Louisianna without RADAR

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LSU Kid

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Sep 17, 2006
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Creole

Hi Steve! I think you described creole rather than cajun. As a cajun, I've been called coonass all my life (and never have I taken offense, well almost never), but I've never been mistaken for a creole. I am French. I'd rather talk about sailing. I have a lot to learn about wind, boats, and navigating through those wrecked platforms and rigs.
 
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sailortonyb

I agree with LSU Kid

I agree with LSU Kid on all points. Anyway, even if it werent for the wrecked rigs and platforms, the ones still standing present a hazard. Another thing to remember about them when you sail really close is that even though they are open structures, they still have their own little micro-climate with wind eddy's. Like I said in an earlier post, I like the engine running in idle when crossing thru a field so as to be able to have instant power and maneuverability. Even on 135 ft crew boats with six 16 cylinder diesel engines we still powered our way on the downwind side of platforms whenever possible ....just in case.
 
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Damn id like to see one.

Id like to see one of those 135 foot crew boats with six countem six 16 cylinder engines. thats 96 cylinders. I never saw a boat that had that much motor, At 3 bucks a gallon he will need an oil rig!
 
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jimq26

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Acadians - not Arcadians

(nm)This is a version of http://ccet.louisiana.edu/03a_Cultural_Tourism_Files/01.02_The_People/Acadians.html
 
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sailortonyb

I know I spelled it correctly

I know I spelled it correctly, but I have to admit that it was difficult at first to say the word ACADIA. I also had the tendency of puttting the "R" in there. But then again, I aint a coon-ass. I work offshore with true Cajuns, not just Cajun by birth. They have the most facinating culture and accent. Cajun music is great even though I dont speak French. Mostly about fighting and landing in jail. They seem to get into brawls for fun and entertainment , yet never seem to get mad at anyone. THEY LIVE TO PARTY, and are a wild bunch. Great attitude. If you never spent any time on The Gulf Coast of La., you have really missed something. And NO, New Orleans is not Cajun country.
 
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RAD

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Yous tell em TonyB

;D Thanks for the history lesson and for those who don't know the word Yous is from Brooklyn
 
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Brian D

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Feb 17, 2006
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So is...

Yutes! ;D I love it when a thread gets hijacked. Especially when it is this fun. /signed/ Your west coast RCA
 
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nick maggio

You Guys

People say you must be from brooklyn,when ever we go away on vacation I always use you guys and they know I am from ny.
 
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sailortonyb

When i first moved south....

I was always a radical person. Everyone knows you move from Brooklyn to Lon-Guyland then down to Florida. Wrong again...I moved from Brooklyn to Newburgh, NY (Up-state) then down to Arkansas. Well, In Arkansas they just couldnt grasp the concept that the expression 'you guys' included all genders. Of course , if there was a large number of people, then it became 'yous guys'. At work everyone would ask me if i was I-talian. I would reply...yes, my family was from I-taly. Didnt have that problem in Ms. though. I just answered to the name of Bubba and no one was the wiser. Then in La. Bilello casually and unnoticably became Bilelleaux. Still pronounced the same except the "o" sound is a tad longer.
 
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Alan

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Jun 2, 2004
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Yesterday CNN reported...

...that a barge ran into one of those gas pipes and caught fire. Was someone asleep at the helm?
 
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LSU Kid

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Sep 17, 2006
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Hunter 170 New Orleans
No mention of fault

The barge hit a pipeline in West Cote Blanche Bay. The article mentioned finding a fourth victim with two people still missing. There was no mention of fault or the cause of the crash. The associated picture is so tiny, I couldn't even tell the barge was burning. It is funny what the media chooses to report and what they choose to barely mention.
 
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sailortonyb

According to the article..........

According to the article, this is not the type of pipeline we were talking about. Excerp: "Divers were to examine the site to determine whether a "spud" from one of the barges -- a metal extension used to halt the vessel -- might have pinched the pipeline,". A SPUD is essentially a leg that drops down and holds a barge in place in shallow water. Some "spud barges" have 3 legs, some have 4. Anyway, underwater pipelines are usually burried, but not always, sometimes they just lay on the bottom. Same as the signs you normally see like "do not anchor-underwater power lines". The reason I gave up being a Capt in the oilfields was I was tired of working with the 'brain-dead'. Now how's that for starting a fight? I guess you take the boy out of Brooklyn, but you cant take the Brooklyn out of the boy.
 
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LSU Kid

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Sep 17, 2006
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Hunter 170 New Orleans
Almost took a cook job

A few years ago I had a chance to work on a rig as a cook. two weeks on, two weeks off sounded pretty good to me. My father convinced me (translate to beat the crap out of me) to go to college instead. I'll never tell him he was right. I did find out that as a cook, I would also have been a steward, cleaning rooms and doing everyone's laundry. Sort of glad I missed out on that. Weather down here is tough today. Small craft warnings, the lake waters are choppy to rough with a southeast wind of 20 knots. No sailing for me today. It'll be football and internet surfing until I find something better to do. I guess I could go clean my boat.
 
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sailortonyb

LSU Kid.......thank you father.

You could not have selected a worse job offshore than a cook.....oh yeah, you could have been a deck hand. Actually the very worse job in the oil fields offshore is a job on a boat, any job, including Capt. both in treatment by your own company and in salary. The second worse job is a cook or galley hand......mainly in salary. All other jobs are not bad, just some are more physical than others. Some jobs out here are quite good as far as working conditions and salary. I like the time off, as the best benefit. Drilling rigs usually work 14 days on and 14 days off. That means you go to work only once a month and every month you have a 2 week vacation. Many people out here run other bussines at the same time. There are ranchers, farmers, crawfish farmers and shrimpers out here as well as other trades. Some one else runs things on their 2 weeks out. I work mainly on platforms. There tradition is....oil Co. personnel work 1 week out and 1 week home. Contractors like myself usually work 14 days out and 1 week home and normally i have long winters off (3-4 months).
 
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Steve

Sailing, wind and so on

OK LSU kid - ever sail from New Orleans to Mobile, or vice versa? About how long did it take you? Where are some scenic overnight anchorages within a days sail of Mobile Bay or Mississippi Sound? Any information will be appreciated.
 
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sailortonyb

From Mobile Bay

Horn Island is great, so is Ship Island and East Ship Island, I never been to Smugglers Cove on Cat Island, but i heard good things about it. Oak Harbor in Slidell is open and I think the bar across the harbor "The Dock" is now open. Past that is a BIG ZERO. Tony B.....formerly of Biloxi and Slidell. Why not head east?
 
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LSU Kid

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Sep 17, 2006
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Hunter 170 New Orleans
Sorry, but it's a daysailer

TonyB, I thank my father every day... in my own way. I know he was right. And Steve, I have a Hunter 170, daysailer. I started on a five year plan for a weekender, but I think that quickly changed to a ten year plan. One day, I will be asking you about the right way to make that trip. I am thinking I'll do it one warm Mardi Gras season. I remember a history lesson that Mobile actually had the first Mardi Gras. I'd be interested in seeing the difference. The Kid
 
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