Just waiting for your arrival in OB, Norm. Actually I just wrote Ben off-list and suggested the same thing - that he get his butt up here also!
Although there's a possibility we make take off this summer for a week travelling abroad (no sailing, unfortunately) I don't see that happening much before August, if at all. Otherwise we'll be around and, weather permitting, certainly around the OB area. Although if this year is a repeat of last Summer's July 4th weekend (temps 100+ and no wind!) we'll probably hang around the city going from air-conditioned apartment to air-conditioned restaurant to air-conditioned movie or something. S Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V -----Original Message----- From: banders...@earthlink.net Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 1:10 PM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: [Liveaboard] Moving On All, I am absolutely delighted with the buzz my simple question has stirred up on the List. I guess I won't have to ask what sort of weapon I should have aboard for a while... I was reading everything in the "Question" thread aloud to Jan this morning and just as she mentioned how much fun it would be to get together with SteveW, BenO and a few other lively List members I opened Ben's message on just that subject! Curiouser and Curiouser. I enjoyed the new Science Channel show "Firefly" last Sunday at 2100ET. Sort of "Grandson of Han Solo and his Posse". One of the crew, the chaplain, is played by Ron Glass who played the black detective in the Barney Miller TV sitcom, one of my favorites. All the rest are too young for me to recognize. As for boat stuff, Jan and I are preparing Bandersnatch for our Northbound Trek, it's getting hot here in north Florida. Jan has had a cold for the past three days but is on the mend. I was pleased that the main engine started right up the other day when I tried it. I have a higher main engine cooling seawater intake this year so I won't be sucking mud and clams into the boat when I plow through the mud as I have often done in the past, eliminating one major problem. BTW, "Do it right or do it over" is a credo that whacks me on the noggin often. It really works. Whenever I have a problem on the boat I try to fix it in such a way that it doesn't happen again. That is how I eventually made my great fuel system. The name of the game is to fix things so as to increase the Mean Time Between Failures. BTW, I came across an interesting gizmo. It is like those little noisemakers, Sonaleart was the original, that make alarm noises (low oil pressure, high engine temp, etc). This one can be programmed via a USB upload to play a 30 sec mp3 or wav sound file. I imagine announcements as heard aboard the NCC-1701 Enterprise. (sultry female voice) "Captain, the main engine is overheating, but the rising bilge water will soon cool it down." Schuster Electronics, Inc. (sa...@schusterusa.com) Product Category: Audio Transducers and Buzzers Part Description: 30 Second WAV / MP3 Programmable Indicator I was told it was not quite ready for Prime Time but I am on their mailing list. Norm _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
