[Rhodes22-list]Was Boat toys. - Boating Follies

[Bob Weber]

Anne,  This is your topic - What do you got to add?  BW


>From: "Robert Dilk" <Robert.Dilk at TRW.COM>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>, <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boat toys.
>Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 14:30:20 -0400
>
>The best entertainment is the Jersey Shore.
>More Money then Brains
>
>people buy a 45 ft cruiser as their first boat. No knowledge, no skill but 
>lots of throttle.
>
>TOOOO many stories to tell. and sometimes people get hurt!!
>
>Bob.... now sailing in Eastern Tennessee.
>
> >>> R22RumRunner at aol.com 05/25/04 02:20PM >>>
>Michael,
>The light I'm talking about is on the front of the mast, not on the top. On
>an inland lake, you want every possible light on because you have a greater
>possibility of being seen. There are very few, if any people that know the
>difference between a steaming light and an anchor light. I always sail with 
>a spot
>light at the helm so I can light up my sails when someone gets to
>close.......and I use it a lot.
>The stories I could tell of people with their first boat at the launch ramp
>at the marina would fill a book. I sometimes go down their with a cooler 
>and
>just sit and watch the circus. Last Friday I actually saw a boat get 
>launched
>with a youngster in the boat, but no line going to the dock. The kid had to 
>get
>in the water and bring a line to the dock so the father could pull the boat 
>in
>to the dock so he and his wife could get aboard. Once on the boat, he fired
>it up and took off at full throttle in the marina which is a slow, no wake
>area. I wish I had a dollar for every time I've seen that happen.
>
>Rummy
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