[WunHungLo]

OwenMcCall, on Jan 8 2010, 09:08 PM, said:

Two boom claws for around-the-boom roller reefing.

Wow that's dating you :P .. like these?
 Clarionet_Round_Isle_of_White_1970s.jpg (111.86K)
Number of downloads: 31

[WunHungLo]

A mear Paps, on Jan 8 2010, 11:28 PM, said:

Who was the smuck that put this on the front page, people think this is serious!!!!

Probably a lot more useful than some other junk on the front paqe :lol:

[Tom Ray]

The Black Pearl, on Jan 8 2010, 12:47 PM, said:

Searched through the 60kgs of spares need to run my foiling Moth, and all I can bear to part with is:

Spectra line, 1mm, length 10 cm.

What am I offered (will accept the Int 14 the Misses wants) :lol:

Get a bag, write "pieces of string too small to save" on it, and start yourself a collection. :lol:

[Tom Ray]

WunHungLo said:

Well as of Feb 8, 2010, I have a classic Texas Instruments Loran ready for the dumpster.... so much for being a backup for the time when the GPS network gets attacked by UFO's --- DOH... so many useless memories that can't be put on the dumpster, of that esoteric display of TD's and interpolating on charts to get Lat/Long. So the big decision is now.... should I keep it's base mount and 10ft whip antenna for anything :lol:

Is it spending a month in suspended junkination or something?

[OwenMcCall]

WunHungLo, on Jan 9 2010, 02:44 AM, said:

OwenMcCall, on Jan 8 2010, 09:08 PM, said:

Two boom claws for around-the-boom roller reefing.

Wow that's dating you :P .. like these?
Clarione...te_1970s.jpg

Yes, but my two are not linked together like that and they are of slightly different sizes. I assume the larger was to vang with (more forward where sail has more wraps around boom) and the smaller one was for the mainsheet (more aft where fewer wraps made the package less thick).

That picture shows my exact Proctor mast and boom.

But don't laugh too hard; I just sold one on Ebay to a guy sailing a Halberg-Rassey 31. So they are still useful!

[Doyle]

Tom Ray, on Jan 8 2010, 11:23 AM, said:

Doyle, on Jan 8 2010, 10:59 AM, said:

DCP00923.JPG

Hey gang, thought I would throw this into the bag. I have one of these, 1984 J/29 frac with trailer.... Anybody want to grow a local fleet.

It's a three step welcome process here:

1. Fuck off
2. Show us your wife's/girlfriend's tits
3. Buy an ad

WOW I feel the love.
Everyone starts out as a newbe.

[Railbird]

A mear Paps, on Jan 9 2010, 02:28 AM, said:

Who was the smuck that put this on the front page, people think this is serious!!!!

I believe thats schmuck.


Schmuck is most often used in American English as a pejorative or insult, meaning an obnoxious or contemptible person; one who is stupid, foolish, or detestable.

Variants of spelling and alterations include shmuck, schmo and shmo.

Schmuck entered English as a borrowed pejorative from the common Yiddish insult, where it is an obscene term for penis. :lol:

[Hike, Bitches!]

Innocent Bystander, on Jan 9 2010, 02:15 AM, said:

sculpin, on Jan 8 2010, 08:35 PM, said:

WunHungLo, on Jan 8 2010, 07:47 PM, said:

Well as of Feb 8, 2010, I have a classic Texas Instruments Loran ready for the dumpster.... so much for being a backup for the time when the GPS network gets attacked by UFO's --- DOH... so many useless memories that can't be put on the dumpster, of that esoteric display of TD's and interpolating on charts to get Lat/Long. So the big decision is now.... should I keep it's base mount and 10ft whip antenna for anything :lol:

One of those nice glass antennas that you get fibers stuck in your hand from if you are stupid or absent minded enough to run your hand along???

I've dumpstered two of those. Yech.

Hey,

Those make great flag sticks for seasonal race marks. Just brush a coat of anything on them (epoxy, enamel, poly, rtc to save the hands of the mark setters).

IB

IB...no worries...I have one of those right here in my back yard...I just took it off my 4KSB this spring! I'll just call up joydot and tell her to come get it :lol:

I am pretty sure I threw away the Apelco 6600 that was attached to it, but I kept the stupid antenna :unsure:

[Tom Ray]

Doyle, on Jan 9 2010, 10:35 AM, said:

Tom Ray, on Jan 8 2010, 11:23 AM, said:

Doyle, on Jan 8 2010, 10:59 AM, said:

DCP00923.JPG

Hey gang, thought I would throw this into the bag. I have one of these, 1984 J/29 frac with trailer.... Anybody want to grow a local fleet.

It's a three step welcome process here:

1. Fuck off
2. Show us your wife's/girlfriend's tits
3. Buy an ad

WOW I feel the love.
Everyone starts out as a newbe.

