Archive for April, 2010

Apr 29 2010

Did you hear that idiot?? My list of VHF procedural peeves

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ShareClose Bookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser Favorites / BookmarksAskbackflipblinklistBlogBookmarkBloglinesBlogMarksBlogsvineBuddyMarksBUMPzee!CiteULikeco.mmentsConnoteadel.icio.usDiggdiigoDotNetKicksDropJackdzoneFacebookFarkFavesFeed Me LinksFriendsitefolkd.comFurlGoogleHuggJamespotJeqqKaboodlekirtsylinkaGoGoLinkedInLinksMarkerMa.gnoliaMister WongMixxMySpaceMyWebNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditRojoSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSphereSphinnSpurlSquidooStumbleUponTechnoratiThisNextTwitterWebrideWindows LiveWorlds MoviesYahoo!Email This to a FriendCopy HTML:  If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed.Powered by Bookmarkify™ More »There are some folks whose conversations on VHF channel 16 are quite entertaining. Most of us know that #16 is for hailing [...]

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Apr 25 2010

More eaglet info than you’re likely to want … though I’m totally fascinated

FACTS: The chicks hatched on 4/3 and 4/5, 10 & 26 have used this nest at Pelican Harbor for the last five years, the nest is a bit over 12′ in diameter  …. there’s that and much more information at http://chil.vcoe.org/eagle_faq.htm And, if you don’t want to watch 24/7, there are some sweet extracts at [...]

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Apr 24 2010

RESCUE 21 – the coastal waters 911 – is getting closer

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The Coast Guard announced that the RESCUE 21 system installation will be complete for sector San Diego at the end of the month. RESCUE 21 provides a greatly improved VHF communications system, but the most salient, to my mind, is the implementation of DSC – Digital Selective Calling. You probably already have that on your [...]

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Apr 23 2010

Eaglets starting flight tests

Our Santa Cruz Island eaglets are growing fast, and, as I wrote to one of my shipmates I saw yesterday that the chicks are learning some manners, dodging out of 26′s way as she settled into the nest in the afternoon. Those chicks are not pretty kids. They’ve gone from being really grotesque at hatching, [...]

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Apr 21 2010

Rusty & Denise wed aboard Wiley off Ventura coast

Rusty and Denise now share a surname – They’re Rusty and Denise Ely now. They married aboard Wiley with several of their friends there to witness. Capt./Chaplain Dan officiated and Leia manned the helm and shot the video. We had shirt-sleeve temps and enough wind to sail but not so much that the girls’ hair [...]

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