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Kudos on your blog. I'm just coming across it now. It has some great stuff including the book reviews, the interesting people stories, and the crazy moments around the dock. Love the humor (ah, humour), too. I look forward to reading more
Been a while since you shamelessly plugged yourself.
I see quite a few entries were un-plugged but now I am all caught up with the d6c.
Thanks for that.
There may be no "I" in "team" but there is only one "U" in "It's your problem."
Love that quote!
Been there, done that Brian. My hard buoy story just might be more stupid than yours but I am not as brave as you are about baring my (stupid) soul to the nattering Nabob's of this cyber swamp. It also happened on someone else' boat, so I really can't say...
We race our Tartan 27' on the Hudson River and use navigational buoys as race marks all the time. This means that we are often trying to go around these red, rather large, metal buoys as close as possible; usually with an almost 2 knot current running. So far we've missed taking the paint off the buoys but we did once snag the racing buoy that marks the end of the finish line. We did not do any penalty turn(s). Now I know what RAF is in PHRF scoring lingo: retired after finishing. The worst part of it was that you get no finish time and are scored as if you had not raced at all: dnc = did not compete.
I enjoy making a nice, tight rounding of one of our big boy navigation marks but you really have to be able to see under the jib to pull it off. Time for a "window" in that big 160% genoa of yours?
The obvious choice would be A Pirate Looks at 40. But if you're willing to add a slow, sad song, The Captain and The Kid is pretty much my favorite of his songs.
Great god man!!! WTF is in the water up there? I will pray for a full recovery for your family and anybody fighting this dreaded disease. The winds of like are like those on the water. They can give us blissful peaceful days of sailing and they can change in minutes to a bitching storm. But the seas always calm themselves at the close of a hot summer day.. I fear there will be more stormes left in all of our lives.
Peace.
Other than a couple of skin things chopped out I've managed, fingers crossed, to stay clear but I am somewhat in awe of those who can face that horrible frucking disease and remain positive.
I have a hard enough time staying positive whilst in a vague approximation of good health. I'm somewhat in awe of, & inspired by, those that can stare the Big C in the face and smile despite it staring right back.
Thanks for the blog post, jonesy, and pass on another FU for me
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