Guest Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Check the home page. They have offered a freebie complementary ticket. Post your plea here and I will dish it out on Friday. Offers of money, rum or women with loose morals will be considered, but you are more likely to win with a good story/reason why you should get it. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Nobody interested? Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 323 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 GPS has taken over. Plus celestial navigation is tough on your neck, looking up at the stars. The modern day neck has developed into a rigid feature along with rounded shoulders, bent arms generated by age of the computer. Link to post Share on other sites
w44vi 17 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 I would love to learn Celestial navigation, but I am to stupid! The only stars I recognize are the moon and meat loaf one of those may not be a star Link to post Share on other sites
PaulR 3 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Two out of Three an't Bad Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 What about that time you got hit on the head by the boom, didn't you see stars then too Rhys ? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 If no one else pipes up you get it, yo ucan go to the course and tell us how difficult it was. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 I would love to have this ticket, it will save me buying one. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Does that come with free return air tickets to Auckland, or does W44VI have to sail up there to claim his prize ? Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 323 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Does that come with free return air tickets to Auckland, or does W44VI have to sail up there to claim his prize ? Sailing back will be quicker......... he will be able to navigate at night. Link to post Share on other sites
w44vi 17 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 GPS has taken over.when we sailed the boat down from auckland the GPS showed our track going over land , as we draw 2.1m I don,t think we did Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Bugger, just saw this one. Was planning on going to one of these evenings. That will teach me for spending too long with my head in the clouds( so the misses say's). Just my luck and the cloud will clear and I would get lost anyway................. navigation course or not Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Ticket good till November 1st, I'll give it away this friday. Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini Babe 0 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I have no rum or money, but I am a woman of loose morals and loose neck muscles, not disinclined to lift eyes to stars. Oh, and learning celestial navigation (if that's what this is all aboot), will let me say a big, fat 'I TOLD YOU SO' to my partner when the electronics crap out halfway to Tonga. I've already told him he's not using my wind vane steering gear if he's not willing to contribute to it (because two electronic autohelms, both equally susceptible to electronic failure, are apparently all the steering assistance one might need for an offshore passage). Oh and my England ain't half bad either, so expect a sh*t-hot write-up. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 it actually sounds quite interesting. it will also help me pass my science exam in a few weeks cause right now i dont know sh*t about stars and stuff. i think it would be a good skill to have though. i can practice on my trip to fiji next month Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I asked my wife to judge, but she couldn't decide between the last two. So I sent an email to the lady at the stardome so she could decide but haven't had an answer (maybe she's nocturnal, spends all night stargazing), so I'm going to toss a coin - stand by. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 And the winner is........ Bimini Babe (pm me your address and I'll mail it) Jordan - I started to think of a consolation prize for you (but you're too young for rum) then I remembered you were trying to steal my position on AA on another thread - bad form Mr Smee, bad form. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 well, maybe if you give my 'dad' the rum we can forget it ever happened. or better yet, ill give it too murray Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini Babe 0 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Much as I appreciate the gesture, I must regretfully decline. Just read the bit about it being on the last Tuesday of the month (probably pays to check in advance... sorry) but I'll be sailing in the BOI this Tuesday, and sailing back from Noumea the following month. Stink. J Harkin, it's your lucky day! Oh and Squid I'll happily take the consolation prize off your hands... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 thanks BB. what date is it? i might also be anavailable Link to post Share on other sites
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