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>>> Bill, reaching under Spinnaker...
You have one on board with sock and it's one of the most useful sails for trade wind sailing... It virtually pulls the boat and makes the work of the auto-pilot much easier... The shoulders - in the case of a symmetrical spi - will help control the usual rolling, when running downwind...
http://www.geocities.com/seageme/Spinnaker_reaching.html?1004677876672
It's easier to set on a catamaran, as no pole is needed, but once your pole is rigged on a monohull, most of the hard work is done... I got my heavy displacement monohull doing 12 knots, once under a storm spi that I had bought from a bigger boat... When the autopilot started to have trouble holding course, I finally snuffed it down, but it was an incredible ride while it lasted...
Tension on the sheets must have been huge, as the stainless steel rings to which they were attached, had become oval...
FG
>>> Bill, it's a good cruising design...
that should have a very seakindly motion, but it'll be a 140/150 miles/day boat... I did a conceptual design for a 44' boat along these lines, but the Pilothouse was longer and contained the galley, opposite the dining table and the Displacement was around 10.5 tons... Average cruising speed would have exceeded 200 miles/day with minimum effort...
The boat also had a modified Aerorig, with all the lines leading inside the mast coming back to a large electrical winch inside the Pilothouse and shallow draft of approximately 3 feet, thanks to a pivoting keel, that moved the ballast weight aft to sail off the wind with minimum wetted surface and optimum trim...
In the end, as I had no time to develop the 2 concepts for mass production, I opted for the 46' Power Catamaran with 2,500 range at 16 knots, since it had by far the largest potential market...
FG
>>> PK, where do you find shares...
to borrow to short SURE?... The stock is shorted to the Gills and my Broker can't find any...
FG
>>> Sailfish steaks anyone?...
http://www.geocities.com/seageme/index.html?1003737279984
>>> Jerome, such a large S8 doesn't look good...
for the total outstanding and I don't really trust Terry Wong, either... He gave me a bunch of BS at the time I was still following the stock...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
>>>> War on Afghanistan...
Latest comments from your correspondent abroad....
The United States of Mid-North America seem to have managed what the Taliban was unable to do, that is unite all their fractious parties and provide them with a common Goal: fight the "Great Satan"...
In fact, a good portion of Muslim World may soon support their Taliban Brothers, in spirit and even deeds, as shown by the approximately 100,000 Pakistanis on their way to join the 45,000 Taliban fighters for the "Holy War" against 25,000 fighters for the Northern Alliance and the planned deployment of some 300 US Rangers...
In the recent past, Taliban was willing to release bin Laden and his top aids for trial in a third non-aligned country - Switzerland comes to mind - presumably under similar Laws used for Milosevic... But the "we'll smok'em out, NO Negotiations" Crusader wasn't interested to hear about it... If that option is still available, he may well have to use it, as historically, Afghanistan has never been defeated and it has never been so well armed and determined...
By the time the Ramadan comes around, it's to be hoped that the Crusader-in-Chief will have understood that it's a NO-Win situation for the US and swallow his pride... While, we object to the way the Taliban treats its women, it's really none of our business... If the training camps are destroyed and remain so and the top management of Al Qaeda surrendered for Trial, most of the objectives of the US would have been achieved...
A good thing about the Taliban: they had recently declared illegal the growing of poppies for the Heroin drug trade and one can only guess how savagely this would be enforced...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
>>> Jerome, selective shorting, like QQQ...
and a few long shots related to current events, like VSR+18% today, are the only prudent bets I can see... GTCI must have way too many unrestricted shares not too cause a 1 for 3 or 4 reverse split, since those shares will become the new float of the resulting entity, which shouldn't exceed 5 million shares...
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=815
BTW, nice Header, but I don't see the number of shares outstanding...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
>>> Tony, you can also sail on ICE...
in Canada, without the risk of becoming seasick, but if you spill, you might get seriously bruised...
Just make sure you have a nice and cosy Pilothouse, if you go at sea, as cold, wind, spray and exposure to the elements in general is what makes a crew tired and seasick...
FG
>>> Bill, you should post the Link to your Boat,...
as it's a good cruising design, even if I don't go for steel, due to constant maintenance and I'd prefer a draft of no more than 5' for a monohull...
