On 2011-12-19 07:52 AM, Kris Coward wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 02:58:54PM +0000, Densler, Vernon R (AS) wrote: >> So since everyone seems to want a topic to talk about… >> >> Does anyone know how I can get a little bit more depth to my slip without >> attracting too much attention? It’s all sand. One particular place I am >> worried about is around the AC inlet. > Jump in the water with a landscaping rake under the cover of darkness? > (I've seriously thought of doing that myself with a little submerged > knoll behind my usual summer mooring). Needless to say, I'm assuming > that you have somewhere nearby that you can make shallower.. > > Cheers, > Kris > Please don't jump in the water if your marina has AC service to the slips. Especially not if it it's a fresh-water marina! If you haven't heard of ESD (Electric Shock Drowning), read up on it now!
<http://www.electricshockdrowning.org/?page_id=23> I am in the process of re-wiring my boat, and have an isolation transformer that I will use to prevent MY boat from electrocuting swimmers. But there are always other boats in the marina, and some of their mis-wirings may not become detectable until the circuit in question (bilge pump? refrigerator?) becomes energized. Jim Baba 30 #4, S/V Mistress of Portland, Oregon -- --------------------------------------- S/V Mistress, of Portland, Oregon, USA Baba 30, Hull #4 "Ignorance is the Mother of Adventure!" -- Hagar the Horrible --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
