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svmoxie
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Initially Posted - 06/18/2004 : 09:52:17

There are only 3 full weeks left until the 2004 National Regatta in Portland. YeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaww!

Man, if you're not going to this event you are out of your feeble mind... sailing, cruising, racing, free beer, wine tours, good food, Bill Holcomb, Derek Crawford, Gary Bruner and all of Fleet 94...

Bill Meinert is hauling out from Indiana, so if you live within 100 miles of Portland and you're not planning to attend, shame on you! This is THE event of 2004. Please don't miss your chance to enjoy the very best the Association has to offer.

If you are going to be there, I'm looking forward to meeting you all, either for the first time or once again. Don't forget the sunscreen and the ibuprofen!

Winston-Salem, NC

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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 06/18/2004 : 10:24:12

Clif -

Portland sounds so exciting that I made all my non-refundable hotel, flight and boat hauling deposits today. I've never been to Maine and I'm really looking forward to it.

Steve

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dave holtgrave
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Response Posted - 06/18/2004 : 11:40:43

which coast are you flying to steve?
portland is west young man.

hope you misspelled the state you are intending to visit.
dave holtgrave
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wmeinert@kconline.com
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Response Posted - 06/18/2004 : 11:57:51

The boat is ready, my crew has airplane resorvations, the oil in my truck will be changed on the 1st of July, and I have the National Trophie boxed up to bring with me. For you guys in Fleet 94 we here at Fleet 43 will bringing our new Burgee to exchange and present to your club. Plus we will have club t-shirts, hats, and Burgee's for sale. Just one request though. Make sure the damm beer is VERY Very Cold!!!!

Bill Meinert
2003 National Champion

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Tony Partain
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Response Posted - 06/18/2004 : 12:24:33

Dude you need to make a left at Portland Maine drive until your eye's bleed then stop and smell the roses !!!

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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 06/18/2004 : 13:04:01

Yeah, I know. That was tongue-in-cheek, wondering whether anyone would catch the blunder. Actually, I was hoping for Clif to feel so guilty about not clarifying "Oregon" in his message, that when he saw I made non-refundable deposits for Portland, Maine, he would offer to pay my way out west to make up for it.

Steve

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 06/18/2004 : 14:25:27

Nowadays, for several reasons, we make darn sure that everyone on the airplane is supposed to be there. Boarding passes get scanned, and checked, checked....double checked....

But back in the old days (eighties), someone would just yell "all aboard" and then about an hour into the flight I'd get a call from the flight attendants telling me that the gentleman in 23B just realized he was going 6000 miles out of his way to get from NYC to Portland...(Maine...)...

Oscar
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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 06/19/2004 : 13:57:42

Clif: Thanks for the plug! I am excited for Nationals and my fleet folks have worked really hard to make this a good one. The sad thing to me is that there may be 5 or 6 C25s and 250 IN THIS MARINA that are not signed up!!!! I could cry. I know...some people can't leave work...others have family commitments, etc., but, heck, guys, a party like this doesn't happen every day! If you really, really are not a racer, come join the fun fleet. I guarantee you your money's worth and then some!

Bill: Full Sail Ale, Man....kegs of it! Derek Crawford flew out last year to do a week long regatta with me last July and fell in love with their microbrew Rip Curl. He took some HOME to Texas with him I think. If Derek tells you he's flying out here to race...(and he IS coming).....it's really for the BEER...!

Hope to see more of you sign up...it's not too late. We have 14 boats now, other checks are in the mail, and we have had 1700 hits on our local Fleet 94 website. Nike says, "JUST DO IT!"

Gary B.
Fleet 94 Captain in Portland, OREGON! ;)

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rclift
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Response Posted - 06/19/2004 : 14:34:15

Well, Portland has some great microbreweries for you beer purists. Check out their web site. http://www.oregonbeer.org/mapport.html

Gary, I thought you were doing the Once Around today?

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Doug
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Response Posted - 06/19/2004 : 20:45:37

Portland is the motherland of micro brews. Check out http://www.mcmenamins.com/

Take a look at McMenamins Edgefield. You go in, get a beer, and stroll the gardens. It's a luittle corner of paradise. We pilgramage down from the Sound at least twice a year.

If McMenamins is too funky for you, there's always Full Sail Ale, Bridgeport, Widmer, McTarnahan's....

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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 06/20/2004 : 00:59:55

So Doug, comin' down? I have not seen your name on the registry. Love to have ya.....

Ray, I entered, but common sense took hold. I am trying to paint my mother's house in Longview, and get my "cabin" painted before we have guests for Nationals. The floor guys can't get to the floors before then and I want SOME improvement to show around here! It would have been an engine swap after the Thursday night series, all day down the river on Friday (65 miles) and probably most of 2 days back to Portland. I just decided not to spare the time. Wife is SO busy ending the year at school, etc., kids home this weekend, etc....etc....

