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    • #68176
      RichCarter
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      That’s the scoop, thanks! “Bell no longer required by Federal Regulations”

      You get the No-Bell prize.

      Rich

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    • #76257
      Anonymous

      Here’s why I keep my bell.

      Cocktail hour, great for announcing and terminating.

      Dinner time, same.

      Crew worth observing on an adjacent boat, notification.

      Those who have been to Rio and drunk Chopp at a palapa on Avenida Atlantica
      know what I mean.

      WAVEMAKER


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    • #76258
      Anonymous

      Hey, here’s a thought. You could ring the bell when anchored in pea-soup fog
      to warn other vessels of your presence. Hmmm.


      SilverHeels, P-424 #17
      http://www.silverheels.us



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    • #76259
      Anonymous

      I did that once. Other vessel was Adam. I’m dead serious. Can you imagine? A
      year ago last August. Worst fog either of us had ever seen. Pt Judith. No,
      he didn’t wake up.


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    • #76260
      Anonymous

      I think the bell was required for boats anchored or perhpads hove to the idea being that the rolling of the vessel would ring the bell “automatically” as is sometimes the case with bouys carrying bells, gongs, etc.
       
      Another reason for the bell. The daughters of Easy Reach’s new owner love its sound and love to ring it.
       
      Norris Larson, formerly on Easy Reach, hull #206.

      — On Tue, 11/16/10, Thatcher A. Stone wrote:

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    • #76265
      Adam Silverstein
      Participant

      I thought he was serving breakfast. As it was 3 am, I’d already eaten, plotted the day’s courses, changed my oil and liposuctioned the ship’s cat. Damned canned cat food.

      Adam Silverstein
      -iPhone

      On Nov 16, 2010, at 11:56 PM, ” Thatcher A. Stone” wrote:

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      I did that once. Other vessel was Adam. I’m dead serious. Can you imagine? A
      year ago last August. Worst fog either of us had ever seen. Pt Judith. No,
      he didn’t wake up.


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    • #76266
      Anonymous

      So that’s what that sucking sound was!
      Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld


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    • #76277
      allantereshko
      Participant

      As the new owner of Easy Reach #206, I can confirm what Norris said about my daughters and the Bell. More importantly, Norris used it as a signaling device if he or any crewmember at the helm needed assistance from another crew member in the cabin by running a light line to the helm so that a simple tug would do the job. Will keep the bell and the line.

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