I'm very familiar with Big Branch. Lived very close by on one of the bayous for 13 years, then recently moved to Eden Isles in Slidell. Glad you're enjoying it. My daughter goes to LSU ... Geaux Tigers!
as my crew should be here within a coupla weeks, i may not wait until mar 1--we will see-- will post and brag everywhere once i get the bird out of here!!!! first stop mazatlan!!!!!!
claude--- solitary bird, my formosa, leaves san diego by march 1 2020 for points south and east.... hope to see ye again soon!! this time i will sail into oak harbor to meet ye!!!!
got lucky!! the to list grew really short when i finished drying the deck out for a year!!! is always good to run away from home fora while--- i cant wait to get this boat going!! hoooyaaahhhh!!! only 2 months left !!
gorgeous runabout!!!! awesome woods!!!!!! beeyooooteeefulll......
i didnt get a chance to read your message before somehow i managed to make it vanish unread from my sight--rightbefore m y eyes--and i dont know how that happpened--musta hit a wrong thing as my netbook misbehaved.....please re send so i can read it!!! thankyou, cllaude-- did i ever say i was computer illlllitarut???? and a reallly bad typoer???
whatever happens i have rides to n o airport for flight may 10--phillip is trying to find out about routes back to slidell no wth ebp gods have dumped all th eoil in the world into gulf--is unholy mess.....will keep ye posted.....
i just love learning experiences and impeccable timing ...LOL
morning claude--lol--we are in manatee river---still--have been forever it seems--lol---tried to anchor at anna maria island--no go---like anchoring ina swimming pool--and about as private lol.....so we came back here in the gooo dmud holding and are weathering out the front lol..windy and wet and wild--but we stick here like glue!!! hop eall is well with you and that louseyanny doesnt miss the candida lol.......we be back in may.....next stop ft myers then isla mujeres.....
Claude,
Appreciate the comment; she is an older boat, and still a pleasure to sail. However, I just put her on the market, looking at a 36, but will still be happy if the deal doesn't fly.
Brian K.
Hi!! Just an eye on site. See you in Louisiana far south than me , here in Quebec Canada. We still under the snow, but sailing is coming slowly. I'm retired too, the best job ever. Saling St Laurence gulf and Chaleur's (??) Bay on a CS-30.
I had tied that knot for years where we just called it "the trucker's hitch", and it wasn't until I worked on a pipeline barge out of Gretna back in 1981 where the Cajun's on board had their own colorful name for it. So now I call it 3 different but similar names. 1- the Cajun Come-Along, 2- the vernacular "Coon-A@@ Come-Along" or the universally accepted 3rd form- Louisiana Purchase.
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I'm very familiar with Big Branch. Lived very close by on one of the bayous for 13 years, then recently moved to Eden Isles in Slidell. Glad you're enjoying it. My daughter goes to LSU ... Geaux Tigers!
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as my crew should be here within a coupla weeks, i may not wait until mar 1--we will see-- will post and brag everywhere once i get the bird out of here!!!! first stop mazatlan!!!!!!
i didnt get a chance to read your message before somehow i managed to make it vanish unread from my sight--rightbefore m y eyes--and i dont know how that happpened--musta hit a wrong thing as my netbook misbehaved.....please re send so i can read it!!! thankyou, cllaude-- did i ever say i was computer illlllitarut???? and a reallly bad typoer???
i just love learning experiences and impeccable timing ...LOL
Appreciate the comment; she is an older boat, and still a pleasure to sail. However, I just put her on the market, looking at a 36, but will still be happy if the deal doesn't fly.
Brian K.
Do me a favor and vote on the Nov Contest need more votes....thanks
Also, does the knot in my video look familiar?
Lezez bon temp roulet!
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