USCG tips for winter boating safety
http://www.uscgboating.org/waypoints/nov06/art1_winter_boating.htm |
Chuck
Dec 5
2006
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| True story. On one of our annual fishing trips, we were on Center Hill
Lake in Tenn. Town nearest us was Smithville. Well, one of the guys
wanted to go to a tackle shop so I go with him. Someone gave us
directions to this place. I said to my buddy, there it is over there,
Aaron Tippin Outdoors. He goes, Aaron Tippin, he's a country singer.
Not into country much, the name didn't hit home. So, we go in, and I'm
looking at a tee shirt with his face on it, and I go to Rick,
"OH.now I know who he is!" And guess who is directly behind me?
Yep, Aaron Tippin himself!! Real friendly sort, asked us where we were
staying, how the fishing was, etc. Signed stuff for us. He was there in
his store and just before that there were many, many country stars
there signing stuff to send to the troops in Afghanistan. |
basskisser
Dec 7
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| Martha Stuart? |
Jim
Dec 7
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| Typhoid Mary? |
Harry
Dec 7
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| Mark Foley? CWM |
Charlie
Dec 7
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| bobandcarol ?
-- ***** Have a super day! ***** John |
JohnH
Dec 7
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| Good for you! |
Dan
Dec 8
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| One side of my family, 55 strong, live in Chicago. |
Short
Dec 7
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| And, did she almost date anyone famous? |
Bert
Dec 7
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| Me Too! |
Tim
Dec 7
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| No, but when I was in high school, the manager of the local drive in
theater rented a room from us. That sure saved me a lot of money. And it
helped in a few other ways also. |
JohnH
Dec 7
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| Pimping your kin, huh? |
basskisser
Dec 7
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| I dated somebody famous - or who eventually became famous. You wouldn't believe me, so I'm not going to tell you. :>) |
Short
Dec 7
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| My high school basketball team's tallest player was only 6'2 and we won
the state AAA championships my senior year. This was the same year Ralph
Samson played. Good thing his high school was in AA school. |
Bert
Dec 6
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| Ok, you forced me into it. I struck out Anthony Richard "Tony" Conigliaro in his final at high
school at bat when I was a Freshman in high school. So there. Pffffhhhhhtttt..... |
Short
Dec 7
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| So you're the one that put him out with a bean ball. What kind of sportsman
are you. (big G of course) |
Jim
Dec 7
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| One of my aunts was set up for a blind date with Roger Staubach and she
didn't go. I missed out on having an Uncle Roger. |
Bert
Dec 6
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| I had an Aunt who dated Tony Kubek. The guy was a prick. And I don't mind saying so publicly... |
Short
Dec 7
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| I sat a a table drinking beer next to one occupied by half a dozen
members of the Montreal Canadiens.....when they were on top.
(think Serge Savard etc) |
Don
Dec 7
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| That's nothing! I met Antonino Rocca once at the old Madison Square
Garden. I was maybe 8. He told me to "drink a lot of milk and grow big
and strong." Never heard of him, eh? He was a famous pro wrestler. |
Harry
Dec 6
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| Was friends with Bobo Olson when I was a kid. He lived in the neighborhood.
And was struck out by Ernie Brolio during pickup games during the summer
after he retired. He was from my highschool. When I learned how hard it is
to hit a really well thrown fastball. |
Calif
Dec 7
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| So? I had an aunt who lived in Chicago.
