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Thanks for the tip. I am getting pretty fired up. Leaving home at about 3am on Thursday to make it to the New Orleans airport for an 8am flight (it's about a 3 hour drive).

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Not really. I just know where she lives. :)

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Is that the S&S 6mR 'Sprig' sitting beside the schooner?

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I know it's not at all the same, but I pay about $20 per month for dry storage, $60 or so a month for wet storage, and hauling is free. If I want to pull any of the rigs I just do it. It's the...

I still hear from him, at Christmas and such. He is such a nice man.

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The International One Design fleet in Northeast Harbor, Maine is among the beautiful fleets I've ever seen, and when you understand how they sail it makes sense. They launch in May or June and pull...

Oh, I am sorry. Monday afternoon. I don't know what time, but I think I am flexible. The only problem would me getting helplessly lost, which is a probability.

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I don't know, John. It will be afternoon at some point.

'Goose', yes. I was fortunate enough to have been blessed with an invitation to fulfill a dream of mine.

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I am very impressed, Paul. I am also, now, hungry.

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Just a few more days and I am on the plane. Terrifically excited, I am also admittedly quite nervous. I have been racing sailboats for a long time, but I am a wee bit worried that I will screw...

He was one of a kind, and will be missed at least as long as this forum is around.

Aside from his very interesting background and personal history, he had a truly kind heart. And that's what I...

Try stepping onto the deck of a flush-decked boat right onto a spinnaker sheet sometime. At least that guy had on a helmet. :)

I once saw someone step from a Lightning on to the rail of a Thistle...

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And if you'll look on the 'North American Dragon Sailors' facebook page, you'll see some photos to finally prove to everyone that I do in fact own a Dragon.

Cheers!

Mickey...

Happy birthday, sir! I hope you have a wonderful day.

Mickey Lake

Thank you, Ms. Deb. I know that I am blessed, I just seem to forget that from time to time.

Enjoy your well-earned summer!

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You will need a guide to Doug and Carter's. You'll never find it, otherwise. :)

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A lot of people where I am from claim ancestry from Native Americans, but I am not one of them. To the best of my knowledge I have not one drop of Native American blood in me. Interestingly enough...

Personally I think that 'Redskins' is about the most offensive nickname of any of the sports team's. Down here, the Seminole nation actually came out in support of FSU's nickname, saying that it...

You should live near a bunch of gambling casinos. The usual entertainment lineup looks like a who-was-who thirty years ago, or more.

Personally I like fairs for the cows, pigs and chickens....

Yep. On the Rhein, in Germany.

Not around here, though.

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After watching all the bits of GoT on youtube and reading things here and elsewhere I decided I would be cool and jump ahead a bit and actually, you know, READ one of the books so I'd know what was...

This is one of the most famous 6mR's ever. Not successful, but mentioned in almost every article about the evolution of the class that I have read.

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This is always such a painful subject when the market is so tough. You can wait for years and never find a buyer, or you can sell it at a low, low price and not have to worry about it any more.
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Dunc, the indomitable Tim Street wrote a wonderful article for 'Sail' magazine here in the US about doing some voyaging on his Dragon. iirc he and a couple of young friends sailed the boat from...

She is a lovely boat, Jamie. But as we have discussed many times, it's a buyer's market. You know best what your heart can handle. And hopefully that's what you will get.

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Being honest, I don't think there is much difference now from where things were when Ted Turner got involved. Of course, the day to day stuff is world's different, but the spirit of things is the...

I saw her being built in Mystic, and I was on her in Mobile some time ago. I have always sort of followed along with her in her adventures and wish her the very best.

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Well, it's a serious question for some people. In the North American Dragon class we have had many arguments about this sort of thing. My opinion (when I was the Grand Poobah) was that if the boat...

I understand fully what you are saying, but I have to ask: does she rate any differently than the other NY30's? Do those owners consider her a NY30? Taken at face value, she is a beautiful boat and...

Big egos. A lot of money. Don't ever expect them to play nice. Give you an example: I have met Mr. Cayard a few times. Never struck me as being particularly friendly. I have also met multi-medal...

Do NOT worry about it, at all. The wonderful thing about sailboat racing is that there is always another one, and it sounds as if your driver has the right attitude. It is worth a few mistakes to get...

Lovely boat. I hope she sells to a good home.

Depressing? I paid $2800 for a raceable 210 last year, with a good aluminum rig and trailer. Yeah, I put a couple of thousand into sails and $5000...

Anyone who has not made one of these should try their best to do so, and soon. So many good people there. I have only ever been to the one, but it's something that I will remember from now on.
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Oh, heck. I apologise. I thought I had it right.

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'Rome' is awesome!

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From hearing him speak, the coach of the Ireland side is an Aussie.

That's neither here nor there, but I found it interesting.

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Once while in Germany I was walking from the grocery on the bahnhofstrasse to my hotel room with a small bag of groceries and came across a child who was lying on the pavement in the back yard of...

I don't know how you do it. I have spent months in Germany without seeing the sun, and personally the only thing that kept me sane was the knowledge that I would be going home sooner or later.
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Enjoy the day! Happy birthday to you.

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The one time I sailed in Seattle we spent three days on the water and I never saw a cloud in the sky. PNW summers are famous for their beauty, and I can attest that for at least that week we were...

I usually watch soccer on Sunday mornings when I get up with the dogs, but the seasons are all over (as far as I know) and I don't like watching replays, even if I haven't ever seen them before (this...

A guy at my yacht club owns two old Soviet MIGs. One of them sits I believe at the USS Alabama Battleship Park on the Causeway as you cross Mobile Bay. The other he flies around whenever the mood...

That is amazing. I just can't get my mind wrapped around what it would take to put something like that together.

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Today is the first dark and rainy day we have had in so long I can't remember. We got to go motor boating yesterday, but our sailing trip of today has been cancelled in favor of reading and napping....

I liked the Audi.

Anyone who favors bikini-clad flight attendents obviously hasn't flown Delta lately. I am no spring chicken myself, but geez.

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Do you think that Andy is a HoF'er? Personally I think he is can't miss, but there was quite a discussion on local radio the other day on whether or not he would get in.

Bama had two current...

Beautiful.

Thank you, Gareth.

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Yes, indeed. A lovely collection.

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I spent some time on the boat today. Very nice boat. It all works. We explored the Bon Secour River in a way you can only do from a small power boat. I had a good time, but I do have to admit that...

Heehee!

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