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MattL
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Initially Posted - 10/20/2003 : 19:31:35

I went to Monterey a couple of weeks ago with some friends from Lake Yosemite. Here are some of the sights we saw. About half of the group left Friday morning and luanched at Moss Landing and headed out into the overcast sea. Unfortunatly I was by myself, the admrial and kids came later in the day to join us at the slips. I was kind of nervous because I have a tendency to feed the fish when I really don't have the time to do so. I got a perscription for the behind the ear patch and thought well lets try it. There were two other boats with me and I was good the entire trip, not great and dancing a jig but I felt OK. One of the boats a Cat 25 swinger stayed fairly close to the shore, the Mac 26

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and I headed further out.
After sailing about 1/5 way to monterey, you still couldn't really see it, kind of sort of, I saw what looked like a giant straight sea shell. I was trying to figure out what it was and as it got closer and bigger I decided it wasn't a building.
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its just to the right of the shroud above where the sheet crosses teh lifeline.
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closer
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Now to you that live on the ocean this may seem to be just the ordinary, but to an inland lake sailor this is pretty amazing. I just thought it was so cool, I called my wife on the cell phone to tell her.
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by the way that is the mac off her starboard bow. My friend was far enough away that they didn't yell starboard.
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they gave me a friendly toot, and waved. Since I was by myself I couldn't get to my horn quick enough to toot back.
The next day I went out with some friends from work that came up, we had a group of seal jumping all around us. well we could watch them swim along side, down and up the other side and out into the air. Again when all your use to seeing is an ocasional pearch or trout jumping out of the water, this is pretty cool.
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There are more photos, but I didn't get them to shutterfly. hope you like these

Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
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FK/SR _/)
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MattL
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Response Posted - 10/20/2003 : 19:37:57

here are a couple more photos
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Cat 22 that joined us.
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This is Everett 3.5 years. He loves ropes and is always trying to help retie everyones dock lines. Unfortunatly he likes horses better than boats.
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Casey getting ready for bed.
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Mast down in Montery, getting ready to come home. I lost my patch the night before and didn't want to do the crossing myself with out seasickness releef.
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Last one, thats me on the bow checking things out. I think that the boaters should leave a hat out to collect tips from the lookers on.

Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
E.C. Rider
Cat 25 86'
FK/SR _/)
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cathluk
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Response Posted - 10/21/2003 : 08:10:21

Awesome pics! I sail a slightly bigger body of water on the Chesapeake & I'd still be thrilled to sail by a tall ship. The seal was great too - I didn't know they'd jump like that. Sounds like you had a wonderful time!

Cathy
"Blown Away"
'97 C250WK #253

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 10/21/2003 : 08:49:18

Matt,

Cool Pics! <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle> I especially like the pictures of the tall ship.

Keep'em coming.

<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 10/21/2003 : 10:17:18

WOW ... COOL photos! <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

Those of us who keep our boats on inland lakes don't get to see stuff like that ... thanks!

Buzz Maring
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~~Freya~~
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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 10/21/2003 : 12:57:42

Nice Shots! A tall ship off your port and a seals to starbord, what a deal! On my lake its a bayliner to port and a waverunner to starbord and they're usually headed toward you. We'll be getting the sea gulls and pelicans in November which is as much of the big water as we'll see.

CVick
PanaceaII '81 C25 #2439 SRSK
Fort Smith, AR

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coach
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Response Posted - 10/21/2003 : 13:33:42

Wow! Sweet pics! About the only excitement we
see on inland lakes is a Bass jumping near the boat.

"Yes I am a pirate, 200 years to late" J.Buffet

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MattL
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Response Posted - 10/21/2003 : 14:47:54

We normaly sail in a small inland lake that gets drained in the winter for flood control. We were notified to get the boats off by the 10th, the water is now about 5 feet low. That means my slip is now in 1 foot of water. Here are some more of the seals for those that like seeing them. I met a guy at a conference that use to work for Monterey bay Aquarium as a diver, one of his jobs was going out in the bay to get samples. What a job.
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as you can see the water was pretty flat. You could look down the sides and see the seals swim under the boat and up the other side, way cool.
Last year when we were there a friend was with me, thank god. I didn't have the ear patches just dramamine and all I could do to keep from loosing it was watch the horrizon. We went through a school? of jelly fish. My buddy kept saying get up and look at this it is so cool. I just sat there and watched the smoke stacks at Moss Landing.

Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
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Cat 25 86'
FK/SR _/)
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jaredeking
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Response Posted - 10/21/2003 : 16:43:04

The square rigger (tall ship) looks to be a sister ship of the EAGLE which is the US Coast Guard Academy's training vessel. I saw that ship tied up at pier 32 in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. I was going to investigate, but never got around to it.

I'm interested in pic of you launching the boat into the water at the ramp. What was your procedure. Looks like you were using a strap which was connected to the tounge of the trailer and then tied to the truck. What did you have under the tounge? Do you do the same thing for pulling the boat out of the water as well?

Jared on LA BELLAMER in San Francisco Bay

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