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#91
TSBB General Talk / Gales of November have arrived...
Last post by noelH - Nov 11, 2024, 02:45 PMStorm force gust recorded. Finally sort of feels like November. Luckily we have had moderate rainfall recently. Otherwise with our warmer Autumns the risk for forest fires would be significantly. Hopefully snowfall before things dry out too much.
Today, we are only ~5C warmer than normal. That is the "new normal" reset in 2010. If this is global warming. Sort of like it. Earlier Springs and longer Autumns with Summers that are still staying seasonably normal in regards to high temperatures. We have already been above the "2.5C" daily average for the past couple years. Why Lake Superior surface and deeper water temperatures have been on the rise for the past several years. So far, only one night this Autumn where temperatures dropped down to 0C. Still harvesting cold tolerant veggies. No need to worry about planting garlic in November. No frost in the ground. No snow covering the ground until probably December again. Gardening season is now a full month or two longer. Also, officially Zone 5.
Today, we are only ~5C warmer than normal. That is the "new normal" reset in 2010. If this is global warming. Sort of like it. Earlier Springs and longer Autumns with Summers that are still staying seasonably normal in regards to high temperatures. We have already been above the "2.5C" daily average for the past couple years. Why Lake Superior surface and deeper water temperatures have been on the rise for the past several years. So far, only one night this Autumn where temperatures dropped down to 0C. Still harvesting cold tolerant veggies. No need to worry about planting garlic in November. No frost in the ground. No snow covering the ground until probably December again. Gardening season is now a full month or two longer. Also, officially Zone 5.
#92
TSBB General Talk / Re: General Talk: OT, not abou...
Last post by noelH - Nov 11, 2024, 02:22 PMQuote from: Doug SC on Nov 10, 2024, 09:35 AMI think I would want something like a 10 or 12ga with 3.5" BBs and a thick shoulder pad. Actually it would probably need a magazine. Now think drone swarms.
A close friend hunted with an old model 12 Winchester pump.
Even as a drone flier the thought of shooting one out of the sky has occurred. I find drones flying over me offensive. Technically with a Small UAS Registration you cannot fly over moving vehicles or people. Part 107 holders are required to get a special permit or use of a sub 250gm drone with propeller guards. People don't realize in WI there is an ordinance protecting you privacy against any aerial video or audio recording. Bit vague ordinance. You have to feel that you privacy is infringed upon and hope the law enforcement and judge agree. Hard to catch the drone user. I guess you need to shoot it down and hope the user registered with the FAA. But then you just committed a felony.
Remington 870. Personal firearm of choice. Found it very effective against varmints. Friend who is into hunting and trap, skeet, and sporting clay owns one gun. Remington 870. Different barrels for different use. Rem Choke allows you to screw in different chokes. I remember paying ~$200 new years ago. Friend's is much older. At a range one day another friend broke out his latest acquisition he purchased for a 5 digit amount at an auction. Beautiful shotgun. Just didn't shoot as well as the 870 if hitting the clay pigeons is what counts. Or maybe the shooter?
#93
TSBB General Talk / Re: General Talk: OT, not abou...
Last post by Norm L. - Nov 11, 2024, 01:56 PMBeing Veterans Day/Remembrance Day I had a nice exchange with a friend, and he mentioned 186 missions in a small plane doing intelligence work in VN. A bigger target than a drone.
#94
TSBB General Talk / Re: OT: Yards and yard work
Last post by Norm L. - Nov 11, 2024, 01:48 PMThis trail is meandering a bit. I'm reading a book on the land of Australia. Being about the land much of it is about the life of the First People.
The way they lived was amazing, and still is to some extent. While there were Aboriginal groups that didn't like each other they would all come from up to several hundred miles to gather for eating festivals. Even hungry they would move on from a space with natures food sources so that enough was left so that it could grow and be plenty for the next season. No planting, just natures cycles.
But the mention of bees brought this on. One of their sweet sources was bee larvae. That is the stage that would develop into workers. It provides a source of protein with a sweetness.
Why not try this at home.
The way they lived was amazing, and still is to some extent. While there were Aboriginal groups that didn't like each other they would all come from up to several hundred miles to gather for eating festivals. Even hungry they would move on from a space with natures food sources so that enough was left so that it could grow and be plenty for the next season. No planting, just natures cycles.
But the mention of bees brought this on. One of their sweet sources was bee larvae. That is the stage that would develop into workers. It provides a source of protein with a sweetness.
Why not try this at home.
#95
Tales and Trip Reports / Re: Sea Pearl 21 Slides into L...
Last post by Frank B. - Nov 11, 2024, 01:40 PMYou and yours sailed!! I'm still trying to "magic" myself up the mast to reroute the halyards. Pretty obvious I can't use a bosuns chair since it would be attached to the halyard I have to reroute.
