Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: Australia.

Australia is a beautiful place but there are too many things that want to kill you there. No wonder the population is so low. Daniel Casey "Air Time" Cal 9.2R #75 Santa Barbara, Ca. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

no wonder it was used to hold prisoners.. eric jackson BAREFOOT 1971 CAL 29 CHANNEL ISLANDS CA. On May 5, 2007, at 7:31 AM, ai… [at] aol.com wrote: > Australia is a beautiful place but there are too many things that > want to kill you there. No wonder the population is so low. > > Daniel Casey > "Air Time" > Cal 9.2R #75 > Santa Barbara, Ca. > > > > > See what's free at AOL.com. > >

An unexpected trial continuance provided a window within which to blast to San Diego, needle, thread, and palm in hand. Debbie was in Atlanta and I was damned if I was going to be stranded alone in the desert while the rest of you were sailing by towards Ensenada. I debated the trip and lost about 8 hours, and at 10:30 p.m. decided to go for it. Made it to the boat at 3:50 a.m. Saturday. I took along my pressure sprayer, too, for fun. It was amazing what a bit of pressure does to the accumulated surface grime. Almost looked like I painted the boat when I finished. I debated lowering myself into the water on a rope and diving the bottom. I settled for laying on the slip and extending the wand as far as I could. Bottom crud was floating around all over the place. Next time, I am in the water. I then tackled the sail tear experienced back in December. I soon grew weary of the palm and bent needle and switched to a needle nose plier. Eureka! Tripled my speed, accuracy, and I experienced no more bending of the needle. I flashed on my great-grandfather, a ship's sailmaker lost off the Horn. I have four older sisters, so my sewing technique returned immediately, like riding that bike. Looked perfect when done. So the next time the Cal Boat community comes sailing by I'll be ready to sail out and watch them go by. By next year I should have the oars installed and ready to roll. Do they allow under 30' boats in the Ensenada race?

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Stirling" <bruce@...> wrote: > > An unexpected trial continuance provided a window within which to > blast to San Diego, needle, thread, and palm in hand. Debbie was in > Atlanta and I was damned if I was going to be stranded alone in the > desert while the rest of you were sailing by towards Ensenada. I > debated the trip and lost about 8 hours, and at 10:30 p.m. decided to > go for it. Made it to the boat at 3:50 a.m. Saturday. snipped > So the next time the Cal Boat community comes sailing by I'll be ready > to sail out and watch them go by. By next year I should have the oars > installed and ready to roll. Do they allow under 30' boats in the > Ensenada race? Sure. One of the kids that used to crew for me took my J 24 one year. It makes a really slow race if there is no wind. MIke Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 # 96 >