pinko commie tree hugger
you might be doing it wrong
Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.
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Don't need no mooring lines!
No, not that Ron.
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Did that once on a CT 37 when the Morris cable failed on the trans. But the throttle cable still worked, so the skipper, thinking she had it in reverse, gave it more throttle to slow down faster. It happens. I’ll not laugh at this boat.
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Why waste money on a travel lift.
There is no rational, logical, or physical description of how free will could exist. It therefore makes no sense to praise or condemn anyone on the grounds they are a free willed self that made one choice but could have chosen something else. There is no evidence that such a situation is possible in our Universe. Demonstrate otherwise and I will be thrilled.
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Go, ahead and back up!
What?
Go ahead. Back up!
Can't hear you.
Go Ahead. Back Up.
Say again?
GOAHEAD!
Roger!
There are two kinds of boaters: those who have run aground, and those who lie about it.
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Should have had the bottom cleaned before he did that.
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" Remember, - - - a Med Moor is STERN TO" ! ! !
Charter Member - - Professional Procrastinators Association of America - - putting things off since 1965 " I'll get around to it tomorrow, .... maybe "
Grant S
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Maybe he put her up there for a scrub.Originally Posted by David W Pratt
There is nothing quite as permanent as a good temporary repair.
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Good thing he has fenders rigged.
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Bow thruster farted
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I did that once with a Catalina 38.
The shifter was a rotating lever mounted concentric with the wheel. Lessee-CW=forward, CCW=????
The throttle was rigged bass-ackwards. Push = slow.
Too many new tricks for this old dog to deal with. Muscle memory took over. The results were predictable!
Schooner sailors love to get blown offshore!
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Yup, I did a similar thing with a Beneteau 40.7 a few years back.
I was picking it up from the yard and one of the jobs they had done was to replace the steering cable. Rather than crossing the new cable ends before they attached them to the wheel they rigged them straight.
I fired up the engine, dropped the lines, put the helm over and shoved the throttle forwards. The bow began to swing to port rather than the expected starboard, so I gave it some more throttle whereupon it swung more decisively to port and I crunched straight into a pile before drifting off into the fairway.
Bringing the boat back alongside was quite fun, but not nearly as much fun as then getting the yard to admit that they were the ones at fault here.
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Looks like they came in a little hot!
Skip
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I did something similar in a 31 ft power boat I'd just bought. After a lifetime of sailboats, I wasn't used to outdrive steering and all that HP, and there was a crosswind and other things (I've got lots of excuses). Luckily it easily reversed it back into the water.
Most importantly, nobody saw me do it!!
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Never approach a dock any faster than you want to hit it, and never venture into unfamiliar waters after dark (Although this can be taken literally it is also a metaphor for the red light districts of foreign ports... "Red dress at morning, sailors take warning")
Wise words from my father about 50 years ago
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