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Lost On The Amazon
By: Eddie Date: June 10, 2021, 7:17 pm
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Have you ever come home and found a big box on your porch that
had just been delivered......and you looked at it and scratched
your head because you couldn’t remember ordering anything,
especially not something that needs a box that’s 8 ft long and
looks like it might contain, say.....a rocket launcher, or maybe
just a really tall floor lamp with no shade included?
It had my name on it.....but it could have been the missus or my
daughter, both of whom use my Amazon Prime occasionally.....but
I opened it.
And I still had no idea what it was...but I knew I ordered it,
because it looked like it might be some kind of sailing
gear.....two long, heavy fiberglass or carbon fiber rods and
some hardware....I was wondering if I might have been shopping
on the internet while blacked-out drunk.....but I couldn’t
remember ever being THAT drunk.
And then it hit me.
Many weeks ago I ordered some mooring whips for the dock out at
the lake house. I guess they were back-ordered. I recently
bought yet another small sailboat, and it has a keel, so I can’t
put it on the lift. It’s on a nice trailer but it had occurred
to me that I needed some way to tie it up overnight to the dock,
and the boat wakes are a big problem....so I thought I'd try
some mooring whips.
So....these are my first mooring whips, and I hadn’t seen them
up close, just in a catalog online. They look something like
this when installed.
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I guess I’ll install them tomorrow and see how they work. I just
got the new boat registrations last week. The new boat is a
Victoria 18, a tiny pocket cruiser with a full keel. Time for a
shakedown cruise. I’ve already checked and fixed a few things
with the rigging, and I think all systems are go, except for
lights. I’ll get to that. I just rewired the other sailboat. I
converted the lights to LED’s and instead of a lead acid deep
cycle battery, I’m running them off a lithium rechargeable power
supply I can plug in at the house. It weighs next to nothing and
I can just carry it to the boat when I want to use it. I bought
a dry box for it to live in when it’s onboard.
Cool accessory, and useful for other things besides the boat.
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I also put a roller furling jib on the old boat...a pain in the
ass job (another long story) that I finished.....I went sailing
once, and a storm the next morning unfurled my new-to-me used
sail (it was very nice) and a tree at the dock shredded it.
Broke my heart, as I’d spent a long time thinking about that
upgrade and had carefully bought all the bits here and there,
used....and like most used things, then had to replace some
missing stuff. It had turned into a year long project.
I’m going to bite the bullet and buy a new sail, I think.
Expensive mother for a daysailer. Almost $900. My wife must
never know. She thinks I’m going to keep the new boat and sell
the old one....but I’ll probably keep them both. I’m like the
Warren Buffet of boats. I only buy them....I never sell.
The new (to me) Victoria looks like this.
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Re: Lost On The Amazon
By: Nearings fault Date: June 10, 2021, 8:30 pm
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Very nice Eddie. Enjoy it.
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Re: Lost On The Amazon
By: Eddie Date: June 10, 2021, 10:06 pm
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Designed by a Canadian. Charles McV,ay if I remember right. The
original boat was a very nice open daysailer called the Minuet.
His son built the Victorias in Florida in the late 70’s and
early 80’s.
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Re: Lost On The Amazon
By: Cam Date: June 11, 2021, 7:10 am
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[quote author=Eddie link=topic=35.msg471#msg471 date=1623370669]
My wife must never know. She thinks I’m going to keep the new
boat and sell the old one....but I’ll probably keep them both.
I’m like the Warren Buffet of boats. I only buy them....I never
sell.
[/quote]
This quote reminds me of my dad. He doesn't buy sailboats mind
you, but I'm really not sure just how many small aluminum boats
he has in his possession.
My mystery packages are often books I buy off used book sites.
They're super cheap, but they take a looong time to ship. It's
like a mini christmas every time one shows up.
That sounds like it's gonna be fun!
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Re: Lost On The Amazon
By: Nearings fault Date: June 11, 2021, 7:52 am
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I'm preparing to sell off my two vintage tractors speaking about
accumulated stuff. There seems to be a huge market for the old
iron right now. It's a big step for me. We are looking at a 25
HP water cooled diesel 4wd with a loader to replace them both. I
test drove one and it outperforms my bigger loader...
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Re: Lost On The Amazon
By: Eddie Date: June 11, 2021, 10:17 am
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[quote author=Nearings fault link=topic=35.msg475#msg475
date=1623415978]
I'm preparing to sell off my two vintage tractors speaking about
accumulated stuff. There seems to be a huge market for the old
iron right now. It's a big step for me. We are looking at a 25
HP water cooled diesel 4wd with a loader to replace them both. I
test drove one and it outperforms my bigger loader...