This boat will be slower but much easier on you, motion and worry wise, than a catamaran, which I don't recommend for short crews... To efficiently and comfortably sail a catamaran, at least 3 knowledgeable and alert sailors are needed on board...
The main concern with a short-crewed Catamaran, is to be over-powered by a squall, at night and to flip the boat... That's why mine had escape hatches on the forward inner topsides...
FG
>>> Bill, I have never done the course,...
so I wouldn't know, but if they teach seamanship, the Rules of the Road and some navigation, you can't go wrong...
The best in your case, is to hire an experienced captain to go along with you for a while, until you feel comfortable... You have to learn it all, including maintenance and it's a broad subject...
Reminds me of this one: I had a Groco marine toilet that kept on destroying its rubber diaphragm, till I run out of spares... I found a heavy duty inner tube, cut 2 identical pieces that formed a section of hemisphere, due to the natural shape of the tube, glued them double thick with contact cement, punch the various screw holes and mounted it back in place...
It worked like a charm for the rest of the cruise, providing a nice solid feel to the pump handle... BTW, prepare to spend more time fixing toilets than anything else on Board...
FG
>>> Jerome, that's the whole idea...
Hide a few Stock picks in a subject few people follow and the Shorters won't notice... I like CRYP, TRAC and NOK also, even though CRYP might still pull back a little...
Scanning pictures sure is a bunch of Fun and brings back a lot of memories... Might have enough material for a book, if there is enough interest... Hurricane Klaus was scary enough, but the Coast Guards were even more scary...
After my Yacht got damaged and I ask them to come alongside and pick up my crew, since I wasn't sure that the rest of my anchor gear would hold even with the engine running, they told me to outfit them with life jackets and throw them overboard... No need to mention where I told them to go...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
>>> Hurricane Klaus caused $150 million worth of Damages
in St Thomas in 1984, sinking an estimated 200 boats anchored in the Lee of Water Island and in Charlotte Amalie's Harbor... Having started as a Tropical Storm, just South of Puerto Rico, it came upon the Virgin Islands, virtually without warning, leaving no time to seek shelter in the usual Hurricane Holes, such as Culebra Island...
http://www.geocities.com/seageme/Hurricane_Klaus_Water_Barges.html?1004034751914
Several Water Barges broke lose from their mooring in the lee of Water Island and crushed a number of boats, that weren't able to get out of the way in time. The chain on my anchor gear was buoyed and ready to let go, which allowed me to retrieve it later, while escaping the Barges...
FG
>>> Brown, Bartiromo and Cindy will be TOLD!....
>>> Brown, what's your current Net Worth,...
before you go further?... Send me an audited financial statement and if you pass muster, a recent photo... I have taught my daughter to mean business and not waste time with the Riff-Raff...
FG
>>> Brown, thanks... The "kid" is nineteen now...
and in 3rd Year Law School, after being 3rd in Class in 2nd Year... I bet she won't soon forget the 3 months she missed from school, when she was younger...
On her mother's Birthday, in rough weather at night, south of St Croix, while her Mum was vomitting in a plastic bucket, we came up with a new song on an old melody:
"Happy Barf-Day... la... la..."
That was cruel but really Hilarious at the time, after a US Coast Guard Cutter tried to board us and gave up because of the sea state... The smell of their exhaust fumes astern, is what caused the problem in the first place....
FG
>>> Of course, Claire... It's meant to be educational....
for those who have some curiosity about long range cruising and the tricks of the trade (winds) and will be a good place to discuss, for instance, the advantages of not being a US Citizen, living in the United States of Mid-North America, but an American, living somewhere on the rest of the American Continent or its associated maritime Shelf...
I might mention the odd stock from time to time, like SURE bought at around $10.00, a couple days ago, after viewing a discussion about it on CNN... Looks like its technology is going to be used to render safe from Anthrax, all the US Mail... SURE is currently @ $15.41...
As for the naked body, sorry about the shock it must have caused and my Daughter really came handy, so to speak... I have to re-scan it, as I screwed it up the first time around and replace Gore by Mickey Mouse... I remembered Mossad, but forgot the KGB, thanks...
Regards, FG
>>> "The CEO is fair game"... Matt, interesting concept,...
