[Public-List] Factory installed wheel steering

[Mike Lehman]

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".




~~~_/)_/)~~ Mike Lehman ~~_/)~~~


-----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

On 2013-10-03, at 7:24 AM, Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> what is CF?
>
>
>
>
> ~~~_/)_/)~~ Mike Lehman ~~_/)~~~
>
>
> -----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
>
> 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 ; )
>>
>>
>> ----- 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.
> _______________________________________________
> These businesses support your Association:
> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
> Please support them.
> _______________________________________________
> Public-List mailing list
> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
> _______________________________________________
> These businesses support your Association:
> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
> Please support them.
> _______________________________________________
> Public-List mailing list
> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
_______________________________________________
These businesses support your Association:
http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
Please support them.
_______________________________________________
Public-List mailing list
Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org 


 1380800998.0