Maris Stella Yacht Club and Crabbing Society
Hey, does anybody know how to get on this thing?
Friday, June 25, 2010
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Hup . . . Chip, Chip!
Memorial Day weekend marked opening day on Long Beach Island. Beautiful weather - hot and sunny. The water was cold - but we all got in. The sailing was sublime - a nice steady breeze from the east led to an easy sail from the Barnegat Light public beach all the way to the osprey nest and back. And, of course . . . White's.
Wednesday, 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
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
The 33rd America's Cup in numbers
1 America's Cup
2 boats: the catamaran Alinghi 5 / Société Nautique de Genève & the trimaran the USA (BMW-ORACLE) / Golden Gate Yacht Club
6 venues in 159 years: New York (the USA), Newport (the USA), Fremantle (AUS), San Diego (the USA), Auckland (NZL) and Valencia (ESP)
7 countries have reached the America's Cup Match (England, Italy, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand and the United States)
24 sailors in the official crew listing: 14 on Alinghi 5, 10 in the USA
39 TV channels acquired the broadcasting rights
79 nautical miles of racing: 40 in the first and 39 in second
More than 5,000 plates of paella served
60,000 people attended the event inauguration in the Marina Real Juan Carlos I of Valencia
656,000 unique visitors watched the live racing direct through the official web site
2,800,000 visits to the cup website (www.americascup.com)
Monday, February 08, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Bringing Crabbing Back to Barnegat Bay
Bringing crabbing back to Barnegat Bay
Posted by Andrew Mulok/The Star-Ledger on January 7, 2010 at 05:21 PM
Human activities over the past 50 plus years has degraded Barnegat Bay and much of the shellfish living in it. Loss of wetlands due to development, over fertilizing, waste, chemically treated lumber among other things have had a cumulative effect on the health of the bay. The Barnegat Bay Crab Restoration Program is a partnership with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The program hopes to replenish the crabs, as well as educate people about the causes of the conditions of this delicate ecosystem. This season, volunteers of recrabthebay.org are re-introducing more than 2.5 million crabs in hope that a naturally reproducing crab population can return once again.
Posted by Andrew Mulok/The Star-Ledger on January 7, 2010 at 05:21 PM
Human activities over the past 50 plus years has degraded Barnegat Bay and much of the shellfish living in it. Loss of wetlands due to development, over fertilizing, waste, chemically treated lumber among other things have had a cumulative effect on the health of the bay. The Barnegat Bay Crab Restoration Program is a partnership with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The program hopes to replenish the crabs, as well as educate people about the causes of the conditions of this delicate ecosystem. This season, volunteers of recrabthebay.org are re-introducing more than 2.5 million crabs in hope that a naturally reproducing crab population can return once again.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
On the Boat
January 1, in search of Heermann's Gulls & Cassin's Auklets and any other interesting birds that fly by.
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