(Mainly to ScottQ): The dolphins in question may be forgiven their ignorance of Bernard Moitessier's identity and nationality, as the name 'Joshua' was writ...
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andy_morleyuk
Dec 1, 2004 9:31 am
... pristine open boats. Of course the sun will always shine and the grass will always be green and Dear old Tony will be President (oops sorry slip of the ...
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KeithMuscott@...
keithmuscott
Dec 1, 2004 7:20 pm
Many thanks for the full version! I've been looking for it for years! K. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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apickman@...
seadog1640
Dec 1, 2004 9:09 pm
Hey Lets get back to boats, or I'll have to post all the words to Hallelujah I'm a Bum (Haywire McClintock's other great hit) and the entire Wobbly Little Red...
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Wayne
wayneski812
Dec 1, 2004 9:24 pm
... Amen! Wayne In the Swamp....
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Roger Barnes
rogerbarnes_uk
Dec 2, 2004 8:14 am
But then, "hallelujah I'm a bum" seems very apposite to cruising in open boats....
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andy_morleyuk
Dec 2, 2004 9:00 am
... My Sister-in-Law kept a jar of pickled bums on her yacht, which was a 35' wooden cutter that she lived on (with the pickled bums) while she was doing it...
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John Tompkins
canoe_sailor
Dec 2, 2004 11:39 am
Michael I'm afraid that is probably from the impression given by American TV where some youth is always getting fake I.D.s printed so they can get into strip...
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stewartdd2002
Dec 2, 2004 12:06 pm
I suppose you know that the Bum's song was supposed to be part of the armoury of the vagrant looking for a "Punk" or young man to assist with begging and to...
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andy_morleyuk
Dec 2, 2004 3:15 pm
... By the pricking of my thumbs, An old old chestnut this way comes... The cabin-boy's first-name, tell me now? That chestnut we will crack somehow. By the...
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Roger Barnes
rogerbarnes_uk
Dec 2, 2004 3:18 pm
As in: "hey punk, wanna help me pull this boat up the beach?" - The start of many a fruitful relationship. Roger (PS: Get back to 0pen0penboat and answer my...
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Roger Barnes
rogerbarnes_uk
Dec 2, 2004 3:20 pm
For anyone still wanting to know about Brest 2008, here by happy chance comes a posting.... ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Roger Barnes
rogerbarnes_uk
Dec 2, 2004 3:28 pm
Sorry, the original posting to me had lots of pretty pictures, which you did not get. - Made nonsense of the whole thing. Instead try this site: ...
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stewartdd2002
Dec 2, 2004 3:49 pm
... That's done mate. you'll have to play on your own. Edwin...
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KeithMuscott@...
keithmuscott
Dec 2, 2004 4:04 pm
The thought also occurs to me that you could arrange a sort of tumbling lava-lamp kind of effect with these items if you installed a heating element at the ...
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KeithMuscott@...
keithmuscott
Dec 2, 2004 4:04 pm
I'll resist the temptation to ask how to produce other simulated orifices, which would be indecorous, and confine myself to asking how your sister-in-law ...
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andy_morleyuk
Dec 2, 2004 4:44 pm
... Your question reminds me of an old folk song with a boating connection - That of the Mayor of Bayswater who had a pretty daughter, and something or other...
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KeithMuscott@...
keithmuscott
Dec 2, 2004 5:01 pm
Mermaids would have been preferable to reindeer, but certainly these will provide a talking point during a cold night on the moorings when the traffic on ...
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gordon davies
gordonwillia...
Dec 2, 2004 5:15 pm
Maybe I'm anti-social - but the I feel the best way to appreciate this sort of mega-festival is to volunteer for to deliver a boat, get there a day or two...
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ed
ed_wingfield
Dec 2, 2004 7:24 pm
Q. Is the luff of a Mirror 11 mainsail straight or is it `stepped' to allow for the spar? Or, put it another way, can the sail be used as a Bermudan mainsail?...
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106146.2313
AlvanEames
Dec 2, 2004 8:04 pm
The Mirror dinghy mainsail is a Gunter Lug, and would need to be recut to use as a Bermudan. Alvan....
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seilliguk
Dec 2, 2004 8:34 pm
... chance ... Roger You may be interested to learn that, if going to France in 2008, you will require another ID CARD. It seems we all have to apply for a new...
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scottqus
Dec 2, 2004 9:07 pm
I prefer smaller ones, too. ScottQ ... this sort of mega-festival is to volunteer for to deliver a boat, get there a day or two early then flee as soon as the...
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David G Maynard
wayfarer10143
Dec 2, 2004 11:46 pm
I have sucessfully used a Mirror Mainsail as a 'high winds cruising main' on my Wayfarer. ... From: 106146.2313 [mailto:ALVAN_EAMES@...] Sent: 02...
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Jerry
jerrych57
Dec 3, 2004 5:47 am
John, I posted your request on the Yahoo sanfranciscosailing forum, and received a number of replies. I think I would follow up the Cass Marina in Sausalito...
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ed
ed_wingfield
Dec 3, 2004 6:17 am
David, did the sail look ok, or were there horrible creases angling out from the point where the gunter spar would begin? (I am thinking of using the sail on a...
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David G Maynard
wayfarer10143
Dec 3, 2004 8:34 am
ed - with enough mastbend {:-( fairly creaseless - but we were talking 6-7! David W10143 'Shifting Dullness' ... From: ed [mailto:ed_wingfield@...] ...
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Graham Finney
grahamfinneyuk
Dec 3, 2004 8:46 am
... Ed, When John Rigby so thoughtfully lent me his Mirror this year, I seem to remember the luff being straight. I could be wrong of course, memory being such...
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Roger Barnes
rogerbarnes_uk
Dec 3, 2004 12:35 pm
We will also need biometric passports soon, when we take our open boats abroad. This does not worry me. We know that lesser nations require this sort of thing....
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markrobinsuk
Dec 3, 2004 12:58 pm
The Mirror luff is straight and can be used as a bermudan sail. The UK Mirror website gives details of a bermudan mast for a Mirror which uses the normal sail....
