Dennis Conner visits the pick pile

[rbgarr]

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[John B]

What does pick pile mean Dave ?

We had a few of those old IOR? 50 footers brought out here .. Champosa and Chaya are a couple of names that spring to mind.
Chaya had a bad accident in a gale about 2 years ago unfortunately.( but i hear she's to be rebuilt)

[rbgarr]

Sorry, JB. It's what some (Yankees?) call a section of the public refuse dumps where stuff that is still useful is set aside for folks to claim, repair, use or sell. The other day I got a nearly new stool w/ rubber feet that's meant to be used in a shower stall. I've been using it while I paint Hawkeye, the rowboat Jamie aka Airlie gave me. FWIW they are both visible in that first pic of the helicopter I posted elsewhere.

In this context I'm referring to a hobby of DC's to get clapped out older designs, strip them down, rig them right and sail them fast to benefit from the inevitable favorable handicap they've gained because of their age. I think he's doing folks a favor by showing what can be done with older boats as far as successful racing is concerned with alot of elbow grease and minimal investment.

[John B]

At some point in time the pejorative turns into everyday use I suppose ;).. my Grandfather would talk about 'the Yanks' and they no doubt called him a bloody Limey because he had a British helmet on. LOL. and he would have called it a Pommie helmet.
ah well.

The pick pile then , the sign of an enlightened culture I say.
Our council bans it and calls it scavenging, thus allowing priceless and worthless alike to go to the crusher.:rolleyes: Bastards international have infiltrated them.

[Hwyl]

You sent me off on yet another tangent. Thank you. I'm not going to subscribe to "Crew Life" however----well maybe not.

I did notice all the boaty stuff in the helicopter picture. I particularly like the jib bag on the J22.

[rbgarr]

The pick pile then , the sign of an enlightened culture I say. Our council bans it and calls it scavenging, thus allowing priceless and worthless alike to go to the crusher.

The public dump in New England is as much a site of entertainment, gossip and community as annual town meetings. At each our town's fringe characters are in attendance and pretty much welcomed: the lady with the shopping cart who walks all the backroads picking up returnable bottles, the veteran with the motorized wheelchair who flies the big MIA and American flags, "Mr. Clean", the bald guy with gold hoop earrings who wears a white t-shirt in all weather and lectures passersby in Biblical verse. At the dump they vie for the best seats with the seagulls, waiting to see what items of value come in. At town meeting they flank the front doors like the Lions and Urns at the NY Public Library. Fixtures, or maybe a Greek chorus.

[Figment]

I think he's doing folks a favor by showing what can be done with older boats as far as successful racing is concerned with alot of elbow grease and minimal investment.
(bold mine)

HA!!!
oh, you're hilarious. Watch out, Seth MacFarlane.
:D

[Ron Carter]

Figment,
Was thinking the same thing. Minimal compared to what??

[rbgarr]

LOL. Point taken... by comparison to the gold plate crowd, at any rate.

(Seth McFarlane?)

[willmarsh3]

Where I live things of some value are put out next to the road in front of the house from where it came. I put some things out that I didn't want anymore but I didn't want to see go to waste. People walk or drive by and see it and pick it up for their own use. I've picked up some good stuff like picture frames that way. After a while the garbage folks pick up what's left.

[Figment]

Seth MacFarlane, creator of The Family Guy and American Dad.

I could've gone with Ricky Gervais, but figured I'd keep it to new england natives.

[bamamick]

He has all sorts of boats. Apparently he just likes boats and he has a program in place with the right people to make it all happen. He usually winds up selling these boats for a pretty penny and he can actually increase the value because 'it was one of DC's boats', as opposed to you or me owning a boat and losing every dime invested.

Mickey Lake

[John B]

Where I live things of some value are put out next to the road in front of the house from where it came. I put some things out that I didn't want anymore but I didn't want to see go to waste. People walk or drive by and see it and pick it up for their own use. I've picked up some good stuff like picture frames that way. After a while the garbage folks pick up what's left.

This happens here. In fact, the council does seldomly organise whats called inorganic collections and a lot of stuff gets recycled that way.

I wonder if DC is into this IRC optomisation thing. Its ' boat potential' based handicapping as I understand it so a good sailor can make much from it.
Might see a trend in refurbing older boats eh.

[bamamick]

around here I don't think that it's stretching it to say that 90% of the sailboats leave their slips no more than twice a year. There are SOOOOO many boats that are not being used that's it's a shame. Why not create an environment where these old boats get used? 'Sailing World' did an article awhile back about a pretty big IOR fleet on the Pacific coast of Mexico. These guys were buying up the old world-beaters for a song and racing them hard. Good to see, imo.

Mickey Lake