You're full of good ones.
If you think running your bilge blower while fueling is showing off.
If you think running your bilge blower while fueling is showing off.
Motorhome Mariners
- Thread starter Urban Hermit
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Truth is, I've often thought about mounting a camera to the front of the boat so I can see the past the sails when healed over.
If your wife yells port or starboard when backing the RV into your camping spot.
If you hear "This is a no-wake zone, Skipper!" on your VHF a lot.
And if you think the proper response to that, if you're on deck, is a raised arm and middle finger.
And if you think the proper response to that, if you're on deck, is a raised arm and middle finger.
You might be a motorhome mariner if you buy twice as much rode as the depth you'll be anchoring in, just in case.
-Will
-Will
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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If you hear over the radio, “skipper you are in a Whale zone!” and yell to the crew, “Hey guys all on deck, there be whales here!”
Then 3 weeks later the Canadian fisheries commission sends you a $1,000 fine. WTF?
You might be a motorhome mariner.
Then 3 weeks later the Canadian fisheries commission sends you a $1,000 fine. WTF?
You might be a motorhome mariner.
I had a friend (at that time) who thought he was a sailor. He had a Compac 16. He was out in the Gulf south of Mobile Bay, saw 6 on a chart, thought he was in six feet of water, dropped an anchor, and took a nap. A fishing boat woke him up drifting, on his way to Cuba. He also thought he would go fastest with the boat level, no matter what. His name was Pitts. I called him, among other appropriate sobriquets, Pinching Pits.
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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Will. Personal knowledge. I heard the VHF call to a boat cruising within the .5-mile exclusion zone.
A shore watcher called, " Powerboat, GAYLEY. You are in the whale exclusion zone. The Canadian Marine Office will be issuing a fine."
Last week at the boat show, I had the opportunity to chat with a Canadian Officer with the CMO She said, "I issue the fines regarding the exclusion zones. When I shared my story, she said, "Yes, I signed those letters."
They are very protective of their Orca whales.
A shore watcher called, " Powerboat, GAYLEY. You are in the whale exclusion zone. The Canadian Marine Office will be issuing a fine."
Last week at the boat show, I had the opportunity to chat with a Canadian Officer with the CMO She said, "I issue the fines regarding the exclusion zones. When I shared my story, she said, "Yes, I signed those letters."
They are very protective of their Orca whales.
You might be a motorhome mariner if you are heard to yell, "Hey, somebody plug in the electric hose ."
You might be one if you pass other boats about as far away as you pass cars on the highway.
You might be a motorhome mariner if you think slower boats should move over to the slow lane and get out of the fast lane in front of you.
-Will
-Will
This is mostly aimed at those nasty stinkpotters -- but exception granted.
We all figure that if you do not contact, it is room enough and reaching out an arm does not count as "contact"
If you are up here in the PNW you’ll hear that on the VHF several times a day. And it’s not like the no go zones aren’t clearly charted.
You might be a motothome mariner if you've never anchored or even practiced anchoring.
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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