The Offical WFF BS Thread!

[Olly]

Sneak peak of the new software for WFF. Working on porting over the style I wrote and use now.

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What's the software?

An updated version of what we have now. When I'm done setting it up it will look very similar to our design now but with a lot of new features.

[Bad17]

You can't be a pussy your whole life. Suck it get smashed and enjoy it. Go home with a cougar.

I was beyond drunk when my brother drug me out.

Still soldier up and handle business. Cougars

[The Duck Hammer]

You can't be a pussy your whole life. Suck it get smashed and enjoy it. Go home with a cougar.

I was beyond drunk when my brother drug me out.

Still soldier up and handle business. Cougars

Lol there was only 6 people left when we walked out. All couples.

[Bad17]

Then just be a swinging.

[DComeaux]

Olly, were you involved with any of this?

(CNN)Two bodies have been recovered from Mobile Bay, Alabama, after a severe storm capsized sailboats in a regatta on Saturday, U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Duke Walker said Sunday.

Walker said authorities are still looking for five missing people. Maj. Steve Thompson with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency called the effort "a recovery operation."

Walker said two aircraft and numerous boats searched on Sunday. Searchers have covered more than 2,500 miles, he said.

More than 100 sailboats took part in the Dauphin Island Race on Saturday afternoon and 40 people were rescued from the water, the Coast Guard said.

"Our guys worked hard and long to rescue people," Walker said. "This is an awful tragedy and our hearts go out to the families."

One body was found Saturday night and another Sunday morning, he said. Walker says they believe at least one person was not from the regatta, but was a mariner on the water at the time.

Jeff Carter, deputy director of Mobile County Emergency Management, said besides overturned sailboats, one vessel hit a bridge.

Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at approximately 4:30 p.m. Saturday that a sailing regatta in Mobile Bay had been struck by severe weather, causing several vessels to capsize and leaving a number of people in the water.

The Fairhope Yacht Club sponsors the Dauphin Island Race, according to the club website. The club says this is the 57th year for the event.

[Bad17]

I believe Olly said he is recruiting and he is not involved in it. But wanted to know what was going on.

[DComeaux]

I believe Olly said he is recruiting and he is not involved in it. But wanted to know what was going on.

DAMN! I looked before I posted and still didn't notice the question had already been asked. The description of the is in my post above.

[Goldfish]

If there was weather that threatening, why would they have allowed that regatta to go on?

[DComeaux]

If there was weather that threatening, why would they have allowed that regatta to go on?

That was my thoughts exactly! Way too much technology and information readily available today for this to happen.

[ohioduck]

http://www.sailpdx.org/wp-content/uploa ... expect.pdf


http://hssailing.org/documents/ISSA_saf ... _10_19.pdf

Safety and good sense—Although the rules place upon the competitor the sole responsibility to
decide whether to start or continue to race, the race committee should know when to abandon or not
start

The committes place the burden on the sailors. These weekend sailors think they are too good and have the best equipment. It lulls them in to a false sense of security. Someone should have made the call to not start the race, however the Captains should have went, I'm going to breakfast I'll see you later.

It's the unoffical motto of the Coast Guard " You have to go out, and thats the fact. Nothing says you have to come back".

It shouldn't apply to the recreational sailor.

[ohioduck]

For Kevin Maurin, president of the Dauphin Island Fishing Rodeo, Saturday started off "perfect," with pleasant winds and a great outlook for the 8-person crew. He said race officials originally cancelled the regatta, only to reverse that course and give a green light after an hour delay.

http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf ... ilors.html

[ohioduck]

We were all expecting heavy winds," he said, explaining that sailboats often begin to perform at their best in conditions that are daunting to most small craft out for pleasure. "Most people were prepared for heavy winds."

http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf ... ne_be.html

Dumb bastards.

[Deltaman]

I was on the water fishing when that storm was approaching, only a few miles from launch, and barely made it in before the shit hit the fan. Was catching bull bream and kept saying, just one more fish, then we will go, just one more............ and was damn glad we left when we did! That was a fast moving storm, and must've developed and gotten worse as it approached. Before the storm came through, it was a beautiful day, and very typical for this time of year on the coast. Afternoon squalls can form quickly, and those caught in the middle of the bay on a sail boat are at the mercy of it. Water temps are tolerable, and with a life jacket on, no reason for anybody to drown. That is what freaks me out, and I see that two people died and five are missing.....wtf???? Unless they were struck by lightning, we should have survivors. As far as calling the regatta off, it is one of the biggest of the year, and the forecast was not all that unusual earlier in the day.

[Olly]

That storm came up real quick on Saturday. It was sunny one minute and the next it was pouring rain and gusting, I was in the middle of repairing a outside water faucet for my GF when it came on.

