Bill
Can you send me a copy of your spread sheet?
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Thanks
Irv
On Jul 11, 2005, at 9:59 PM, William B. Riker wrote:
Tod,
I've kept a spreadsheet on M15 owners and it shows 238 is (or, most
likely,
was) named "Amnesia" out of Tempe, AZ.
Bill
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Subject: M_Boats: And Yet Another M-sighting
Saturday I also spotted a Montgomery, a 15, hull #238 IIRC. No
stripes on
the hull, looked a lot like Miss T (except a 15) but she did have
unique
multi-colored sails. It lives just across Sandusky Bay from
BuscaBrisas, so
now that I know it's around I'll have to keep an eye out for it.
Sailed by
apparently a man and two boys, who seemed to be having fun!
Sunday, Busca was engaged in some survey work. Two other Great Lakes
Cruising Club members and myself set out in the morning across the bay
to
Bay Point, a large sand bar that blocks most of the entrance to the
bay,
where we started motoring up and down the columns of a grid, recording
soundings at intervals. The bar has grown and shifted a lot since I
first
started sailing the area and the commercial charts are quite out of
date.
As a testimony, when we were nearly done with the east side of the
bar, a
Tartan 33 grounded heavily on the hard sand. After a while, we went
over to
see if we could be of assistance. After much circling around, we took
their
anchor out the length of the rode for them so they could kedge
themselves
off. All they had to winch with were the Genoa winches and the two
older
gents just weren't able to winch the boat off, so eventually they
called
Towboat US.
At this point, there was so much chop from powerboat wake that it was
too
rough to resume our work in the shoals, so we had to call it a day with
plans to complete the work as soon as we can get a suitable day.
After the data is all compiled, a drawing of the entrance will be made
and
it will be included in the next harbor report for the bay, one of
thousands
of harbor reports that the club maintains for the entire Great Lakes.
I
have an entire shelf in a bookcase dedicated to nothing but these
harbor
reports.
Bob G., the seniormost member of the three of us, explained the method
he
wanted to use to collect the data, so I steered the course, he
recorded the
depths, and Maggie watched the gps to tell me if I were to steer to
port or
starboard and Bob when to note the depth. It was not too easy trying
to
steer following the course exactly and there seemed to be a current
that was
pushing us eastward.
I'd like to experiment with OziExplorer/GPS interface and try recording
depths at random spaces while motoring or sailing around. If I can
figure
out a way to do it single-handed, then that would go a long way towards
allowing me to contribute to more harbor reports.
Tod
M17 #408
BuscaBrisas
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