Does anyone remember the Michelob beer commercial? It showed one of their beer cans sitting next to a boat compass and the caption said "Set a new course with Michelob!" Needless to say it didn't take long for sailors to point out that since their beer cans were made of steel this was quite the joke. The ad was quietly pulled.
Arild > > We were cruising along after having visited Okracoke Island in North > Carolina (Blackbeard's home port) on autopilot when our boat guest came up > on deck and sat in the Navigator's chair. I soon noticed shadows marching > across the inside of the wheelhouse. When I glanced at the wake it had a > nice gentle curve to it. > > After a flash of "Oh, no, the autopilot has a problem!" I noticed her > fancy water container about a foot from the autopilot compass mounted on > the other side of the bulkhead. Seems her water jug had a magnetic in it > "for healthy, ionized water". We always get a chuckle remembering the > story of her mutinous water jug. > > We also had a compass hang when hand steering many years ago. It was a > nice big English steel boat compass. The compass guy drained it and gave > me the pivot needle but he could not sharpen it. Neither could Jan's > master clock maker "Franz" (or something like that). I chucked it up in > my drill press and while it was spinning touched it very gently with a > diamond bit spinning in a Dremel tool. It worked great. > > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Julington Creek > 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > > > > > And yes, I do occasionally take out the magnet, prop myself in the doorway > near the steering compass and get novice sailors to steer circles in open > water, trying to 'catch' the compass. Hey I'm an old man, what other fun > do I have? > > Peter > greetings from Sardinia- > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
