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26-02-2012, 18:23
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#301
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
Boat: 14 meter sloop
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Re: You Might Be a Liveaboard, if . . .
You know you're a liveaboard when your wife asks you to run down to the farmers market to pick up some veggies, and you hop into the dink to make the run rather than the car.
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26-02-2012, 18:39
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#302
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Oct 2007
Boat: Van Helleman Schooner 65ft StarGazer
Posts: 10,280
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Re: You Might Be a Liveaboard, if . . .
You know you are a live aboard, when you move into a 5 bedroom house just 5 minutes from the marina… and hate it!
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26-02-2012, 19:16
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#303
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Ohio
Boat: Now boatless :-(
Posts: 11,580
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bash
You know you're a liveaboard when your wife asks you to run down to the farmers market to pick up some veggies, and you hop into the dink to make the run rather than the car.
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You make that dink run to town and the only shoes you can find are mismatched flip flops...
You've acquired your last 3 fenders by finding them in the water. (i've found two...)
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26-02-2012, 19:21
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#304
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 267
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Re: You Might Be a Liveaboard, if . . .
... you use more oil and vinegar in your head than your galley.
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26-02-2012, 19:36
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#305
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
Boat: 14 meter sloop
Posts: 7,260
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Re: You Might Be a Liveaboard, if . . .
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Originally Posted by Ex-Calif
You've acquired your last 3 fenders by finding them in the water. (i've found two...)
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Oh gosh, you're not kayaking enough. I've probably found a couple dozen, but most of those were while kayaking the back waters of the bay. When your boat only draws an inch or two more than a fender, it's pretty easy to discover where fenders go to die.
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27-02-2012, 22:18
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#306
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Bremerton, WA
Boat: Catalina 22
Posts: 27
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Re: You Might Be a Liveaboard, if . . .
YMBALI... your personal dishes consist of a pyrex pie plate and a mason jar.
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28-02-2012, 04:10
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#307
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Brisbane, australia
Boat: Jarkan 10.5
Posts: 80
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YMBALA if you strip all the packaging from your groceries and goods at the marina car park.
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28-02-2012, 16:01
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#308
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Port Ludlow, WA (NW corner of Puget Sound)
Boat: 30' William Atkin cutter
Posts: 1,496
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Re: You Might Be a Liveaboard, if . . .
My boat was designed 75 years ago so it came with "pin rails" (teak boards with bronze belaying pins between the shrouds) so all my halyards are stowed out of the way....one of many good ideas that disappeared because they were considered "old fashion".
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28-02-2012, 16:07
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#309
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Port Ludlow, WA (NW corner of Puget Sound)
Boat: 30' William Atkin cutter
Posts: 1,496
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Re: You Might Be a Liveaboard, if . . .
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bash
Oh gosh, you're not kayaking enough. I've probably found a couple dozen, but most of those were while kayaking the back waters of the bay. When your boat only draws an inch or two more than a fender, it's pretty easy to discover where fenders go to die.
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This is the first time in my life I have all matching fenders, accomplished though trading misc fender with the local marine surplus (used buy sell type place).
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"Those who think they know everything piss off those of us who do"
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28-02-2012, 16:10
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#310
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Port Ludlow, WA (NW corner of Puget Sound)
Boat: 30' William Atkin cutter
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Re: You Might Be a Liveaboard, if . . .
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Originally Posted by Pelagic
You know you are a live aboard, when you move into a 5 bedroom house just 5 minutes from the marina… and hate it!
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Land just doesn't move right.
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02-03-2012, 06:53
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Yuma Island
Posts: 1,579
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Re: You Might Be a Liveaboard, if . . .
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Originally Posted by Bash
That's the best argument I've ever heard for switching to a MULTIHULL. Do you actually do this?
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Fixed it for ya.
Leopard 45' (some other cats too) has an escape hatch in the main salon deck. So yeah, you can stretch out there on your belly, with a pillow if you like, and look down into the water. At night we dangled a little waterproof light into the water and it drew all sorts of critters. Hours of entertainment. I suppose if we'd been so inclined we could have fished from inside the salon, ha ha
I forgot to say, the terminology was funny, too: "What are we gonna do tonight?" "I guess Hatch TV." "OK."
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02-03-2012, 07:16
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#312
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern California
Posts: 1,144
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tamif27
Fixed it for ya.
Leopard 45' (some other cats too) has an escape hatch in the main salon deck. So yeah, you can stretch out there on your belly, with a pillow if you like, and look down into the water. At night we dangled a little waterproof light into the water and it drew all sorts of critters. Hours of entertainment. I suppose if we'd been so inclined we could have fished from inside the salon, ha ha
I forgot to say, the terminology was funny, too: "What are we gonna do tonight?" "I guess Hatch TV." "OK."
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That is sooo cool. I can't have the boat but I've seen clear kayaks and the viewers you can hold (don't know where to get one though). Guess I will get back to warm weather & snorkel for fun!
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02-03-2012, 07:32
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#313
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Yuma Island
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Re: You Might Be a Liveaboard, if . . .
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Originally Posted by Sailor g
the viewers you can hold (don't know where to get one though)
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I can't see any reason not to go old-school. That is to say, take a bucket, cut the bottom out of it, and silicone a piece of plex or glass to the bottom.
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02-03-2012, 08:48
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#314
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: SE Florida
Boat: Hunter 430
Posts: 158
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Re: You Might Be a Liveaboard, if . . .
YMBALI.....You go to the head at a friend's house, and kindly throw the TP away in the waste can.
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02-03-2012, 08:54
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#315
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,379
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Re: You Might Be a Liveaboard, if . . .
Quote:
Originally Posted by wolfenzee
My boat was designed 75 years ago so it came with "pin rails" (teak boards with bronze belaying pins between the shrouds) so all my halyards are stowed out of the way....one of many good ideas that disappeared because they were considered "old fashion".
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Our 1974 boat has pin rails. You don't have to go back THAT far to find em.
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