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Discussion in 'YachtForums Yacht Club' started by Norseman, Jun 3, 2023.

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  1. Capt Ralph, Jun 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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    Capt Ralph

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    Ah, saw a little (3') shark yesterday cruising the mangroves. Pretty sure not a bull. Nice brown cruising the shallows.
    Thru my diving years, I learned that sharks were pretty cool.
    Just don't tic them off or excite them and nobody gets eaten.

    All of those shark shows on TV when the big asp shark is trying to bite the back of the boat and divers cage,,, Nobody talks about the 110 gallons of cow blood and guts they dumped into the ocean to attract the sharks from miles aweigh.
    Sharks senses are rather keen and when swimming in blood, it's like us guys with a set of vice-grips clamping tightly on our sacks.
    Yep, you would be excited then also....

    So, don't tic them off by getting close to their nurseries (most bull shark encounters), spooking them, feeding them or pouring in 110 gallons of cow blood and guts.

    My last dive on the Anna off of Jax many years ago, a pair of large sand-tiger sharks were with us. Usually never this far south.
    Beautiful beast. Big asp teeth. We did not bother them on the port side, they did not bother us on the stb side.
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  2. Norseman, Jun 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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    Yeah, sharks are cool and I don’t bug them either..
    Om the other hand they can come out of nowhere and eat you alive like the poor woman snorkeling at Rose Island near Nassau who was attacked by 2 tigers in 2019.
    (My old hangout, we used to spend the night at Rose and go snorkeling)
    Another women was killed in Bimini recently from a shark attack, plenty in Florida as well, like a 9 year old girl bitten last week and almost lost her hand.
    No report of 110 gallons of cow blood in either of those cases.:eek:

    I was busy diving in the Caribbean , the Red Sea, Florida, etc and have seen friendly sharks but realizing by now that my white belly may be a tempting target for hungry fishes so I uh, stay more above the water line and do my best keep out of the evening news, getting old I guess, but glad I had fun in my younger days and got away without even one friendly bite.:cool:
  3. Capt Ralph, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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    You and I both brother. :)
  4. Norseman, Jun 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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    Mystery solved….
    Since I joined Yacht Forums eons ago my middle name has been trying to post pictures that are too large, as in way over the 1.3 mg limit and I get one of these

    IMG_8605.jpeg

    (Also a few warnings from admin o_O)

    Many times I have forwarded the large (too large) picture to a friendly mod who said: This is ok, NOT too big..

    Tried this one today before the video was posted:

    IMG_8603.jpeg

    On my screen it showed as 5,3 mb, way too big for this site.
    Sent to myself over the Apple email system, iCloud and it formatted automatically to an acceptable format.
    Problem solved, stand by for many more pictures, with and without bikinis..:D
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  5. Norseman, Jun 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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    Test, test.
    Looks like a classic Harley with a springer front end fork, but an open drive from the crank to the tranny.
    A custom build, or a modified classic? ;)
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  6. Norseman, Jun 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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    Before and after image after a run through the magic email program:

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  7. Pascal, Jun 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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    Looks like you re using an apple product. When you click on upload > choose picture before selecting the picture click on the circle icon and in the next screen choose small or medium. Your image will automatically be sized down.

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  8. Norseman, Jun 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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    Yes, Apple the last 10 years, it seems to work, but not in love. IMG_8610.jpeg
  9. Norseman, Jun 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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    The location above, Salty Rim, is a brand new hotel and bar here at my new hometown Flagler Beach, FL.
    I took the above picture after lunch yesterday: Peel and eat Old Bay shrimp and a Premium Margarita. Great concept, great idea but not impressed.
    The $11.00 margarita was lame, no flavor, no after taste and not much tequila.
    Same with the $16.00 shrimp plate, pretty lame no flavor, no nothing.
    Too bad, I won’t go back, not recommend. :mad:
  10. Capt Ralph, Jun 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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    Oh; Salty rim,, the hotel and bar.
    I was still studying the bike picture :rolleyes:
  11. Norseman, Jun 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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    Nice bike, I know..:cool:
  12. Norseman, Jun 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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    Thx, I will look into that next time.:cool:
  13. chesapeake46, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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    There is a bike in that picture ??
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  14. Norseman, Jun 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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    Land Ho..
  15. Capt Ralph, Jun 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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    Oh, another bike picture?
  16. Norseman, Jun 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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    Nah, new horizons :cool:
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