This is the adventure of 4 women for a week on my boat.
Saturday Girls Afloat – My best friends Jennifer, Leigh and Anne came down to Miami for a week of a girls retreat for some sailing fun. And what fun we had! Jennifer and Leigh both have sailed with me before on a charter boat in the Chesapeake cruise 2 years ago. Anne has never set foot on a sailboat. She is about to be hook on the…
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Added by Melissa Renee on March 18, 2010 at 6:00pm —
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is on track. House is gone..money is tight, but I am renting a small cottage on the river, right next to the harbor. Everyday is a boat project day. Is one ever really ready to go? I need to haul out and do a bottom job. I may sail across the bay to Solomans Island. There are lots of working marinas there, easy access to parts and supplies and good prices. Out here there are few choices, and none with all the amenities. This summer will be the start of a new phase in life. Carry On!
Added by Tom on March 17, 2009 at 10:30am —
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Tsunami waves are likely to hit Asian, Australian and
New Zealand shores within the next 24 hours after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake which struck early Saturday along Chile's coast.
Some Pacific nations in the warning area were heavily damaged by a tsunami last year. On Sept. 29, a tsunami spawned by a magnitude-8.3 earthquake killed 34 people in American Samoa, 183 in Samoa and nine in Tonga. Scientists later said that wave was 46…
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Added by Milt on February 27, 2010 at 10:09am —
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Hi there folks, We are getting ready to get across to the UK to pick up Freedom, and do her sea trials and check her out and all the work that we have had done. One of the main jobs was to restore her teak decks. They are looking gorgeous. What advice from anybody on how to keep them up to condition, and in particular when we have to leave her in the UK and winter her for 6 months thereabouts? Thanks in advance, hear from you soon. Cheers for now. Susie.
Added by Susie Reynolds on February 25, 2010 at 5:25pm —
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February 25th, Shilshole BayWe have begun to take our trip planning and preparation seriously now. I rode my bike to The Armchair Sailor on Westlake in Seattle and picked up the NOAA Catalog of Charts and Publications #3 – Alaska and the Canadian Nautical Charts and Publications Catalog #2 – West Coast. We need charts of SE Alaska of course, and all the other periodically updated publications relating to navigation. It was…
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Added by Orvil Newton on February 25, 2010 at 1:39pm —
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Yea, it is too bad I don't have any cheese in the house. Well, I do have some hard parmesan but who eats plain parmesan?. Guess I could heat up some spinach and sprinkle some fresh grated parm to enjoy a healthy treat. Unfortunately, I don't have an appetite. Seems like I have some kind of no energy bug that kept me on the couch all day. I couldn't even garner the strength to get dressed for work. Perhaps it is time that my 100% attendance at work ethic meanders down the path of I don't…
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Added by Marlene A. Sassaman on February 23, 2010 at 10:03pm —
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We went down on the w/e to Boston to attend the New England Boat show. Sadly, it's nothing like it used to be, about 1/3 of the size and of course, power boats rule!! It was still nice for us to get to the coast and at least dream of the summer that is to come (there were motorcycles on the street that w/e - brrrh).
We came down tho' mainly to look at some sailboats we'd seen online. We found "the one" in…
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Added by Fat Cat Anna ~~~ \\^^// ~~~ on February 23, 2010 at 4:44pm —
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Wow , I Love My JOB
Hey y'all, thought you might get a kick out of this.
I Love My Job
Poor guy!!
This is even funnier when you realize it's real!
The next time you have a bad day at work... think of
this guy.
Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global
Divers in Louisiana.
He performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling
rigs.
Below is an E-mail he sent to his sister.
She then…
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Added by Larry Wilson on February 19, 2010 at 10:55pm —
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. A figurehead in the form of a naked woman, perched on the bow, calms the sea and her open eyes will guide it to safety .A naked woman on board was thought to be good luck. (guess they were hoping to get lucky)
This is the reason for naked figureheads. (on Bowsprit)
2. Swallows seen at sea are a good sign, as are dolphins swimming with the ship.
3. Tattoos and piercing are said to ward off evil spirits
for sailors to wear gold hoop earrings was…
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Added by Terri on February 18, 2010 at 10:00am —
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Are you planing to Haul and/or have any kind of work done in Chuagaramas / Trinidad ?
Well, by all means, please feel free to contact me about these lovely place.
I got held back for 6 weeks, overcharged,rip off, Creditcard Fraud, and all for alsolut substandard work.
Quit a few of them actually dangerous.
Made it to Antigua and will spent about a month here to repair the "Repairs" from T&T.
