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Oscar
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Response Posted - 09/24/2007 : 00:54:49

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">The sales clerk was confused when I told her not to put my magnet in the demagnitizer.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

OK, am I loosing touch with the world? Where do people demagnitize things? Why? A demagnitizer? Can one time travel in that? And why would you sell/buy a magnet it if needs (by ordinance, state or federal law?) to be demagnitized?

What am I missing here?

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 09/24/2007 : 06:20:20

The black rubber pad that demagnetizes the security devices when you check out.

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 09/24/2007 : 12:53:39

the binoculars - replaced w/ a floating pair...pliers - replaced w/ insulated handles...sandals - replaced w/ Birkenstocks...
Loosing stuff overboard is my own upgrade system.

Edited by - jerlim on 09/24/2007 12:54:29

stampeder
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Response Posted - 09/24/2007 : 15:37:01

This is almost too sad to comment on...it means I have to think of all the stuff I've lost.
Without doubt, the worst was the second wallet that went overboard. I had just rec'd a new 'sailing' jacket...it had these big zipper pockets but the zipper was always jamming so I left them open. Thing is, everytime I leaned over, everything in the pocket was ejected, it was like there was a spring in there.

Two weekends in a row, my wallet sprang out of my pocket, overboard.

Whats next, a list of my worst boating blunders?!

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Captain Bill
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Response Posted - 09/26/2007 : 21:43:37

Only lost a pair of prescription glasses so far. About $380.00 Ouch! I think I was bringing down the Jib.

Always been reluctant to do much motor work on board. A lost screw or part that has to be special ordered may take months to arrive, especially during busy season. It's just too much for me to take my motor off to work on it. That thing almost weighs as much as I do, plus it's about 60 years younger!

Dave, what kind of gizmo did you rig up when you worked on your outboard while on board?

It sure would be nice to be able to do routine maintenance, plugs, carb cleaning, etc., without hauling it off.

Thanks, Bill

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 09/26/2007 : 22:59:54

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Captain Bill
 Always been reluctant to do much motor work on board... Dave, what kind of gizmo did you rig up when you worked on your outboard while on board?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Nothing fancy--a box with a hole (for winches) or slot (for the outboard) and a couple of pieces of tape.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 09/27/2007 : 07:52:42

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Captain Bill
 Dave, what kind of gizmo did you rig up when you worked on your outboard while on board?...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

When I removed my carburetor a few times last year, I taped a beach towel to my transom and then around the front/sides of the outboard to catch any part that may accidently fall. I also plugged the holes in the bottom of the engine compartment just in case I dropped a screw inside the engine compartment.

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Andy_334
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Response Posted - 09/30/2007 : 17:39:52

Wow. I have not been around here for a while: I can’t believe this thread is still alive!

May it please King Neptune….team Jalapeno made another sacrifice yesterday.

We were setting the chute while leaving a random race mark to Starboard (unusual for us). It was windy as all hell. Gear must have shifted in the cabin. As we hoisted the chute the net bag with foul-weather gear launched up and over the side! Despite my best efforts to grab it, it was too late.

Fortunately, none of it was too expensive, but since it was raining by the time we reached the dock, its absence was noticeable!

Edited by - Andy_334 on 09/30/2007 21:10:51

delliottg
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Response Posted - 09/30/2007 : 19:38:13

Stampeder's comment about wallets triggered an old memory. In the early '80's while I was in the USN, I was stationed in Orlando FL. I spent my off time teaching myself how to sail on Lake Susanna. I spent about as much time upside down in the Sunfish & Dolphins I was renting as I did right side up. I was out in just a pair of shorts with my wallet and keys in them, about the only other thing I had with me was a brand new pair of prescription sunglasses. I managed to do an accidental jibe (not an uncommon occurrence back then), and the boom raked me from about my knee right up to my head, don't ask me how. It popped my wallet out of my shorts like a watermelon seed being spit, and then finished up by knocking my sunglasses off. Fortunately the sunglasses had a pair of Croakies on them, the wallet did not. I snagged the Croakies as the sunglasses headed for the drink, then dove in after my wallet. The lake was (and probably still is) choked with water hyacinth (I think that's what it was), and you couldn't see more than a foot or two in any direction. Inside the wallet was $180 (a fortune back then, at least to me), all the pictures of my high school girlfriends, all my ID, etc. That wasn't a good day, fortunately the keys to my car were in the other pocket. I learned to use a dry bag for all that stuff, and still do to this day.

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 10/01/2007 : 19:57:01

I'm a big fan of the box-surround/tape concept. I especially use it when maintaining the winches.

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