I haven't heard anything more than what has been on the news. Even if I wasn't a recruiter computers techs don't go on SAR cases very often

[ohioduck]

That storm came up real quick on Saturday. It was sunny one minute and the next it was pouring rain and gusting, I was in the middle of repairing a outside water faucet for my GF when it came on.

I haven't heard anything more than what has been on the news. Even if I wasn't a recruiter computers techs don't go on SAR cases very often

What was your first duty buddy? Were you ever on a boat?

[The Duck Hammer]

Olly doesn't even know how to swim.

[The Duck Hammer]

It's on the internet now so it's fact.

[Olly]

That storm came up real quick on Saturday. It was sunny one minute and the next it was pouring rain and gusting, I was in the middle of repairing a outside water faucet for my GF when it came on.

I haven't heard anything more than what has been on the news. Even if I wasn't a recruiter computers techs don't go on SAR cases very often

What was your first duty buddy? Were you ever on a boat?

Station Galveston and nope as of yet I've never been stationed on a cutter. I want to after this though, need sea time to be competative for E7.

[ohioduck]

That storm came up real quick on Saturday. It was sunny one minute and the next it was pouring rain and gusting, I was in the middle of repairing a outside water faucet for my GF when it came on.

I haven't heard anything more than what has been on the news. Even if I wasn't a recruiter computers techs don't go on SAR cases very often

What was your first duty buddy? Were you ever on a boat?

Station Galveston and nope as of yet I've never been stationed on a cutter. I want to after this though, need sea time to be competative for E7.

lol. What boats can you get on? 180 and bigger?

[Olly]

That storm came up real quick on Saturday. It was sunny one minute and the next it was pouring rain and gusting, I was in the middle of repairing a outside water faucet for my GF when it came on.

I haven't heard anything more than what has been on the news. Even if I wasn't a recruiter computers techs don't go on SAR cases very often

What was your first duty buddy? Were you ever on a boat?

Station Galveston and nope as of yet I've never been stationed on a cutter. I want to after this though, need sea time to be competative for E7.

lol. What boats can you get on? 180 and bigger?

As an IT2 180 and larger but as a IT1 which is what I'm hoping to be when I leave recruiting only 210 and larger. I will try to get on the Mackinaw in 2017 when there is an IT1 opening there.

[ohioduck]

That storm came up real quick on Saturday. It was sunny one minute and the next it was pouring rain and gusting, I was in the middle of repairing a outside water faucet for my GF when it came on.

I haven't heard anything more than what has been on the news. Even if I wasn't a recruiter computers techs don't go on SAR cases very often

What was your first duty buddy? Were you ever on a boat?

Station Galveston and nope as of yet I've never been stationed on a cutter. I want to after this though, need sea time to be competative for E7.

lol. What boats can you get on? 180 and bigger?

As an IT2 180 and larger but as a IT1 which is what I'm hoping to be when I leave recruiting only 210 and larger. I will try to get on the Mackinaw in 2017 when there is an IT1 opening there.

No thanks. You can keep them big boats. I like 110's 87's and 47's. I should have been 44 qualed but I didn't get my check ride before they decommisioned it

[Olly]

[quote="Olly"]That storm came up real quick on Saturday. It was sunny one minute and the next it was pouring rain and gusting, I was in the middle of repairing a outside water faucet for my GF when it came on.

I haven't heard anything more than what has been on the news. Even if I wasn't a recruiter computers techs don't go on SAR cases very often

What was your first duty buddy? Were you ever on a boat?

Station Galveston and nope as of yet I've never been stationed on a cutter. I want to after this though, need sea time to be competative for E7.

lol. What boats can you get on? 180 and bigger?

As an IT2 180 and larger but as a IT1 which is what I'm hoping to be when I leave recruiting only 210 and larger. I will try to get on the Mackinaw in 2017 when there is an IT1 opening there.

No thanks. You can keep them big boats. I like 110's 87's and 47's. I should have been 44 qualed but I didn't get my check ride before they decommisioned it [/quote]

I've tried to get on a cutter every time I could have. Just never happened.

[ohioduck]

Probably not a lot of Underway jobs for an IT guy. I got to do a day trip on the first Mackinaw that was awesome.

[Bad17]

Man I am sick and tired of the rain. I feel like I am living in the northwest.

[Olly]

Man I am sick and tired of the rain. I feel like I am living in the northwest.

You and me both.

[Bad17]

My yard is a swamp

[Olly]

Probably not a lot of Underway jobs for an IT guy. I got to do a day trip on the first Mackinaw that was awesome.

The new one is pretty badass. It's a one off, they went with a unique contract on it everything is way more high tech than most other CG cutters.

It was like a cruise ship, 2 man berthings for E5 and above and 4 man for below.

[NuffDaddy]

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Killed a monster carp tonight

[The Duck Hammer]

Ho Lee Shit Baltimore is fucked.

[The Duck Hammer]

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Killed a monster carp tonight

Congrats Nuff. What's the weight?