[Public-List] Factory installed wheel steering

Thu Oct 3 05:10:58 PDT 2013

Well I suppose I should be pleased that my career hasn't brought me into
contact with that organization.  It's in the USN, I reckon?  Perhaps I'll
meet them after my appearance at the event on Saturday....

Gord #426 Surprise

On 03/10/13 8:07 AM, "Mike Lehman" <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Naval Criminal Investigative Service
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon Laco
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 7:59 AM
> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Factory installed wheel steering
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> Now I have to ask.... What does NCIS stand for?
> 
> Gord
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> On 03/10/13 7:49 AM, "Mike Lehman" <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks Gord
>> 
>> Don't you love the military...always full of acronyms! Even on NCIS I had
>> a
>> hard time figuring out who "secnav" was until I figured out they were
>> referring to "Secretary of the Navy".
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gordon Laco
>> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 7:35 AM
>> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Factory installed wheel steering
>> 
>> CF = Canadian Forces.  It was once the name for our combined Army, Navy
>> and
>> Air Force.
>> 
>> Gord
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>> On 2013-10-03, at 7:24 AM, Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> what is CF?
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>>> -----Original Message----- From: Gordon Laco
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 6:58 AM
>>> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
>>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Factory installed wheel steering
>>> 
>>> Hello friends
>>> 
>>> John is correct: although the services were amalgamated in '68, we got
>>> our
>>> distinctive uniforms back in '98, and our name (Royal Canadian Navy) back
>>> in 2010. We got the correct officers' curl in our rank stripes back in
>>> '11. (Those of you on the eastern half of North America may have heard me
>>> shout at my desk in Aug of 2010 when 'RCN' was reinstated)
>>> 
>>>  All proud bits of tradition and links to our forbearers who served in
>>> WWII when the RCN was the third largest navy in the world.
>>> 
>>> There's a wonderful story about one of our officers being taunted by
>>> British officers during that war about ours being a young service,
>>> without
>>> traditions such as they had....the Battle of Trafalgar, for example.  Our
>>> RCN officer replied "we're building our traditions daily: our Trafalgar
>>> is
>>> The Battle of the Atlantic and we're fighting and winning it now". I
>>> think
>>> his name was Alan Easton.
>>> 
>>> Thank you, John
>>> 
>>> Gord
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>>> On 2013-10-03, at 4:13 AM, "John Birch" <Sunstone at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The CF today has been returned to the RCAF, RCN and Army designations.
>>>> Personally, I prefer the return to these designations.
>>>> 
>>>> Pip pip and all that ; )
>>>> 
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>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <isobar at verizon.net>
>>>> To: <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 10:12 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Factory installed wheel steering
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Gord... How about this?  You can comment on how successfully the RCN
>>>>> made the modernization to CF, with the petty officers becoming
>>>>> sergeants, commanders to colonels, and donning the elegant green
>>>>> uniforms. You can suggest the USN do the same, and wait for the
>>>>> approving cheers. You'll be the hit of the evening.
>>>>> Bob Kirk (curmudgen)
>>>>> p.s. The only time (except for one delivery) I ever drove wheel
>>>>> steering was on the Battleship USS Iowa.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 10/02/13, Gordon Laco wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you Larry
>>>>> I've started the job; I reckon the worst of it will be the very tight
>>>>> access
>>>>> I'll report later.
>>>>> I won't be able to work on it this weekend; the USN has invited the RCN
>>>>> to a mess dinner commemorating the establishment of their service
>>>>> during their revolt. A posse of we Canadian officers are heading down
>>>>> Its a fair honour and I'm looking forward to it. I'm struggling for
>>>>> something witty to say about the event but am not coming up with
>>>>> anything.
>>>>> Gord #426 Surprise
>>>>> On 2013-10-02, at 8:09 PM, Lawrence Morris <[1]morris.lc at verizon.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I replace cables on my Rhodes bounty II a few years back because I
>>>>> broke a cable. I took the one good cable to the rig shop for
>>>>> replacements. Went back to the boat to install and discovered that
>>>>> there was a 6" difference in length from port to starboard. You guess
>>>>> it, back to the rigging shop( a 3hr round trip) for a third cable of
>>>>> the correct length. Lesson: measure both side twice and fabricate once.
>>>>> I used a piece of string, strung along the path of the cable to get
>>>>> this dimension.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> While you are at it, check the cheek block sheeve pins. Mine were
>>>>> worn 75% through. They are bronze rod of a standard size and are easy
>>>>> to replace once you remove the cheek block(hard to do). FYI the
>>>>> steering gear was a Edson from the same time period.
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