I notice that several of the Canadian weather bouys were removed from service in November. Are these devices not able to handle the ice? Are they not weatherproof? Or are their services deemed not useful due to the lack of boaters during the winter months? http://shylock.pyr.ec.gc.ca/~wbs/bplatstat.html --------------------------------------------------------------- Please limit all email attachments sent to this address to a maximum of 0.5MB. All email attachments that are larger then 0.5MB will automatically be deleted. --------------------------------------------------------------- ICQ: 262152266, AIM: GlamourpetsD, MSN: [my email address], Yahoo Messenger: glamourpets --------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Derek wrote: > I notice that several of the Canadian weather bouys > were removed from service in November. Are these > devices not able to handle the ice? Are they not > weatherproof? Or are their services deemed not > useful due to the lack of boaters during the winter > months? Mostly the ice - they'd be ripped from their moorings by the ice on the big lakes. They also have to be serviced and since there is no demand for them in the winter, it's a convenient time to bring them in for a tune-up and paint job. The Coast Guard has several ships - buoy tenders - specifically for that task. You can recognize them by their flat decks and small fixed cranes on board. If you paddle Hamilton Harbour, you'll see one sometimes just inside the channel from Lake Ontario. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
G'Day, BTW How is 'Buoy' pronounced around the world? My recollection is that its pronouced "BOY" in the UK and most Aussies I've met say "BOOEE". Any other versions? All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
PeterO wrote: > G'Day, > > BTW How is 'Buoy' pronounced around the world? > > My recollection is that its pronouced "BOY" in the UK and most Aussies I've > met say "BOOEE". Any other versions? The latter, in the US and Canada. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Dave Kruger wrote: > The latter, in the US and Canada. That depends on where in Canada and it varies within an area. The "official" Canadian pronunciation is "boy" but a lot of people use the US pronunciation. So, Dave - how much booeeancy does your PFD have? :-) Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> PeterO wrote: >> G'Day, >> >> BTW How is 'Buoy' pronounced around the world? >> >> My recollection is that its pronouced "BOY" in the UK and most Aussies >> I've >> met say "BOOEE". Any other versions? > > The latter, in the US and Canada. > > -- > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR > That depends. Ive heard it both ways. The Weavers pronounce it "boy" in their rendition of "The Eddystone Light," and then state that they are not referring to a juvenile male. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In Nova Scotia I heard all of BOO-EE was very common, but also versions that sounded like either of (in one syllable) BWOY BOO/OY Even if pronounced BOY, the "B" was a bit more explosive and so the word was usually disinguishale by that. GaryJ PeterO wrote: >G'Day, > >BTW How is 'Buoy' pronounced around the world? > >My recollection is that its pronouced "BOY" in the UK and most Aussies I've >met say "BOOEE". Any other versions? > >All the best, PeterO >** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> G'Day, > > BTW How is 'Buoy' pronounced around the world? > > My recollection is that its pronouced "BOY" in the UK and most Aussies I've > met say "BOOEE". Any other versions? > > All the best, PeterO Canada follows (generally) the UK pronunciation, and the Americans follow the Aussies. (Or is it the other way 'round? The Aussies follow the Americans...) However, there are a LOT of Canadians who've watched too much American TV and who also say "booee". Those of us who say it _properly_ <grin>, pretend not to know what they're talking about. "The red what?!!", we ask. -- Darryl *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Just did a quick check, the buoys (BOOEEES) here on the right coast of Canada all seem to be functioning. Waves are 11' at 11 seconds this morning. No ice to speak of on the Eastern and South shores of NS, but my area (Northumberland Strait) is 10/10 ice. Glenn MacKay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Daly" <mikedaly_at_magma.ca> > Derek wrote: >> I notice that several of the Canadian weather bouys >> were removed from service in November. Are these >> devices not able to handle the ice? Are they not >> weatherproof? Or are their services deemed not >> useful due to the lack of boaters during the winter >> months? > > Mostly the ice - they'd be ripped from their moorings by the ice on the > big lakes. They also have to be serviced and since there is no demand for > them in the winter, it's a convenient time to bring them in for a tune-up > and paint job. The Coast Guard has several ships - buoy tenders - > specifically for that task. You can recognize them by their flat decks > and small fixed cranes on board. If you paddle Hamilton Harbour, you'll > see one sometimes just inside the channel from Lake Ontario. > > Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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