[Rhodes22-list] Sailing at Night

[Michel Meltzer]

Why does the stienfed line . "Not that their anything wrong with it"
come to mind -mjm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
> bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros
> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 2:47 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing at Night
> 
> Michael,
> 
> About those high speed fairies...
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> Michel Meltzer wrote:
> 
> >I also add,
> >
> >When I going somewhere I generally like to do it at night, moving
around
> >the sound means avoiding hitting rocks, otherwise know as land,
avoiding
> >tugs with long line tows, high speed fairies, dreg fishing and sea
going
> >ship(you know the ones that will wonder for a few seconds where that
> >blue streak on their bow came from after you are run over), the list
> >keeps going. If you are smart about it, you set your course about 100
> >yards offset outside of the buoys on rumlines and I run the charting
GPS
> >the whole night to make sure I stay their(or outside), and the charts
to
> >double check depths and hard things. Ed there are 10 light house
> >visiable from my docks and generaly 10 visible anywhere on the sound,
> >their not their to be pretty, or beacon to come to, their to stay
away
> >from because dead reckoning has gotten people dead.
> >
> >-mjm
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
> >>bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros
> >>Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 12:16 PM
> >>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> >>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing at Night
> >>
> >>I love to sail at night.  It's really interesting.  But it really
> >>
> >>
> >helps
> >
> >
> >>to know where you are at any given time.  This requires a full-time
> >>skilled navigator.  It you don't have one on board, a GPS will do in
a
> >>pinch if you have lost sight of your bearings.
> >>
> >>Bill Effros
> >>
> >>Mary Lou Troy wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Ed,
> >>>While I don't like being out in fog and low visibility (it's almost
> >>>
> >>>
> >never
> >
> >
> >>zero) any cruising sailor can get caught in a sudden rainstorm or
have
> >>
> >>
> >to
> >
> >
> >>make it home in low visibility. The Rhodes 22 makes a wonderful
> >>
> >>
> >cruising
> >
> >
> >>boat for a couple. We find our handheld GPS a solid backup to our
> >>
> >>
> >coastal
> >
> >
> >>navigation skills. Among other things we know when we are entering a
> >>shipping channel and the quickest way across which in low visibility
> >>
> >>
> >is a
> >
> >
> >>real plus.
> >>
> >>
> >>>Mary Lou
> >>>1991  R22 Fretless
> >>>Ft. Washington, PA / Rock Hall, MD & Swan Creek
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>From: ed kroposki <ekroposki at charter.net>
> >>>>Date: Fri Feb 10 08:00:43 CST 2006
> >>>>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>>>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] GPS reply to Captain Meltzer, Dave, Art,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >...
> >
> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Michael,
> >>>>	A Rhodes 22 should not be out in fog and zero visibility.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >However,
> >
> >
> >>>>if you are then you should also have radar.  Do you have radar?
> >>>>	Mr. Rummy posted your email site last fall, was this just a
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >follow
> >
> >
> >>>>up?
> >>>>
> >>>>Art,
> >>>>	Your reply to Dave will get you on Mr. Rummy's black list.
> >>>>
> >>>>Dave,
> >>>>	Captain Keller did not inform you of his South Carolina and
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >Georgia
> >
> >
> >>>>coastal trips.  You will have to search the archives for those
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>informative
> >>
> >>
> >>>>posts.
> >>>>	Dave said regarding Stan, "May delivery here assuming he is on
> >>>>schedule with his new construction process."  So explain to the
list
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>what
> >>
> >>
> >>>>his new construction process is?  Is he not using Calvin to make
one
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>boat at
> >>
> >>
> >>>>a time?  Or has he enclosed a room so that he can have it warmer
and
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>work
> >>
> >>
> >>>>even on the coldest days?  You let it slip, now the details.
> >>>>	If you need a fancy GPS for Lake Champlain, have you considered
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >a
> >
> >
> >>>>sonar unit to look for Nessie?
> >>>>
> >>>>Todd,
> >>>>	Lighten up.
> >>>>
> >>>>Bill,
> >>>>	Slim is the one with the hair.
> >>>>
> >>>>Ed K
> >>>>Greenville, SC, USA
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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