I wish you had applied to McBride, SEVU Public Figure, ex-CEO, 40% shareholder and string puller of SEVU Management and Board, when I was exposing him on the Thread...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
>>> Thanks Jerome, I would have voted for myself, too,...
had I been a citizen of the United States of Mid-North America at the time... Bng is from the United States of Upper-North America and if there is a Mexican reading this, Please, let me know...
FG
>>> What does F. Goelo look like?...
For my envious "Admirers", who delight in circulating ersatz material and gleefully describe me as: short, fat, bald, ugly and stupid, I offer my full length naked body, wearing nothing but a familiar smirk...
http://www.geocities.com/seageme/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea.html?1003846542712
In the interest of saving time, copies have already been forwarded to the SEC, CIA, FBI and Mossad to complete their files...
FG
>>> What does F. Goelo look like?...
For my envious "Admirers", who delight in circulating ersatz material and gleefully describe me as: short, fat, bald, ugly and stupid, I offer my full length naked body, wearing nothing but a familiar smirk...
http://www.geocities.com/seageme/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea.html?1003846542712
In the interest of saving time, copies have already been forwarded to the SEC, CIA, FBI and Mossad to complete their files...
FG
>>> Weather: it's mostly wind strength and direction,...
I am interested in and there are clouds patterns and shape that you eventually learn to recognize... Also, swells and their various directions can help a lot...
Instant Weather Forecasting by Allan Watts, is the Bible of those who want to interpret clouds shapes and predict weather changes...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/092448697X/nananacom/002-8653263-0822430
I also use Weatherfaxes extensively from Bracknell and other stations, while you can now download pictures of the cloud cover over whatever area you navigate directly on your PC... At one point, before leaving the Canary Islands, there were some 4 Hurricanes and 1 Tropical storm, all on the same Weatherfax of the North Atlantic..
http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atldefault/index_large.html
Stay away from these puppies, if you value your electronic... I was stuck in a "trough" for nearly 3 days with these cumulo-nimbus anvil shaped clouds and the wind varied from none to 45 knots in an instant, with strong microbursts (strong wind blowing vertically towards the sea), that completely overpowered the Autopilot... I ended up reefing all the sails to minimum size and powered, while slaloming around the thunderheads during the day and hoping for the best, at night...
http://www.geocities.com/seageme/Thunderheads.html?1003810913662
FG
>>> Bng, you lose communication when it rains heavily....
or the sky is covered in thick clouds, which is another consideration to bear in mind... Actually, the key provider of Maritime Internet, is this Company...
http://www.mtnsat.com/headquarters.htm
FG
>>> Bng, what's the use of...
picking "down" OTC-BB stocks, since, unless you're using your friendly MM's account, like some Big Shorters do, it's very difficult to short penny stocks?...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
>>> Fast Sailing Catamaran upon arrival....
http://www.geocities.com/seageme/Catamaran_upon_arrival.html?1003796132908
>>> Jerome, sounds like the ideal solution for weightloss...
I used to operate a shrimping boat, for a while in North Eastern Autralia and professional fishing is definitely hardwork, with little sleep and not a lot of money to boot, when down-times, bad weather, etc... are all taken into account at year's end...
But I did it because I liked it and always got a kick out of opening the cod-end of the trawl net, to see what spewed on to the sorting table: Stonefish, sea snakes, turtles, sharks, crabs and usually some tiger prawns as well...
FG
>>> Jerome, it's available right now...
even where I live, but no good on a boat, as you need a 6' dish... I have tested it and it works fine...
FG
>>> Bng, Internet on the High Seas...
is in the making and still rather expensive, at the moment...
http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=kvhi&script=410&layout=-7&item_id...
http://www.gilat.com/
Availibilty should much improve within the year and so will the prices...
F. Goelo + + +
>>> DD, current technology allows it...
but my guess is that one would probably wait to be anchored somewhere comfortable to do so... Sailing short-handed on long passages demands a lot of attention, particularly on a Catamaran and sleep is in short supply... In fact, you become "one-track" minded - the vessel and well-being of its crew - before anything else...
Living aboard means sailing only 10 to 20% of the time, so that leaves plenty of opportunity for play and trading, in that order, once securely anchored...
