[Public-list] 11 HP Diesel Question

[Roger L Kingsland]

Age old question; if a boat explodes 1,000 miles from shore and there is no
one near enough to hear it, does it make a noise?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Public-list] 11 HP Diesel Question


> Hi there -
>
> Seriously, I would tend to agree that there are points in favour of
> diesels...and your sidebar story is a good reason not to sail with
> strangers.
>
> Gord
>
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> > Gord,
> >
> > I thought initiating controversy was my unique talent, but I would be
happy
> > to share.  I tend to be a victim of basing my decisions on underlying
> > concepts.  It's a little bit lazy, actually.  If  an underlying concept
is
> > in place, the detail decisions tend to be easier to make.  For example,
a
> > building design concept that focuses on the well being of front line
staff
> > would suggest the worker bees, not the managers, get to sit near the
windows
> > (works real well until the manager asks where his/her corner office is).
> >
> > My concept relative to boat safety is why take unnecessary risks.  If
it's
> > not necessary to have explosive material on board, then don't.  Of
course,
> > thanks to Towney, I stumbled upon an A30 that happened to have a diesel.
> > Who knows how much "concept compromise" I would have applied had I found
a
> > better deal on a boat with a gas engine.
> >
> > Roger 148
> >
> >
> > PS Sidebar Story
> >
> > I got a chance to do a milk run a few years ago from the Canary Islands
to
> > Barbados on a 41' ketch.  We had a little Honda gas generator that we
would
> > take out of the lazarette every afternoon and run until the tank
emptied.
> > This allowed us to keep the refrigerator cold for about three hours a
day
> > which temporarily subdued the aroma emanating from the big hunk of
Roquefort
> > cheese stored therein.  It worked well until the thing started to stall
> > before running out of gas and we put it back in the lazarette with fuel
in
> > the tank.  I told the skipper of my concern and he stuck his head in the
> > quarter berth and proclaimed, "I don't smell any more gas then usual."
I
> > wasn't quite sure how to reply, but I am pretty sure that was the day I
quit
> > smoking.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
> > To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 8:24 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Public-list] 11 HP Diesel Question
> >
> >
> >> Mmmm why do I so love starting a fight?
> >>
> >> Here goes...
> >>
> >> A colleague of mine at Georgian College's School of Marine Tech has a
> > little
> >> monologue that starts off..."the greatest marketing hoax practiced on
> >> sailors in the '80's is the one that taught them that they need
> > diesels..."
> >>
> >> Ok; let me have it.
> >>
> >> Gord #426
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >>> An Atomic 4 is perfectly safe if it is maintained properly. How many
> > A30s
> >>> have exploded?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Mike Lehman
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
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