Re: [Cal_Boats] FW: Half Off Intro to Sailing in Rock Hall (chris h)

Chris - Have you started your book yet? Sounds like you have enough stories for one! I can relate to the winter vs summer in tourist destinations as I have lived in or near Ocean City, MD since '87. I was single for a while during that period and I actually liked hitting the bars in the winter better than summer as I didn't have to deal with "tourons" with their "beer muscles" and the "I'll do whatever the hell I want, I'm on Spring Break/bachelor party/vacation" attitude. We used to call all the idiots out on their pontoon boats and jet skis the "Pennsylvania Navy" as they had no clue about rules of the road, charts, nav bouys or anything. One year, my ex business partner got a new Grady White fishing boat and on the shakedown "cruise" around the Assawoman Bay (great name aint it?) we came across a couple of "Penn Navy" guys that had run aground in their 30'ish Scarab. We offered to try and pull them off and after 30 min or so or trying they informed us the boat was pointed 180 deg from the direction they were traveling when they ran aground!! So in effect the dumbasses were allowing us to try and pull them further up on the sand bar they hit!! After that, we said, call the Coast Guard and they muttered something about waiting for the tide to come in . . . oh well. Paul

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:56 AM, <pw… [at] aol.com> wrote: > > > Chris - > > Have you started your book yet? Sounds like you have enough stories for > one! > I could but who would read it?. In my never ending pursuit to fund my sailing adventures I Ive looked into a number of things, a canadian six pack license is actually 12/12 and valid in the States under an MOU, so no green card, HS issues, vidoe travel logs are much more in demand, and there is this outfit from Ireland that hauls boats from Newfoundland to Dublin, an estimated 600 units per season market they are tapping into. My ideal is to make a living from sailing and marine activities, a slow (slower then expected) transition goal I've set for myself. > > I can relate to the winter vs summer in tourist destinations as I have > lived in or near Ocean City, MD since '87. I was single for a while during > that period and I actually liked hitting the bars in the winter better than > summer as I didn't have to deal with "tourons" with their "beer muscles" and > the "I'll do whatever the hell I want, I'm on Spring Break/bachelor > party/vacation" attitude. > > Fun if your watching, but no fun at all if your are there to have fun, if you know what I mean. > > We used to call all the idiots out on their pontoon boats and jet skis the > "Pennsylvania Navy" as they had no clue about rules of the road, charts, nav > bouys or anything. > ditto ...Cape May on a Sunday > One year, my ex business partner got a new Grady White fishing boat and on > the shakedown "cruise" around the Assawoman Bay (great name aint it?) we > came across a couple of "Penn Navy" guys that had run aground in their > 30'ish Scarab. We offered to try and pull them off and after 30 min or so > or trying they informed us the boat was pointed 180 deg from the direction > they were traveling when they ran aground!! So in effect the dumbasses were > allowing us to try and pull them further up on the sand bar they hit!! > After that, we said, call the Coast Guard and they muttered something about > waiting for the tide to come in . . . oh well. > LOL.....yuuppp. The nice part about Cape May where the engine died, was the two young lads I met who clammed and the three retired guys who ran the gas bar. Everyday I got my supply of clams by trading off stuff I no longer needed or wanted. The VHF that came with the boat, was replaced with a new Uniden and that old radio got me a weeks supply, but more importantly the smile on the lads faces said it all. Then one day they disappeared. Made some enquiries, and its turns out that the skippers brother was the local DOE or is its DFO, not that Canada, must be DOE, guy. He did not get along with his brother and put the bino;s on them. They both knew where the line was and the skipper was very cognisant of it. One of his crew put a leg over and that was enough to have the boat and catch impounded and the lads spend the night in the clink. Did not look very good a couple of days later either so who knows what happened. NJ was not a friendly place in general. The operators where cool but the boating crowd was far too similar to your buddies in the Penn Navy. The blown water pump that ended toasting the engine, which I repaired, ended up costing me over 1500 in mooring fees, with greater then six foot tidal drop. Clams were good..:) The old guys who worked the pumps were all over 75, looked 55 fit as fiddles from spending their days on the water. One guy was called Sparky. I was told not to sit next to him. Well OK....One day when Sparky was not around at 0600 when we all had coffee together I asked, whats the story on Sparky. The response was too funny. Sparky has an implant to restart his heart when it stalls, but the shock is so strong that any one next to him would get zapped a well. Truth or fiction I don't know....but I never sat on the bench again, and made sure not to get him too excited..:) /ch

