tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20863070601292251912024-03-13T23:16:36.358-07:00The Shallow End1979 Cape Dory 27T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-88813460380486568722016-10-16T19:31:00.000-07:002016-10-16T19:31:55.479-07:00shake out the spidersTime passes. Years go by. SJD & JKC, are you two still getting RSS feeds on this channel? Naw, can't be.<br />
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Fortunately, chica-san made me buy another boat. I believe the most convincing part of her argument went something like, "Ok, we move to the south end of Puget Sound and you don't want another boat. WTF, mate?" Then, fortunately, there's this gang of real sailors we've fallen in with who are experts at looking at me wolfishly and saying things like, "Yeah, let's use your boat for some winter races. Do you have an anchor? What about reefing?"<br />
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All right. It's on. The date's been set for a real sailor inspection and outing. I don't know if they'll laugh and walk away or pile on and head out. Let's see if we can get the beer cooler and propane heater to work properly... and the anchor. What is, how you say, "reefing?"<br />
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Apparently there's this thing called "PHRF" which I'm going to have to look up. Hmm. "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_Handicap_Racing_Fleet" target="_blank">Performance Handicap Racing Fleet</a>" is what Mr. Google suggests. idk. Apparently there's a number I'm going to get assigned based on some stuff about the boat. Maybe about me. It seems to have to do with winning, losing, and time.<br />
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So, for some reason we don't quite fully understand yet, the <a href="http://www.ssssclub.com/" target="_blank">South Sound Sailing Society</a> allowed us to sign up, even though I (Tim) was the <a href="http://tminski.blogspot.com/2009/02/and-nostalgia.html" target="_blank">third admiral</a> (I know, the Internet never forgets) of the <a href="http://www.ratisland.com/" target="_blank">Rat Island Yacht Club</a>. There must have been a failure in communication somewhere. The black ball was definitely dropped somewhere between Florida and Washington. It's a long way, and diametrically opposed. Black ball dropping can happen.<br />
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So, these SSSS luminaries, with whom we would be delighted to drink beer, will want some information about the boat, I suppose. Specs, bay-bee!<br />
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<li>No idea. How about some pics from May 2016 or so? I promise I've done nothing to the underside since these pics except spin the prop both directions and clean the knot meter paddlewheel. Well, there was that time I squirted the boot stripe with the water hose.</li>
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We did install a high performance zinc so the prop shaft wouldn't break when we fire up the engine and cheat with the iron wind.</div>
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There was a hole in the stern where a PO (previous owner) thought an outboard would be better than maintaining an inboard. It got patched with stuff and bondo. We re-patched it with glass and epoxy. Hopefully the boat goes faster and leaks less.</div>
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lookin' much like the sailboat data line drawing...</div>
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There was some painting that happened</div>
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If my math is right, the prop might not chew a hole in the boat. It certainly might cavitate. Of course, math was never my strength... Maybe I would like to believe more than calculate. That puts me with the majority of monkey-like bipedal organisms on this planet. What could possibly go wrong?</div>
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Nice, big, honkin' prop. Notice that the performance slider is slid toward "push the boat against the tide" over "race the boat."</div>
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The knotmeter paddle wheel and depth sounder surely add some drag. The paint is... red? Interlux Trilux, purportedly. It's not racing paint, obviously - no stripes :-)</div>
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Nevertheless, the boat simply flies</div>
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and floats, right side up mostly, which we tend to thumb up... and eat breakfast in celebration of.</div>
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the chicken ladies of GRuB agree.</div>
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self-rescues might be possible if we blow up the secondary boat</div>
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And for reasons I don't understand, the aft reefing block is secured by the shoulders of two rivets. Gah. Gotta fix that.</div>
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Finally, the wind-o-meter might be telling the truth about the very scary mid-October 2016 PNW storm. Conditions in Swantown Marina were nicely protected and comfortable.</div>
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Then, there's that one thing I still worry about for real. The exhaust system doesn't have a gooseneck. It will be interesting to see how several real sailors with wolfish grins weigh down the stern of the boat and dip the exhaust through-hull. Does the saltwater get into the engine? Oh, please no. It's such a fancy and new engine. Saltwater wouldn't be good. Gotta deal with that, too.</div>
