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Date:         Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:55:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: FRIDAY diesel conversion option
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAB2Rwfg3FDnp5nmO4EBXqeTqapz8hTjwAhMROjrHCguR6Hjsyg@mail.gmail.com>
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as you probably know, quick, repeated, short blasts is the 'I'm freaking out' signal.

thesize and distant to a large ship can be deceptive.. plus with currents .....it's very strange how something like a bouy can 'suck a sailboat in' ....like things need a lot more clearance that it appears often.

Sailor SF Bay for a few years. Great activity !

On 4/19/2013 8:48 PM, neil n wrote: > That's awesome stuff! It makes sense, but I had no idea the top RPM > was so low. Throwing a rod has new meaning to me now. ;) > > re: manoeuvring. Any time I was out sailing with my bud in his > Catalina, we were always wary of the freighters and cruise ships. When > they were spied, we got out of the way asap. Certainly no shortage of > them coming in/out of the port of Vancouver BC. > > >From my house, I can hear the ships honking, sometimes relentlessly > and furiously, at dummies floating around in their boats. Some people, > who are actually at helm, have NO idea just how important it is to get > the heck out of the way asap, and that these ships have the right of > way. > > Neil. > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:24 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: >> At 05:21 PM 4/19/2013, Jim Felder wrote: >>> http://www.vincelewis.net/bigengine.html > >> through the water at a given speed or punch through the wind. But >> acceleration is derisory, and stopping and turning distances are >> given in miles. The result is extraordinarily cheap shipping in bulk >> or in container lots - and big consequences in an accident. > > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca > > '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine Swap Group: > > http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej >


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