CaptainRon

Boating and boaters: I have heard it said that the two happiest days in a boat owners life are the day they buy the boat and the day they sell it. I think this might be true for those who probably should not ever own a boat. Those who buy a boat thinking it would be romantic to sail into the sunset, those who think it would be a great write-off for business, or a second home deduction, those who cannot fix things themselves and have to hire out everything from changing lightbulbs to washing down the hull and changing the oil. In the years that I towed and salvaged boats for a living, I saw many of these people. Dead batteries, out of fuel, on the rocks, no charts, and knot a clew (sailor joke there). I believe that if you buy a boat, you should be ready to learn everything about it, study about engines, drive systems, rigging, sails, charts, rules of the road ESPECIALLY rules of the road. Understand how the electronics work, RTFM! Use your RADAR when it's sunny outside. Those who go into it with the idea that boating is all rosy summer days and romantic sails into the sunset with a cocktail will be gravely disappointed. I have met folks who bought a sailboat, having never been on a boat before and expected to sail around the world in a few weeks of training. They tend to be the most disappointed that it was harder than it looked on TV. I love the movie Captain Ron, it's in my top 3. But it is so un-realistic how they took a near wreck of a boat and made it bristol while sailing it in the Caribbean. I can't do any project without 3 trips to Englund Marine. I'm not saying don't go boating or be scared off by this, but at least do your research and learn what you are getting into. YouTube is not going to save you in the fog with rocks nearby. I have loved with a passion every boat I have ever owned (well except one that was left on my hands that I had to cut up for scrap). I cried when we sold my first big boat, the Carver 32', to move up to the 36' and I miss that boat too, when I moved aboard the big workboat. Boating is my full time job and I love it. I think it takes a special kind of insanity to do what I do. Our friend John just bought a near basket case tugboat built in 1944, he has that insanity in spades. I have owned in my life first at 12 years old, an 8 foot fiberglass over plywood dinghy that was powered by oars or a small electric trolling motor. a 13' FB over wood with 5.5hp johnson 5 different Jet Ski or PWC's 3 inflatables under 10 feet 2 inflatables at 15' with 50HP outboards 2 RIB's 21' a 19' sailboat that I raised up from the bottom and the owner gave it to me and I sold it 30 minutes later for $100. Another 14' sailboat that was given to us that was scrapped. A 16' aluminum skiff with a jet outboard 2 21' Triumphs CRMA workboats A 26' twin aluminum cruiser 32' Carver Mariner 36' Carver Mariner 42' Canoe Cove and my current full time job, the 80' workboat charter. edit...and another 15' inflatable, with a 40hp. 24, now 25, boats over the years, I have a special version of insanity. So...why am I looking on YachtWorld right now...LOL Happy Boating Captain Ron.

@CaptRoho @BlackthornDF Mine had the 360

@ZeeCaptainRon @BlackthornDF Were you driving a 440? The 318s were horrible.

I had everything in that picture except the sap: ☑️ '80s Chrysler unmarked ☑️ S&W 686 ☑️ Speedloaders ☑️ IBM Selectric ☑️ PR-24 ❌ Sap

@FGaitho237 Even a blind squirrel finds a nut occasionally. Did someone get lucky with a rifle bullet? or a manpad heat seeker during air to ground? Either way, it's not the win you seem to think it is.

It wasn’t Russian air defenses It wasn’t Chinese air defenses It wasn’t American air defenses It was a fully domestically built Iranian air defense system that tracked & hit the “stealth” F-35. Built by Iranian engineers during MAXIMUM sanctions. Necessity is the mother of invention.

@PluginHyBrad oh dear, PTSD from intermittent phone signal got your panties in a bunch again?

What is it called when you're having a midlife crisis, but you're a millennial and your entire life has been in crisis?

@PluginHyBrad well, you are insane if you think RR should be electric. that is not even worth 2 seconds of discussion. You are bat sheet crazy wrong.

I feel like I’m going insane. Electric makes THE MOST sense in a Rolls. They’ve worked for decades to make that V12 as smooth and quiet as possible, but electric is better in every metric. How the hell is ostentatious quiet luxury losing a fake culture war???

@CaptRoho @BlackthornDF been there, done that LoL Mine ran great, would easily hit 130mph.

@BlackthornDF Yeah, but you could flip the lid of the air cleaner over, and it sounded really mean!

@BlackthornDF I had a Plymouth Grand Fury in midnight blue and a 360V8. Good times.

@BadgedPatriot mine never left

Masculinity needs to make a roaring comeback in this country💯

sounds like BS, if they were manufacturing them as fast as possible, they would be shipping them as fast as possible. Maybe one truck per day, but certainly not 50 trucks in a caravan. All lined up for one A-10 sortie? I don't think so, that is just dumb. Even if they were in a warehouse, they would have been shipped over the last 2 weeks, not now. Smells like BS too.