--
John |
JohnH
Dec 7
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| Hal Perry from my high school. Very nice man, met him last year, was only
about 5'11" tall and still was a great BB player. He set history when he
first played for USF by having the first majority black BB team on the floor
for a major college basketball game. And the first majority black player
team to win a national title. And the USF team was the best in the nation
for a couple of years. They did have a couple of other pretty good black
players also. KC Jones and Bill Russell. Pretty good for a academic public
high school. |
Calif
Dec 6
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| Two of the greatest Boston Celtics ever. |
Short
Dec 6
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| KC Jones, Bill Russell? Never heard of 'em~ Did they make it big in the
NBA? :>} |
Harry
Dec 6
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| NBA? Hell no - the NFL. :>) |
Short
Dec 6
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| Thanks. I knew I was confused. I worked for KC Jones. Not that one. Late city editor and ombudsman of
the KC Star. He was a close friend of Truman Capote, who spent a lot of
time at The Star researching for "In Cold Blood." By the way, the "Capote" movie is just terrific. The actors who played
Capote and Nelle Harper Lee, Phil Hoffman and Catherine Keener, were
spot-on. |
Harry
Dec 6
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| Understood! |
basskisser
Dec 6
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| My reasons were too cold out to play hockey. I didn't like cold even
when I was a kid, didn't care much for sledding and getting snow packed
in everywhere. I tried to play basketball, but wasn't tall enough. I
wrestled all through high school. |
basskisser
Dec 6
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| Same here! |
Tim
Dec 6
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| What is this "winter" boating you speak of? |
Short
Dec 6
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| My idea of winter boating, is shopping around for one while prices are
low! ?: ) |
Tim
Dec 5
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| Winter boating: One of the benefits of living in the Pacific NW. Basic
requirements, stay warm and dry. We'll get out for about 1 weekend per
month or at least one long day trip
every month between now and spring, when we can begin boating more
comfortably more often. Hooray for diesel heaters. :-) |
Chuck
Dec 5
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| Is it this: http://tinyurl.com/ydusks or maybe this: http://tinyurl.com/ynypas |
ACP
Dec 5
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| Man! I wonder how many tons of ice is on that thing! Rest assured, that when it thaws, the owners will find roof leaks they
never thought they had! |
Tim
Dec 5
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| It's when all the snowbirds are here and it gets crowded on the water. SeaTow calls it "putting my kids through college season" |
gfretwell
Dec 5
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| I'm surprised that boat hasn't swamped with all of that extra weight. |
Chuck
Dec 5
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| Yeah, stay warm and dry inside a heated cabin. Wear a parka under your
lifejacket if you go on deck, and kiss your butt goodbye if you fall
into the water and have to spend more than five minutes in it.
Wait-that's SUMMER boating up in Seattle. Winter boating up there must
be a real thrill. |
Harry
Dec 6
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| Ok, that I agree is neat. Back in the day, I used to have a DN that I |
Short
Dec 6
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| My concept of winter boating where I grew up was the New York Boat Show.
About all we did with "outside water" was ice skate on it, from November
to March. |
Harry
Dec 6
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| Or that. :>) Although I never got the hang of ice skating for some reason. I could
"skate" as in go in one direction, but it was a wobbly kind of thing -
just could never quite get it. Same with snow skiing - never could quite get the hang of it. Just
not coordinated enough I guess. I do wish they had had snow boards in
my day - I think I could have handled that fine. |
Short
Dec 6
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| Let's see. You hate cold. You don't snow ski nor ice skate. What to
hell are you doing in the equivalent of Siberia??? |
basskisser
Dec 6
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| Just like getting to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice... Darn near killed myself in the lower part of the learning curve but I
was determined. Crash and burn. Repeat as needed. I now regard snow as an abstract concept not yet proven to exist. |
Wayne.B
Dec 6
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| I would think that weight would do some major damage to the boat,
stressing the railing resulting in some leaks around the stanchions next
summer. |
Reginald
Dec 6
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| Good question. Talk to Mrs. Wave. :>) |
Short
Dec 6
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| Well, come on up and take a look in my back yard. |
Short
Dec 6
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I spent my first winter as a skater playing goalie in our pickup hockey
games. That way, I didn't have to skate too much. It was traditional
that the worst skater played goalie. |
Harry
Dec 6
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|
I used to organize a pick-up type of hockey league at work. Sometimes we
played amoung ourselves, and other times we would play other companies
to split the ice rental. I still have the 'Mother Corp' hockey jersey
somewhere.
