Chronoptimist

At Urbandictionary.com <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chronoptimist> I found an apt definition for how many of us tend to look at the time required to do a boat project: Chronoptimist - Someone who always underestimates the time necessary to complete a task or project. Term introduced on the Handyman for the Common Man web-only TV show.

All boat projects take a boat week, of which there are 12 in a year. Allen On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 6:53 PM, mike <mi… [at] wahini.org> wrote: > > > At Urbandictionary.com<http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chronoptimist>I found an apt definition for how many of us tend to look at the time > required to do a boat project: > > Chronoptimist - Someone who always underestimates the time necessary to > complete a task or project. Term introduced on the Handyman for the Common > Man web-only TV show. > >

Allen, don't forget the boat $. The definition varies in the number of zeroes. However, the expansion of space-dollar-time caused by the boat week actually makes the project cheaper in a relative sort of way.... I think. Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Allen Edwards Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 10:14 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Chronoptimist All boat projects take a boat week, of which there are 12 in a year. Allen On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 6:53 PM, mike <mi… [at] wahini.org<mailto:mi… [at] wahini.org>> wrote: At Urbandictionary.com<http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chronoptimist> I found an apt definition for how many of us tend to look at the time required to do a boat project: Chronoptimist - Someone who always underestimates the time necessary to complete a task or project. Term introduced on the Handyman for the Common Man web-only TV show.

dEmO's corollary: All tasks take as much time as you have and can be fixed later. Cheers, Timm Lessley (Sent from Blackberry) (503) 863-4019 From: Allen Edwards [mailto:al… [at] PaloAltoPhoto.com] Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 08:13 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Chronoptimist All boat projects take a boat week, of which there are 12 in a year. Allen On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 6:53 PM, mike <mi… [at] wahini.org<mailto:mi… [at] wahini.org>> wrote: At Urbandictionary.com<http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chronoptimist> I found an apt definition for how many of us tend to look at the time required to do a boat project: Chronoptimist - Someone who always underestimates the time necessary to complete a task or project. Term introduced on the Handyman for the Common Man web-only TV show.

Charlie, If the task takes longer you save money? What if your boat is on stands at the local friendly boat yard? Does a boat buck have three zeros or two zeros behind the first numeral?..or in this case, number-all. My boat only cost me $450 from the local Recyleer rag, but when I left the boatyard after makings her sea worthy, the real cost of the boat was many boat bucks. A boatyard is not the ideal place to learn how to remove and apply bottom paint, if your boat in laying there. On the other hand, it's a good idea to see how the professional staff goes about removing lose and chipped paint; they don't use 80 grit sanding disks mounted on small portable drills, for example. My bottom job ended up taking over four boat days What about the ratio of boat opinions to boat people? I'd say it's about three to two. Jerry Jerry --- On Fri, 5/6/11, Husar, Charlie [USA] <hu… [at] bah.com> wrote: From: Husar, Charlie [USA] <hu… [at] bah.com> Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Chronoptimist To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Date: Friday, May 6, 2011, 7:28 PM Allen, don't forget the boat $. The definition varies in the number of zeroes. However, the expansion of space-dollar-time caused by the boat week actually makes the project cheaper in a relative sort of way.... I think. Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Allen Edwards Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 10:14 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Chronoptimist All boat projects take a boat week, of which there are 12 in a year. Allen On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 6:53 PM, mike <mi… [at] wahini.org> wrote: At Urbandictionary.com I found an apt definition for how many of us tend to look at the time required to do a boat project: Chronoptimist - Someone who always underestimates the time necessary to complete a task or project. Term introduced on the Handyman for the Common Man web-only TV show.

On 5/6/2011 11:15 PM, Gerald Sobel wrote: > > > On the other hand, it's a good idea to see how the professional staff > goes about removing lose and chipped paint; they don't use 80 grit > sanding disks mounted on small portable drills, for example. My bottom > job ended up taking over four boat days > Well, speaking as one who did remove all the bottom paint from a 26' boat with a 1/4" drill motor (single speed) and 80 grit (+/-) sanding discs, I'll speak up in favor of the more-time-than-money approach. If I had waited until I could afford all the fancy tools to do every job in the most efficient and perfect manner possible, I'd still be standing on shore watching other people sail and harboring dark thoughts about rich yacht owners. A capacity for improvising is a fundamental characteristic for a sailor. Nothing quite stimulates improvisation as poverty. Now I'm able to afford more gadgets, like that new portable buffer for the Cal 20's topsides, but there are still a lot of times when the labor-intensive approach wins out over the high-tech, high-bucks version. Chris Campbell > >