Sailing Through Life on 3 Hulls. Our down and dirty blog about sailing our 2007 Telstar Trimaran.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
View for start of 2012
Mn to have drizzle turning to snow. Cloudy.
Hope we have a decent wind here or I will get all pouty.
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Oops. Coast guard has big ol scary machine gun.
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Don't think I can outrun or ougun them, so I better out smart them
Hunter 45. on our port, yet we are upwind. who has right of way?
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Bandaid billboard on side of Hospital
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Short sail in the Bay
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Nice sail with little wind in the early going, but more at the end of the sail. I could have stayed out quite a bit longer, but we had to get home. Someday, I just want to keep sailing and not stop - kind of like Forest Gump when he took up running.
We did stop at the local Publix down in St. Pete and made some sammichs since we didn't want to buy gas station quality grub at the marina. The marina sells a flavored tea that pushes the boundaries of taste. I think the brand is called Tradewinds and we have pretty much had all the varieties and not one of them tastes that good.
The birds attacked 3Sum and she looked like a Taco Bell bathroom after Free Burritos night.
Map of our Sail today
View 2011-12-23 12:27 in a larger map I am not sure why it looks like we pulled up short like that on the map, but we did get back, I think.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Actions are more important than stuff
A Walk in the Woods by
Bill Bryson. Bill is a travel writer and is one of my favorite. He is from Iowa and lived in England for 25 years and worked for the London Times, or some other such newspaper - it was written in English, I know that. He wrote this book and mentioned how he didn't like people who talked ad nauseum about their "stuff." He met a guy who droned on about how he selected his backpack and the fact it had a see-thru pouch so he could see stuff inside said pouch. I feel that same sentiment. Rather than talking about stuff, how about doing stuff?
Our Sail today
Got to see some pretty cool big ships.
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| The Admiral jauntily steps to the bridge, takes command of the helm, ship and fleet. "Get my sailing jacket and half of a sandwich - AND BE QUICK ABOUT IT OR I WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD!! AND THERE BETTER NOT BE ANY MAYO IN THAT SANDWICH!!" The Master and Commander wanted no part of the mayo. |
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Topped off at 8.2 knots for the day. Kind of choppy so it
killed our speed. Plus, we were lazy and didn't remove
the lazy jacks or remove the topping lift.
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| A Ship behind Lisa's head. |
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Gemini Catamaran Shell at Hunter Marine
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I took this pic of the sister boat of 3Sum being made. Hunter Marine is now the manufacturer of the Gemini and not Performance Cruising. We saw the new version at the St. Pete Boat Show and I like what Hunter had done and added some nice features and simplified some of the electronics, but it looked like a Hunter. Don't know what that means, but it looked like a Hunter. It felt like it was a bit more solid than 3Sum. The grabrails didn't pull out like on 3Sum.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Hunter Marine Test Pool
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I was up in Alachua, FL and decided to stop by Hunter Marine. They are now making the Gemini Catamaran. This is a picture of what appears to be their test pool. Don't know if I was to be back there or not, but the security guard was busy blowing leaves away. It is pretty odd to see a 40 some foot sailboat on a landlocked pond that is about 100 yards across.
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