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lv-ab: Targets/Prey

From: Norm of Bandersnatch (no email)
Date: Tue Jan 09 2007 - 12:32:00 EST

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    Everyone out here is a target.

    Since I am out here all the time, I am the most obvious prey.

    Norm
    S/V Bandersnatch
    Lying 30 07.715N 081 38.394W
    Julington Creek Estuary FL
     

    > [Original Message]
    > From: Capt. Greg <>
    > To: <>; A LiveAboardList
    <>
    > Date: 1/9/2007 11:56:54 AM
    > Subject: RE: lv-ab: Key West CG letter
    >
    >
    > Norm,
    >
    > Damn.
    >
    > You need to check the back of your shirt and see if you can wash that
    target
    > off of it.
    >
    > Greg
    >
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From:
    > [mailto:] On Behalf Of Norm of
    > Bandersnatch
    > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 5:55 PM
    > To: A LiveAboardList
    > Subject: lv-ab: Key West CG letter
    >
    >
    >
    > I will scan the document when I can set up the gear, almost certainly
    > sometime this week, then send it out to various people.
    >
    > I have spent many hours in this sort of political activism, especially the
    > Melbourne affair, with very little result so I am not greatly enthusiastic
    > about pouring more man hours into it, but I will do it "soon".
    >
    > BTW, two weeks ago a cop stopped me and wrote a Warning Citation about
    > going too fast in my dinghy in a Manatee Zone, which he showed me in a
    > manual stating it extends 300 feet from the shore. The "Manatee Zone"
    > buoys are 960 feet from the shore measured by GPS. The dock I was 100
    feet
    > off when stopped measured 698 feet from shore by steel tape. Those not in
    > Florida may not be aware that the manatees go south in the winter. There
    > are no manatees here now. The cop acknowledged that, but said he didn't
    > want people to get into the habit of going fast in the manatee zone.
    >
    > It was a pleasant Saturday morning. They are only around on nice weekend
    > or holiday days, never at night. A blessing. I should be more observant.
    >
    > And the BS goes on...
    >
    >
    > Norm
    > S/V Bandersnatch
    > Lying 30 07.715N 081 38.394W
    > Julington Creek Estuary FL
    >
    >
    >
    >
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