Re: [Cal_Boats] A Cal 25 kinda day

Always wonderful to hear about a good day out on the water! Living vicariously through someone else's sail helps lessen the sting of not being out on the water ourselves. Daniel Casey "Air Time" Cal 9.2R #75 Santa Barbara, Ca. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Chris, what I get a kick out of are the numbskulls who see the signs "Slow, NO WAKE, 5 MPH" and figure that since they are going "5 MPH", they are OK, what they fail to comprehend is that at 5 MPH they are often dragging half the ocean behind them in their wake.....and "sharing" this wealth with the rest of us! Hey, guys, did I ever tell you about the stinkpotter (18' center console) who came through our harbor with an excessive wake, carrying it right into the launch ramp, who when I mentioned (with uncharacteristic restraint and calmness ) that it might be better if he didn't come in so fast next time (I think I mentioned the fact that the Harbormaster would object?), told me that he had to come in fast (and with a big wake?) because he was running out of gas and wanted to get in before he ran out! Folks, I'm NOT kidding, that was really what he told me! Echo the comment someone made about the powerboater who complains about others' wakes is usually the worst offender, I was talking to the owner of a 30' Sea Ray at the marina where we keep our CAL 21 a few years ago and he was complaining about how a kid in a 13' Whaler had come past the marina docks the night before and the wake had rolled through the marina (spilling this guys Coke if I recall?). Funny thing is that the next morning as my Dad and I powered out of the harbor (and no longer in the NO WAKE zone), this same Sea Ray owner overtook us and gave us a pretty good roll, then proceeded to give the Chrysler 26 ahead of us the same treatment! Rod Johnson, "NODROG" 1970 CAL 21, #285 On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:08:59 -0400 Chris Campbell <cl… [at] charterinternet.com> writes: Marsh Wise wrote: Chris, ever heard of an airsoft gun? No...will it puncture their gas tanks or prevent the throttles from being placed in the halfway-on-plane position? Chris Campbell

Well, I dunno, one of mine fires about 515fps... sure as hell will hurt. 6mm plastic pellets. They use them in Jap Land and other places where you can't own guns to reenact. Hell, you can buy full autos... I've seen cheaply ones at wally world, but not as much power. Of course, a simple wrist rocket snd ball bearings will work too. And I am sure, trailing that line, like I suggested could cause some mischief... M. Rodney G Johnson wrote: > Marsh Wise wrote: > >> Chris, ever heard of an airsoft gun? >> > > > No...will it puncture their gas tanks or prevent the throttles from > being placed in the halfway-on-plane position? > > Chris Campbell > > > -- Marsh Wise Webmaster: -reenactor.Net: http://www.reenactor.net/ -Foresthill.us: http://www.foresthill.us/ -Legio IX Hispana Penna: http://www.reenactor.net/units/legio_ix_penna/ - 17. Luftwaffe Feld-Division <http://www.reenactor.net/units/17lwfd/> Assistant Webmaster: -VAQ-33 Squadron site: http://www.reenactor.net/vaq-33/ Proud Member (meaning I can just have fun...) -LEGIO IX HISPANA COH III Penna Chapter: http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org/ Netscape Aim/AOL screen name: Sturmkatze Yahoo Messenger screen name: sturmkatze Alteris renumera duplum de quoquo tibi numeraverunt Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I repeat myself. ~Mark Twain *Last: Hey Dammit! Have you visited the reenactor.Net FORvMS? If not, WHY NOT? Gett your butt over to: http://www.reenactor.net/forums/index.php right now!