Florida "rustic" dirt ramps. That one looks a lot like the one I use in Wild Goose Lagoon, Tindall, AFB, only has some additional signs.
This one is quite misleading, no you can't get it online at least you couldn't a few years back. It required a trip to a certain office only on Tuesday at certain hours whereby you would be checked for security clearance.
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Nobody answers this one at least they didn't several years back.
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Florida "rustic" dirt ramps. That one looks a lot like the one I use in Wild Goose Lagoon, Tindall, AFB, only has some additional signs.
This one is quite misleading, no you can't get it online at least you couldn't a few years back. It required a trip to a certain office only on Tuesday at certain hours whereby you would be checked for security clearance.
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Nobody answers this one at least they didn't several years back.
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#96
Tales and Trip Reports / Re: Sea Pearl 21 Slides into L...
Last post by Norm L. - Nov 11, 2024, 01:31 PMA reminder of what a sweet boat that could be. After another XYZ $$$. But I like it as I like that rig. The closest I've gotten was the yawl and the cat.
#97
TSBB General Talk / Re: OK, Which one of you joker...
Last post by Riley Smith - Nov 11, 2024, 09:35 AMThe rain is falling this morning before daylight. (Yes, I get up early). It has sprinkled off and on for several days as Rafael sat out on the gulf and finally dissipated. Hardly measurable but each drop was important because there has been the usual October drought and everything was powder dry. It's still warm and muggy though, and I'm watching the last bit of Rafael on satellite being consumed by unfriendly weather conditions. And glad to see the rain. Wildfire is a real threat here and the dry conditions were prime time for it.
It appears as though this rain won't affect the river level too much, since most of it fell along the coast and because of the dry conditions. The deluges upstate are what make the salinity go down and drive the saltwater fish from the marshes of the river. The big change is coming though and if you can believe it rain is predicted all week. Yesterday I had to go to the beach to get a big mixing bowl that Sonya uses for making dressing and of course I took a few minutes right at sundown to fish. I got nothing but little bites and I wouldn't let them take the big top-water lure I was fishing. I didn't want babies but would have taken a decent trout or redfish.
And so the threat of a hurricane has passed once again. You get used to it living on this coast. The satellite is always the first stop of the morning internet scan. We've made it once more without a storm here and I'm thankful. Now, after the rain, I can burn my debris pile. After I fix the SECOND water leak we've discovered in the house. We are right in the middle of covering the hole where the first one was! Gilda was right; it's ALWAYS something. (Some of you will remember when SNL was actually funny).
It appears as though this rain won't affect the river level too much, since most of it fell along the coast and because of the dry conditions. The deluges upstate are what make the salinity go down and drive the saltwater fish from the marshes of the river. The big change is coming though and if you can believe it rain is predicted all week. Yesterday I had to go to the beach to get a big mixing bowl that Sonya uses for making dressing and of course I took a few minutes right at sundown to fish. I got nothing but little bites and I wouldn't let them take the big top-water lure I was fishing. I didn't want babies but would have taken a decent trout or redfish.
And so the threat of a hurricane has passed once again. You get used to it living on this coast. The satellite is always the first stop of the morning internet scan. We've made it once more without a storm here and I'm thankful. Now, after the rain, I can burn my debris pile. After I fix the SECOND water leak we've discovered in the house. We are right in the middle of covering the hole where the first one was! Gilda was right; it's ALWAYS something. (Some of you will remember when SNL was actually funny).
#98
Tales and Trip Reports / Sea Pearl 21 Slides into Lake ...
Last post by Charles Brennan - Nov 10, 2024, 09:49 PMOK, Maybe it slipped into Lake George, Florida and didn't actually slide! 
My Son has been working on a Sea Pearl 21, that he purchased last April and has been itching to take it out, but needed access to a truck.
(Cue: 1800 CALL-DAD.)
So this morning, I went over to his house near Ocala, Florida.
(Saying : "Near Ocala, Florida" is MUCH easier than saying "his house in Ocklawaha, Florida".)
We got the truck loaded up with his gear, boat hitched up, lights checked and we were off!
I have missed out on Kayaking this past Spring, Scalloping this past Summer and Sailing this past Fall, all to build a boat in my carport, so I was MORE than anxious to get out on the water on SOMETHING!!
ANYTHING!!
Now, some of you may have read of me railing from time to time, about what the State of Florida laughingly
calls "Un-improved Ramps". 
These are basically, wet spots alongside a road or a dirt path, up here in north central Florida.
Here's one:
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How do we know this is a boat ramp?!?
'Cause the State of Florida spent all of their boat ramps budget, on a sign proclaiming that it's a boat ramp!
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Quite a far cry from the kind of boat ramps I used to frequent:
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However, we waded around a little and found enough of a slope to get the boat launched without incident
Although at first look, I was wishing my tow strap was available for a rope launch, instead of being back home in the garage.