They'll find a way to spend my entry fee!

Gary B.
Commodore of Vice

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Doug
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Response Posted - 06/20/2004 : 01:42:17

Gary, I'd love to drive down just to watch, but that weekend falls right in the middle of a two week run to the San Juans. Maybe I'll see some of you after the Nationals when you head to the islands. Just look for the burgee.

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 06/20/2004 : 19:43:39

Wow! Only 22 days now to a decent beer...
Derek

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bobmac
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Response Posted - 06/21/2004 : 10:03:02

Did someone say "free beer" ?

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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 06/21/2004 : 10:11:53

Well....the entry fee (a paltry $70) covers the boat and 2 crew: moorage, trophies, Regatta t shirts, seminars, a barbecue with cold Full Sail Ale, a pizza feed with a cold keg and / or wine, coffee and donuts for skipper's meetings, 8 races (or "fun" events instead for non-racers), and a few raffle tickets for great prizes: gift certificates for restaurant meals, sailing gear, a flat screen TV and lots of "stuff", plus 3 days of option cruises on the river when it's all over.....Come and play!

Gary B.
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s/v Encore! #685

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RichardG
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Response Posted - 06/21/2004 : 11:51:24

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Portland is the motherland of micro brews<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

And for the best of the best, try [url="www.luckylab.com"]Lucky Labrador Brewing Co.[/url] -- #10 on Ray's map.

And you can indulge yourself on Miser Mondays probably with only the change hidden under your couch cushions.

Please note this is a shameless plug for a close relative's place.

Edited by - RichardG on 06/21/2004 12:04:07

dlucier
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Response Posted - 06/21/2004 : 13:11:40

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Oscar
 Nowadays, for several reasons, we make darn sure that everyone on the airplane is supposed to be there. Boarding passes get scanned, and checked, checked....double checked....<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Oh, yeah?...Then someone should have made sure these pilots knew where they were going...

From CNN today...

Airliner lands at wrong airport

Passengers told not to peek
Monday, June 21, 2004 Posted: 6:37 AM EDT (1037 GMT)

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) -- A Northwest Airlines flight that was headed to Rapid City, South Dakota, landed a few miles off course at Ellsworth Air Force Base, and passengers had to wait in the plane for more than three hours while their crew was interrogated.

Passengers on Northwest Flight 1152, an Airbus A-319 from St. Paul, expected to be welcomed to Rapid City Regional Airport on Saturday, but after about five minutes they were told to close their window shades and not look out, said passenger Robert Morrell.

"He (the pilot) hemmed and he hawed and he said 'We have landed at an Air Force base a few miles from the Rapid City airport and now we are going to figure out how we're going to get from here to there,"' Morrell told the St. Paul Pioneer Press by cell phone during the delay Saturday.

Eventually, the captain and first officer were replaced by a different Northwest crew for the short hop to the right airport.

Northwest confirmed that the crew made an "unscheduled landing."

"The situation is under review and we have nothing further to add," said Northwest spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch. He would not identify the cockpit crew, or say if the pilot made an error.

Ellsworth controls all air space 40 miles around the base and clears landings at both the civilian airport and the base.

The city's airport runway is "just over the hill" from Ellsworth, and the Northwest crew had to descend through a layer of clouds, said a base spokeswoman, Lt. Christine Millette.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.

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John Mason
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Response Posted - 06/21/2004 : 15:28:45

It's going to be great! (Except for that darn river current to contend with! LOL) I took Gary's offer to go on a Thursday night race with him, now I'm even more convinced it's the thing to do this summer! He's not paying me to say that either!

Make it your vacation destination. Lots of things to do around the Portland area along with the Nationals social events planned. Plus I need a crew person or two.;^)

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 06/21/2004 : 16:25:03

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">He would not identify the cockpit crew, or say if the pilot made an error.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Of course he made an error. It happens once in a while. Now I don't have all the facts in this case, but 9 out of 10 here's what happened.

In nice weather, pilots can be cleared for a "visual approach" , just as it says. See the airport, fly there, land. Some airports, have airports nearby that have similar orientation, iow the runway runs in the same direction. Ever been on the water and thought you had "the picture" only to realize ten minutes later that you were off and the island/water tower/marker/ inlet or whatever you thought you were heading for was almost like the one you were in fact heading for? Same thing happens with two airports close together.

Now, to avoid this from happening, we are trained to go through the motions of backing this not so failsafe eyeball picture up with all available electronic information. After all the stuff is paid for, might as well use it.

But, as in every other profession, complacency is always ready to rear it's ugly head, and maybe these guys were tired, on their fourth or fifth flight of the day or otherwise not as professional as they could have been, Hey, you take 60.000 people in any profession and you're going to get some that are better than others.....

Nobody got hurt, and it wasn't me......

'nuf said...

Oscar
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