[Public-List] Electric Aux power

[dan walker]

well gord i think you have to tell the name of the special award at this point.
we have a gentleman who received the "partier" award this summer. had a wee bit too much to drink -so he spent the night on his boat. when i called him on his cellphone the next day his wife answered. she has accompanied him to the lake each time since. so on the award there was a small dog collar with a very short leash attached. and of course his new nickname is short leash.

back to the electric power question. your buddy dave  has installed the same system as mine,pretty boat by the way, but his is not functioning properly yet. mine does. it does exactly what they represented and it does what i wanted. in and out of my slip to the big water. i went with it since my intended usage was sailing not motoring. i admit i have not used it in anything rough yet and am not sure if i ever will. hopefully next  summer i will get more usage from rascal and can give better answers to other peoples questions
dan


--- On Tue, 12/9/08, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Electric Aux power
> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 2:59 PM
> Funny you should bring up rowing...
> 
> One of my stories about my TOUCH WOOD days was the time I
> was becalmed for
> many hours off Toronto.  I had told my parents that I would
> be home for
> supper; but as I always do, I also gave them a 'call
> the Coast Guard' time
> six hours later.
> 
> I was bringing the boat home from Whitby; but just a few
> miles short of
> home, in a dead clock calm ran out of fuel.  By midnight my
> running lights
> had killed the battery stone dead and of course this all
> occurred in the
> days before cell phones.
> 
> I tried sculling her a-la WoodenBoat Magazine but after
> hours of work my
> reference bearing remained unchanged.  The water was a
> still as glass and
> the night was utterly black.
> 
> Sure enough about 2am I could see a speed boat running to
> and from inshore
> of me; I guessed correctly that I was reported overdue.  I
> had lost my
> flashlight while climbing back aboard earlier after trying
> to tow from the
> dinghy, so my only signaling device was my flare pistol. 
> Not wanting to
> cause a general panic (I was in no danger, but only wanted
> to be reported to
> my parents as safe) I waited until the police boat was at
> it's closest pass
> to me - still a couple of miles away - then aimed
> horizonataly with the
> pistol and pulled the trigger.
> 
> All I heard was a click.  'Damn, a dud', I thought.
>  I aimed down at the
> water, cocked it and pulled again.  This time there was a
> bang and a
> terrific flash - in the light of which I saw that the
> dinghy was alongside.
> 
> Yup, I shot it.
> 
> Just so you all will benefit from my experience, an Olin 12
> gauge flare
> pistol is quite a weapon.  I blew a hole about 1" in
> diameter right through
> the dink's 1/4" marine plywood transom.  I could
> see the shell boiling and
> burning as it sank.
> 
> The cops didn't see me, and I didn't try to signal
> them again.  They found
> me about an hour later and towed me home.
> 
> I made the huge mistake of telling a friend what had
> happened and
> subsequently was called up to receive an award at our
> sailing club's annual
> dinner that winter...
> 
> Gord
> #426 Surprise (equipped with several flashlights)
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