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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:10 PM Original message |
Maybe I don';t understand boaters, but I have a question.. |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:12 PM Original message |
Insurance |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Insurance maybe? Don't know, but they might figure 'why bother'? |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. HAHA, great minds? |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. True dat! |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. A lot of boats belong to people |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. What - fly all the way from Malibu to Florida just to get my yacht out of |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. usually the location of landfall isn't all that specific... |
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PatriotGames (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Good point! Just sail away and dock further north. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. when you're on teh Gulf Side |
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uberotto (589 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. When a hurricane is within 500 miles... |
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President Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. in the case of sailboats |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The lovely boats they always show on TV are more like yachts |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I'd much rather lose a boat |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Well.. there IS that ! |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:34 PM Original message |
no one is hurricane good |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. Very, very few are even "Tropical Storm Good" (i.e. able to survive) |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. is that the coastie Eagle? |
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uberotto (589 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Yes, they do have engines... |
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President Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. "hull speed" means that no matter how large the engine... |
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A-Possum (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Sailboats don't go fast even with engines |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Best thing to do, if you have time, |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. All of the reasons noted above, plus |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. (Uhhhmmm....) "their aft from their stern"???? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Or their left from their port! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Well, I keep port on the right ... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I keep a frontal lobotomy |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Yer right! What happens when we do not proofread!! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Well, go to the stem instead. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Beautiful vessel--were you on a Tall Ship cruise? nt |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Yes. I was a cadet at the Coast Guard Academy (for two years) |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I have young relatives who have gone to King's Point, |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. "Floaters, not boaters," |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Wow, |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. No I did not, that is not fair, please reread--I clearly said SOME |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Q: How do you get a rat out of a lee scupper? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Many Reasons |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. I have wondered that many times when I see them in piles on the beach. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Have You Ever Done It? |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Actually yes. |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Gee, maybe I should just take off |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. The really rich have captains for their yachts who take care of |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. Here's an old 'boat' joke: |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. A fascinating account of a doomed voyage trying to outrun |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 06:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. during Hurricane Hugo in St. Thomas |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. I spent a lot of my life insuring yachts... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. my logic is, if professional sailors |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
44. definition of "boat" . . . |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
45. Evacuate on a boat? |
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