Long years of boating experience and careful observation have taught me one of
life's truisms:
NEVER approach a dock faster than you intend ti hit it!
Rick Brass
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On Sep 3, 2014, at 10:37, Joel Aronson via CnC-List cnc-list@cnc-list.com
wrote:
As a kid I was on a
Dennis,
She sounds like a keeper!
Gary
'75 CC 35 Mk II
East Greenwich, RI, USA
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On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List
cnc-list@cnc-list.com wrote:
OK, if you've followed this thread about Chris' engine controls, hopefully
you'll enjoy this story.
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Transmission/throttle control - now funny story
(long)
Dennis,
She sounds like a keeper!
Gary
'75 CC 35 Mk II
East Greenwich, RI, USA
~~~_/)~~
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List
cnc-list@cnc-list.com wrote
Coming into Fog Cove, which is a very confined area full of anchored boats, I
went to shift into reverse and the shifter was just loose - no connection to
the engine anymore. I aimed the boat towards the most open space I could find,
gave my wife the helm, and dove into the cockpit locker. I
As a kid I was on a charter boat coming into the main pier in Gallilee RI
on a holiday weekend. The skipper shifted into reverse and when nothing
happened yelled LOOKOUT. Tore off the bow rail. If it were low tide the
cabin or flybridge would have stopped us!
Joel
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at
You all make me feel good about having just replaced my transmission cable
- while safely doing other things in the marina. Now I'm starting to think
about the probably 34 year old throttle cableI can imagine the funny
story possibilities.
Nate
Sarah Jean
1980 30-1
Siskiwit Bay Marina
When I first bought my boat and pulled into the dock boat crashed into
bulkhead. Turned out the thread on the transmission cable unthreaded from the
connecter at the transmission. No matter how much I tightened the lock nut is
worked its way out. Finally I put lock tight on the thread and it
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Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 10:37 AM
To: Della Barba, Joe; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Transmission/throttle control - now funny story (long)
As a kid I was on a charter boat coming
. Margaret's Bay, NS
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Sent: September 3, 2014 7:34 AM
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Transmission/throttle control - now funny story (long)
Dennis,
She sounds like a keeper!
Gary
OK, if you've followed this thread about Chris' engine controls, hopefully
you'll enjoy this story.
The Admiral and I were returning to Lake Pontchartrain from a week of
cruising in Pensacola. I'd planned to repower Touche' from the Atomic 4 to
a Universal 25XPB prior to the trip but just
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