gonzo25
GOT A BIG ONE
- Nov 20, 2008
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- Name
- george
- Boat
- 18' Invader CC 15' bayliner son of a beach
KIMH
You have nothing to be sorry about looking out for people's safety. I did a cut and paste from the place I got my info, it seems like a credible source and I quoted what I learned there. Like I said I'm like the kid who learns the shit in school but doesn't use it. Just because I don't use some things doesn't mean I don't want to know about it. My uncle was a navigator and commercial fisherman since he was a kid, he is dead now but even when he was alive he was gone all the time. The first two years he was retired he worked 290 days, he would be home a week and a plane would fly over and he would look up at it and say, "damm I wish I was on that". I learned a lot from him but could have learned a lot more if he was around more.
I wasn't trying to teach these guys how to use charts I was trying to make sure they understood how to use a gps. Working with paper charts is a never ending job because the magnetic field is always moving. I forget that you guys deal with real weather and such up there, and I get to deal with... well something different. Like I said to Goatram, when you are off shore up there how many guys do you see out there in a 16' ski boat?
I'm 68 too and have seen some stuff I wouldn't believe if I hadn't seen it myself. Like the two guys I saw outside the La Jolla kelp beds in a old wooden bathtub with a little outboard on it, saw it 50 yrs ago and I still remember it.
One thing about socal there is no shortage of assholes talking shit that they know nothing about but will do their best to try and discredit you.
Don't worry about it bro, it's all good.
You have nothing to be sorry about looking out for people's safety. I did a cut and paste from the place I got my info, it seems like a credible source and I quoted what I learned there. Like I said I'm like the kid who learns the shit in school but doesn't use it. Just because I don't use some things doesn't mean I don't want to know about it. My uncle was a navigator and commercial fisherman since he was a kid, he is dead now but even when he was alive he was gone all the time. The first two years he was retired he worked 290 days, he would be home a week and a plane would fly over and he would look up at it and say, "damm I wish I was on that". I learned a lot from him but could have learned a lot more if he was around more.
I wasn't trying to teach these guys how to use charts I was trying to make sure they understood how to use a gps. Working with paper charts is a never ending job because the magnetic field is always moving. I forget that you guys deal with real weather and such up there, and I get to deal with... well something different. Like I said to Goatram, when you are off shore up there how many guys do you see out there in a 16' ski boat?
I'm 68 too and have seen some stuff I wouldn't believe if I hadn't seen it myself. Like the two guys I saw outside the La Jolla kelp beds in a old wooden bathtub with a little outboard on it, saw it 50 yrs ago and I still remember it.
One thing about socal there is no shortage of assholes talking shit that they know nothing about but will do their best to try and discredit you.
Don't worry about it bro, it's all good.