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T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-50845206268600051912015-06-19T21:31:00.001-07:002015-06-19T21:31:24.774-07:00whack-a-molethump! boing. alright.<br />
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do you two subscribers still get annoyed when I post a bit? this here blog ain't about boats no more. never was, really. now, I can't guarantee that boats won't show up at times.<br />
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so, just checking to see if this thing still works, really. not laying down any thoughts in the shallow end yet. I've been thinking about hands lately. my hands. my chica's hands. all the useless things my hands have done. and these fingers. jeebus. typing like they had something to say. i'm just glad they've had someone to hold onto all these years. <br />
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Alright. more later, maybe.T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-35149767521706755482014-01-25T11:03:00.000-08:002014-01-25T11:03:56.907-08:00All Gone - Boat Sold!No longer available.T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-57070031516934378852013-08-11T15:22:00.001-07:002013-08-11T15:22:18.685-07:00Gibson Dry DocksThe boat has been in the yard since we hauled her out in summer 2011. We have enjoyed working with the folks at Gibson's since the early 1990s. The boat is presently in dry storage at a little over $340 per quarter, taxes and all. Here are some links to Gibson's:<br />
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<li>Web Site: <a href="http://www.gibsondrydock.com/">http://www.gibsondrydock.com</a></li>
<li>Google Maps (for routing): <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/aOB7c">http://goo.gl/maps/aOB7c</a></li>
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T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-66353881107148385802013-08-11T13:36:00.000-07:002013-08-11T13:39:15.279-07:00The LayoutSeveral folks have asked questions about which layout the boat has. This boat has the Starboard Aft Galley layout as pictured here. (Edit - oh, hey... just click the picture. that bigs it up, too)<br />
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The Gulf 29 came with several as indicated in the manual at the Capital Yachts info website. Open the PDF and scroll toward the bottom of the manual to see a full size diagram with readable labels: <a href="http://www.capitalyachts.info/gulf29/Gulf29_Manual.pdf">http://www.capitalyachts.info/gulf29/Gulf29_Manual.pdf</a>.T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-23180097520526536802013-07-21T16:47:00.000-07:002013-07-21T16:47:26.850-07:00Wife says, "Sell the boat." Boat for Sale, Make Offer.You may notice the declining asking price for my fine vessel. So far, my asking prices have not been much of a conversation starter. How about this? If you're interested in owning this boat -<br />
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<li>email me any questions I haven't answered already (send your phone number if you'd prefer to talk)</li>
<li>decide if you would enjoy taking her on</li>
<li>think about a purchase price that seems fair to you</li>
<li>make an offer at your price and let's see what happens</li>
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Why am I selling? I can see over the hill. In fact, I'm sneaking up on 50. For quite some time now, I've had a target of possessing very few things by the time I'm 50, holding an idealized vision of me, my wife, a pair of backpacks and some proper hiking boots. The boat has been fun and good, but it won't fit in a backpack. That's essentially it.<br />
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You've seen that I'm quite proud of her, and you can read stories in this blog about the work that I've done. She comes with a lot of inventory that I'll start listing out and tossing in some pictures. There are an awful lot of new things in good condition.<br />
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Fear of the unknown can often keep us from getting into what we think might be a challenging situation. Everything I've needed to know for the rebuild work, sailing, seamanship, etc. has been available in the documentation I've acquired, in advice from friends, and from just going for it.<br />
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<b>Reference Materials</b> - 1 seamanship book, 2 project guide books, 1 3-ring binder with manuals and product documentation for all of the new stuff and a lot of the old stuff on the boat, including Universal Diesel manual, replacement parts, cross-reference to cheaper Kubota diesel parts ("garden" < "marine" :-), etc., etc., etc.<br />
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Ok, trying again. Last time I posted her for sale, I was immediately wrapped up in work and other activities that took too much of my attention and kept me from being reasonably responsive. I advertised with Craigslist and Boat Trader Online, which seemed to result in:</div>
