Maris Stella Yacht Club and Crabbing SocietyWednesday, May 26, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
Thank you, Ross, for sending us our Yankee Swap gift. I'm sure we'll be seeing it at the shore. And in a little preview from the game, which we played tonight, I give you a question from the "Third Grade Poetry" category:
In the poem "Eletelephony," which one of the following doesn't the elephant try to use?
A. Telephant
B. Elephone
C. Teletusk.
Good luck.
In the poem "Eletelephony," which one of the following doesn't the elephant try to use?
A. Telephant
B. Elephone
C. Teletusk.
Good luck.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Numerology
Dave and I were out sailing last Tuesday afternoon on S. D. Bay.
Tuesday is widely considered the third day of the week, however, according to international standard ISO 8601, it is the second day of the week. It was named after the Old English god Tiw. Tiw is a god of war and law, or, in other words... sailboat racing.
As we were preparing for our Tuesday p.m. races a rather large nice looking sloop sailed by with the sail number 77213.
Well, if you add the 2 plus the 1, I observed, then you get 7733. Interesting.
You never know how many members will show up for the races on any given Tuesday. Tonight there were 7 of us. And there was just enough time to get in 3 races.
We have been one of the more successful boats in the club but we haven't been able to get to the top in a long time.
In the first race Dave picked the correct side of the starting line and got us off to a great start. Strategically we covered our serious competition and we kept the boat going fast. That's all there is to it. First! The bullet.
Numero Dos. Except for a couple of tight spots in the first upwind leg this was pretty much a repeat of race #1. First! another bullet.
In the third race, the race committee changed the line but we still got a very good start and reached the upwind mark in 1st place. We got caught from behind by some wiseguys who got us into a tacking duel on the following upwind leg which allowed another boat to sail free and clear and take first in this race. We finished 3rd.
But overall, for the night, 1 & 1 & 3 = Blue Ribbon!
Afterwards we stopped at a bar and had some Margaritas ( a cocktail made of tequila, triple sec and lime). Interestingly there are 3 'a's in the word Margarita. Now, if you take the 'm' which is the 13th letter of the alphabet and subtract ......
Tuesday is widely considered the third day of the week, however, according to international standard ISO 8601, it is the second day of the week. It was named after the Old English god Tiw. Tiw is a god of war and law, or, in other words... sailboat racing.
As we were preparing for our Tuesday p.m. races a rather large nice looking sloop sailed by with the sail number 77213.
Well, if you add the 2 plus the 1, I observed, then you get 7733. Interesting.
You never know how many members will show up for the races on any given Tuesday. Tonight there were 7 of us. And there was just enough time to get in 3 races.
We have been one of the more successful boats in the club but we haven't been able to get to the top in a long time.
In the first race Dave picked the correct side of the starting line and got us off to a great start. Strategically we covered our serious competition and we kept the boat going fast. That's all there is to it. First! The bullet.
Numero Dos. Except for a couple of tight spots in the first upwind leg this was pretty much a repeat of race #1. First! another bullet.
In the third race, the race committee changed the line but we still got a very good start and reached the upwind mark in 1st place. We got caught from behind by some wiseguys who got us into a tacking duel on the following upwind leg which allowed another boat to sail free and clear and take first in this race. We finished 3rd.
But overall, for the night, 1 & 1 & 3 = Blue Ribbon!
Afterwards we stopped at a bar and had some Margaritas ( a cocktail made of tequila, triple sec and lime). Interestingly there are 3 'a's in the word Margarita. Now, if you take the 'm' which is the 13th letter of the alphabet and subtract ......
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Track & Field
The guy in the picture holding the spear took 3rd place in the 2010 Foothill Conference Championships, Men's Javelin. (8 colleges in the conference)
Friday, May 07, 2010
Saturday, May 01, 2010
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