Looking for Lulu...

[Peter Kalshoven]

and the good Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
John, are you out there, or are you out sailing? My boat is out of service (waiting for parts) so I need a Lulu fix to get me through the wait.
How 'bout a story?
Pete

[John R Smith]

Peter

thanks for the enquiry, we feel a warm glow that folks remember us. Fact is, we have not spent much time on things nautical recently. Domestic affairs have been pressing (my brother has serious health problems) and Kate has been laid low with her back injury again.

I made a good start to the season with great weather in April, did lots of varnishing and stuff but then May was awful - rain, rain, rain. June has been pretty mixed too. Went away for a short break to visit Kate's sister in Derby, and when I got back I found some nasty little vandal had cut my front mooring ropes. Fortunately, he missed the dinghy painter, which was all that was holding both boats to the quay. It was very nearly bye bye Lulu.

So I spent the next weekend buying and making up all new front moorings. We have been down river a couple of times, which was great as always, but there is nothing of note to report. And I see that the tides this year fall very badly on the weekends, which is bound to happen sometimes when you are on a drying mooring. Ho hum.

Still, the weather today is fine and bright and the rest of the season beckons smile.gif

All best regards from Cornwall

John

[nedL]

John, Its always good to hear from you. So sorry to hear of your brother. I hope Kate's back improves. Not fun - those back problems. It sounds like Lulu & Doris were holding on with their 'fingertips' awaiting your return, -good girls they are. smile.gif

[Ed Harrow]

Ahhh, my week is complete - Dinner with Godzilla, and now a note from Lulu.

For what it's worth to you, John, the weather here has been dreadful as well, colosal downpour yesterday, thunderstorms forcast for today. So it goes.

[imported_Steven Bauer]

Maybe on one of those rainy, bad tide weekends you could visit the new National Maritime Museum and give us a full report. :D

Steven

[Ken Hall]

Sorry to hear about Kate and your brother, John. As for the vandal...some ought to be stuffed with nails and used as a sea anchor, preferably in waters frequented by the Shrieking Eels.

[NormMessinger]

Cut the mooring lines, did they. They must know something about you we don't. Kinda makes one want to hide in the rushes with a 12 guage. Loaded with salt would be sufficient for the first round. Are you going to try a length of chain and a lock?

[Concordia..41]

John,

It's always good to hear from you, even if not the best of news.

The varmit might of cut the moorings, but he didn't know what a well trained pair of boats he was dealing with. He also has no inkling of the wrath that can be cast upon him by the WBF :mad:

Regards -
Dave & Margo

[Peter Kalshoven]

John,
Sorry about your troubles, and hope Kate feels better soon. Glad to see Lulu and Doris know where their home is, and aren't smitten with wanderlust without you.
Thanks for the reply, as always, we wish the four of you fair winds.
Pete

[martin schulz]

Ahh yes John,
best wishes to you and your family. I hope you will do some sailing this year. I don't sail as often as I could but everytime I manage to get out I wonder why I don't sail everytime I have a chance - that is a totally different world out there when sailing. Nothing beats sailing when it comes to let go of ones worries (and I have tried a lot to get away from daily life!!!).

How about the Blackrock? Didn't you promise to sail around it this year? I am still waiting for that special Lulu-story. A funny thing happened last week. We had a british family on board the Willow Wren (the 85 year old owner of the WW from 1940-1960 his 4 daughters and his son with their familys). Anyway - I took them to the Flensburg Maritime Museum and the first thing they saw was an old bell - a loan to the museum by Prince Charles. This bell was on board a Flensburg Shooner that grounded on Blackrock and sunk there about 1780 (?). A british diving crew found the wreck brought the bell up and it was donated to the Flensburg museum. - the world is small.

As to the Falmouth museum. That's a pretty difficult thing to do - to give a full report. When I was there for half a day all I did was to spend my time in the Library. I didn't even take a little peak in the museum, but just the Library was worth the trouble (because we spend so much time in the Library my girlfriend couldn't by the shoes she claimed were important to have...)

[ 06-17-2003, 04:16 AM: Message edited by: martin schulz ]