Getting a little boat
04-27-2009 | 11:33 AM
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From: Long Beach, MS
Originally Posted by fltsfshr,Apr 24 2009, 12:48 PM
stinkpot? there's no Yanmar diesel in there. That's a stinkpot. Ask any sailor.
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That definition is common among those who know a sheet from a line and a whisker pole from a club foot jib.
04-27-2009 | 11:41 AM
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From: The (S)Low Country
Originally Posted by tof,Apr 27 2009, 02:33 PM
I happen to be any sailor. Learned to handle a Windmill class sloop when I was about 11. So I asked myself... "What's a stinkpot?" And my answer was "Anything on the water that can only move under the power of an internal combustion engine."
That definition is common among those who know a sheet from a line and a whisker pole from a club foot jib.
That definition is common among those who know a sheet from a line and a whisker pole from a club foot jib.
04-28-2009 | 02:21 PM
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From: Long Beach, MS
I do not require the power of an internal combustion engine to move on the water. I swim. Not well, mind you...but I do swim. 
So...no. While I may well be a stinkpot, it is not due to the conditions specified in my previous post.
So...no. While I may well be a stinkpot, it is not due to the conditions specified in my previous post.
04-28-2009 | 04:04 PM
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From: The (S)Low Country
Originally Posted by tof,Apr 28 2009, 05:21 PM
I do not require the power of an internal combustion engine to move on the water. I swim. Not well, mind you...but I do swim.
So...no. While I may well be a stinkpot, it is not due to the conditions specified in my previous post.
So...no. While I may well be a stinkpot, it is not due to the conditions specified in my previous post.
04-29-2009 | 05:05 AM
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From: Canton, MA
Originally Posted by tof,Apr 27 2009, 01:33 PM
I happen to be any sailor. Learned to handle a Windmill class sloop when I was about 11. So I asked myself... "What's a stinkpot?" And my answer was "Anything on the water that can only move under the power of an internal combustion engine."
That definition is common among those who know a sheet from a line and a whisker pole from a club foot jib.
That definition is common among those who know a sheet from a line and a whisker pole from a club foot jib.
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