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Happy New Year to the BE gang! Just thought I'd stop in and say Hi. Les seemed to think that there may be a few here that might still remember me.
 
Can't say I do but Happy New year back at ya Ron
 
It's been a long time Ron. Always thought you had one of the best avatars...and your comments and commentary were always welcome. Happy New Year to you as well.
Hope you'll stop by more often.
 
Ron, great to hear from you!!! We have sorely missed your insightful postings regarding the myriad uses of VS.

Hope to see more of you here at BoaterEd!!
 
Hey look everybody, Dr. Evil Steber is back! Break out the Champipple!

What's up Ron? Long time no see or speak!

How's things?

Brian Nee
 
Hi Ron, Happy New Year! Yes, I remember you, not too many others here with sportfishing boats :)
 
Swim platforms?! I've got one of those on my dock. Why would you want one on a boat?

Ah yes, VS...great stuff. I found another use...used the jelly in my generator during one of the 2005 hurricanes when you couldn't buy 30W oil anywhere. Best it ever ran.

Not too much news from me on the boating front. Seawolf has been down for a while, first from a stbd engine major overhaul, then a lightening strike in August took out all her electronics...VHFs, antennas, GPS chartplotter, FloScans, digital tachs/synchronizer, autopilot, depth finders, data bus and repeaters, battery charger, some circuit breakers, the TV, and the ignition systems on both engines. A real mess, but forunately insurance has covered all. Just haven't gotten everything replaced yet and sailfish season is coming up fast.
 
You see, bad things happen when you stop posting here!!
 
Ron, concerning the Lightnig strike. A interesting subject, have any thing you can say about it would have ,could have done differently?
I know ya have not got a lot of choice but maybe you learned something to pass on?
I still really do not know what I should unplug, turn off etc.
 
His problem is that he used to grease up the tower using the VS. While its a great protectant, it caused the tower to insulate itself from the rest of the hull and was no longer grounded. Also, most of us have swim platforms and the steel mounts to hold them up act as an electricity ground. The unfortunate combination of VS and no swimplatform caused his downfall.

Nice to see ya back Ron!!!!!

Brett
 
HOGAN, you may be right. I hadn't thought of it that way. Lost the end of my right thumb in the repair process also. I think I may have grounds for a suit against Les here for contributable negligence on his part for not keeping me active on the forum.

Brett, the strike hit a VHF antenna and exploded it. I'll post a picture of it...you won't believe the image. The VS jelly actually protected the tower and ultimately the boat. Had the surge not gone through the 12v system, into the ground system, into the isolator, over into the AC, the shore power connector, the dock, and tripped the 240/120 breakers in the house, and instead have gone through the tower structure into the Dynaplate and beyond, it would have probably blown out all my thru-hulls and sank the Seawolf. VS did it's job as advertised.

navman, there's not much you can do to protect from the forces of nature. Lightening strikes on boats are not unusual in Florida, the lightening capital of the world (second only to purple hair capital of the world, but that's another topic). The thing that really annoyed me was that there is a 52 Viking across the canal from me and his Rupp (aluminum) outriggers are higher than my VHF antennas, yet the lightening chose to hit me. Go figure.
 
Ron, did the lightning strike happen shortly after your avatar image was taken? You should start boating on sunny days only.

Is there vegetarian VS?

BTW, I love my swim platform, it's covered in teak. Looks very nice.
 
Ernesto, there are plenty of things not animal that grow in VS. Plus, they only slaughter animals who had no name, so it should be perfectly safe for you to consume. Nothing in VS ever really gets digested anyway, though the coating effect does make for a nice antacid.
 
Ron - The Vikings come with automated SEP field generators. Whenever lightning threatens, the SEP field kicks in and diverts the strike away from the Viking. You might be able to sue the Viking owner for damages if you can prove that they adjusted their SEP field to divert towards your Rampage. The thumb tip alone might be worth seven figures when you add in emotional suffering.

Ed
 
Ron, welcome back to the fold.
In a post not too long ago we were naming our favorite posts and posters.
Your name came up several times.
 
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Originally posted by The Other Gary

In a post not too long ago we were naming our favorite posts and posters.
Your name came up several times.

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That particular "poster" of Ron did come up several times.

Seriously Ron, you should post more often. Apparently some of the guys here love you (your posts I mean). [:-angel]
 
Thanks, Gary. Good to be back and hear from all of my old friends. You realize, of course that if I spend much time here again, things may change. That ol' curmudgeon Les may have to sharpen up his wit again.

A swim platform covered in teak...what a waste of good wood. Think of all the fish that are being deprived of being hauled over teak coverboards because of that. It just isn't right.
 
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