At Radio City Music Hall: 3-D Glasses!

I've done it; Have you?

I have my renewed ISCA membership card - sail # 80015. It is proof that I have joined over 1900 other sailors in support of the Sunfish Class. Being a member entitles me to race at World Championship events.

While we wait

cher and cher II (aka puffin)

I Want a Million Points!

 

Meet Cathy of Encinitas, California, who tells me she visits LBI every other year. While in California, she adds, she can always tell if a person she meets is from New Jersey by the reaction to her sweat shirt.

Let’s Talk About Sailing

You may recall that back when the fires were raging, Emma and I were evacuated and wound up taking Raven and Nemo on a little “stationary sail.” Here’s what it looks like when dogs are at the helm:

 

But while we rested at port under canine command, I found I liked the boat so much that I had to take it out for some actual sailing. So Ross and I went out last week from San Diego Bay, rounded Point Loma, went out to sea a bit to avoid the kelp beds, then tacked back and forth to fetch the opening to Mission Bay. Didn’t quite make it all the way, but so what, when we spent an entire day that looked like this:

 

Plus we got to make a daring hat-overboard rescue, saw a mysterious wave moving against the swell that may have been the wake of a blue whale but probably wasn’t, drank some beer, and got to wear shorts in November.

We covered a total of about 18 nautical miles CMG (a shiny copper to anyone who can say what that stands for) and returned in darkness (sunset at 16:44, and sailing after dark is a treat in itself). Too slow? Not for my tastes; give me a brisk six knots any time!

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