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Safe Boating Tips (FReepers are Lousy Boaters)
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Posted on 05/26/2017 1:45:07 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator
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To: Bob
We’ve had our boat about 16 years. Still perfectly happy with it. I could live on it. Lol
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posted on
05/26/2017 4:04:05 PM PDT
by
sheana
To: VRW Conspirator
"And not a FReeper...I gather."
I doubt it. I retired in 2003, and haven't seen him since that time. I'm sure he learned his lesson, although it cost him dearly.
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posted on
05/26/2017 4:05:40 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Obadiah
Doing the gimble bearing tomorrow on the mercruiser
The v-drive is complete and ready for fun.
Outboards are ready to go
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posted on
05/26/2017 4:20:08 PM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
To: VRW Conspirator
Number 4 is not always possible. I made sure there was a laminated list in plain view with emergency numbers for phones and frequencies for the radio. Good idea to include a local towing service in those numbers. My 26 foot cruiser crapped out on me just before the channel entrance to the harbor. Didn't have an anchor yet, so called the towing service and towed us back to the slip. If not for that, may have wound up on breakwater rocks before Harbor Police could get to our location.
Number 7 should always be rule for the skipper. However, if the passengers drink, stop any horseplay immediately.
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posted on
05/26/2017 4:29:05 PM PDT
by
A Navy Vet
(I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
To: VRW Conspirator
And don’t take any guns! They have a habit of falling overboard.
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posted on
05/26/2017 4:52:56 PM PDT
by
Vic S
To: VRW Conspirator
And don’t take any guns! They have a habit of falling overboard.
66
posted on
05/26/2017 4:52:57 PM PDT
by
Vic S
To: M Kehoe
Uberboater! Thread winner
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posted on
05/26/2017 5:56:12 PM PDT
by
onona
(mmmmmmm.........catchy handles)
To: VRW Conspirator
Always wait until you are down off plane before making the first cast...
68
posted on
05/26/2017 7:13:16 PM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: VRW Conspirator
(FReepers are Lousy Boaters) Thank GOD you warned me. Here I was, thinking of building my own 19' Barrelback from Ken Hankinson's plans. Disaster averted!
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posted on
05/26/2017 7:18:09 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: Travis T. OJustice
We always lived on the water [ocean & lake], and my three boys learned to swim, early on. Of course, having friends *over* was a constant concern. Every time they had mates over, I made them all do *tippy* tests; to experience what it was like to fall out of a canoe, kayak, run-a-bout; and what to do to save yourself. That included righting the vessel, to make it to shore. PFDs were a must, a ironclad rule.
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posted on
05/26/2017 8:30:10 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
To: A Navy Vet
I think a Sea-Tow membership is a must for marine/ocean going vessels.
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posted on
05/26/2017 8:37:40 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
To: ken in texas
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posted on
07/04/2017 5:57:57 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: VRW Conspirator
I went fishing this morning and took all my guns and ammo with me for a nice ride and wouldn't you know it! Boat accidentally sprung a leak and sank right to the bottom of the lake!
I'll never see those guns and ammo again!
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posted on
07/04/2017 6:08:00 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: fella
Always store firearms and ammo in watertight floating containers. Not doing so can lead to irreplaceable financial loss. Now you tell me! Mine were watertight but dang it, they didn't float!
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posted on
07/04/2017 6:08:54 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: usconservative
I had to learn the hard way. Twice.
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posted on
07/04/2017 8:00:43 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: fella
This is at least my eighth time! When will I learn?!
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posted on
07/04/2017 8:40:45 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
I agree that alcohol is a bad idea when you are going to sail. I recently had a great sailing trip in New Zealand. There are many scenic views and rivers. I was trying my new boat on the water, got it on sale on http://www.macboats.co.nz/category/fishing-boats/ . It was one of the best trips in my life.
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