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hk wrote:
wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:30:20 -0700 (PDT),
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On Aug 18, 10:25 am, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 18, 9:55 am, hk wrote:
wrote:
Do you have any photos of this wonder boat you'd care to post? The
idea
of spending "several weeks" in an open boat is not something I would
find appealing.
Look on FishyFish, some very old pics are there "David OHara's
Standard".
Thanks. From what I can see from the photos, it is a nice-looking boat,
very "shippy," as it were, and just about perfect for day fishing here
on Chesapeake Bay. If it were a 14-footer, it might row nicely, too.
Thank You Harry. Tolman actually discusses rowing them in an
emergency. I re-read part of his book and he says the 20' Standard
weighs about 800 lb. This is prob why she seems to not "carry
through" waves (lathough I have no basis for comparison).

I really don't think you have enough boat to go to Bimini in but if
you stay within sight of your friends in bigger boats and wear your
PFD you will probably OK.
Bear in mind, these are the things that created the legend of the
Bermuda Triangle. It is a tricky stretch of water, not like the
relatively calm and predictable Gulf. Bad stuff can come up fast and
you are in a pretty stiff current all the time. Guess that one wrong
and you miss your island by dozens of miles. Screw up and they find
your body in North Carolina ... or Scotland.
Maybe I sound grumpy but 6 years in the CG will do that.

Perhaps he should consider taking a liferaft in a suitcast.

Or even a suitcase.

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the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I
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