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 Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:56 am Post subject: Europa Owners in Central Florida |
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Peter-
Hope you got over to Miami OK. We heard that Aligator Alley was closed for several hours Sunday. That is always the problem with that piece of road. If there is a severe accident, it really fowls things up for a long time.
I got up Sunday morning and looked out the window and the boat was gone. I panicked and called the cops, sure it had been stolen. About 15 minutes later, I saw it tied at the dock about 3 houses down on the west side of the canal. If you will remember, we came in 1/2 hour past low tide. I lifted the boat only high enough to get everything out and situate it in the lift. Apparently, at high tide it just drifted out. A neighbor saw it near the turn at the end of the canal and was able to jump from the dock at the end of the canal to the boat. He and his wife pulled it back to their dock and tied it. Now that I think about it, under maratime law, he could claim the boat. Really makes me feel stupid. I was also able to cut that lock off easily and have replaced them and have extra keys in the house. This is quite a learning experience, and I learn slowly. Glad noone was injured while we were out.&nb sp;&nb sp;
Jim
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From: "pjeffers(at)talktalk.net" <pjeffers(at)talktalk.net>
[quote] --> Europa-List message posted by: "pjeffers(at)talktalk.net"
Hi John, My wife and i are in Englewood till the 17th November. We are
also without our Europa out here and share your frustrations of this last
flying season. Prhaps we cold make contact.
Our no out here is 914 697 3908. Or e mail
Pete and Sue
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From: Jhleuropa(at)aol.com
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:04:16 EDT
To: europa-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Europa Owners in Central Florida
My name is John Lace, Europa Builder 311.
My Europa Monowheel, G - OJHL has be en fly ing since 1999 and now has 300+
hours and is based at Prestwick in Scotland. 2007 has been a very
frustrating
year with Mod. 71 early in the year, followed by Mods. 73 and 74 in
August. I
also took the opportunity whilst dealing with Mod 74 to incorporate Mod
52,
the max. weight upgrade. The net result has been very little flying this
year.
Since retirement in 1995 my wife and I spend our winters in the Bradenton
area of west Central Florida and we will be there at the end of October
until
early March. I do some flying from a local airfield but only in spam cans.
I have not flown the Europa since August and as a consequence, I am
suffering from serious withdrawal symptoms. Is there anyone out there with
a Europa
in the Central Florida area who is in need of a copilot or even just a
passenger on the odd occas ion du Featur [quote][b]
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pjeffers(at)talktalk.net
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:00 am Post subject: Europa Owners in Central Florida |
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Hi Jim,
Wow, a bit of a scare on the boat. However we are really pleased it turned out to be something easily explainable if not so forgivable. We both hope that no damage was sustained in its loose meanderings. If not then it proves how easy it is to get undocked!!
We had no knowledge of the Alligator Alley closure. We drove down toward Naples and made good time so decided to follow the 41 to Miami instead. We have always enjoyed that route better than the highway. I am not even sure that it takes any longer either (at least in daylight). We had a good flight home (First Class) and were met at Heathrow by Helen. Somewhat predictably the weather here is horrible, cold, misty, grey and gloomy. We have already had an inch of rain since our return.
One glitch on our way home was losing one of our bags on the Alamo bus. As usual being rushed off by the driver managed to leave one bag on board. Alamo of course have not found it so I guess we have to consider it gone. Not too much of value in it fortunately but we will miss some of the little Christmas presents we bought and all of Sue’s cross stitching.
I guess it is part of the cost of six weeks fun and relaxation. Today Sue has spent her time sorting the mess made by an invasion of mice during our absence. I had to dismantle clean and re assemble the furnace since the air supply to the burner had been blocked by another mouse nest. Urghhhhhhhh!!!
Many thanks again for your hospitality and look forward to hearing of your Europa progress.
Pete & Sue
From: owner-europa-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of jimpuglise(at)comcast.net
Sent: 19 November 2007 12:55
To: europa-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: RE: Europa Owners in Central Florida
Peter-
Hope you got over to Miami OK. We heard that Aligator Alley was closed for several hours Sunday. That is always the problem with that piece of road. If there is a severe accident, it really fowls things up for a long time.
I got up Sunday morning and looked out the window and the boat was gone. I panicked and called the cops, sure it had been stolen. About 15 minutes later, I saw it tied at the dock about 3 houses down on the west side of the canal. If you will remember, we came in 1/2 hour past low tide. I lifted the boat only high enough to get everything out and situate it in the lift. Apparently, at high tide it just drifted out. A neighbor saw it near the turn at the end of the canal and was able to jump from the dock at the end of the canal to the boat. He and his wife pulled it back to their dock and tied it. Now that I think about it, under maratime law, he could claim the boat. Really makes me feel stupid. I was also able to cut that lock off easily and have replaced them and have extra keys in the house. This is quite a learning experience, and I learn slowly. Glad noone was injured while we were out.&nb sp;&nb sp;
Jim
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-------------- Original message --------------
From: "pjeffers(at)talktalk.net" <pjeffers(at)talktalk.net>
> --> Europa-List message posted by: "pjeffers(at)talktalk.net"
>
>
> Hi John, My wife and i are in Englewood till the 17th November. We are
> also without our Europa out here and share your frustrations of this last
> flying season. Prhaps we cold make contact.
> Our no out here is 914 697 3908. Or e mail
> Pete and Sue
>
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Jhleuropa(at)aol.com
> Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:04:16 EDT
> To: europa-list(at)matronics.com
> Subject: Europa Owners in Central Florida
>
>
> My name is John Lace, Europa Builder 311.
>
> My Europa Monowheel, G - OJHL has be en fly ing since 1999 and now has 300+
> hours and is based at Prestwick in Scotland. 2007 has been a very
> frustrating
> year with Mod. 71 early in the year, followed by Mods. 73 and 74 in
> August. I
> also took the opportunity whilst dealing with Mod 74 to incorporate Mod
> 52,
> the max. weight upgrade. The net result has been very little flying this
> year.
>
> Since retirement in 1995 my wife and I spend our winters in the Bradenton
> area of west Central Florida and we will be there at the end of October
> until
> early March. I do some flying from a local airfield but only in spam cans.
>
> I have not flown the Europa since August and as a consequence, I am
> suffering from serious withdrawal symptoms. Is there anyone out there with
> a Europa
> in the Central Florida area who is in need of a copilot or even just a
> passenger on the odd occas ion du Featur | Quote: | | http://www.matronics.com/contribution |
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