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05-03-2012, 09:49
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: League City, TX
Boat: Gulfstar, MS44, 44'
Posts: 9
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Greetings from Austin
Hello all!
My wife and I have learned a lot from this forum over the past couple of years and look forward to learning more.
We bought a 44' Gulfstar motor sailer 18 months ago that we are refitting. We had her hauled up to a lake near Austin, where we live, to get more work time in as she needs some serious TLC.
I recently retired from 33 years in high tech and we plan to put her back on the Gulf of Mexico soon, get her to the point she is livable and seaworthy, then make our way down to Belize where we are planning to live for awhile.
Thanks in advance for all the advice!
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05-03-2012, 09:57
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
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Re: Greetings from Austin
Is your name Tim?
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05-03-2012, 10:44
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: League City, TX
Boat: Gulfstar, MS44, 44'
Posts: 9
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Re: Greetings from Austin
It is. A fellow Python fan I assume?
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05-03-2012, 10:56
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 51,584
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Re: Greetings from Austin
Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Tim.
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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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05-03-2012, 11:10
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: W Carib
Boat: Wildcat 35, Hobie 33
Posts: 13,498
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Re: Greetings from Austin
Quote:
Originally Posted by Enchanter
Hello all!
My wife and I have learned a lot from this forum over the past couple of years and look forward to learning more.
We bought a 44' Gulfstar motor sailer 18 months ago that we are refitting. We had her hauled up to a lake near Austin, where we live, to get more work time in as she needs some serious TLC.
I recently retired from 33 years in high tech and we plan to put her back on the Gulf of Mexico soon, get her to the point she is livable and seaworthy, then make our way down to Belize where we are planning to live for awhile.
Thanks in advance for all the advice! |
Welcome aboard. I used to live in Austin. Great place. Lived in Belize too.
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05-03-2012, 11:19
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Texas & Cayman Islands
Boat: <sold the 140' steel flybridge ketch & Hunter CC
Posts: 145
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Re: Greetings from Austin
Welcome to the Cruisers Forum Enchanter Tim & wife!
from a fellow Texan
and now for something completely different....
What is the air speed velocity of an African Swallow?
John 
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05-03-2012, 11:20
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,379
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Re: Greetings from Austin
Quote:
Originally Posted by Enchanter
It is. A fellow Python fan I assume?
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I would tell you that I was also a wizard...
But yeah, I loved that movie. 
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05-03-2012, 14:40
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
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Re: Greetings from Austin
Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Cruiser
... What is the air speed velocity of an African Swallow?
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About 24 mph.
➥ Air Speed Velocity
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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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05-03-2012, 14:51
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Waco, Tx
Boat: talk me into it
Posts: 11
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Re: Greetings from Austin
You've got two coconuts and you're banging them together.
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05-03-2012, 15:03
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Texas & Cayman Islands
Boat: <sold the 140' steel flybridge ketch & Hunter CC
Posts: 145
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Re: Greetings from Austin
Quote:
Originally Posted by GordMay
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GordMay,
Correct answer per Monty Pthyon is
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05-03-2012, 15:06
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Pac NW
Boat: Boatless, for now, Cat enthusiast
Posts: 1,318
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Re: Greetings from Austin
Welcome to CF, Tim! I can hear it, now --
"oh, it's just a harmless little bunny!'
ID
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Observations are gold; hypotheses, silver; and conclusions, bronze.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.--Ben Franklin
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.--Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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05-03-2012, 19:00
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: League City, TX
Boat: Gulfstar, MS44, 44'
Posts: 9
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Re: Greetings from Austin
Thanks all,
Good to know there are things in common aside from a love of boats and the water.
I'm going to call up Brother Maynard now as I need to go blow up my old exhaust system 
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08-03-2012, 07:01
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Winter land based UK New Forest. Summer months away. Making the transition from sail to power this year - scary stuff.
Boat: Super Van Craft 1320 Power Yacht
Posts: 2,175
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Re: Greetings from Austin
All very good.
Welcome to the site, congratulation on the new boat, good luck getting it refitted and afloat, and hope you guys enjoy the new life.
Cheers
JOHN
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22-03-2012, 16:50
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#14
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,191
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Re: Greetings from Austin
Aloha and welcome aboard!
Good to have you here.
kind regards,
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John
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