Good idea but then you'd have to name the boat "BAIT".... 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: Kris Coward Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 10:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] If you're in the Atlantic watch out for this Now I'm thinking that it'd be amusing to load it up with GI Joe figurines dressed in ill-fitting outfits from a Ken doll, and arranged on deck to look like a bunch of pirates... maybe try and cross the Gulf of Aden before the Atlantic ;) -K On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 10:23:34PM -0400, SteveW wrote: > There is soooooooo much potential humor in possible scenarios that it's > taking a great effort of will not to expand on your "list", Ben! But > those > of us who scoff (another word I rarely get to use!) are probably descended > from our ancient ancestors who thought if we were meant to fly, we would > have been issued wings. I guess the world need off the wall thinkers and > tinkerers to ultimately move us forward. > > But when he gets to the point of launching his little boat for crossing > the > pond, he should really put little figurines on it, maybe one who looks > like > the guy on the Mrs. Paul's Fishsticks package, including the foulies and > pipe! Can you imagine the reaction of a cruiser coming across this in the > middle of the ocean - especially if it's populated with tiny crew > figurines? > And then have some sort of switch onboard that activated a recording > emanating from the figurines mouth when another boat comes close - asking > for Grey Poupon or something... > > 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: Ben Okopnik > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 7:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] If you're in the Atlantic watch out for this > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:12:50PM +0000, Hugh Barrass (hbarrass) wrote: > > The POCV is a Proof Of Concept Vehicle. It's just a toy that is designed > > for cruising a lake for ~2 hours. > > > > He's still in the early planning stage for the one that > > might/could/potentially/maybe cross the Atlantic. The idea is that a > > small > > computer could contain a simple algorithm that will self-navigate (with > > GPS etc.) a tremendously long distance (not a huge stretch); a simple > > solar collector and drive train could power a vehicle for as long as the > > life of the hardware (a proven concept); and, of course, a lot of > > patience. > > A phrase often seen for cases like this in the RISKS Digest - a list of > people highly experienced in engineering/aviation/computer risks and > failures - is "WHAT COULD *POSSIBLY* GO WRONG?" :) > > Equipment failures > Salt encrustation on camera lenses (looks like an obstruction!) > Seagulls crapping on the solar panel > Bad weather > *REALLY* bad weather > Ships trying to "help" the poor lost boat > Fishermen, etc. who'd love a nice camera/GPS/computer/solar panel > Floating trash fouling the boat > A marlin that sees a nice little snack moving on the surface > > [add 10000+ more non-predictable obstacles...] > > > Ben > -- > OKOPNIK CONSULTING > Custom Computing Solutions For Your Business > Expert-led Training | Dynamic, vital websites | Custom programming > 443-250-7895 http://okopnik.com http://twitter.com/okopnik > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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 -- Kris Coward http://unripe.melon.org/ GPG Fingerprint: 2BF3 957D 310A FEEC 4733 830E 21A4 05C7 1FEB 12B3 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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
