i bet this never happens at the san diego zoo...

skippers!

here are pics of our new kittens, june (baby june) and gypsy (rose lee).

Quannapowitt Yacht Club...

I just checked out the website, www.sailqyc.com, to take a little look at the place. A very nice club indeed. And guess what? It's located

...at the end of Linda Road.

Last sunday we went to the zoo with our friends erica and gretchen and their twin girls, maud and harriet. or is it harriet and maud? oh well, aren't they cute?

Went sailing on saturday, which was fun since i hadn't been out on the water since LBI. my friends wendy and margaret took one of the club's mercury sailboats with rosemary, and i got reaquainted with cher. the wind was very light which was a surprise since i was expecting some residual effect of hurricane isabel. we raced around three markers, the mercury beat me on the downwind (first) leg (just barely), then it was all cher.... it was a nice sunny day, and there was a band playing at one end of the lake which was fun.

Captain Dave, Lieutenant Ross, and Midshipman “Krabby” Kyle put to sea Sunday on Blue Canoe, an Erickson 32. Had you thought to invent the perfect day for sailing, you could not have done better than this: an early-morning haze evaporating into cloudless sunshine; a breeze that was always fresh, never overpowering; and an ample supply of beer below decks. Once out on the ocean, we easily maintained speeds over six knots (it’s great to have electronic instruments!), although along the way we encountered Stars & Stripes (yes, the America’s Cup-class boat), which blew by us as if we were standing still.

Our course, to begin with, was south by west, but after a time we turned toward north. As we were about to put Point Loma between us and San Diego Bay, our midshipman’s inexperience unfortunately caught up with him — or, more precisely, his stomach caught up with him, not quite a match for the swell. So we headed back into the bay to spend a few hours in tranquil waters. There we sailed close by an anchored tall ship, Gloria, a training vessel in the Colombian Navy. (That is to say, we crossed her bow, raked her with our starboard broadside, then turned to pass close down on her starboard side to pick up any stragglers — at least, in our imagination.) We continued on downwind to the Coronado Bay Bridge, then tacked our way back to home port.

A great day! It did, however, prompt a question: When will Maris Stella Champion Linda, now a true sailor, come out to the West Coast for a cruise on a big boat in the open waters?

I just spoke with Kaptain Krabby Kyle and he says,

"DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES"

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,

Walk the plank !!!

Sink all motorboats !!!!

avast maties

it's international talk like a pirate day!

Sailors -

check this out...

looks good.
& it says "atlanta" but is actually close to boston, so maybe some potential buyers would be misled.

Live from the finish line of Reach the Beach 2003 ...

Linda "tinman" Christie manages to finish her third leg wishing she had a third (and fourth) leg, anatomically speaking of course. But thanks to her training partner at that other beach in August, she was well prepared for the grueling mostly flat but HOT HOT HOT final 6.5 mile run along the New Hampshire coast. Big thanks also to Lynn "I've done time" Ackerly for accompanying yours truly mid-way and to the rest of Van 2 for water at every mile: Michele "on the road again" Granda, Bob "the big girl" Kardosz, Amber "gazelle" Ward, and Carrie "Please don't squeeze the Charmin" Califano. A special thank you to Gretchen "Cranky" Dock who really does need to get running shoes for next year...

So without further ado, here it is, the official Girls Inc. team photo.

Our pace was an astonishing 8:35, finishing a full 2 minutes in front of Weapons of Ass Reduction.

-- Linda, "still having trouble with stairs"

Do You Believe....



Cher, live, San Diego, tonight !

One other thing: You may be interested in checking out a web site, http://67.117.213.251/Pursuit2/

A lot of these people will be strangers, but there's one face you'll recognize.......

FADED GLORY

An era has passed. The most recent Harbor Sailboats Capri 22 regata has come to an end, and for the first time in six or seven series, the Christie brothers did not take first place (or second, or third, for that matter). Of course, we eliminated ourselves from any real chance of winning by spending our time on Long Beach Island during the first day of racing. But in fact a hot new racer has entered the competition, and some of the old hands have improved greatly, so that the best we could muster in the six races we entered was a second in a field of fourteen. (The worst was a bit lower, but we'll pass over that.)

I blame Linda, of course. If she hadn't shown so convincingly in the Maris Stella regatta just how inferior we West Coast sailors are, we wouldn't have known any better and so would have gone out and kicked everyone's butt. However, all this really means is that we'll have to improve in the next series, which runs on October Saturdays. So get ready for the 2004 LBI series, cause we'll be practicing out here.

In the meantime, good luck to Linda in her running this weekend. Three five-plus-mile trecks.... I wish I could be doing it too!