F. Goelo + + +
>>>> Matt, SI is doing rather well, lately...
The fact that Zumbrunnen (SI Bob) was let go, definitely gave it a shot in the posterior; SI Jeff is much Fairer; the site is by far the most user-friendly and there are a large number of knowledgeable, quality posters, besides the mindless Louting Posse, that invaded iHUB in the recent past...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
Matt, one week won't do it....
You need at least 3 weeks vacations and plenty of time to look at it from the outside... Actually, you'll be surprised to find that your leaving, will probably make the Website better, or at least cause little impact...
What about selecting Joemoney and Mary to further prove my point?... I would be too expensive in cash or shares, unless Tony's pockets have stretched even futher...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
>>> Matt, as a person is Fine...
and generally does a good Job, but he has become too consumed by iHUB and now lacks the ability to step back and be detached and objective about it...
It's a common and natural mistake, that is difficult to rectify while he continues to be immersed in the Website...
He should try to find somebody - NOT you, please - to take over administrative duties for a few weeks, take a break for a week, or so and then come back and watch from the outside for a while...
He'll find that the "excesses", that bothered him are temporary and eventually cancel themselves out; that you can't please every poster; that the Threads are basically self- sutaining and the last thing they need is an Admin trying to play God...
He should also realize that the Moderators work for iHUB without pay and should be respected and encouraged at every opportunity...
The often read words to this effect: "if the Moderator doesn't do this or that, I'll drop him/her and find another one more suitable"... "I have worked too hard to let a pumping/bashing Moderator screw "my" Flagship Thread"... etc... SHOULD have NO place on this Website...
This Message Board is as good as its Moderators and Posters and when too many get pissed off and lose interest, then you know the rest...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
Matt, there are others...
but, it's one I reported in the TOS to see if it was "working"...
You say I should loosen up and I say you should let the thread rip along under its own steam, as it will always find its balance again, eventually... In fact, the balance point wasn't far away, when McBride died...
BTW, the more disagreements, the more posts, which is supposed to be good for iHUB, right?....
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
>>>> Matt, this kind of Garbage...
quite common on RB was reported to you by TOS and it's still there... I could have replied in kind, but why bother?...
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=196614
How does it meet your declared standard: ..."On topic, relevant content is how I gauge the site. Not the noise level."?...
The Thread "belongs" to the Posters, NOT to you, since without posters, there is NO Message Boards... You always seem to find something wrong: not enough deletions, too many deletions, unfair deletions, if a theme is restated - NOT pasted - it's Spam, etc... We're NOT here to satisfy you, BUT to express our opinions with a minimum of Decorum....
Is praising or criticizing the stock, Manipulations?... Of course not... Are organized complaints to iHUB Admin because the Moderator is trying to show to the Thread that there is something drastically wrong with the company Management, as a result of a new "eye opening" filing, Manipulation?... You Bet!...
You fell for it and as a result, I will never again Moderate a thread on iHUB or take a keen interest in how it goes... I'll just USE it, as many do, not constructively, but to suit myself and at my convenience...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
>>> Matt has to stop MEDDLING with the Threads,...
as if they were his little Babies... Let them take care of themselves and keep hands off...
See how many posts are on the SEVU thread now, if you need convincing... On the other hand, RB/SEVU, which was dying, is now working again and RB is the most "hands-off" Message Board, anywhere, although, NOT a model of the genre...
As a result, I have closed down most of my Threads on iHUB and 90% of my posts are now posted on RB or SI....
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
>>> Pilot, I'll post what Info becomes available... FG
>>> Pilot, Foley and Lardner ONLY represented SEVU,...
as there would have been potentially serious conflicts of Interests for them to represent both parties...
As far as I know, the departing Firm has not yet been replaced...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
>>> Proxime, then the explanation should be...
provided by PR or Notice on the SEVU Website, before serious Damage is done, as I have suggested earlier, in spite of the usual protests of the Head-in-the-sand Posters..
It is a serious matter that should be attended to by an attentive Management...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +
>>> Nobusiness, in that case,...
SEVU should advise its shareholders by message on its Website or by PR, lest this latest development will be construed Negatively...
JMHO, F. Goelo + + +