------------------------ Even *I* wonder about me! :^) RK> I am coming to Vancouver tomorrow and wondered if you wanna go for RK> dinner. I don't know if I have your correct phone numbers anymore since RK> you moved. ------------------------ See ya soon! :^) RK> I will be staying at the The Coast Plaza at Stanley Park. the number is RK> 604-688-7711. Drop me a post of a call, the only night I have open is RK> Tuesday :-( ------------------------ Sounds excellent to me Bob! :^) it's 17:45 and your hotel tells me you heven't checked in yet. Cancelled my Coast Guard training tonight for this so you better show!! :^) We were only doing chart work which is a breeze, so I'm not missing anything :^) BTW, there's no "E" in Augustin. would have missed this message if not for my extrasensory perception. :^) TTYL Cheers, Augustin~~~=== NYC, Toronto - S2STOR - S2SVCR ... Only sailors get blown offshore. * Q-Blue 1.9 [NR] * --- WM v3.11/93-0359 * Origin: Ship to Shore, Vancouver,BC [604]540-9596 (1:153/7064) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 254 SAILING Ref: DGA00003 Date: 12/04/96 From: ROBERT KITSON Time: 05:16pm \/To: AUGUSTIN HENRIQUES (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Comin' to VCR Yo Augustin .... Hey noticed that I managed to drop the "e" glad that you told me :-) Enjoyed dinner lst night just sorry we didn't get more time together. Had a busy day today and am about to have a shave and go out for dinner. Glad we didn't decide to go out sailing today the weather was quite crummy. Give me a buzz when you get to Toronto and maybe we can go to the National for a brew. Hang tight Rob --- WM v3.11/93-0359 * Origin: Ship to Shore, Vancouver,BC [604]540-9596 (1:153/7064) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 254 SAILING Ref: DGA00004 Date: 12/05/96 From: DAN CEPPA Time: 01:21am \/To: RICHARD WHEET (Read 1 times) Subj: Trailerable Boat On (03 Dec 96) Richard Wheet got back to Dan Ceppa... > They stopped making the sailboat? RW> I personally don't know.... someone else claimed that You mean it used to be a swailboat and now it isn't? RW> Nope.... a big 50 HP outboard.... if they wanted, I bet they could use RW> the motor for the tiller if it broke ..... first sailboat I ever At least they were thinking about something. (Don't ask me about tonight! Nothing I did!) RW> saw that you could almost see the ballast (fin?) under full motor .... RW> from the FRONT Well balanced(?) I see. Good move! RW> the "motorsail" used full main and jib.... guess all the weight in the RW> back.... wonder what size gas tank they carry It's not called a hull, it's a called a gas tank! --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: 40 knots and you want the 1/2 Spinnaker? (1:105/40.667) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 254 SAILING Ref: DGA00005 Date: 12/04/96 From: AUGUSTIN HENRIQUES Time: 05:05pm \/To: JACKSON HARDING (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Quiz Season's Greetings Jackson, JH> It means the whole period of the light is twelve seconds. Flash - Pause JH> - Flash - Pause - Flash - Long Pause, all in the 12 s. There is a set JH> time interval for what constitutes a flash, a quick flash, a very quick JH> flash and an ultra quick flash (the last is exceedingly rare) and a long JH> flash. From memory a standard flash is approx 1 second, as is a JH> standard pause, so this cycle should be: JH> on 1 second, off 1 second, on 1 second, off 1 second, on 1 second, off 7 JH> seconds. ------------------------ Thanks for that info Jackson. JH> As for the "U", oops :-) I'm also cheesed off I missed Al for JH> alternating, I certainly do know that one, usually you get something ------------------------ Hehehe, there's nothing more frustrating than to miss something you know you know! :^) In case you're bored, here's a few abrevs to take a crack at :^) we could actually have a bit of fun solving navigational problems, but it's kinda tough via computer without having identical charts :^( a) PA b) PD c) Tr d) DR e) Ro f) Cy g) Rge h) HHWLT i) MSL j) Wk k) Bn Cheers, Augustin~~~=== NYC, Toronto - S2STOR - S2SVCR ... Trust me, the deck always flexes this way... * Q-Blue 1.9 [NR] * --- WM v3.11/93-0359 * Origin: Ship to Shore, Vancouver,BC [604]540-9596 (1:153/7064) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 254 SAILING Ref: DGA00006 Date: 12/04/96 From: AUGUSTIN HENRIQUES Time: 07:02pm \/To: ROBERT KITSON (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Comin' to VCR Season's Greetings Robert, RK> Enjoyed dinner last night just sorry we didn't get more time together. RK> Had a busy day today and am about to have a shave and go out for dinner. ------------------------ Ditto! :^) It was good to see you again! Next time when you have more time to spare, we'll sail over to Snug Cove for some of, what I hear, is the west coast's best fish n chips :^) RK> Glad we didn't decide to go out sailing today the weather was quite RK> crummy. Give me a buzz when you get to Toronto and maybe we can go to RK> the National for a brew.