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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Nilsen on June 07, 2005, 02:42:07 PM
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No, its not a disorder or a syndrom, nor does it have anything to do with food or booze.
Its not Bush's fault either..
Now.. anyon?
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I use protection.
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
I use protection.
(http://www.brukerhjelp.no/znet_-feriefritid_6720500520.jpg)
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either that's a fender or you need a 2x4 strapped acorss yer bellybutton to keep from fallin in.
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Knowing Nilen... "Falling out"
:p
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Originally posted by Hangtime
either that's a fender or you need a 2x4 strapped acorss yer bellybutton to keep from fallin in.
clever boy.. a fender it is.
doesnt have anything to do with my question tho ;)
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Perhaps yer refering to what we call Loran over here?
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Originally posted by Hangtime
Perhaps yer refering to what we call Loran over here?
Loran C?
No..
AIS is a GPS based system. Automatic Identification System. Clever stuff really. All ships over 300 tonnes in international traffic has to have it. Lots of yatchs are starting to use it too.
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Ah. Locator system.. kinda handy to have. Makes it easy for the coast guard to pinpoint the location of your demise.
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Kind of a locator system, but not used for that purpose Hangtime.
I've seen it in action, and its nice and thats why i have a hard time trying to get my father inlaw NOT to get it.
I have managed to keep him from buying a radar for his boat, but he now has his eyes on this system. He is a gadget freak... but he should focus more on beeing a better sailor and less on watching flashy blinky things that use alot of power.
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Flashy-blinky things that keep you from piling up on rocks are a GOOD thing.
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Originally posted by Lizking
Flashy-blinky things that keep you from piling up on rocks are a GOOD thing.
Not if they keep your attention off the horizon and on the flashy-blinky things (that you cant trust anyway) ;)
I have also talked him out of (for now) getting a plotter. paper maps are the way to go.
I have "allowed" him to get a GPS because he does know that you cant trust them so he doesnt.
Just the amount of maintnance that I have saved him (or me that would be) on keeping all those flasy-blinky things off his boat makes all this worth it.
-edit- I have just as many flashy-blinky things on my 19 footer than he has on his 40. :D
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Maybe it is because of your location in the great snowy wastelands, but I can regularly find a single sunken car in 180' of water 30 miles offshore with GPS. I trust it just fine. Radar is the same, I trust it implicitly, unless my eyes tell me differently. I agree with you about the plotter, though.
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How the **** do cars find their way into 180' of water 30 miles offshore?
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women drivers.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
... but he should focus more on beeing a better sailor and less on watching flashy blinky things that use alot of power.
That's rich coming from a guy who smacked up a boat fairly recently....while drinking and driving too!
:p
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You drag them out there with steel drums tied to them, sink them and mark the location on your GPS. Within days, you have a thriving red snapper reef.
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Pretty cool Liz, you learn something every day.
Hangtime, that was my 1st thought until I read the 30 miles offshore part. :lol
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Originally posted by Curval
That's rich coming from a guy who smacked up a boat fairly recently....while drinking and driving too!
:p
trust me... no flashy-blinky stuff would have prevented that :D
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Originally posted by Lizking
You drag them out there with steel drums tied to them, sink them and mark the location on your GPS. Within days, you have a thriving red snapper reef.
LOL
I live on a fresh water lake. A couple of months ago I made up a pretty big brush/timber pile to put in the mouth of a cove here for spring/fall crappie fishing.
I had enough weight on this thing to hold down an Edsel when I sunk it.
Guess what? Some idiot retrieved it. I`m assuming to place in another area. It sorta POed me until I got to thinking about what they went through to steal a brush pile when the shoreline is covered in trees. :)
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I beleive AIS is the transponder stuff for identifying other watercraft.
I know the software company I used to work for was working on integrating it into its software for the military per its specs. They closed my office last year so Im unsure the status now.
http://www.thecapn.com (http://www.thecapn.com)
I know they just released version 8 which adds vector charting for the general public.
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Originally posted by LePaul
I beleive AIS is the transponder stuff for identifying other watercraft.
I know the software company I used to work for was working on integrating it into its software for the military per its specs. They closed my office last year so Im unsure the status now.
http://www.thecapn.com (http://www.thecapn.com)
I know they just released version 8 which adds vector charting for the general public.
Yes. Its a system that transmits a vessels ID, course, speed, destination, cargo etc. Combined with radar, plotter and gps its a very good system and gives you exellent information about contacts within 32nm range.
There are also a few websites that you can go to if you want to sit at home and watch all the traffic around the world live with all that info just by clicking on the ships. Atm im checking out the traffic in the Oslo fjord and where its going.
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Pretty neat blinky stuff if you ask me.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/22_1118272813_receiver.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/22_1118272558_ais.jpg)
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Yup thats the stuff jackal. blinky-blink :)