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The boat tipped enough when I boarded, that we decided we were going to fill up the water ballast tanks, after all.
We had the wind blowing right into the (Ha!) ramp and since the Son's Honda 2.3hp outboard was subject to Brennan's Motor Dictum:
"The Only Thing An Outboard Motor Does Reliably, Is Fail."
It did.
It would start, then lug and stall, then start again, then lug and stall again ad infinitum until the kid's attention was sufficiently distracted to nearly put us into driftwood, stumps and the occasional over-turned Cypress tree, courtesy of recent Hurricanes.
I had to fend off with his (really nice!) Shaw & Tenney oars a few times and also employed a sweep stroke, every now and again, to keep us from returning back to shore.
Eventually he got it sorted out and got the recalcitrant motor beaten into sufficient submission, that we could get out far enough, to get the sails up and start sailing.
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"Look Dad!! I'm Sailing!!"
This was his wife's first sailing trip in a boat smaller than a Windjammer.
We explained to her, the origin of the nautical term: BOOM!!
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The boat was moving along smartly, headed towards the only blue skies we could find.
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Did I mention we were moving along, "smartly"?!? Like, 5.5 knots, smartly?
And on half-reefed sails!
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What? Is that a little water on the GPS?
Yes, indeedy. We spent the afternoon zig-zagging, to avoid rain storms, sometimes with limited success.
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We had both the main and mizzen sails reefed 50%, partly in deference to his wife's first sailing trip on a small boat, the son's conservative approach to an unfamiliar boat that he was trying to get a feel for, plus the inclement weather and . . . . .
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. . . . . . . WITH ABSOLUTELY NO HELP FROM HIS FATHER!!
I kept ragging him about sailing so conservatively and pointing out there was a LOT more sail wrapped around those masts.
His wife, (who had no concept of the possible risks to setting full sail on a small boat, when a rainstorm could easily outrun and overtake us) joined in on the heckling.
Fortunately, he ignored both of us, for the sake of safety.
Guess I taught him better, than I knew.
I was heartened to see that I'm not the only one who trashes cockpits, while sailing.
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Felt good to be sailing again!
Well, OK!! Motoring again!
(Headed back in, while the son furls the main.)
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I was surprised to see channel markers in a lake, but they had them and seemed to be marking an honest-to-goodness channel.
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We could have gone back and forth all afternoon, dodging rain showers, but a problem cropped up:
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A leak somewhere, that will have to be dealt with.
Since we had no idea how MUCH water, or from WHERE it was coming, the son elected to return to the (snicker!) boat ramp.
So we furled the sails and headed back.
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You can actually see the Mental Checklist of tasks, playing across his face.
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Pointing to the only place where there ISN'T rain scudding across.
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Securing the boat for the trip back home.
Hey! Who came up with that Great Idea for rotating the license plate out of the way, for launching/retrieving?!?
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I was a little surprised at how much stuff has to be secured for the road.
Note the straps that support the lee boards.
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Road Ready!!
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No Trailer Disasters, just a nice uneventful trip to a nearby restaurant and then a leisurely trip home.
Nice day.
I don't know which of us, needed it more.
Charles Brennan
My Son has been working on a Sea Pearl 21, that he purchased last April and has been itching to take it out, but needed access to a truck.
(Cue: 1800 CALL-DAD.)
So this morning, I went over to his house near Ocala, Florida.
(Saying : "Near Ocala, Florida" is MUCH easier than saying "his house in Ocklawaha, Florida".)
We got the truck loaded up with his gear, boat hitched up, lights checked and we were off!
I have missed out on Kayaking this past Spring, Scalloping this past Summer and Sailing this past Fall, all to build a boat in my carport, so I was MORE than anxious to get out on the water on SOMETHING!!
ANYTHING!!
Now, some of you may have read of me railing from time to time, about what the State of Florida laughingly
calls "Un-improved Ramps". These are basically, wet spots alongside a road or a dirt path, up here in north central Florida.
Here's one:
You cannot view this attachment.
How do we know this is a boat ramp?!?
'Cause the State of Florida spent all of their boat ramps budget, on a sign proclaiming that it's a boat ramp!
You cannot view this attachment.
Quite a far cry from the kind of boat ramps I used to frequent:
You cannot view this attachment.
However, we waded around a little and found enough of a slope to get the boat launched without incident
Although at first look, I was wishing my tow strap was available for a rope launch, instead of being back home in the garage.
You cannot view this attachment.
You cannot view this attachment.
The boat tipped enough when I boarded, that we decided we were going to fill up the water ballast tanks, after all.
We had the wind blowing right into the (Ha!) ramp and since the Son's Honda 2.3hp outboard was subject to Brennan's Motor Dictum:
"The Only Thing An Outboard Motor Does Reliably, Is Fail."
It did.
