Wal, there’s a special place reserved for you in the afterlife. And it won’t be the hot place...
Cheers, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit P.S. Hope that star wasn’t imprinted on a 37’. ;-) On Mar 27, 2014, at 5:19 PM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: > PS. I was trying to think why some folks would say that the little Honda is > not quiet. > > If it runs full throttle it is quite loud. I would not recommend using it to > run an AC water heater and battery charger at the same time, or it will run > full throttle and really annoy the fish. I just use it to charge batteries, > with the 'EcoPower' switch on and after an initial burst in bulk mode, and > perhaps another burst when I hit Acceptance mode, it runs just over idle > speed and is pretty darn quiet. > > > PPS. I'm soaking wet after rescuing someone's dinghy during the afternoon > thermal puff. It was just floating by. That's the price I pay for anchoring > away from the herd -- 'if I don't do it, nobody else will...' It's *not* > easy to tow a dinghy with your dinghy in 15 knots and 2 foot whitecaps (long > fetch.) I did respond on the radio, but someone thought I wasn't moving fast > enough and said so. Hey, I'm a single hander and I like to have a plan and > think a few steps ahead. Like, before getting in the dink to go get beat up, > put on clothes, grab a life vest, a handheld VHF, and a hank or two of spare > rope to make a towing bridle, and drop the swim ladder on the mother ship. > Fortunately I already had a flotation device and dinghy anchor in the dink, > so if something went really wrong I could get on the radio and say 'okay, I > saved the dinghy, now can somebody save *me*. Got a hook down, so there's no > rush.' > > I would like to say it was a Hunter or a Catalina, but when I towed the dink > back to the original boat, I saw a very familiar star under the toe rail. > > The dink had a tied on painter of some obviously 20-30 year old double braid > rope without a splice or a whipped end. Sheesh. I want to say the guy > deserved to lose it, but then again some day it might be me... > > > PPPS. I had to leave the marina a few weeks back, because this guy next to > me played AM talk radio through his cockpit speakers from dawn to 11 p.m. > That's a lot more annoying than a Honda generator. It wouldn't be that bad, > but he wasn't actually in the cockpit listening to it. He did, however, own > a parrot. This is *NOT* a joke, it's the honest truth. The only thing the > parrot could say was 'Shut UP.' I mean, all day long I'm listening to > political talk radio that I don't want to hear, with a parrot screaming 'Shut > up, Shut up, Shut up.' > > This kind of stuff only happens to me. > > Wal > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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