Home Ports

[MicroKap]

I was wondering if another column can be added in the membership list for home ports or even as detailed as marinas/clubs. It would make it easier to identify members that we may have the opportunity to meet in our travels both by boat and by land. It may also make setting locations for rendezvous easier in the future. If you could sort by State, that would be another great feature. I'm not trying to make it easy for people to say, "Hey, he just spent $50K on new electronics and his boat is located at XYZ, so we should get there when it's dark on a weekday", I'm just trying to see if there is an easier way to place the members/owners with the boats that you may pass along the way. Just my $0.02.

 

[chris piazza]

Larry,
I made mention of this a couple of years ago because like you said it would be nice to be able to "just say Hi" to a fellow HOF'er. I am in Bay City, Mi and I don't think there is any body close to me that's on the forum, but than again I don't know.

Chris
Superior Nights 53C

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Nothing will help unless all of the spam registrations are cleaned up.

 

[Sparky1]

Seems to me all it would take is to list your home port etc. in your signature.

 

[34Hatt]

Seems to me all it would take is to list your home port etc. in your signature.

Well that makes sense so who are you and where are you from?????

 

[Sparky1]

Well that makes sense so who are you and where are you from?????

My name is SparkyKrushSherrylynneBird from the 8th Sea... The Tenna.

 

[GJH]

Ok, mine is the entire east coast of the United States; does that help? Right now I am in Hollywood FL. On some of the cruising sites people will put "currently laying___") which always sounds like a report from a brood chicken to me.

Cynicism aside, I do agree it helps a lot if people identify where they are, especially if they are looking for products or services.

 

[Sparky1]

George, Dan and I were just messing around as we've known each other for quite some time now and have spent several days together in person. I've met Larry and Sky in person as well.

Truth is many don't feel comfortable giving out personal information on the net. I for one don't have a problem with that and have lost track of how many HOF members I've met in person through this forum.

I think it would be great if everybody would list their first name and their home port in their signatures. In fact, I think it would be great to see members use their personal photographs as their avatars as I've seen on other forums. It's always interesting to put faces on posts.

 

[Sparky1]

OK, I just did my part.

 

[nyrussell]

Isn't mine there already? BTW, leaving from the crash site in the early am for Florida

 

[nyrussell]

Yep, there it is

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Isn't mine there already? BTW, leaving from the crash site in the early am for Florida

It's a new promotion. Buy a plane ticket, get a free boat ride.

 

[nyrussell]

It's a new promotion. Buy a plane ticket, get a free boat ride.

Sky, We are grateful that it ended the way it did. Could have been much worse around here. But then again I don't fly US Airways LOL. BTW, too bad we won't see ya

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Yes, they were very fortunate that the pilot was able to react so quickly. Have fun in sunny FLA while we continue to freeze. It's going to be -10 tonight again here.

 

[spartonboat1]

Sky, not sure if you will be able to find me now. First you go the Boathouse Restaurant in Cheboygan, then look North. But its closed now. They were an investor in the dryland marina/rack storage place in Cheboygan that went out of business last fall/summer (08). They only lasted a couple years/summers. Bill rates for inside storage was the same as Walstrom. But at the 25' and under boat size they stored, I didn't think they could charge carriage trade prices.

Of course, truth be known, that's one reason I moved to outside storage. Meine Frau has a current saying that I am spending like I still had my former higher paying position. Not starving, but not flying 1st class anymore.

So we are behind locked gates at the BK&C in Cheboygan. Oh, anyone trying to pull the old Raymarine stuff from my boat, won't get much on eBay.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Sky, not sure if you will be able to find me now. First you go the Boathouse Restaurant in Cheboygan, then look North. But its closed now. They were an investor in the dryland marina/rack storage place in Cheboygan that went out of business last fall/summer (08). They only lasted a couple years/summers. Bill rates for inside storage was the same as Walstrom. But at the 25' and under boat size they stored, I didn't think they could charge carriage trade prices.

Of course, truth be known, that's one reason I moved to outside storage. Meine Frau has a current saying that I am spending like I still had my former higher paying position. Not starving, but not flying 1st class anymore.

So we are behind locked gates at the BK&C in Cheboygan. Oh, anyone trying to pull the old Raymarine stuff from my boat, won't get much on eBay.

I can always find a Hatteras.

 

[Walter P]

Noel,

Did you get to see the plane on the Hudson today? You sure do live in an interesting neighborhood, what with boat fires and planes (not of the seaplane variety) landing next door to your residence.

I am so impressed with the skill of the pilot, and I understand that his flying experience was with the Air Force. I would have assumed Navy since Naval Aviators and trained for the possibility of ditching in the ocean. That pilot was/is fantastic.. Thank God for him.

Walt

 

[nyrussell]

No, I was at the office then. But I do know some of the captains who were out there...

So, Now that I am in Florida... Hatteras hunting time LOL

 

[Boatsb]

I know where to find a bunch of them Hatteri. Even some of the owners too.

 

[MicroKap]

I was actually driving out of the Lincoln Tunnel into New York precisely at the same time this was happening and boy did I get to see a lot of police cars heading west toward the river. I made a right from 10th Avenue onto 46th Street and people were standing in the street looking toward the river. Curious me pulled over to the side and asked someone what was going on and he said that a plane just crashed into the Hudson. I thanked him, put my window back up and called my office to see if anything was on the news yet. Kind of scarey. I'm glad that everyone was okay and that pilot needs to be training others. We need more commercial pilots like that. To think that when fuel prices were so high this past summer, they were expecting to reduce weight on airplanes by removing the life rafts.