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From: Courtney Thomas (no email)
Date: Sun Aug 08 2004 - 16:24:19 EDT
Joel,
I guess I'm the guilty party with the Rhodes Bounty II in North Carolina.
In any case, I'm pleased you're pleased with my choice.
Thank you,
Courtney
Joel Jacobs wrote:
> Whoops, I certainly did, Lee
>
> One of the messages in those discussing the two methods of determining LON
> you posed was signed by someone, and beneath it was sailboat Bounty,
> Moorhead City, NC.
>
> The Bowman 47 is a fine boat. The one's I'm familiar with were all seen in
> the Eastern Caribbean, center cockpit with a small deckhouse, and yawl or
> ketch rigged.
>
> Good luck with you hunt,
>
> Joel
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Martin" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 8:06 AM
> Subject: Re: SNO-T Manual, Heath Brochure CLEANING SEXTANTS
>
>
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Joel Jacobs" <>
>>
>>>BTW, I also admire your choice of sailboat and place you live having
>>>
> been
>
>>a
>>
>>>frequent visitor to Moorhead City and Beaufort.
>>>
>>>Joel Jacobs
>>>
>>Joel,
>>
>> I believe you may have me mixed up with someone else. I am a dirt poor
>>farmer eking out an existence on the drought ridden slopes of the Southern
>>Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. My closest metropolis is
>>Yass...population about 5000. Sextants and navigation techniques are
>>
> things
>
>>that keep me amused (and sane) in the evenings.
>>
>>My sailboat of choice( which I don't yet own) is a Bowman 47, Holman and
>>
> Pye
>
>>design, production unique to Australia, built by Swarbricks or Prestige of
>>Fremantle, Western Australia. The Bowman 46,48, and some of the 49's are
>>similar, perhaps not as heavily built, and are to be seen elsewhere in the
>>world, including America.
>>
>>I am in the process of making the transformation from farms to Bowman 47.
>>
>>Hope this clarifies.
>>
>>Lee Martin
>>
>
-- s/v Mutiny Rhodes Bounty II lying Oriental, NC WDB5619
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