In your face msmollin!

Better Them Than Me, Part Two

We all love sailing, but face it: sailboats are kinda slow. So perhaps we should all try the airborne sport demonstrated in the video at this link. Or maybe not! I don’t think there’s any camera trickery here — just some insane people who can’t buy insurance.

P.S. Beat MsMolin! Go Ex-Pats!

As Long As We're Not Talking About Sailing

Look to the Monday/Tuesday Men's Fall '07.

Ex-Pats rule! Especially over our arch rivals, Egan's OPT!

it's a horse race

in the absence of any sailing related news, we must turn our attention to the Nike+ challenge to your left, in which the race has tightened up to be a mere 10 miles separating 3 of the top 5 contenders ("ElizabethAnn" doesn't count because rumor has it that "ElizabethAnn" is actually a robot). Sunfishgirl, it's time to pick up your pace and leave msmollin behind!

These are not clouds

Here's the view from the end of my street. It's all smoke from one of the many fires buring in San Diego Country right now. For the time being, it appears that this fire is buring a little south of us and moving from east to west. More to come....

Believe

This picture may look alot like last week's picture, with the only difference being my Red Sox Nation citizenship is far more obvious. Today it was 82 and much lighter winds. We discovered that Hingham Harbor becomes very Barnegat Bay-like at low tide. About a foot deep in some areas. With a mucky bottom that almost sucked me in up to my knees. Today we made it out all the way to Boston Harbor and back.

So this is sailing in New England in October

Yesterday we went out in 15-20mph winds. As soon as we made it out of the more or less protected Hingham harbor into the more open Hingham Bay, there were huge waves and white caps so we quickly surfed back to Hingham harbor (wheee!) and had a fine time sailing back and forth in relatively warm conditions without capsizing.

"I will not drive over the speed limit."
"I will not drive over the speed limit."

We did it!

Captain and crew

OK so we didn't really have all of the rigging figured out... next time! You can see Boston in the distance.

In the parking lot after the sail, wondering if we will be able to unstep the really huge mast without breaking everything.

2007 Crabber of the Year

Nominations are now open.


I nominate...myself:

caught, barehanded, 1 sandcrab.

devoured, 2 crabcake sandwiches.

watched, 1 SpongeBob SquarePants episode featuring Mr. Krabs.

Poor Little Rhode Island LBI'er

I know you all want to see real pictures of Cher II, but for now...

Puffin

The lengths some people will go to have something to blog about....

Route 9 East, Framingham, MA

Surfer Girl

LBI 2007

Rounding the Mark

Grey sky & pretty sails.

A year of planning, and they picked this week???

For those of you who have left the NJ region, here's a brief description of the weather in relation to the 2007 Sunfish World Championship race schedule:

Saturday, 8/18 - travel day - warm and sunny;
Sunday, 8/19 - practice race - dark and drizzly;
Monday, 8/20 - first race day - rain;
Tuesday, 8/21 - second race day - LOTS of rain;
Wednesday, 8/22 - third race day - overcast and rain;
Thursday, 8/23 - last race day - overcast and rain, skies clearing by nightfall;
Friday, 8/24 - boat return - warm and sunny.

Sunfish Worlds - Brant Beach Y C

Sailing fast & we know just how fast!

Catch a Wave and You're Sittin on Top of the World

Today, August 1, 2007 Caroline and I each caught waves and rode them. Standing. 2 or 3 each. The water today was better than I have ever experienced on LBI.

Bumper Sticker Question

How do I transfer a cell phone picture (LBTBP on a Prius parked on Torrey Pines Rd, San Diego) to a computer? Do I need a fancy USB cable? That's Long Beach Township Beach Patrol, baby!