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Reminds me a lot of my TMI 26 i had once upon a time...this boat has hershoff lines......
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Homeport:
Port Arthur, TX
About Me:
Julie & I USED to reside aboard a 1978 Columbia 10.7 berthed away in a small lil marina just off of Lake Sabine in a lil place called Pleasure Island. If the mosquitoes werent around to keep us all honest ..it truly would be a pleasure island! Then came "IKE" ....and the rest is history .....Banana Wind still lives though ....currently awaiting an "official" haulout ...not to be confused with the one IKE did ....*lol*
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PAYC
Destinations visited:
Kemah, Galveston, Beaumont, Shell Island, Various points in the Gulf of Mexico.

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About that fella "IKE" .......



Well folks ...I know it's been quite awhile since I decided to post anything, much less some new pictures (plenty to see below). To tell you the truth ...I kinda lost my spirit for posting much of anything online. You see, we've been getting hit pretty hard pretty often over the past… Continue

Posted on February 9, 2009 at 6:45pm — 7 Comments

Banana Wind

A bit of seaside humor ....

Burial at sea

Chrisy and Barbie, two blonde sisters had promised their uncle, who had been a seafaring gentleman all his life, to bury him at sea when he died.

Of course, in due time, he did pass away and the two blondes kept their promise. They set off from Clearwater Beach with their uncle all stitched up in a burial bag and loaded onto their rowboat.

After a while Chrisy says, 'Do you think we're out far enough, Barbie?' Barbie slipped over the side and finding the water only… Continue

Posted on June 20, 2008 at 10:55am — 10 Comments

Banana Wind

Modern day Treasure Hunters Come out for some fun!

One of the coolest things I think our yacht club has ever done is to have started an anual Treasure Hunt on Lake Sabine & this year marks the 2nd annual outing and is in my opinion the best so far. I know there are those that think that number 2 and beyond of anything never seem to garner the same response as number 1, but let me tell ya...this years Pirate & Treasure Hunt was the bomb! We had more members than you can shake a stick at ..and more boats out on the water for this ev… Continue

Posted on June 3, 2008 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

Banana Wind

On the matter of Presidential Candidates.....

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain were flying to a debate.

Barack looked at Hillary, Chuckled and said, 'You know I could throw a $1,000 bill out of the window right now and make somebody very happy.'

Hillary shrugged her shoulders and replied, 'I could throw ten $100 bills out of the window and make ten people very happy.'

John added, 'That being the case, I could throw one hundred $10 bills out of the window and make a hundred people very happy.'

Hearin… Continue

Posted on May 19, 2008 at 5:36pm — 3 Comments

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At 2:23pm on November 23, 2009, ___/)ances With Sails said…
Happy Taaaaarghkey Day to ye sailors. Wishin I was gone gone gone. Still gettin to know me boat. Need to rid th house too. Yeah, is a grand ole life on th bay. 'd rather spend turkey day on th bay but when yer invited to belly up at a grandma's table, ye can almost smell th pies bakin. Glad to see yall still got a boat(s) to escape on. Dont get get sleepy and fall asleep at th helm thursday.

Cheers!
At 6:09pm on November 21, 2009, s/v camelot said…
HEY I JUST GOT ON THIS SIGHT --YOU GUYS LOOK GOOD---SEAT
At 1:03am on November 20, 2009, Bill said…
yeah we are all planning to meet in Fla., and go through the keys and to D.T., for a few weeks. I'm lagging behind a little but as soon as I get the new hatch I'm outta here. lol.
At 2:45pm on October 15, 2009, Bill said…
hey guys, ..yep I got some really great help from some fellow cruisers. they even bought me a rain coat, some food and ice, a couple bushings for my rudder, and built me an dodger out of the shrink wrap from another boat. lol. plus they been working their buts off on my boat. I felt bad that I couldn't repay them somehow, but they wouldn't acept repayment. great folks the whole lot of'em!
At 9:25am on October 5, 2009, Bill said…
hey guys, how are yall getting along these days? I'm working on getting PRETTY LUCKY documented..lol. I figure if nothing else it will help the value. anyway just wondering how yall been getting along.
At 1:48am on September 25, 2009, ___/)ances With Sails said…
Aye, th luring scent of salt-air is driving me, matey,,,only with th uttermost respect will i arrive to meet her , 'Ma'dam Tropical disturbance.'
Inland lakes have been the learner of me, but I'll feel the test from here at sea. Given it up to th mermaids, all that i'll see, all of me booty if it keeps me free.
At 6:37pm on September 23, 2009, MJ Warner said…
Thanks for the compliments! After seeing the pic of the ducky, I HAD to write....
At 12:50am on September 21, 2009, Jenny said…
Our dear friends! It has been quite a while since I last sent word! Thanks for the kind thoughts and mail... it is great news about your boat to tinker about in till Banana Wind is ready... hope all is going well that side and things are working out great for you guys!!

Yes, the kids are growing really quick... We will be celebrating my eldest daughter, Justine's 18th birthday on the 26th this month and have a surprise trip planned for her here in Malaysia where we currently are... We love it!! Langkawi will always hold a special memory for us!! Then our middle daughter Jessica turns 17 and our son a few days later turns 16.

When we left the Seychelles, we sailed onto Maldives, then Indonesia, then Langkawi. Went to Thailand, and down to Panang in Malaysia then back to Langkawi, and so it goes... yet It has been such an awesome experience!
We were waiting for friends to sail this side, but due to issues and timing they will not be joining us so we are now looking at going down south sometime...
Will try to keep you posted!! Great hearing from you and would love to hear how it all goes your side too - regards Jenny on Bluemoon
At 1:24am on September 17, 2009, Peter Gierga said…
I put her in reverse with the helm still hard over to port get her moving again then slip her into forward get the bow to come around over to port. The key is to leave the helm over in the direction you want the bow to go thats back and fill. Just last weekend in Illwaco we were motoring around looking for the transit slip . I missed the turn and ended up in a row 30ft slips with room to manuver that reflects the slip lenght on a dead end with wind on the beam. Well Penelope is 46.6ft Overall. the first word out of my mouth was a short one.... four letters long. It was a hairy situation ! I Just back and filled my way right out there swung the bow sprit right over the back of a small sportfisherman keeping a close eye on my monitor wind vane. Capt. Peter
At 1:02am on September 17, 2009, Peter Gierga said…
Hi ,actually back and fill is a technique. I use it to back Penelope. Lets say Im backing out of my slip and the stern starts heading of to port and what I want is to go straight back and then bring the bow around to port so what I do is I turn the helm hard over to port while Im still backing then I slip her into forward give her some gas and get her to straighten out a bit then
 
 

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