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From: Mr.T on 19 May 2010 04:49 <OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message news:qt67v59f1e5vclg5j6n105vcvehgu75s02(a)4ax.com... > >news:uu37v5p6q8ig4ssqh10282h6i1uurg3bep(a)4ax.com... > >> >Sure...a crew of ten aboard a 34 foot yacht? > >> >come on, you claim to know everything about boats > >> >You would be lucky to fit a crew of five aboard a small boat that size. > >> > >> What? > >> 8 to 10 would be quite normal for a race like Hobart. > >> One crew on deck, the other below > > > >As he said, not on a yacht *that size*. On a 70 footer yes, but *very* > >rarely with 9/10th crew below deck in any case. > > > Smallest yachts would carry a min of 6 (regulations) and the big boats > in excess of 20, as high as 25. Of course, but they are not 10M, nor with 9/10 crew below deck very often. MrT.
From: OzOne on 19 May 2010 05:03 On Wed, 19 May 2010 18:49:38 +1000, "Mr.T" <MrT(a)home> wrote: > ><OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message >news:qt67v59f1e5vclg5j6n105vcvehgu75s02(a)4ax.com... >> >news:uu37v5p6q8ig4ssqh10282h6i1uurg3bep(a)4ax.com... >> >> >Sure...a crew of ten aboard a 34 foot yacht? >> >> >come on, you claim to know everything about boats >> >> >You would be lucky to fit a crew of five aboard a small boat that >size. >> >> >> >> What? >> >> 8 to 10 would be quite normal for a race like Hobart. >> >> One crew on deck, the other below >> > >> >As he said, not on a yacht *that size*. On a 70 footer yes, but *very* >> >rarely with 9/10th crew below deck in any case. >> > >> Smallest yachts would carry a min of 6 (regulations) and the big boats >> in excess of 20, as high as 25. > >Of course, but they are not 10M, nor with 9/10 crew below deck very often. > >MrT. Smallest yachts are that small....and being racing rather than cruising designs, have finer lines and so less room below. and who said anything about 9/10 crew below. I said 8 to 10 crew....not at all unusual for the helmsman to be on deck with only one other crewman while others go below. OzOne of the three twins I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace.
From: Milton on 19 May 2010 05:34 "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote in message news:4bf34070$0$89674$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... > > "F Murtz" <haggisz(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4bf2a2f1$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > >> I don"t think she has millions of dollars, she seemed to have had enough >> get up and go to get others to provide the wherewithal. > > Whether she, or her family, are millionaires is largely irrelevant anyway > as while that fact would help with the preparation of the voyage and > affording her some equipment that she might not necessarily have it has no > bearing on what she actually did. > > I don't think her family is loaded to the point where they regularly dine > with the Packers, but they ain't standing in the bread line either. > > -- > Regards, > Noddy. From one of your previous posts Darrin. "The difference is that most of them don't have > millions of dollars to throw at "dreams", and they don't make front page > of the paper." You are terribly confused. You change your mind like most people change their underpants. Shouldn't be too much longer and you'll be saying she did all right to achieve what she did. Regards Milton
From: Noddy on 19 May 2010 06:03 "John McKenzie" <jmac_melbourne(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message news:4BF37053.10D7(a)bigpond.com... > Yes they have to confront the uncertainty of the possibility that by the > time they get here we might no longer have a labor govco putting them up > in 4 star accomodation in qld.... Now, that's a *huge* risk :) -- Regards, Noddy.
From: OzOne on 19 May 2010 08:15
On Sun, 16 May 2010 15:59:37 +1000, "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote: > >Like I said, good on her for having a go, but on the list of "difficult >things to do" it ain't terribly high in my opinion. But Nod...You know nuthing about boats! OzOne of the three twins I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace. |