Maris Stella Yacht Club and Crabbing SocietyMonday, September 29, 2003
Sunday, September 28, 2003
Friday, September 26, 2003
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
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.
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.
Monday, September 22, 2003
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?
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?
Friday, September 19, 2003
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Sailors -
check this out...
looks good.
& it says "atlanta" but is actually close to boston, so maybe some potential buyers would be misled.
check this out...
looks good.
& it says "atlanta" but is actually close to boston, so maybe some potential buyers would be misled.
Monday, September 15, 2003
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"
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"
Friday, September 12, 2003
Thursday, September 11, 2003
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!
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!
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
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?
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
Ross
Monday, September 08, 2003
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 ...
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 ...
Saturday, September 06, 2003
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.
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.
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