Paul... Everyone who sails has good stories as you presented. I think it part of the adventure. Here is an interesting one from the southbound list. I'm sure this would interest Alan as well; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recently, Precious Metal was hit by lightening 36nm off the Nicaragua coast, causing a serious electrical fire in the engine room and frying most electronics and wiring (no fun). The consensus is that the lightening crossed the water and entered the boat through the engine intake. I'm now in El Salvador (likely for a while), and naturally there's a lot of discussion surrounding lightening amongst the cruisers. A theory from one sailor is that all of the boats he knows that have been struck by lightening have been motoring at the time. (Precious Metal was motoring.) If this is the case, then turning off the engine during an electrical storm could be a preventative measure. It would be interesting to canvass boats that have been hit as to whether they had their engine on? Also, does anyone have an opinion on this? Pamela S/V Precious Metal, Currently in Bahia del Sol, El Salvador ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now that is troublesome information. /ch

"My ideal is to make a living from sailing and marine activities,... " Chris, let's just hope that the effort to make a living does not drain the fun out of the activities. Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of chris123 Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 1:29 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] FW: Half Off Intro to Sailing in Rock Hall (chris h) On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:56 AM, <pw… [at] aol.com<mailto:pw… [at] aol.com>> wrote: Chris - Have you started your book yet? Sounds like you have enough stories for one! I could but who would read it?. In my never ending pursuit to fund my sailing adventures I Ive looked into a number of things, a canadian six pack license is actually 12/12 and valid in the States under an MOU, so no green card, HS issues, vidoe travel logs are much more in demand, and there is this outfit from Ireland that hauls boats from Newfoundland to Dublin, an estimated 600 units per season market they are tapping into. My ideal is to make a living from sailing and marine activities, a slow (slower then expected) transition goal I've set for myself. I can relate to the winter vs summer in tourist destinations as I have lived in or near Ocean City, MD since '87. I was single for a while during that period and I actually liked hitting the bars in the winter better than summer as I didn't have to deal with "tourons" with their "beer muscles" and the "I'll do whatever the hell I want, I'm on Spring Break/bachelor party/vacation" attitude. Fun if your watching, but no fun at all if your are there to have fun, if you know what I mean. We used to call all the idiots out on their pontoon boats and jet skis the "Pennsylvania Navy" as they had no clue about rules of the road, charts, nav bouys or anything. ditto ...Cape May on a Sunday One year, my ex business partner got a new Grady White fishing boat and on the shakedown "cruise" around the Assawoman Bay (great name aint it?) we came across a couple of "Penn Navy" guys that had run aground in their 30'ish Scarab. We offered to try and pull them off and after 30 min or so or trying they informed us the boat was pointed 180 deg from the direction they were traveling when they ran aground!! So in effect the dumbasses were allowing us to try and pull them further up on the sand bar they hit!! After that, we said, call the Coast Guard and they muttered something about waiting for the tide to come in . . . oh well. LOL.....yuuppp. The nice part about Cape May where the engine died, was the two young lads I met who clammed and the three retired guys who ran the gas bar. Everyday I got my supply of clams by trading off stuff I no longer needed or wanted. The VHF that came with the boat, was replaced with a new Uniden and that old radio got me a weeks supply, but more importantly the smile on the lads faces said it all. Then one day they disappeared. Made some enquiries, and its turns out that the skippers brother was the local DOE or is its DFO, not that Canada, must be DOE, guy. He did not get along with his brother and put the bino;s on them. They both knew where the line was and the skipper was very cognisant of it. One of his crew put a leg over and that was enough to have the boat and catch impounded and the lads spend the night in the clink. Did not look very good a couple of days later either so who knows what happened. NJ was not a friendly place in general. The operators where cool but the boating crowd was far too similar to your buddies in the Penn Navy. The blown water pump that ended toasting the engine, which I repaired, ended up costing me over 1500 in mooring fees, with greater then six foot tidal drop. Clams were good..:) The old guys who worked the pumps were all over 75, looked 55 fit as fiddles from spending their days on the water. One guy was called Sparky. I was told not to sit next to him. Well OK....One day when Sparky was not around at 0600 when we all had coffee together I asked, whats the story on Sparky. The response was too funny. Sparky has an implant to restart his heart when it stalls, but the shock is so strong that any one next to him would get zapped a well. Truth or fiction I don't know....but I never sat on the bench again, and made sure not to get him too excited..:) /ch

