrimps, here they are prawns and do we even sell fosters here anymore?
Haven't seen that pigswill in at least 30 years.
Oh dear, look at that, that rubbish does still exist
I'll stick to my cheaper imported beers thanks.
https://www.danmurphys.com.au/produc...?bmUID=m6QQLUd
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