One of my treasures positions back in the 60s was a pair of CCM Tacks
worn by Bobby Hull in a commercial. Trouble was, the skates were only
size 8.5 so I had to buy an early model of Lange moulded boot type
skates. Those are still in the basement collecting dust.
My hockey position was defenceman because I was slow skating and
couldn't turn to the right as well as I turned to the left.
When we were kids we grew up playing 'ground hockey all
fall/winter/spring. Those were the days! |
Don
Dec 6
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| ooopps... should be *treasured possessions* |
Don
Dec 6
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Our pickup hockey games were played on a little lake north of Westville,
a suburb of New Haven. There were no rules there. The city's outdoor
skating rinks did not allow pickup hockey games, and the indoor old New
Haven Arena did not allow anything other than skating in a big circle to
music. I was never good enough a skater to even try out for our high school's
varsity hockey team. Those guys could skate! We didn't allow "lifting" in our pickup hockey games. No one wanted to
loose teeth or an eye. If you slammed the puck and it hit someone above
the legs, the opposing team got a point. |
Harry
Dec 6
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| I never played hockey or basketball in high school. Couldn't play one and hated the other. :>) |
Short
Dec 6
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|
In our work games, we didn't allow slapshots or supposedly body
checking... but any kind of wrist shot was ok.
I was only injured once when I hit knee on knee with a guy on my own
team. He was a bit of a Tasmanian Devil and all over the place. I saw
him coming but couldn't avoid him and that had me limping for a week or so.
Lake/pond hockey wasn't as common here on the coast as most of the
country. The weather is too flakey (numerous freezes & thaws) thanks to
the influence of the Atlantic Ocean. |
Don
Dec 6
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| I never played hockey in high school. No frozen ponds 10 blocks from San
Francisco Bay. Was an ice rink in Berkeley. Female neighbor went there
every morning at 6am to practice skating so she could be in the Ice Follies.
Her uncle owned them. She did do the IF for a year. Loved basketball.
Just slow and in those years could not hand check. If you touched someone
else was a foul. |
Calif
Dec 6
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| I was only 6'2" in high school and not nearly tall enough to play for my
school's team! We had fabulous basketball teams in those days. Had I been 6'8", I
wouldn't have made the team, either. Here's a little clip: Wilbur Cross vs. Hillhouse Boys' Basketball Games For decades, fans have been lining up to see these two New Haven
powerhouses square off on the hardwood. As far back as the 1920s and '30s, fans crammed tiny gymnasiums to watch
Wilbur Cross (then called Commercial High) take on Hillhouse. By the 1950s, the games were moved to bigger venues such as Yale or the
New Haven Arena, which could hold thousands. The games never lack excitement — or notables, such as Commercial's
famed "Three S's" (Sauro, Savoy and Sein) in the early 1940s or
Hillhouse's "Wonder Five" team in the '50s. There were dominating teams such as the Wilbur Cross squads in the late
1960s, led by "Super John" Williamson, later an NBA All-Star. Both Cross and Hillhouse had state championship teams in the 1980s.
Arguably the best of those was the 24-0 Hillhouse team led by Tharon
Mayes in 1986. Thousands watched this season's first matchup at Yale's Payne Whitney
Gym, and a similar crowd is expected at the New Haven Coliseum on Feb. 2. Current Hillhouse coach Tom Fleming remembers the thrill of attending
his first Hillhouse-Cross game as a child. Cross' star was Dave Hicks,
who became a Harlem Globetrotter. He jumped center against Hillhouse's
Floyd Little, who went on to star in the NFL for the Denver Broncos. "It's just as exciting now as it was then. It's so loud you can't hear
yourself think," Fleming said. "It's great to see the community still
coming out, and that the kids can still play in that atmosphere is
tremendous. People still come from all over the state to watch that
matchup." - - - I was at Hillhouse during the Dave Hicks and Floyd Little years. Little
was the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet. Either Hillhouse or Cross would win the state tourneyment and then
sometimes win the New England tournament. Not bad for a dippy city of
100,000 souls and two academic high schools. |
Harry
Dec 6
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