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frog0911
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Initially Posted - 05/31/2004 : 09:29:20

These were taken this AM when BIG BOY showed up.

BIG BOY is about 30" tall with a span of about 6 feet.

Frog and The General

C250, Pretty Penny II, #743
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Coronado 15, M-Cube, #3316

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jtbarrett
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Response Posted - 05/31/2004 : 11:15:48

Wow what a great patriotic photo. Really shows what a "Good Life" Americans live.

Happy Memorial Day

Jonathan T Barrett
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LeighMarie
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Response Posted - 05/31/2004 : 12:53:03

Because of the lousy weather here in Western Michigan (will the rain ever stop!), this is how our sailing adventure went! (These are my 2 daughters.)

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Chip Hunt
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Response Posted - 05/31/2004 : 13:27:44

Frog,
Is that the Stono River? It sure looks like it.

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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 05/31/2004 : 19:50:28

My son and I took four of his college friends out on the Rappahannock Saturday. I hope that counts!

Brooke

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 05/31/2004 : 20:51:46

Hunting big game in FLA..

...two and a half days, 7 boats. What are the chances of seller # two being from around the corner in my home town in Holland......

Oscar
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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 05/31/2004 : 22:10:18

No pics of the cold drizzle today... Yesterday, however, was 72 degrees, brilliant sun, 10-15 knots. Passage kicked up her heels for the first time of the season! (We got a 25+ puff just as we were entering the harbor and about to douse the main late in the afternoon--gave us a little 40-degree surprise with the jib furled!) All in all, perfect!

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frog0911
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Response Posted - 05/31/2004 : 22:32:12

Chip, It is not the Stono River, but a small lake off the St. Johns River that runs through Jacksonville Florida. It is 4 1/2 miles long, a little over 1/2 mile wide, tidal and called Doctors Lake.

Brooke, any picture of activities celebrating this day counts. This is the day we Honor our Fathers, Uncles, Aunts, Sons and Daughters who made and are still making the sacrifice, some the supreme one, to insure we could have the freedom to sail and do anything else we have a notion to do. They would, I think, not want us do just sit around doing nothing but morning their sacrifice, but want us enjoy this gift of freedom to the fullest on this day. I know that is what I wanted for my family and my son wants for his.

Got on my soap box again sorry about that.

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reuben
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Response Posted - 06/01/2004 : 09:20:50

My sons and I went up early & spent Thursday night aboard (along with a Coleman Black Cat heater). Here is a picture taken while the temperature was diving -- we were comfortable, though, and Friday had brilliant sailing that kept us too busy to take pictures.

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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 06/01/2004 : 10:16:48

I agree Jerry. To wax your soapbox, the two girls in the picture in my posting are children of a Palestinian father and a Colombian mother who met in college here in the US. The girls are students at William and Mary, and the one closest to the camera was written about in last month's Rolling Stone because she tried to run for Williamsburg Town Council as a student, arguing that because students are affected by the work of the Council, they should be allowed to participate in the political process.

Seems to me that the freedom to make those arguments (whether we agree with them or not) in a big national melting pot is what this country is all about.

Brooke

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sailgal
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Response Posted - 06/01/2004 : 14:18:00

LeighMarie, is that a Catalina blanket I spy on one of your kiddies? Where did you get it??

Great photos Frog, I just got back from Alaska late Sunday night, saw 15 Eagles hanging out by the Fish packing factory in Ketchikan, they sure are a sight to behold!! Lots of Osprey in Sarasota but Bald Eagles are becoming scarce in these parts of FL.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 06/01/2004 : 20:41:17

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by sailgal
 ...but Bald Eagles are becoming scarce in these parts of FL.
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Come up here and check out the banks of the Connecticut River around Essex and Old Lyme... They're like seagulls! (Well, not quite...)

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LeighMarie
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Response Posted - 06/01/2004 : 21:04:36

Sailgal, it is a Catalina blanket, and it is a very nice one! We got it this year at the Catalina booth at Strictly Sail in Chicago this year. I think it was $18 or something like that. It's not real heavy, but just right for the chill on the boat.

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Bruce Ebling
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Response Posted - 06/01/2004 : 23:27:40

Here are our photos sailing on Fern Ridge Lake in Eugene Oregon. We decided to try out the spinnaker (with varied results) and do the "Jungle Cruise". After 7 hours of sailing and downing lots of cold chicken, beer and apple pie we all thought it had been a wonderful day.

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Bruce Ebling
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RichardG
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Response Posted - 06/02/2004 : 00:14:46

My daughter and I meandering about aimlessly at Two Harbors, Catalina Island:

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tmhansen
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Response Posted - 06/02/2004 : 01:11:02

Lots of photos but no practical way to post at the moment. We spent the weekend on the hook in Morro Bay. Wind got up to 35 or so on Saturday so we stayed put and tested out the anchor system. I was cursing myself for not learning how to tie the required knot to try Arlyn's bow bridle. The high winds really kicked up the seas so Sunday and Monday we went out of the harbor but the seas we so bumpy and the wind so light we gave up before we all succumbed to mal de mer. Sailed about the harbor. Towed kids in the dinghy. Missed slack tide when hauling out by about a half hour and paid the price on the ramp. Imagine launching into a 2 or 3 knot cross current.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 06/02/2004 : 11:04:50

Edited by - Frank Hopper on 06/02/2004 11:10:27

Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 06/02/2004 : 12:16:03

Rock-n-Roll, Frank. Cool picture!!!

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OJ
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Response Posted - 06/02/2004 : 17:45:17

Frank, I absolutely love sailing in those wind conditions . . . for about 3 or 4 hours then it's nap time

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I assume that was taken with a digital camera . . . have you (or anyone else) used Kodak's digital printer kiosk? I'd actually like to get a hard copy of it in an 11x14. I have a large collection of sailing pictures in my home office (I have a little bit of empty wall space left

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 06/03/2004 : 13:16:24

anyone who has digital photos and no way to post them may email them to me as an attachment. Spike and I will take care of it.

If it is OK I would like to copy some of these photos and update the Racing/Cruising part of our permanent web pages with them.

Frank - love that shot!

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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 06/03/2004 : 22:14:25

Awesome picture... screensaver quality!

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 06/03/2004 : 23:12:10

That is a great shot... there's interesting stuff you can see by looking closely...

The boat in front has a reef in... and is heeling the same or more than the trailing boat. His traveller is all the way to leeward, and he has his main sheeted out further. Pointing a bit lower.

The rudder on the trailing boat looks like it's feeling the strain... not quite square to the waterline... or maybe it's just some distortion in the pic.

Fun stuff, this...

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 06/03/2004 : 23:30:51

These are some of the comments I expected from the regatta post of mine, many of the pictures are fun to dissect. When you run the slide show you can double click on a picture and then download it by right clicking or dragging it to your desktop.

The trailing boat won 3 of 5 races. He used full main but twisted it out at the top. The reefed sail seemed to heel more most of the time and the sails were hardened up a lot. Also if you look at the windex they both look like they could be sailing higher.

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