Whats wrong with TV's onboard, I have 2 they have DVD players as well.
Ones a bulkhead mounted flat 42" TV in the forward bunk room and a 18"
in the guest cabin. Have a direct TV dish onboard as well. Have 3
computer displays, and a color radar display with GPS & chart overlay.
Soon I will have flir. I would really like to have a heads up display
helmet that will always read my course, speed, wind direction, and
relay flir image from the monitor, hooked up to the camera that will
follow my eyes.

Why wouldent Capt. Neal have a TV on board? Beside not being able to
afford one.

Whats wrong with enjoying a flick at anchor or the dock, or underway
for that matter?

Perhaps if you lubbers spent a little more time aboard, It would not
seem "So Special" of a time. You would not have to SAVOR and relish it
like its something holy.

I like modern conviences and entertainment onboard my boat. And since
I live on my boat I also have a washer dryer, microwave, 4 burner
stove , oven, deep freeze, frig, stereo, blender, crock pot, toaster,
ect..... and most thing you will find in any home.

And none of it goes flying about when I sail.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

On 2 Feb 2004 14:02:57 -0800, (Joe) wrote:

Whats wrong with TV's onboard, I have 2 they have DVD players as well.
Ones a bulkhead mounted flat 42" TV in the forward bunk room and a 18"
in the guest cabin. Have a direct TV dish onboard as well. Have 3
computer displays, and a color radar display with GPS & chart overlay.
Soon I will have flir. I would really like to have a heads up display
helmet that will always read my course, speed, wind direction, and
relay flir image from the monitor, hooked up to the camera that will
follow my eyes.

Why wouldent Capt. Neal have a TV on board? Beside not being able to
afford one.

If I am recalling correctly, Neal did/does have a TV aboard. I seem
to remember on his website that there was some sort of built in
cabinetry that had it secure and out of the way.

Whats wrong with enjoying a flick at anchor or the dock, or underway
for that matter?

A good friend of mine who grew up sailing the Great Lakes during his
youth, tells the story of one of the Macinaw (sp?) race boats that
used some sort of projector to show porn on their mainsail Same
principle, I suppose


Perhaps if you lubbers spent a little more time aboard, It would not
seem "So Special" of a time. You would not have to SAVOR and relish it
like its something holy.

I like modern conviences and entertainment onboard my boat. And since
I live on my boat I also have a washer dryer, microwave, 4 burner
stove , oven, deep freeze, frig, stereo, blender, crock pot, toaster,
ect..... and most thing you will find in any home.

And none of it goes flying about when I sail.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

On 2 Feb 2004 14:02:57 -0800, (Joe) wrote:

Whats wrong with TV's onboard,


There is nothing wrong with a TV on board. It all depends on what you
do with your boat. If I buy a Ferrari Enzo (yeah, right....in my
dreams only I fear) I don't have to suspect I can transport a piano
with it. If you're on a sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic with
winds over the 50 knots and a wave height over 30 feet, you're not
that happy with a TV on a bulkhead, or the change in weight
distribution all those electric equipment caused. But if you're moored
most of the time, or coastal cruising while you know how to interpret
the weather map, you want those things which makes life easier.

As long you don't carry those pesky powertools......g


Cheers!


Remco

"Joe" wrote in message
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Whats wrong with TV's onboard, I have 2 they have DVD players as well.
Ones a bulkhead mounted flat 42" TV in the forward bunk room and a 18"
in the guest cabin. Have a direct TV dish onboard as well. Have 3
computer displays, and a color radar display with GPS & chart overlay.
Soon I will have flir. I would really like to have a heads up display
helmet that will always read my course, speed, wind direction, and
relay flir image from the monitor, hooked up to the camera that will
follow my eyes.


Would it be cheaper to park that boat in a trailer park?

You could prop it up on some nice red bricks!!

snip



Regards


Donal
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Joe,
Pipe down a minute....noone was referring to liveaboards....Cruisers =
have houses with tv...why go to the boat to watch the tube, for Paete's =
sake? You might as well stay home.

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

tells the story of one of the Macinaw (sp?) race boats that
used some sort of projector to show porn on their mainsail =20

And here I thought that was urban legend all these years.....I've heard =
that story several times, too....
--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

"Remco Moedt" wrote in message
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There is nothing wrong with a TV on board. It all depends on what you
do with your boat. If I buy a Ferrari Enzo (yeah, right....in my
dreams only I fear) I don't have to suspect I can transport a piano
with it. If you're on a sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic with
winds over the 50 knots and a wave height over 30 feet, you're not
that happy with a TV on a bulkhead, or the change in weight
distribution all those electric equipment caused. But if you're moored
most of the time, or coastal cruising while you know how to interpret
the weather map, you want those things which makes life easier.

As long you don't carry those pesky powertools......g

Wow! You make it sound like thousands of pounds of gear! All of my electronic
entertainment toys, TV/VCR, AM/FM, CD changer, a nice pair of small speakers fit
in one box when I brought it ashore this fall. It is certainly lighter than my
tools, or even the galley gear - perhaps 25 pounds total. Were I to set it up
again it would be half the weight with flat screen and MP3's. Even the 300
CD's we had on board for our trip was nothing compared to the books we had.

I can understand not wanting a TV - I know people that never use one in their
house - but the weight savings is rather meaningless nowadays.

-jeff

Whats wrong with enjoying a flick at anchor or the dock, or underway
for that matter?


There's nothing wrong with it and today's modern systems and flat screen sets
make it easy and save for any boat. A Island packet 40 or Caliber 35 or PS 37
can carry a small TV/DVD anywhere without compromising a thing. A flush mounted
set and player isn't going to be effected in bad weather...though you might get
sick trying to watch.
It's your boat and you can have your own rules. Don't listen to Katy or
Dumbco's 1965 hippyesque ideals about what THEY think constitutes proper
sailing. It's your boat. Enjoy it!

RB

As long you don't carry those pesky powertools......g

Wow! You make it sound like thousands of pounds of gear!

Jeff, this moron is clearly a troll. Or perhaps he thinks it's 1975.

RB

I probably don't spend as much time "aboard" as you, but the last time I was
"underway', it was for just over 6 days, none of it coastal, and I recall
that there didn't seem to be much time for leisure activities like watching
TV, and, more importantly, the conversation was probably as interesting as
any movie. I believe that when you have a situation, for whatever reason,
where you can't have an intelligent /interesting conversation with your
shipmate(s) then you might REALLY need a TV to while away the idle hours.Or
to keep the kids occupied. Just my 2$.
John Cairns
"Joe" wrote in message
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Whats wrong with enjoying a flick at anchor or the dock, or underway
for that matter?

Perhaps if you lubbers spent a little more time aboard, It would not
seem "So Special" of a time. You would not have to SAVOR and relish it
like its something holy.

I like modern conviences and entertainment onboard my boat. And since
Joe
MSV RedCloud