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That's a very good point Charlie.....I know too many guys who started fly fishing shops and stopped enjoying it.....so I worked as a guide for three summers for friends and loved it. Enjoyed it even more then fishing to be honest. That's kinda the approach I'm taking to the exercise but its a very valid point and one that needs reminding...thanks. /ch On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Husar, Charlie [USA] <hu… [at] bah.com>wrote: > > > "My ideal is to make a living from sailing and marine activities,... " > > Chris, let's just hope that the effort to make a living does not drain the > fun out of the activities. > > Cheers > Charlie > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *chris123 > *Sent:* Monday, May 09, 2011 1:29 PM > *To:* Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [Cal_Boats] FW: Half Off Intro to Sailing in Rock Hall > (chris h) > > > > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:56 AM, <pw… [at] aol.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Chris - >> >> Have you started your book yet? Sounds like you have enough stories for >> one! >> > > I could but who would read it?. In my never ending pursuit to fund my > sailing adventures I Ive looked into a number of things, a canadian six pack > license is actually 12/12 and valid in the States under an MOU, so no green > card, HS issues, vidoe travel logs are much more in demand, and there is > this outfit from Ireland that hauls boats from Newfoundland to Dublin, an > estimated 600 units per season market they are tapping into. My ideal is to > make a living from sailing and marine activities, a slow (slower then > expected) transition goal I've set for myself. > > >> >> I can relate to the winter vs summer in tourist destinations as I have >> lived in or near Ocean City, MD since '87. I was single for a while during >> that period and I actually liked hitting the bars in the winter better than >> summer as I didn't have to deal with "tourons" with their "beer muscles" and >> the "I'll do whatever the hell I want, I'm on Spring Break/bachelor >> party/vacation" attitude. >> >> > Fun if your watching, but no fun at all if your are there to have fun, if > you know what I mean. > > >> >> We used to call all the idiots out on their pontoon boats and jet skis the >> "Pennsylvania Navy" as they had no clue about rules of the road, charts, nav >> bouys or anything. >> > > ditto ...Cape May on a Sunday > > >> One year, my ex business partner got a new Grady White fishing boat and >> on the shakedown "cruise" around the Assawoman Bay (great name aint it?) we >> came across a couple of "Penn Navy" guys that had run aground in their >> 30'ish Scarab. We offered to try and pull them off and after 30 min or so >> or trying they informed us the boat was pointed 180 deg from the direction >> they were traveling when they ran aground!! So in effect the dumbasses were >> allowing us to try and pull them further up on the sand bar they hit!! >> After that, we said, call the Coast Guard and they muttered something about >> waiting for the tide to come in . . . oh well. >> > > LOL.....yuuppp. > > The nice part about Cape May where the engine died, was the two young lads > I met who clammed and the three retired guys who ran the gas bar. Everyday I > got my supply of clams by trading off stuff I no longer needed or wanted. > The VHF that came with the boat, was replaced with a new Uniden and that old > radio got me a weeks supply, but more importantly the smile on the lads > faces said it all. > > Then one day they disappeared. Made some enquiries, and its turns out that > the skippers brother was the local DOE or is its DFO, not that Canada, must > be DOE, guy. He did not get along with his brother and put the bino;s on > them. They both knew where the line was and the skipper was very cognisant > of it. One of his crew put a leg over and that was enough to have the boat > and catch impounded and the lads spend the night in the clink. Did not look > very good a couple of days later either so who knows what happened. NJ was > not a friendly place in general. The operators where cool but the boating > crowd was far too similar to your buddies in the Penn Navy. The blown water > pump that ended toasting the engine, which I repaired, ended up costing me > over 1500 in mooring fees, with greater then six foot tidal drop. Clams were > good..:) > > The old guys who worked the pumps were all over 75, looked 55 fit as > fiddles from spending their days on the water. One guy was called Sparky. I > was told not to sit next to him. Well OK....One day when Sparky was not > around at 0600 when we all had coffee together I asked, whats the story on > Sparky. The response was too funny. Sparky has an implant to restart his > heart when it stalls, but the shock is so strong that any one next to him > would get zapped a well. Truth or fiction I don't know....but I never sat on > the bench again, and made sure not to get him too excited..:) > > /ch > > > > > > -- /ch