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Re: New South Wales Vs North Carolina
From: Courtney Thomas
Date: 2004 Aug 8, 15:24 -0500
From: Courtney Thomas
Date: 2004 Aug 8, 15:24 -0500
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