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toneart
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I've been hiding on the leeward side of an immovable object. Wouldn't want to be downwind, if you catch my drift.
Now let me try to travel back into time...Viet Nam...Richard Nixon....LBJ...no, further back...let's see....Oh....Robert E. Lee.
Wouldn't it be great to be stuck in the past? Maybe we could ride with Robert E. Lee and have another shot at U.S. Grant. We could retake Amearca and
show those Commie Pinko Yankees reel Confederate valews.
[Edited on 11-27-2006 by toneart]
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toneart
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Robert Welch
Can you say, John Birch Society ? Scares me, and Halloween is over.
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oxxo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
Although there might well be persons on this board who have sailed more than I have, my own experience goes back many years and I have sailed by own
and charter boats on the Pacific, Sea of Cortez and the Caribbean quite a bit. In addition, as a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary at one time, I
taught classes on Basic Seamanship and Coastal Navigation. Nonetheless, "Lee Shore" is far more elementary than that and is covered in EVERY book
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Bill**** is correct about his reference to a lee shore. A lee shore is the shore downwind relative to the position of a ship. Therefore it may be
(notice I said "may") dangerous for a ship to be caught on a lee shore if the wind pipes up. However, the leeward side of an island is the side
opposite to which the wind is blowing. In other words, the lee shore relative to the ship is the windward shore relative to the land. Normally
sailors refer to shores in relation to the ship. My qualifications are 40 years of boating experience (and never caught on a lee shore) and I just
completed a 1200 mile, open ocean passage and my boat is safely docked in La Paz (generally on the leeward side of the Baja penninsula since the
prevaiiling wind is generally from the northwest).
Bill**** is also an excellent fisherman because all he does on this Board is TROLL. He doesn't take himself seriously, and neither should anyone else
on this Board. Take him for what he is, ***********.
[Edited on 11-28-2006 by BajaNomad]
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oxxo
Bill**** is also an excellent fisherman because all he does on this Board is TROLL. He doesn't take himself seriously, and neither should anyone else
on this Board. Take him for what he is, ***************. |
Thank you for helping me recognize my serious ways. What was I thinking?
Someone help me. What's a ***************? Is that good or bad?
In defense of Mr. Bill*, I believe that he is tied for first place (in my poll) for one of the most enlightened posts I've ever read (the one about
the politics of giving and negotiating with Mexicans). Don't recall who the other poster was but I've read some very enlightened posts here.
Thank you Nomads.
And, in regard to building a fence? This subject is one of the most stupid ideas I have ever heard.
[Edited on 11-28-2006 by BajaNomad]
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comitan
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Dennis
Read oxxo post.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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bajalou
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From American Heritage Dictionary
lee shore
n.
A shore toward which the wind blows and toward which a ship is likely to be driven.
Not being a sailor maybe they know of what the speak?
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
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Bajamatic
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Think about it in terms of 2 boats to understand it. the leeward boat is the downwind boat of the two, and the windward boat is the upwind boat of
the two. same goes for a shoreline. if the shoreline and a boat are side by side, and the boat is upwind, the shore is a lee shore. when speaking
about the shore alone (not in relation to a boat), being on the leeward side, or lee side, is the downwind side, or calm side. You guys are talking
about 2 different things. Bill is talking about a lee shore, speaking of the shore in realtion to a boat, and everyone else is talking about the
shore alone, which is correctly termed lee side, leeward side, in the lee, etc.
yuletide
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DENNIS
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Yes ... A Lee shore.. in the classic meaning, a shore in the face of the wind.
It took on further meaning when sailors put a landform between themselves and the face of the wind and was called the leeward side, or leward side,
still facing the wind but protected by a landform.
Ergo... Lee is protected from the blowhard Bill.
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k1w1
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seriously
your fence will never happen.
god's Whiney Biatch is officially an embarassment (on worldwide stage). This is fact.
The ? now is what steps can be taken to minimise the fallout. Especially as it pertains to our interests south of the border. Any ideas?
[Edited on 11-28-2006 by k1w1]
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