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20-03-2012, 19:59
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Boat: Samson C-Hawk
Posts: 12
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Life Is What You Make Of It ;)
Hello everyone...
Definitely enjoyed reading over this forum. My name is Noah. At one time I used to own a 1947 Chris Craft custom sedan 22' runabout, (see pics below).
I am looking to trade up my Harley and get into a 27 to 33 foot cruiser sail boat for living aboard. What a way to travel and meet people!
Currently, I am a vacuum truck operator on a drilling rig (oil) in northern Alberta, Canada... it sucks (bad pun) but its a living... i work for sometimes 60 plus days before I come home to see my girlfriend... Its time for a change.
I would like to find the right cruiser and set sail around North America from Vancouver Island along the California coast, surf in Costa Rica before discovering the Caribbean (via the Panama Canal)...
It's not just a dream
Thank you for having me to your forum... here's some pics of my last boat, "Thor". I had her for 3 summers  was the 3rd owner and sold her for what I paid for her... but you don't own a wooden boat... they own you!
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Reporter asks, "What makes your boat go like that?"
Bogie simply replied, "Scotch" and then just walked away.
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21-03-2012, 07:14
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Heathsville, VA
Boat: Gemini 105Mc 34'
Posts: 1,457
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Re: Life is what you make of it ;)
Welcome aboard, and great post and pics! Good luck with your plans.
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21-03-2012, 07:21
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Moderator and Certifiable Refitter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: South of 43 S, Australia
Boat: C.L.O.D.
Posts: 21,516
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Re: Life is what you make of it ;)
Welcome aboard, nice last boat! I hear you regarding wooden boats, they a demanding commitment but oh so worth it (for awhile).
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All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangereous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. T.E. Lawrence
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21-03-2012, 08:58
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Registered User

Join Date: May 2005
Location: Cruising Greece
Boat: Cat in the med & Trawler in Florida
Posts: 2,323
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Re: Life is what you make of it ;)
style!!
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21-03-2012, 09:04
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#5
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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: 51,825
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Re: Life is what you make of it ;)
Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Noah.
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Gord May
"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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25-03-2012, 16:18
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Boat: Samson C-Hawk
Posts: 12
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Re: Life is what you make of it ;)
Thanks for the warm greets... I should be down to the coast boat hunting in 2 weeks
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Reporter asks, "What makes your boat go like that?"
Bogie simply replied, "Scotch" and then just walked away.
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25-03-2012, 16:28
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Philippines in the winters
Boat: It’s in French Polynesia now
Posts: 11,372
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Re: Life is what you make of it ;)
A man named Noah with a boat.  You're going to get a lot of riff for that, if you haven't already.
But, welcome aboard!
Dreams are what life is made of!
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Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend, but the Kisses of the Enemy are Deceitful! ........
The measure of a man is how he navigates to a proper shore in the midst of a storm!
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25-03-2012, 16:31
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#8
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Northern and Southern California
Boat: too many
Posts: 3,731
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Re: Life is what you make of it ;)
Welcome to CF NoDogue, and working in the oil patch isn't a bad gig, it allows extended periods of time to get your next boat ready for the cruising lifestyle. Your old boat is a classic beauty. What is your price range for a good, blue water cruiser? I also worked in the patch in a different position, my last rig.....
Yours truly, in my "office"
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25-03-2012, 22:36
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#9
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Boat: Samson C-Hawk
Posts: 12
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Re: Life is what you make of it ;)
Nice office deckofficer...
My price range is between 10 and 20... i have found a few like this... Blue Moon, A 1977 C&C 29 MK I Masthead sloop for sale.
...and am not in a rush to buy, the right boat will come
here are a couple of more pics of my old Chris...

both on Stoney Lake, Ontario, Canada
here's me at work...

and my office...

I work a small super single land rig.. Champion #1

in the winter... its all ice roads over muskeg and -60°C weather

and after shift... retire to camp... where the living space is as small as 14' aluminum boat...

its time to take some of that oil money and live aboard
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Reporter asks, "What makes your boat go like that?"
Bogie simply replied, "Scotch" and then just walked away.
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26-03-2012, 01:34
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#10
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Boat: Samson C-Hawk
Posts: 12
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Re: Life is what you make of it ;)
deckofficer... what position do you work on the rig? cool looking rig btw.
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Reporter asks, "What makes your boat go like that?"
Bogie simply replied, "Scotch" and then just walked away.
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26-03-2012, 09:35
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Northern and Southern California
Boat: too many
Posts: 3,731
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Re: Life is what you make of it ;)
Quote:
Originally Posted by NoDogue
deckofficer... what position do you work on the rig? cool looking rig btw.
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BCO/Chief Mate ballast control operator.
You have some good "insider" shots of your work environment. Seems a cable TV show is doing something with that.
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26-03-2012, 15:01
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#12
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Boat: Samson C-Hawk
Posts: 12
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Re: Life is what you make of it ;)
Quote:
Originally Posted by deckofficer
You have some good "insider" shots of your work environment. Seems a cable TV show is doing something with that.
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Thank you  I have taken tons of photos (been on all kinds of land rigs) and anticipate uploading lots of sailing pics in the future  Maybe Discovery channel would like to follow me around in a sailboat
Never been on a rig like yours, not even sure what a "BCO/Chief Mate ballast control operator" does... i am assuming you have something to do with the rig staying afloat.
My position wouldn't exist in the same function on your rig... I get rid of the drilling waste. It involves sucking the cuttings and mud up (Manual Labor is not just the president of Mexico) in a vac truck and spreading it on a field.
We're moving into Spring weather here and that means road bans are coming into effect... no work until after the bans are lifted... its boat hunting season
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Reporter asks, "What makes your boat go like that?"
Bogie simply replied, "Scotch" and then just walked away.
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26-03-2012, 15:41
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Northern and Southern California
Boat: too many
Posts: 3,731
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Re: Life is what you make of it ;)
Good luck on your boat search. My duties are that of 1st Mate, deck surveys, stability calculations and reports, transfer of all bulks and liquids, i.e. bentonite, barite, cement, diesel, potable water, drilling mud, deck and derrick loading, etc. Ballast tanks for vessel stability, conduct drills, soundings, cargo ops, just the basic stuff aboard ships but on a drill rig.
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07-04-2012, 20:35
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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: Life Is What You Make Of It ;)
Aloha and welcome aboard!
Thanks for the photos.
kind regards,
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John
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13-12-2012, 01:45
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#15
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Boat: Samson C-Hawk
Posts: 12
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Re: Life Is What You Make Of It ;)
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Reporter asks, "What makes your boat go like that?"
Bogie simply replied, "Scotch" and then just walked away.
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