To be fair ,3 Companies where helpfull,on time and fair...
Kiss…
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Added by Capt. Christian Koch on February 17, 2010 at 12:27pm —
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Fully provisioned, the time had finally come to commence our journey. Now, there are moments in one's life that are undeniably significant and profound; graduating from college; wedding day; the birth of one's children. All well and good if you like that sort of thing. For me, it was the first starting of my diesel engine. Never being certain when one steps aboard a boat if anything is going to work, I was wildly ecstatic when I pressed the ignition and…
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Added by Dan Vitale on February 12, 2010 at 12:30pm —
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I have not been on SeaKnots for many months... I have a nautical season and a landbased season. We are readying Shibumi for launch in March so this is the begining of our first nautical season for 2010. I say the first nautical season of the year because we intend to cruise for merely a month this time, but depart again in November for a four to five month voyage to the Exumas, Eleuthera, and the Abacos. I will try to update our blog with photos as we go.…
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Added by David Royall on February 10, 2010 at 3:53pm —
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Step one, ready to buy as soon as I find what I want:
What I want is an ocean going multihull in the 35 foot range. As an experienced skipper of a Corsair F28, I have an idea of what to expect. Weighing the pros and cons of a tri versus a cat are on my agenda as is comfort versus speed. Typically, I favor speed over comfort but because my next boat needs to take me around the world via the Panama Canal and more temperate climates, being seaworthy and user friendly for single handing…
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Added by Marlene A. Sassaman on February 3, 2010 at 10:19pm —
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The big day had finally come; the day we were to embark on the 200 mile journey to sail my new, (to me) boat to its home port. Evie had never been on a boat before, and I wondered how she would fare. But as we pulled up to the dock I heard a squeal of excitement as she burst from the truck, ran down the dock and leaped onto the boat. I had never seen her so happy, running up and down the decks, doing a little jig on the bow, handling all the stays and halyards and hugging the mast. She even did…
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Added by Dan Vitale on February 3, 2010 at 8:25am —
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Winter in Pensacola, we've had some really cold, wet weather this winter. Not very good for sailing, and our channel is due to be dreged in January/February. It's a good thing since I can't get out in the bay during the winter low tides. But the dock time has been good for doing maintenance jobs that need to be done. I replaced the accumulator for the fresh water system, changed the oil in the engine, pulled up all the floor boards and cleaned out the bilges. We also removed the old mainsail…
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Added by Bob on January 31, 2010 at 9:56pm —
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Sailing around the world or even around the lake has inherent dangers. There is the possibility of falling off the boat, being hit in the head with the boom, jamming your feet on the toe jammers that decorate the deck, getting your fingers caught in a cleat. While no one goes to sea wishing for an accident, sailing like all sports must be approached with a bail out plan.
Taking on the challenge of skippering a 28 foot monohull in our local women's series is a job I take seriously.…
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Added by Marlene A. Sassaman on January 31, 2010 at 8:26pm —
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Splice the mainbrace
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Splicing the mainbrace aboard HMS Wren during World War IISplice the mainbrace is an order given aboard naval vessels to issue the crew with a drink. Originally an order for one of the most difficult emergency repair jobs aboard a sailing ship, it became a euphemism for authorized celebratory drinking afterward, and then the name of an order to grant the crew an extra ration of rum or…
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Added by Terri on January 23, 2010 at 7:47am —
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Some would say that I should finish the "Across the Pacific" series before I start something new. OTOH, I have the opportunity to interview the local Boat US Vessel Assist Captain here in Seattle so I am going to go for it; hoping I will be able to spend a day on the water with him.
Do any of you have any questions you would like me to pose?
This promises to be a very entertaining and educational experience: Stay tuned.
Added by Orvil Newton on January 16, 2010 at 8:04pm —
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Golly, another heroine takes my spot. Twenty something years ago I was in such awe when I saw Tania Aebi's pix on the cover of Cruising World. I wouldn't even tell my sailing friends or colleagues about her great adventure. Although I did cut the page off and framed it. Several years later I finally hung it in my office at work. Now, Jessica Watson at age 16 is passing Cape Horn. CAPE HORN, alone, on her million dollar 34 foot monohull. It does anger me that the headlines all say she is sailing…
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Added by Marlene A. Sassaman on January 12, 2010 at 10:00pm —
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Met a bloke and his wife the other night on the dock. Did a few hours sailing early this morning 10-15 knot breeze. topping out around .6.7 knots on a Hunter '38. Easy breezy, too easy as they say in the coral sea. A bit chilly, sorta like NZ in summer...
Added by James Hyde on January 3, 2010 at 1:06am —
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