[/quote]
I had somebody cold call me on my rusting tractors and backhoe.
It was a local high school kid who is trying to leverage his way
into getting a bobcat to do clearing work. I wanted to help him,
but I have too much money in those old tractors to give them
away. I keep thinking if I retire I’ll put some effort into
them. They’re all fixable. But my LS 50 horse will do anything I
want to do. The brush grapple was a good idea. I’d recommend
that. If I ever move out to the stead (and it’s tempting now
because I can cash out of the canyon house at a good price) I’ll
get a new backhoe for the LS and then I’ll have the capability
to do everything all the old machines did anyway, and more.
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Re: Lost On The Amazon
By: Nearings fault Date: June 11, 2021, 3:23 pm
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I won't get a backhoe attachment again. I've had one for 3 years
and yes it's useful but it's limited in what it can do. If I
sold it and took that pool of money and rented something big
once a year I don't think I'd ever run out of money in the pool
...
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Re: Lost On The Amazon
By: Phil Potts Date: June 11, 2021, 6:32 pm
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[quote author=Eddie link=topic=35.msg471#msg471 date=1623370669]
Have you ever come home and found a big box on your porch that
had just been delivered......and you looked at it and scratched
your head because you couldn’t remember ordering anything,
especially not something that needs a box that’s 8 ft long and
looks like it might contain, say..
[/quote]
Check whether nobody can hear you talking to them and you still
need to open doors to go through. It could be youre recently
disembodied.
As long as you're getting these boats in the water from time to
time, I'm ok with you having more than 1. One bigger one seems
better than two smaller ones to me though.
Tangentially related to the Amazon and tractors, yesterday a
neighbour called and asked if I could just help shift a load of
firewood with my pickup from higher up the hill to the house
lower down. A minor pain in the ass because it was raining non
stop but that's why my 4x4 was needed. It's been raining for
about a week.
Anyway the Australian [s]bum[/s] Scotty introduced me to a
south American couple staying there and asked if I know anyone
needing an electrician looking for some work. I said I need
someone to reset my inverter output so it doesn't keep eating
batteries in short time and blowing appliances because I can't
figure it out. I have to keep something that absorbs power on or
light globes and other things burn out. Also if he can do Auto
electric I have a couple of things. Install a relay to a kill
switch and starter button hidden in the glove compartment so it
gets more power and fix a fuel gauge not working.
I heard of what they call the Paradise Project in Argentina,
with "regenerative, agroecological, biodynamic" etc. Basically
first producing healthy foods to avoid pesticides and now
starting a large area of wheat to counteract the "knowledge of
seeds being lost to transgenic, polluted agrotoxics being spread
throughout the continent". Interesting to see a different path
people in different parts of the world taking.
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Re: Lost On The Amazon
By: Eddie Date: June 11, 2021, 7:44 pm
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I still look at big boats all the time, but the little ones make
way more sense as far as cost and upkeep....and I have nowhere
to dock or sail a big one as long as I live here. It’s a four
hour drive to the coast.
It makes no sense to own a big boat unless you live on it, imho.
It’s not a bad lifestyle, but my job will keep me here for a few
more years at least. The lake is my territory, and I picked the
Victoria because it has a fixed keel yet only draws a couple
feet of water. A nice boat for a lake with many silted in
shallow areas to watch out for. I had seen several on CL over
the past few years, and this one was better than most and the
guy I bought it from let it go very cheap. He was moving from
here to Costa Rica, and couldn’t take it with him.
I’ve been trying to educate myself more on wiring, especially
boat wiring. I’ve learned a lot on YT...I’m grateful for all the
good tutorials.I have built a nice kit with good cutters and
crimpers and marine grade heat shrink connectors and marine
grade wire for 12V. I started the rewiring process on the new
boat today. It was too hot to go sailing.....finally getting to
be high summer here, about a month late. It’s been about the
wettest spring I can remember in 30 plus years here.
I will get the new boat out this weekend, but I will have to get
it back on the trailer when I’m done. It looks like an easy boat
to load, and the mast is stepped on the deck and
hinged....should be way easier than the Rhodes, which is a ****
to launch. That’s why I put it on a lift.
I also put on the new registration numbers and the lake stickers
so everything is legal now but the trailer......got to register
that still. Different place than the boat of course. Have to
register trailers at the DMV county office. Always another tax.
Good luck with your inverter.
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