LOST AND FOUND DEPT

i saw your gloves on the edge of the flower boxes down by where we kept the beach chairs and i think i pointed them out to someone when we were packing to leave so i think stu might have them. can't help with any of the other stuff though... has anyone seen a blue and silver beaded bracelet?

Has anyone seen my sailing gloves? They are red. They didn't make it back with me or else they are hiding very well. Also, has anyone seen a cd in a very slim case (I think it is red also, like my gloves) with U2 music. Also I think I left a wrist watch in Uncle Bob's cabana. I left my cell phone in mom's kitchen but she mailed it to me. Thanks mom. Also my sunglasses. And then there were those velcro straps on Cher's boom. I seem to have lost my sailng skills somewhere between 7/2002 and 8/2003. I hope I find them by 2004.

Ross

krabby kyle is the winner!!! be sure to check your mailbox something exciting is sure to arrive before long... nice going, surfer dude

p.s. i wore my s.b.s.p. boxer shorts on commercial street in p-town this weekend and got many compliments.

Dear Members,

I had a great summer at LBI and had fun catching crabs and sailing and kayaking and surfing and being net man.


Krabby Kyle

did some salt water fly fishing in provincetown yesterday and caught two crabs...

ross, i took care of your multiple postings

--administrator/commodore linda

still no input from dave. or stuart. or any of the crabbing society. so i will offer a prize to the next new poster - an item from the official 2003 msyc(&cs) catalogue ...

Skippers,

I just wanted to share a website that I found that has sailing rules and a quiz setup that shows racing situations with fouls and protests and explains right of ways....

http://www.yachtracing.com/technicaljournals/sailing101.html

Starboard !!!!

Ross

Sailors and Crabbers,

We wrapped up the season just in time, Hurricane Fabian is blowing past Bermuda with winds of 120 mph and gust up to 144 mph. It should be working NJ soon.

With that much wind Dave's boat, Red Weather, might have a chance to beat Sunny and Cher.

2003 4th place finisher, Ross


Sorry about the multiple posts yesterday. I didn't understand the editing system.

Dear Members,

I just wanted to take a moment to recognize and honor the '2003 Crabbers of the Year'....

Graham : Most Crabs

Caroline : Biggest Crab

Kyle : Crabbiest Crab

Lauren : Net Girl of the Year

Marjorie : Honorable Mention Net Girl

Stuart : Dock Master

i just went out to 'downtown' la jolla for a burrito and i passed a r.c. catholic church / school named MARIS STELLA. they translate it... mary, star of the sea.

we raced last night...a second, a fifth and a ninth. oh well, if we sail a little better next week we will take a second over all for the series.


blogger, ross

Welcome to the 2003 Maris Stella Yacht Club
(and Crabbing Society)
Results Page

This year's regatta was a huge success, beginning with the world's slowest sailboat race ever, won by previous BL regatta champion and San Diego legend David Christie, on tuesday. Even with capsizing, Dave took a strong first and the rest of us were in awe. We decided to wait for more favorable conditions as this race really took its toll on all of us, including Stuart, who left early after an equally challenging afternoon of crabbing.

Day 2 brought its own challenges, beginning with Commodore Linda's trek through the pilings into the Sisters of Charity swimming area, finishing with a capsize and taking of the Lord's name in vain, well within earshot of at least one sister fishing from the dock. Penalty point for you Linda!

Thunder (and lightning) brought everyone in to shore, the boats were stowed, and the beers were passed around... when miraculously the sky cleared, the boats were brought out again, and we were ready for race #2: Ross, Linda and Stuart, to the channel marker and back. Stuart was the first to round the mark, with Linda a close second, Ross unfortunately off in the distance, last seen somewhere over by the island possibly looking for remnants of the Barnegat Bay Blob. Stuart did his best to keep his lead downwind, but Sunny was no match for Cher. I got you babe!!

Day 3 brought a well deserved rest day, with various members of the MSYC&CS spotted at the Beach Haven water slides. One member decided to forego the frivolities in favor of studying tapes of the previous races in seclusion.

Day 4. Friday. Now or never. Conditions were ideal. A thrilling first race between Ross (Sunny), Dave (Red Weather) and Stu (Cher), with Cher coming through with another first place finish (Sunny close behind), but not without controversy, as one-half of the finish line was mysteriously spirited away toward the lighthouse. This race marked the first ever BL regatta race to have an official committee boat!

The final race was to decide the winner, with Stuart and Linda each showing a first and second place in their previous attempts. Cher crossed the line with an uncontested first and Linda gets her name forever inscribed on the coveted Barnegat Light Regatta trophy for 2003.

Honorable mentions go to:

Ross: most innovative fashion accessories
Stuart: supplying the committee boat
Dave: knot tying guru