This year's winnah!

Up On the Roo-oof

Bring on the Sunfish

plenty of dock space on Marina

Got Lighthouse?

Free.

The GSA is offering 12 historic lighthouses for free.

The lighthouses are being made available as part of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000. The federal government owns about 250 lighthouses, which are maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard. Once critical for navigation along the nation’s coastal and inland waterways, many have been made obsolete by the advance of radio, radar and satellite navigation.

If you don't care for this one, perhaps Old Barney will be on the market someday soon.

Crab Fest Starts Tomorrow

If you’re looking for two great days of music, crab races, great seafood and much more, head out to the 2011 Lacombe Crab Fest, at John Davis Park in Lacombe (Louisiana), tomorrow and Sunday.

Lacombe is known for its blue crabs and home grown soft shell crabs, and there will be plenty of them to eat at the fest. But also, there will be lots of crawfish, shrimp, crawfish beignets, alligator, catfish, hamburgers, hot dogs chicken, pasta, drinks, desserts and cool fruit smoothies.

Among other activities will be the world-famous Lacombe Crab Races, where people can lay down their money on their favorite speedy crustacean.

Eat, drink, have fun, gamble your life savings away and laissez les bon crabs roulez!

Timber!

Getting ready in San Francisco for the next America's Cup. It looks like this challenge will be a fun one. Catamarans... ha, ha, ha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjwY6O2zE0E

Faces in the Crowd

Actually, I think Dave and I were sitting just outside of this picture. We were part of the crowd watching the eleven boat fleet of rc44's compete in San Diego Bay on Sunday. Exciting racing, especially during the starts when the boats were going past us only a few feet away. The regatta winner? The Russian boat!?!

Boats for the West River

We made them using leftover stuff we had laying around...  And they did quite well.  Rosemary wanted to let them go and see if they would make it to the Connecticut River.  The girls (Maud and Harriet) named them "Pizza" and "Chopper".

Now This Is Racing

Check this out.

Final Jeopardy: Literary and Movie Title Objects

The inspiration for this title object in a novel and a 1957 movie actually spanned the Mae Khlung River.

dah, dah, dah, dah,... dah,dah,dahhh,... dah, dah,.. dah, dah,. dut,dah,dah,dah,dah,dahhhh

what is "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

maybe you guys have already heard that some guy won $77,000 on Jeopardy breaking the one day record total set by Ken Jennings.

PFD Required

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDToL593cmU

lock out!

At a swimming hole in Vermont over Labor Day weekend

The Day After Labor Day

Katydid

Appropriately, Katydids belong a group called the singing insects. Somehow it read Lauren's sign and then came by to enjoy the sing-a-long concert by the Deck Rats. There are more than 300 different kinds of Katydids. I'm guessing our visitor was an Angle-winged.

Coming Soon...

Coming Soon... To a Theater Near You!

Keepin' the Streak Alive

Hey, how come the Dock Rats Greatest Hits isn't on Amazon? I want a copy.

Captain Emma

In the absence of my regular crew, Emma sailed with me in last Tuesday's Harbor Sailboats races. But I pulled a swicheroo on her — I asked her if she wanted to steer, and to my surprise she said yes. So it was all up to her (albeit with a little advice along the way), and the result: Second-place finishes in two of four races, and tied for second overall. She left some veterans wondering: Who is that girl?

It took us 4 days and 4 people but we finished...