WAR: When these trucks are blown up as they reach Iran don’t freak out. Iran has manufactured facilities in Tajikistan for years. They are filled with deadly drones. Happy hunting!

Why is every other post today about accounts bitching about the site? Get a fucking life people, if you don't like it, go over to some other site, but seriously, shut the fuck up about your "engagement" or "reach" or "follower count" Quit trying to make a living at your keyboard. Post interesting things, (NOT AI BS or skits) and your posts will get seen. No one wants to hear you whine. /rantoff

@LessCheerful I looked up the word cute in the dictionary, this was the pic they used.

@Klandikruse @Swank4America @GovBobFerguson how many complaints did you personally send in? Every officer gets complaints, 99.9% are from karens like you that amount to nothing.

@Swank4America @GovBobFerguson What happens when a sheriff has multiple claims against him? Looks like you are about to find out, spanky.

I just signed a historic bill. In Washington state, law enforcement officers, including ICE, are now prohibited from wearing masks.

@Swank4America @GovBobFerguson your entire dept should wear masks for a day and do a photo shoot just for bobby.

@GovBobFerguson What happens if a law enforcement officer wears a mask? Asking for a friend.

@malcolmkenyatta yeah, uh, wasn't it the federal gov who ISSUED those SS numbers? You might think they already know what they are. dumnutz

DOGE didn’t do shit but steal our social security numbers.

@joeroganhq also every other hour they took your body temp, rectally, so at least there was some entertainment.

John Kiriakou on CIA torture tactics: "There was the cold cell. They strip you naked, they chain you to the ceiling, so you can't lay or kneel, and they chill the cell to 50°F and then every hour somebody comes in & throws a bucket of ice water on you."

@mazemoore how to you talk for 2 minutes and not say a damned thing coherent? Please folks, for all things good in this world, do not elect these tards.

2023. The "First Partner" of California is asked if she will call herself "First Partner" if her husband Gavin becomes President. Ready for her crazy eyes in the White House? BTW, watch how this self-proclaimed "defender of women" passively disses Melania.

@Ground_app @RT_com Pro Tip: Don't stand near known military targets. You have been warned.

An @RT_com reporter and cameraman were injured by shrapnel during a live report near Al-Qasmiya Bridge in southern Lebanon. RT says the crew was deliberately targeted despite wearing “PRESS” vests. The IDF says the crossing was a Hezbollah route, warnings were issued, and it does not target journalists.

@WomenBeingAwful study funded by hostess

@4nt1p4tt3rn Absolute disregard of anything customer facing service.

While everyone's once again on the whole "USAA is garbage" warpath (they are), it's time once again for me to share a little story from 2013: As some of you know, I do computer security stuff. Not just professionally, but for fun. One day in December 2013, I got some spam email. It was a phish. Purporting to be from USAA. Since I was taking 2 years off from working (voluntarily; I'd just gotten married and wanted to focus on me for a while), I had ample time on my hands. So, I started digging. Long story short: I located the threat actor -- full name, address, photo, front door, and all his infrastructure. I infiltrated that, and obtained full details of every USAA customer he's successfully tricked into handing over everything: PII, credentials, account details, credit/debit card info, the works. Along with his other campaigns running, pretending to be other banks. I packaged this all up professionally and approached the appropriate people in USAA about it. Explained who I was, that I'd done this professionally for decades, that I'd been a long-standing customer of USAA, etc. I was told, in no uncertain terms -- in fact, in these exact words -- "It's our policy not to pursue fraud". I was a bit taken aback. I had to have them repeat, and then explain that. I couldn't've possibly heard that right. Here I was, a security professional, handing them a fairly large threat actor on a silver platter, along with a decent-sized list of USAA customers that either had been victims of fraud, or were about to be. And they not only said they weren't interested, but that they intended to do quite literally nothing. Absolutely nothing. Earlier that year they'd stopped underwriting motorcycle policies, so I had already pulled my auto and bike insurance from them. So, I spent Christmas Eve night that year (because I wasn't about to wait) sitting in the office of a local bank opening new accounts, transferring everything out of USAA. The following week we took it to the State Police. They were interested, but had no idea what to do with the information, even after I politely suggested various avenues to pursue. And I was talking with the officer who was in charge of "all the computer stuff". The report remains on file. The threat actor remains at large. His victims remain screwed. USAA doesn't give two shits about you, and hasn't for quite some time.

wow, and now for the rest of the story.

@BuzzPatterson what ever happened to the tour bus? LoL

Baddest aircraft livery ever!