It would start, then lug and stall, then start again, then lug and stall again ad infinitum until the kid's attention was sufficiently distracted to nearly put us into driftwood, stumps and the occasional over-turned Cypress tree, courtesy of recent Hurricanes.
I had to fend off
with his (really nice!) Shaw & Tenney oars a few times and also employed a sweep stroke, every now and again, to keep us from returning back to shore.Eventually he got it sorted out and got the recalcitrant motor beaten into sufficient submission, that we could get out far enough, to get the sails up and start sailing.
You cannot view this attachment.
"Look Dad!! I'm Sailing!!"
This was his wife's first sailing trip in a boat smaller than a Windjammer.
We explained to her, the origin of the nautical term: BOOM!!
You cannot view this attachment.
The boat was moving along smartly, headed towards the only blue skies we could find.
You cannot view this attachment.
Did I mention we were moving along, "smartly"?!? Like, 5.5 knots, smartly?
And on half-reefed sails!
You cannot view this attachment.
What? Is that a little water on the GPS?
Yes, indeedy. We spent the afternoon zig-zagging, to avoid rain storms, sometimes with limited success.
You cannot view this attachment.
We had both the main and mizzen sails reefed 50%, partly in deference to his wife's first sailing trip on a small boat, the son's conservative approach to an unfamiliar boat that he was trying to get a feel for, plus the inclement weather and . . . . .
You cannot view this attachment.
. . . . . . .
WITH ABSOLUTELY NO HELP FROM HIS FATHER!! I kept ragging him about sailing so conservatively and pointing out there was a LOT more sail wrapped around those masts.
His wife, (who had no concept of the possible risks to setting full sail on a small boat, when a rainstorm could easily outrun and overtake us) joined in on the heckling.
Fortunately, he ignored both of us, for the sake of safety.
Guess I taught him better, than I knew.
I was heartened to see that I'm not the only one who trashes cockpits, while sailing.
You cannot view this attachment.
Felt good to be sailing again!
Well, OK!! Motoring again!
(Headed back in, while the son furls the main.)
You cannot view this attachment.
I was surprised to see channel markers in a lake, but they had them and seemed to be marking an honest-to-goodness channel.
You cannot view this attachment.
We could have gone back and forth all afternoon, dodging rain showers, but a problem cropped up:
You cannot view this attachment.
A leak somewhere, that will have to be dealt with.
Since we had no idea how MUCH water, or from WHERE it was coming, the son elected to return to the (snicker!) boat ramp.
So we furled the sails and headed back.
You cannot view this attachment.
You can actually see the Mental Checklist of tasks, playing across his face.
You cannot view this attachment.
Pointing to the only place where there ISN'T rain scudding across.
You cannot view this attachment.
Securing the boat for the trip back home.
Hey!
Who came up with that Great Idea for rotating the license plate out of the way, for launching/retrieving?!? You cannot view this attachment.
I was a little surprised at how much stuff has to be secured for the road.
Note the straps that support the lee boards.
You cannot view this attachment.
Road Ready!!
You cannot view this attachment.
No Trailer Disasters, just a nice uneventful trip to a nearby restaurant and then a leisurely trip home.
Nice day.
I don't know which of us, needed it more.
Charles Brennan
#99
TSBB General Talk / Re: General Talk: OT, not abou...
Last post by Doug SC - Nov 10, 2024, 09:35 AMI think I would want something like a 10 or 12ga with 3.5" BBs and a thick shoulder pad. Actually it would probably need a magazine. Now think drone swarms.
A close friend hunted with an old model 12 Winchester pump.
A close friend hunted with an old model 12 Winchester pump.
#100
TSBB General Talk / Re: OT: Yards and yard work
Last post by Riley Smith - Nov 10, 2024, 08:40 AMYep, bumble bees are bad to the bone. So are yellow jackets. Nests in the ground are like land mines. And then we have red wasps and guinea wasps too, that dearly like to hide their paper nests. You'll be stung before you even knew they were there. We keep a close eye and a can of wasp spray handy during wasp season. As far as "lawn" goes, it is called "grass" by me and is whatever grows there and not some artificial carpet, although we have supplemented the natural there on the beach in a few places because it is such a hostile environment. There definitely isn't a sprinkler system. I let the wildflowers grow along the hurricane wall there and it brings tons of butterflies and other wildlife in to the flowers. I don't think the millionaires like it but I don't care. I also left the last two "cigarette" rolls left by storms to decay to build the soil up. Once, everyone cut EVERYTHING down to the water. And immediately cleaned those cigarette rolls. And the resultant erosion was bad. Over time I've demonstrated that little strip between the water and land is of prime importance and have mostly left it to grow. And I've USED that cigarette roll to supplement the soil along the hurricane wall. Yeah, I understand Wayne, believe me I really do, and go as far as I can in that direction.