Lee,
I'm with you on this efficiency thing. The more efficient I am, the more  
time I have for drinking. Hey, there's an idea. I think I'll have a drink and 
 get ready for the Indy 500. It must be noon somewhere.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 5/29/2010 9:58:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
LKUHN at cnmc.org writes:

Mike,

This might be bad advice but I don't put anti-freeze  (or vodka) in my 
plumbing.  I don't keep my water tank full over the  winter so there's enough 
space for the ice to expand and I can't imagine the  ice could possibly damage 
the tank.  Look at that sucker--it's literally  built like a tank.  The 
first season the ice pushed the faucet off but  it's designed to pop on and 
off.  I tilted in down so the water would  drain out and it's never happened 
again.  Don't know about marine heads  but if I had one I would certainly use 
antifreeze before I'd pour vodka down a  toilet.

The longer I own my boat the less unnecessary work I do on  her.  I no 
longer tie pieces of line around the sails because the furling  lines are 
well-secured.  I don't cover my opening hatches and don't  sponge out the water 
because they don't leak, yet.  I don't clean off the  front of my boat because 
no one goes there and the wind blows off debris and  the rain cleans off 
the bird droppings.  I don't even sponge out my bilge  and lazarette all the 
time because the evaporation doesn't create bad smells  or other damage.

I try to keep my yard as nice at the other homes  around me.  When my boat 
gets dirtier than the others docked around me  I'll think about cleaning it.

I don't know where my wife gets this idea  but she thinks I'm lazy.  I 
think that my extreme efficiency gives me  more time for sailing.

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
Kent  Island,  MD

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From:  rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org on behalf of Mike Cheung
Sent: Sat  5/29/2010 8:47 AM
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: Re:  [Rhodes22-list] so who is sailing this weekend?




With just a  little bit of luck getting through the rest of my "honey-do"
list, I might  get Muireann out for her shakedown tomorrow.  Need to finish 
a
couple  of Spring commissioning tasks first, but not too many.  Still  have
anti-freeze in the plumbing, need to flush that; though that would  keep for
a shakedown.  Have a Garmin waiting to be installed, but  that'll keep.  
Need
to reseal some of the screws that secure the hand  rails and hatch side
rails, got a little staining from leaks over the  winter; should get that
done today.  Need to get gas for the  outboard.

Marine forecast for Lake Erie tomorrow is waves less than 2  feet and winds
less than 10 knots.  Could wish for a little more wind,  but not bad for a
shakedown. 

Blue Heron - maybe we'll see you on  the lake tomorrow!



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