Re: [Liveaboard] A Non-Event

2010-09-06 Thread William Sellar
>>How is your boat? How bad was the damage to your area. >>I hope everyone is doing better and you are all safe. We are ok and our boat had no damage.  Thanks.  We were in a hurricane hole at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (who were just great).  Overall the dmaage was not extensive, but

[Liveaboard] Interesting pro-liveaboard perspective

2010-09-06 Thread Ben Okopnik
Just ran across this, via another friend's blog: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dtxqwqr_23grsfpp Dmitry Orlov, a very popular blogger, talks about perspectives on living on a boat in the coming economic crunch; his idea is that liveaboards can use their position as an insulating factor in the coll

Re: [Liveaboard] A Non-Event

2010-09-06 Thread ALOCKAMY
I am sorry to hear about your area. I hope no one was seriously hurt. How is your boat? How bad was the damage to your area. I hope everyone is doing better and you are all safe. -Anita Lockamy Austin, TX & Punta Gorda, FL Why Knot IP 37 #033 Why Knot Upgrades _http://ipphotos.com/view_u

Re: [Liveaboard] A Non-Event

2010-09-06 Thread William Sellar
Here in Halifax Nova Scotia Earl did not feel like a non-event as we took a direct hit.  It was down to a tropical storm, but boats broke loose and masts came down and boats got banged up.    Bill ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@livea

Re: [Liveaboard] A Non-Event

2010-09-06 Thread banders...@earthlink.net
It wasn't really the government folks preparing for the "worst case scenario" that earned my scorn. I have no complaint about preparedness. I do it myself from time to time. While some said it was good practice for the emergency services, overdoing things can be expensive, draining resources fr