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"...so we shot through the slot into Wychmere port rail all but rubbing what used to be Thompson’s Clam Bar and the boom threatening the Harwich Boat Works to starboard."

Nice.

http://jimluton.com/images/mousebeach1_web.jpg

Now, that is one fine-looking peapod. You make a solid argument for NOT building your own boat :).

No, but she doesn't move too far lying ahull with the daggerboard down and the tiller held over. Jack be nimble. Jack be quick.

Don - last year I was coming back into the harbour with a strong flood and all twelve of the buggers were facing me. They all had some white foam at the waterline. One of them sounded their horn...

Sounds like a squall. Nasty things. There is no formula for squalls.

When daysailing and lightly loaded, like this day, before things build too much I'll heave to and drop the main into the...

Tom - Those big ships are like horses: you don't pass by too close from the front OR from behind. I have a couple of stories.

I'd say we're doing about 4 knots in this vid. I had the reefed...

I was thankful to start the day with a gentle breeze. It gave me a chance to play with the new and improved 'self-steering' rig (a thicker bungee). I was happy to see it works alright in a fresh...

I hadn't intended to say anything about this little video - my recommendation would be to put it on repeat accompanied by some good music and a stiff drink (for simulation purposes only).
You'll...

Your cult is enticing, Dear Leader, but I'm not ready for the responsibilities of full-patch membership.

I'll post something in the other thread later maybe.

If you'd like.

So true and, thankfully, getting beaten up and half-drowned in high wind is not a prerequisite. Recent experience tells me so.

What kind of sissy can't row with a wee mast up?

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Hey Jim - very wet ride. I got drenched early on and by this point my sunglasses were kind of caked with more salt than I realized. The mizzen is set on the mainmast but in the middle mast...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BVSz5OZCvh0

Deepest sympathies, Jim.

Thanks for this. I've been picking away at the stories on his website - pretty impressive. So many of these bluewater sailors do amazing voyages in boats that seem less than ideal. I guess it just...

Kenjamin! to the blackboard! 100 times.

I PROMISE NOT TO "MIX IN AN OVERLY OPTIMISTIC SKIPPER WITH AN IMPROPERLY RIGGED MAINSHEET PURCHASE AND THEN ADD A NEW CREW WITH 25 KNOT WIND AND 30 KNOT...

You know the advantages so let's talk about one possible disadvantage.

Sitting up high without much of a backrest, if any, is okay for a while but can be a bit hard on the back, what to speak of...

A timely thread - mine just died. Any opinions of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS4A or recommendations of similar models to check out apart from the Tough series?
Also, none of the new models have AA...

Sad. Only 68.
Bluest Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzNkhqkF8U&feature=player_detailpage

Points taken. Thanks.

The sprit-boom was my addition and not in the plans but it does seem to tame the rolling on a downwind course. I don't use it any longer from a broad reach to a beat - the...

Bit more wind for this one.


http://s902.beta.photobucket.com/user/RDM_bucket/media/SPILLINGWIND2_zps22021b5f.mp4.html

I may have found a few seconds of video that shows this. About 30 seconds into it.


http://s902.beta.photobucket.com/user/RDM_bucket/media/SPILLINGWIND_zps0d71fb93.mp4.html

"The shape is right, the proportions are right, the construction is sound - the level of finish doesn't really even matter as much, you get to stop right at the point you're happy with it."

Right...

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Beautiful. Looks like she's rarin' to go. When I got to this stage on my project I seriously...

I have blocks set up to lead the halyard aft but I find it easier to just cleat the halyard off at the forward face of the mast. When it's time to get the sail down to reef I like my weight forward...

Thank you for this great thread. Your Adirondack blackflies must be the same as our Quebec blackflies, in which case I doubly appreciate your efforts at posting this.

And, if the parrel is not seized to the hook, it (the snaphook) can be used as a topping lift (for an awning, for example).

And I've developed a hankering for some more of this view...

http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac223/RDM_bucket/STRAITOFGEORGIA2_zps8c17f0c4.jpg

The upper reaches past the Pitt River Bridge are pretty nice, but it's only about 9 miles to the mouth of the lake.
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Nice photo.

http://shackletonepic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/HI-RES.-Shackleton-Epic-crew-bringing-Alexandra-Shackleton-onshore-at-South-Georgia.-Image-Jo-Stewart-2.jpg

I know a spot where I can drop the hook in a couple of fathoms and mermaids will swim right out to me.

Methinks The James is not amused...

Don, I know it's been awhile but have you forgotten about Wreck Beach?

If you're referring to Ten Years After then I've lost all hope for you, James. I have standards too, y'know.

Perfect. One for papa, mama AND baby bear.

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40 nm. Could be fun.

http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac223/RDM_bucket/40NM_zpsf17ae84d.jpg?t=1360873379

Not what I had in mind.

I've explored Pitt Lake and the slough and once did the trip from the Port Mann Bridge up into the lake and back, but that was in a big powerboat. The current was something else, and the whirlpools...

Same spot. Not so pretty.

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http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac223/RDM_bucket/FRASERRIVERINDEC_zpseb25ce1e.jpg?t=1360796668

I don't know of any ramps this close to the mouth but there must be some. I'll look into it. A...

Just checked the chart and you're correct, it is the North Arm jetty. It's a pretty busy place, though, Don - booming grounds for a long ways up. I regularly bike along the river and there are...

Only a fellow Montrealer could appreciate this, Peter. You're the man!

Fantastic.

Now put your hands together for Mr. Alvin Lee...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QJE4GV5K_vw

Then slowly, mercifully, the spell was broken by the clanging of the bells and it was over.

I paused for a minute to catch my breath and contemplate the consequences of my actions. Feeling no...

"At times I understand you and I know how hard you've tried
And I've watched while love commands you and I've watched love pass you by
At times I think we're drifters, still searchin' for a friend...

But you know what happens when someone tells you not to think of, say, an elephant.

And so it continued:

"At times I'd like to break you and drive you to your knees
At times I'd like to break...

This was completely blowing my samadhi. I needed to take direct and immeditate action. I decided to row hard as far as I could until it stopped. I would concentrate on my stroke and slay each...

A little voice began singing in my head...

"You ask me if I love you and I choke on my reply
I'd rather hurt you honestly than mislead you with a lie
And who am I to judge you
on what you say...