lol, thats awsome... but at least you got your priorities straight... like room for the bike... yea, my boat is a bit larger... its a morgan 416 OI ketch... thats 41 feet long, 60 feet tall, 4.5 feet deep, and 30,000 pounds... thats my home
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > It's an unsinkable sailboat. Fiberglass over styrofoam like a surfboard. > You wouldn't raise the sails in the storm though, you lash the > boom/sails/mast together and run them under the boat lengthwise as a storm > anchor. The problem is there's no room on this tiny boat for me, the woman, > the cat, AND the motorcycle :( While at the store last time buying water and > snickers I saw a lady there fitting her kids for life jackets. That's when > you know you should evacuate. > > -Kyle > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:17 PM, paul annen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> i think its there for after, with the rising water levels.... the kmart >> in marathon when it floods you can actualy take your dinghy all the way up >> to the building... >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I don't think a sail boat would do any better in a hurricane than a >>> motorcycle. >>> >>> rodhall >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: paul annen <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Tue, Aug 31, 2010 5:01 pm >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Riding In Hurricanes >>> >>> lol... i love having the sailboat just in case... lets see... >>> my preparedness includes topping off my 200gal tanks, a trip to publix for >>> food, clean up the top deck a little so i dont have stuff flying overboard >>> (like the kayaks).... >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It was the county judge that kept using those phrases over and over. I >>>> think it's his office or campaign or something that's making the swag now. >>>> I >>>> didn't batten anything. I boarded up the windows, moved the motorcycle to >>>> higher ground in the garage, put the cars up on jack stands, and bought >>>> some >>>> water and snickers. I had a small 1man sailboat in the garage incase the >>>> storm surge got too bad ;) >>>> >>>> -Kyle >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 4:47 PM, paul annen <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> wow realy????? damn... are you charging for correct usages (aka >>>>> sail stiffening)?? traditional battens were actually made of wale bone.... >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Perhaps they took the battens out of the sails to lash down the >>>>>> hatches? Most hatches have latches though. And most battens are too >>>>>> flexible. Again, I am charging $5 for all utterances of both phrases. >>>>>> They're actually selling hats and tshirts with those phrases in Houston >>>>>> now. >>>>>> :P >>>>>> >>>>>> -Kyle >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 4:35 PM, paul annen >>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> funny... true battens have nothing to do with hatches... they are >>>>>>> set in sails to help keep there shape... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and i never got that message when on the aircraft carrier... it was >>>>>>> simply "tooweeeeeeoooooeeet, now rig for foul weather" ... got to love >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:28 PM, surfswab <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Aye, mate. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The Navy has an understated way of announcing prep for a storm at >>>>>>>> sea: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "Tooweeeweeeeet -- Now cover over...cover over all hatches and gun >>>>>>>> barrels...prepare for a fresh water wetdown" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> AKA battening. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Overusers of "battening" and "hunkering" are the young, dumb TV >>>>>>>> reporters, looking to make their chops with "on the scene" reports >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> a hurricane's "actual" strength, usually from a relatively tame >>>>>>>> remote >>>>>>>> location where there's little wind and rain and no airborne debris. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I like to see one strap himself to something solid and ride out a >>>>>>>> Category 5 from start to finish. 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