Connie, Six feet long!. What a sight. Ha, just love "mother nature". Everything is so intertwined. Seagulls picking the parasites off a turtle's neck. Earth heats unevenly, so we have winds. Someone decides to let that wind push him around. Sailboats with people on them, watching a turtle getting himself groomed. We adapt to what is as well as the animals. Wonder where they go from here. Don't remember if you are "on the hard" these days. If not, have you got a "todo" list for your Monty? Fair memories, Tom B On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Conbert Benneck <chbenneck@gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/6/2016 8:44 AM, Thomas Buzzi wrote: Tom,
More magic moments.
It was a Sunday mid-afternoon in August; flat calm; Block Island Sound was like a mirror; and we were under trusty mechanical wind heading for Watch Hill, RI.
I spotted some gulls standing on something.
As we got closer it had ridges, and looked like a truck tire. My thought; what idiot dumped a truck tire of that size in the water?
As we got closer, I saw that it wasn't a truck tire, but was a giant leather-back turtle. I shut off the engine and noiselessly got a bit closer. Then we saw a second and a third leather-back turtle. They were heading east.
When I was about 20 feet away from the first one it dove; and came back up a bit further away. We hovered there for quite awhile watching them and noting that the gulls were apparently picking off parasites around the neck area of of the turtles.
Watching turtles that were about 6 feet long at that close range was another nautical adventure.
Ciao,
Connie
Wow, talk about "magic moments"!
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On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:55 PM, Mark Dvorscak <mdvorscak56@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, Connie. The phosphorescent flush is quite entertaining. We encounter
it often when cruising the Salish Sea. Even more entertaining to see them light up when a seal swims around the boat.
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Conbert Benneck <chbenneck@gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/5/2016 9:40 PM, Thomas Buzzi wrote:
Tom,
Have you ever seen phosphorescence in your flush toilet when you flush the toilet and it is dark? Quite a sight too!
Connie
John, I had considered the all around white light combined with the 135 stern light plus the red and green but it added almost a foot to the top of
the
mast plus I already had the wiring roughed in for the deck nav. lights
from
the factory so I went that way. You are correct and I am glad the stern
light is only 135degrees. Less chance of light bleed into the cockpit at night.I plan to do night sailing as I have done with all my boats.
Nothing
like being out there for a full moon and watch it rise above the waves.
Not
to mention the phosphorescence you can stir up with your wake. Really
beautiful time to go out. No hot sun either. fair winds, Tom B <https://www.avast.com/sig-email> This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 7:12 PM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net>
wrote:
The dome-top perko stern lights look at a glance like they are 180
degrees, but I'm pretty sure they are 135, the specified visible angle
for
a stern light per USCG rules. Mine is something less than 180 anyhow.
I can
tell just by looking at the arc vs. the whole circle, plus if I sight
across the edges of the vertical opening, the bulb is nearly or
completely
hidden. If it were 180 I would see half the bulb.
Given the mounting location (on slope of coaming at rear of cockpit)
and
135 degree visible angle, the cockpit (certainly the forward 3/4 of it)
would be shielded from the bulb due to location and angle, I
think...I'll
check when I get a battery in her.
Kevin's configuration is nifty and legal...but more wiring in the mast. I'm wanting to avoid having to bother wiring inside the mast and
through
the deck. But if I'm ever going to motor at night "legally," I will
need to
- for all-around white, or, 225 degree "steaming" light. Or, have an
all-around white light mounted down low where it will mess with night vision.
The all-around white would do for both under power and anchor light, so I'm leaning towards that..
cheers, John S.
On 02/05/2016 01:51 PM, Thomas Buzzi wrote:
Good idea. I am concerned about using that 180 point stern light and > preserving night vision. The newer montys have the stern light flush > mounted on the transom so no light finds its way across the cockpit. > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email> This email has been sent from a > virus-free computer protected by Avast. > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email> > <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Keith R. Martin < > keith.richard.martin@gmail.com> wrote: > > Interesting discussion on stern lights..... > >> In my case I chose to have a mast mounted tri-colour and an all >> round >> white, as well as side mounted nav lights on each side of the Bow. >> >> So when sailing just the typical tri-colour up top, but when under >> > power
my
>> lights are configured with the all white up top and the side mounted >> > nav
lights lit up, allowing me to avoid placement of an actual stern
>> > light at
cockpit level.
>> >> Is anyone else using this configuration?? >> >> >> >> *Keith R. Martin, P.Eng.* >> >> *Burnaby, B.C. CanadaSerenity,** M17 Hull #353* >> >> >> >> On 4 February 2016 at 19:41, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> >> wrote: >> >> On 02/04/2016 09:09 AM, Thomas Buzzi wrote: >> >>> ... Also very handy for dealing with the aft running lite or when >>> >>>> adding wiring for an auto helm. >>>> >>>> >>>> Speaking of stern light - my M17 has the standard Perko dome style >>> >> light
installed on the downward slope of the port side coaming where it
>>> >> drops
down to the transom.
>>> But it was just mounted flat on the slope, meaning it's tilted >>> quite >>> steeply. The solid part of the dome blocks a lot of the light >>> astern >>> (problematic, for a stern light!). >>> >>> Some of the pictures shared recently about other things (like >>> >> rudders)
included a view of same light in same place, but with a nice wood
>>> >> wedge
under the light so it sits level with respect to the horizon.
>>> >>> For those who have something like that for their stern light - was >>> >> it
something you bought, or did you make it or have it made, one-off?
>>> >>> I want to level my light in same way so wondering if there's >>> >> something
ready-made or I'll need to make it.
>>> >>> thanks, >>> John S. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design >>> -------------------------------------------- >>> - Eco-Living - >>> Whole Systems Design Services >>> People - Place - Learning - Integration >>> john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 >>> http://eco-living.net >>> http://sociocracyconsulting.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com