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Thread: When is enough, enough
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07-15-2018 09:05 AM #31Senior Member
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Re: When is enough, enough
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07-15-2018 06:01 PM #32Registered Member
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Re: When is enough, enough
I'm 87, paralyzed from the waist down and planning our next 6 months of cruising. Will give it up when the DNR kicks in.
(DNR=Do Not Resuscitate)
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07-15-2018 06:21 PM #33
Re: When is enough, enough
Keep on boating until the man upstairs takes you. I want to be cruising at 87 too.
Scott
41C117 "Hattatude"
Port Canaveral Florida.
Marine Electronics and Electrical Products Distributor.
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Re: When is enough, enough
Well, bigreelsc just set the bar a little higher. And we thank you Sir!
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07-16-2018 07:46 PM #35Senior Member
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Re: When is enough, enough
Next time I will be sure to be on the outlook for a young deckhand that can swap out 5 Lifeline 160 pound batteries from the dock to the boat back deck, down the lazarette ladder through the engine room door, over any obstacles, into battery boxes in an engine room with 4 foot of headroom, single handedly. All while reversing the route for the 5 spent ones.
Meanwhile, the engineered approach worked just fine again, safely.Pete
1976 Hatteras 48 LRC
Blue Chip
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Re: When is enough, enough
bigreelsc has indeed set the bar. Thanks for speeking up.
Fred
31 Tiara Open
"Escalation"
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Re: When is enough, enough
Here’s a pic of our club’s senior member, who belongs to two clubs since there’s just not enough going on in any one club. I don’t know how much maintenance he’s doing but he still an excellent captain at 92. His wife and cap retrieving diver also.
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Re: When is enough, enough
50 Years on the Great Lakes...
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07-21-2018 12:49 AM #39Senior Member
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Re: When is enough, enough
Sounds interesting but it still requires a decent amount of effort. I think I prefer the fine engineering solution proposed by rjwilliams...seems to make the job effortless.
Walt
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07-21-2018 06:57 PM #40Senior Member
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Re: When is enough, enough
To each his own. I used to take pride in "engineering" that stuff too and have come up with many well thought out ones and a few "MacGyver'd" solutions as well, but my body just doesn't agree with "boat yoga" any more so the "young deck hand" will remain my 1st choice while I spend earnest time in the cockpit working out the arthritis in by right elbow with a glass of single malt.