Come on now, it says you joined a year before I did! You don't know the welcome routine? :lol:

[Innocent Bystander]

Hike, Bitches!, on Jan 9 2010, 11:05 AM, said:

Innocent Bystander, on Jan 9 2010, 02:15 AM, said:

sculpin, on Jan 8 2010, 08:35 PM, said:

WunHungLo, on Jan 8 2010, 07:47 PM, said:

Well as of Feb 8, 2010, I have a classic Texas Instruments Loran ready for the dumpster.... so much for being a backup for the time when the GPS network gets attacked by UFO's --- DOH... so many useless memories that can't be put on the dumpster, of that esoteric display of TD's and interpolating on charts to get Lat/Long. So the big decision is now.... should I keep it's base mount and 10ft whip antenna for anything :lol:

One of those nice glass antennas that you get fibers stuck in your hand from if you are stupid or absent minded enough to run your hand along???

I've dumpstered two of those. Yech.

Hey,

Those make great flag sticks for seasonal race marks. Just brush a coat of anything on them (epoxy, enamel, poly, rtc to save the hands of the mark setters).

IB

IB...no worries...I have one of those right here in my back yard...I just took it off my 4KSB this spring! I'll just call up joydot and tell her to come get it :lol:

I am pretty sure I threw away the Apelco 6600 that was attached to it, but I kept the stupid antenna :unsure:

about 5 or 6 years ago, I took some yesteryear round battens and a couple of old antennas (that had give me splinters!) and FC and I made up the flags we used to redo the race marks. Probably time for another set......

Bring the antenna to my new place. I think it's about 600 feet across the creek from my pier to hers. I'm sure we can come up with a launching system.......

[Innocent Bystander]

Tom Ray, on Jan 9 2010, 06:15 AM, said:

WunHungLo said:

Well as of Feb 8, 2010, I have a classic Texas Instruments Loran ready for the dumpster.... so much for being a backup for the time when the GPS network gets attacked by UFO's --- DOH... so many useless memories that can't be put on the dumpster, of that esoteric display of TD's and interpolating on charts to get Lat/Long. So the big decision is now.... should I keep it's base mount and 10ft whip antenna for anything :lol:

Is it spending a month in suspended junkination or something?

From Wikipedia-

"UPDATE 04 Jan 2010: Homeland Security approves discontinuation of Loran-C operation. Effective 2000Z (UTC) 08 Feb 2010, the United States Coast Guard will terminate all operation and broadcast of Loran-C signals in the USA. Some international Loran-C operations will be continued.["

IB

[Peenstone]

A Sitex LORAN receiver, with 6' whip antennea. All accompanying mounting hardware and electrical connections. One programable route, up to 10 waypoints. Works Great!

[Speedwatch]

Each year in springtime I have to fight with my lady about the 130 kg of lead in our cellar. She says that it is stupid to keep the lead for another year. Okay, the boat was sold 3 ago and the lead was bought for a keel project that never made it from the drawing into real work. But I have a strong feeling that the lead should stay with me ...

[White Wing]

Speedwatch, on Jan 9 2010, 11:33 PM, said:

Each year in springtime I have to fight with my lady about the 130 kg of lead in our cellar. She says that it is stupid to keep the lead for another year. Okay, the boat was sold 3 ago and the lead was bought for a keel project that never made it from the drawing into real work. But I have a strong feeling that the lead should stay with me ...

might weigh you down....

WWing

[Tom Ray]

Innocent Bystander, on Jan 9 2010, 12:40 PM, said:

Tom Ray, on Jan 9 2010, 06:15 AM, said:

WunHungLo said:

Well as of Feb 8, 2010, I have a classic Texas Instruments Loran ready for the dumpster.... so much for being a backup for the time when the GPS network gets attacked by UFO's --- DOH... so many useless memories that can't be put on the dumpster, of that esoteric display of TD's and interpolating on charts to get Lat/Long. So the big decision is now.... should I keep it's base mount and 10ft whip antenna for anything :lol:

Is it spending a month in suspended junkination or something?

From Wikipedia-

"UPDATE 04 Jan 2010: Homeland Security approves discontinuation of Loran-C operation. Effective 2000Z (UTC) 08 Feb 2010, the United States Coast Guard will terminate all operation and broadcast of Loran-C signals in the USA. Some international Loran-C operations will be continued.["

IB

A simple "yes" would have sufficed. ;)

[Ishmael]

Speedwatch, on Jan 9 2010, 03:33 PM, said:

Each year in springtime I have to fight with my lady about the 130 kg of lead in our cellar. She says that it is stupid to keep the lead for another year. Okay, the boat was sold 3 ago and the lead was bought for a keel project that never made it from the drawing into real work. But I have a strong feeling that the lead should stay with me ...

That was cool, the link to the German Sailing Anarchy site...I checked out the forums and couldn't understand anybody. I felt right at home.

http://www.sailinganarchy.de/

[Tom Ray]

Ishmael, on Jan 9 2010, 07:15 PM, said:

Speedwatch, on Jan 9 2010, 03:33 PM, said:

Each year in springtime I have to fight with my lady about the 130 kg of lead in our cellar. She says that it is stupid to keep the lead for another year. Okay, the boat was sold 3 ago and the lead was bought for a keel project that never made it from the drawing into real work. But I have a strong feeling that the lead should stay with me ...

