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Dave5041
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Initially Posted - 09/26/2010 : 14:59:05

I took a shockcord off my halyards before my final sail today; I turned and it hooked on a shroud, snapped out of my hand, shot off the shroud and DID NOT LAND IN THE WATER! I don't know that I have ever seen this mutant behavior before; I thought you all might like to know this behavior is out there in the wild so you can watch for it. The shockcord is not for sale.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle

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OJ
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Response Posted - 09/26/2010 : 17:17:51

Dave, you are truly a man without a conscience. You know, deep in your heart that this shock cord belongs in the Shock Cord Hall of Fame so it can be shared with the general public.

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Slingerland
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Response Posted - 09/26/2010 : 17:53:03

Please, breed it! Hopefully it's a male shockcord... you can breed it with a number of female shockcords. With some careful planning, you can create a new breed of shockcord:

1) Breed the male to several females.
2) Take all the offspring and breed them to more shockcords (make sure they're not related.)
3) THEN... take all the cousins and breed them together. At least 10% and (in a perfect world) up to 25%... will have the demonstrated trait!
4) Breed the cousins with the trait to more outsiders (keep the bloodline from inbreeding too soon). Kill all the others.
5) Then breed the next generation together and increase your herd (or would it be "school"?)

You have a GREAT money making opportunity here! Maybe even better than breeding chincillas or emus!!!!

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 09/26/2010 : 18:32:44

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Slingerland
 Please, breed it! Hopefully it's a male shockcord... you can breed it with a number of female shockcords. With some careful planning, you can create a new breed of shockcord:

1) Breed the male to several females.
2) Take all the offspring and breed them to more shockcords (make sure they're not related.)
3) THEN... take all the cousins and breed them together. At least 10% and (in a perfect world) up to 25%... will have the demonstrated trait!
4) Breed the cousins with the trait to more outsiders (keep the bloodline from inbreeding too soon). Kill all the others.
5) Then breed the next generation together and increase your herd (or would it be "school"?)

You have a GREAT money making opportunity here! Maybe even better than breeding chincillas or emus!!!!
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Things must be really slow in Arkansas!

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 09/26/2010 : 19:16:50

It's because it's not made of stainless steel. Any SS part that unexpectedly leaves its station on a boat automatically becomes property of King Neptune, after one or two bounces. He is also developing an affinity for electronics like cell phones and digital cameras... Bungees, not so much.

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 09/26/2010 19:18:19

Renzo
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Response Posted - 09/27/2010 : 06:35:40

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">...He is also developing an affinity for electronics like cell phones and digital cameras....<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
A friend of mine was very,very proud of pointing out that his new cell phone was WATER PROOF (to 15 meters) not just water resistant.And as the bible says "Pride goeth before a fall" - He accidently dropped it overboard when he tried to recieve a call. He was right about it being water proof. It kept ringing all the way to the bottom of the lake. It was truly water proof. It didn't float very well though!Now every time we sail past the spot where he dropped it I hit his number on speed dial to see if it's still working.

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 09/27/2010 : 13:50:02

Renzo,

I guess your friend wasn't quick enough to dive in after it. I imagine it would have been easy to swim down after while its lights and ringer were still on!

Or is that Lake Erie you're referring to?

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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 09/27/2010 : 14:03:18

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JohnP
 Or is that Lake Erie you're referring to?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Now, now... They've cleaned it up a lot. Even the Cuyahoga River is now flame-retardant!

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 09/27/2010 : 16:10:38

Lake Erie is once again a beautiful, vibrant, healthy body of water. Anybody want to guess where the busiest Coast Guard station in the country is? Yup, Marblehead, Ohio on western Lake Erie. I don't think so many boaters and fishermen would be enjoying it so much if it was even close to its reputation.

Remember, the Cuyahoga burned over 40 years ago. That might have been one of the best things that has ever happened in this country with regards to protecting our natural resources. The Clean Water Act may not have happened for many more years without it.

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Renzo
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Response Posted - 09/27/2010 : 17:35:34

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JohnP
 Renzo,

I guess your friend wasn't quick enough to dive in after it. I imagine it would have been easy to swim down after while its lights and ringer were still on!

Or is that Lake Erie you're referring to?
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Nah! It was in Lake St Clair and it was encrusted with Zebra mussels before it could even go to voice mail.

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Lake Erie is once again a beautiful, vibrant, healthy body of water. Anybody want to guess where the busiest Coast Guard station in the country is? Yup, Marblehead, Ohio on western Lake Erie. I don't think so many boaters and fishermen would be enjoying it so much if it was even close to its reputation.

Remember, the Cuyahoga burned over 40 years ago. That might have been one of the best things that has ever happened in this country with regards to protecting our natural resources. The Clean Water Act may not have happened for many more years without it.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

That's right. I remember the environmental pundits in the '60s proclaiming that Lake Erie was dead and would never support life again. Mother Nature is more resiliant than they knew.(not to say that we should ignore a valuable lesson about not defecating in our own back yard)

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