Re: Fog, was > Micro flotation foam

Roger -
I am obviliously inclined to agree with you as sailing in fog is not a planned event in most cases. While saving money on the hull is frugal and my Yankee forefathers would have approved, saving money on the rig actually makes more sense in that you might actually survive to use the stuff again.

FYI - in a couple of weeks, even with a lifejacket on you get about 2 hours of Chatham before the cold or sharks get ya...I'd rather be sitting on a seat using my VHF.

David Jost - hoping tomorrow is warm enough for laminating rails for the Bolger Work Skiff back in the garage.

Sounds like you need a layer of Kevlar or perhaps even graphite on the outside of the hull, plus the foam. :-)

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Padvorac" <roger@...> wrote:
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> That's an easy question. Watching the weather of Puget Sound though satellite images is fascinating. Often there is no fog or cloud cover in western Washington, except, for this big blob of fog (miles in diameter) roaming Puget Sound like a monster from the briny deeps. Sometimes, within a few hours of a weather forecast, it heads in an unexpected direction. Sometimes there are 2 blobs of fog roaming around. Often the weather service "promises" that all the fog will "soon" burn away, and sometimes they are correct.
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> So to answer your question about who sails in the fog:
> A - People who believed the weather forecast saying the fog would disappear and made schedule commitments.
> B - People trying to escape the fog blob to then spend the day in sunny weather.
> C - People unexpectedly enveloped by the fog blob, who are trying to get back to shore again.
> D - Sailors bored with mundane life after endless days of constant fog when there isn't any sunlight anywhere on the water during the dark foggy season.
>
> As I've been following this thread, I've been thinking that in some boats there is more money into the rigging and gear than there is into the hull. So even if the hull isn't repairable, it would be nice if it didn't sink, so the rigging and gear could be stripped off the boat for the next hull.
>
> Sincerely,
> Roger
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ellengaestboatbuildingcom" <peterlenihan@...>
> To: <bolger@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 3:30 AM
> Subject: [bolger] Re: Micro flotation foam
>
>
> Who purposely goes out sailing in the fog anyway?? :D:D
> > Sincerely,
> > Peter, the neighbour from the North of you..........
>