That was cool, the link to the German Sailing Anarchy site...I checked out the forums and couldn't understand anybody. I felt right at home.

http://www.sailinganarchy.de/

Do they have a Ku? And what's the German word for "Friday"?

[WunHungLo]

Tom Ray, on Jan 9 2010, 04:10 PM, said:

Innocent Bystander, on Jan 9 2010, 12:40 PM, said:

Tom Ray, on Jan 9 2010, 06:15 AM, said:

WunHungLo said:

Well as of Feb 8, 2010, I have a classic Texas Instruments Loran ready for the dumpster.... so much for being a backup for the time when the GPS network gets attacked by UFO's --- DOH... so many useless memories that can't be put on the dumpster, of that esoteric display of TD's and interpolating on charts to get Lat/Long. So the big decision is now.... should I keep it's base mount and 10ft whip antenna for anything :lol:

Is it spending a month in suspended junkination or something?

From Wikipedia-

"UPDATE 04 Jan 2010: Homeland Security approves discontinuation of Loran-C operation. Effective 2000Z (UTC) 08 Feb 2010, the United States Coast Guard will terminate all operation and broadcast of Loran-C signals in the USA. Some international Loran-C operations will be continued.["

IB

A simple "yes" would have sufficed. ;)

I see you have been saving some useless comments for this topics on useless gear... :lol: :lol: Nice job btw with your increasing post count. <_<

[Timo42]

WunHungLo, on Jan 10 2010, 04:30 AM, said:

Tom Ray, on Jan 9 2010, 04:10 PM, said:

Innocent Bystander, on Jan 9 2010, 12:40 PM, said:

Tom Ray, on Jan 9 2010, 06:15 AM, said:

WunHungLo said:

Well as of Feb 8, 2010, I have a classic Texas Instruments Loran ready for the dumpster.... so much for being a backup for the time when the GPS network gets attacked by UFO's --- DOH... so many useless memories that can't be put on the dumpster, of that esoteric display of TD's and interpolating on charts to get Lat/Long. So the big decision is now.... should I keep it's base mount and 10ft whip antenna for anything

Is it spending a month in suspended junkination or something?

From Wikipedia-

"UPDATE 04 Jan 2010: Homeland Security approves discontinuation of Loran-C operation. Effective 2000Z (UTC) 08 Feb 2010, the United States Coast Guard will terminate all operation and broadcast of Loran-C signals in the USA. Some international Loran-C operations will be continued.["

IB

A simple "yes" would have sufficed. ;)

I see you have been saving some useless comments for this topics on useless gear... :lol: :lol: Nice job btw with your increasing post count. <_<

Is that how you do it? :P

[WunHungLo]

Timo42, on Jan 10 2010, 06:07 AM, said:

Is that how you do it? :P

Nooooo... but the pair of you do real well in the DT topic.. :lol:

Back to regular programming

[Cruisin Loser]

WunHungLo, on Jan 10 2010, 08:24 AM, said:

Timo42, on Jan 10 2010, 06:07 AM, said:

Is that how you do it? :P

Nooooo... but the pair of you do real well in the DT topic.. :lol:

Back to regular programming

Speaking of which, Swan70 has a box he's been saving........

[Rmanen]

Cruisin Loser, on Jan 10 2010, 05:28 PM, said:

WunHungLo, on Jan 10 2010, 08:24 AM, said:

Timo42, on Jan 10 2010, 06:07 AM, said:

Is that how you do it? :P

Nooooo... but the pair of you do real well in the DT topic.. :lol:

Back to regular programming

Speaking of which, Swan70 has a box he's been saving........

I'll trade... i've got a couple of shoeboxes :)

[romaine]

Speedwatch, on Jan 9 2010, 03:33 PM, said:

Each year in springtime I have to fight with my lady about the 130 kg of lead in our cellar. She says that it is stupid to keep the lead for another year. Okay, the boat was sold 3 ago and the lead was bought for a keel project that never made it from the drawing into real work. But I have a strong feeling that the lead should stay with me ...

I have 500 kg of lead sitting unobtrusively on the patio waiting vainly for an abandoned boat-building project to begin.

romaine

[Timo42]

romaine, on Jan 10 2010, 10:29 AM, said:

Speedwatch, on Jan 9 2010, 03:33 PM, said:

Each year in springtime I have to fight with my lady about the 130 kg of lead in our cellar. She says that it is stupid to keep the lead for another year. Okay, the boat was sold 3 ago and the lead was bought for a keel project that never made it from the drawing into real work. But I have a strong feeling that the lead should stay with me ...

I have 500 kg of lead sitting unobtrusively on the patio waiting vainly for an abandoned boat-building project to begin.

romaine

I feel better about having only 80kg :P

[sculpin]

Well, it ain't boat related (unless some $#&'n seals start climbing on board like they do in LA), but I have a full roll of barbed wire in my basement... where we moved it from the last house's basement... not sure why we thought we would need it, maybe it was part of the Y2K preparations that I'm forgetting about... how's that for insane crap to store forever?