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<li><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">a whole lot of friendly people who couldn't write in English who were working on a container ship with a broken satellite phone and wanted to buy "the item" for their sick father(s?) if I would please just give them my PayPal account</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">some companies who wanted to advertise and sell my boat for me</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">maybe two or three real people expressing an interest in the boat</span></li>
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<span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Not too successful for the cost of the Boat Trader ad, so I'm just going with Craigslist this time. People on container ship with broken satellite phone, limber your email fingers and de-sync those sent-from and respond-to email accounts!</span></div>
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<li>Contact me to arrange to go aboard. This would be a really good idea.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.capitalyachts.info/gulf29/gulf_29_brochure.pdf" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;">Example brochure</a> with specifications</li>
<li><a href="http://www.capitalyachts.info/" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;">Capital Yachts owners group</a> website</li>
<li><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newportsailboats/" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;">Newport Sailboats Yahoo Group</a>: This is a great gang of informed, informative, and helpful folks.</li>
<li><a href="http://staugustine.craigslist.org/boa/3741799530.html" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;">Craigslist Ad</a></li>
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T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-60448997178335698542012-07-28T13:45:00.000-07:002013-02-03T10:24:50.571-08:00For Sale: 1980 Capital Yachts Gulf 29 Pilothouse Sloop, $16,900Boat Details:<br />
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<li>(2/2/2013 edit - Strike this one... the website's no longer there.) Rebuild stories on this blog (links to pix in posts) and earlier at <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~g29/">http://home.earthlink.net/~g29/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.capitalyachts.info/gulf29/gulf_29_brochure.pdf">Example brochure</a> with specifications</li>
<li><a href="http://www.capitalyachts.info/">Capital Yachts owners group</a> website</li>
<li><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newportsailboats/">Newport Sailboats Yahoo Group</a>: This is a great gang of informed, informative, and helpful folks.</li>
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Well... rats. The time has come to become Previous Owners (POs). We hauled Pixie the Boat in June 2011, and she's been sitting in the yard since, probably accumulating mud daubers. She got some water in her during a tropical depression, but has since been drained and scrubbed out a few times. She now has a nicely placed and shaped hole, ready for installation of a garboard plug.<br />
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<br />T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-44264965493747600532011-12-25T13:37:00.000-08:002011-12-25T13:42:51.446-08:00wow. time flies when you're dodging bullets. well. hmm. yup. ok, still have a boat, but it's high and dry (kind of). I'm on the job hunt which will land us in different climes and who knows what sort of water. i've been in facebook land of late instead of this here noise channel, but withdrawing in a big way. maybe i'll post some uselessly useless stuff here over time. maybe not. we'll see what happens. cheers and happy holidays to all two of you who have forgotten that you subscribed to the rss feed... (rss? that's so mid-2ks).T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-28807880426925010872010-12-01T04:51:00.000-08:002010-12-01T04:52:45.587-08:00a light breeze<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/TPZFHiRkbBI/AAAAAAAABFU/S1DLAuPmFy8/s1600/photo-765588.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/TPZFHiRkbBI/AAAAAAAABFU/S1DLAuPmFy8/s320/photo-765588.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545695986915240978" /></a></p>T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-89786926227447653172010-06-15T03:18:00.001-07:002010-06-15T03:21:06.725-07:00Seriously...<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/TBdTgyU3SjI/AAAAAAAABEs/7QZXSCK618E/s1600/photo-723907.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/TBdTgyU3SjI/AAAAAAAABEs/7QZXSCK618E/s320/photo-723907.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482942894077069874" border="0" /></a></p>Ruh roh. Now we've gone and done it. Chica and I are heading for St. Augustine to take a combined ASA 101/103 sailing course. We'll be backing the boat into the slip under sail in no time...T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-84856158746234352212010-05-29T10:59:00.000-07:002010-05-29T11:00:05.077-07:00Jeers, chica matey!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/TAFWJWViKiI/AAAAAAAABEg/--Rm9RxrS-E/s1600/photo-705078.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/TAFWJWViKiI/AAAAAAAABEg/--Rm9RxrS-E/s320/photo-705078.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476753340473944610" /></a></p>yup.T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-79146956844143550502010-05-18T03:50:00.000-07:002010-05-18T03:54:48.395-07:00My Semi-Annual PostThought I'd toss a note up here. I'm quietly embroiled in a battle to the death with the boat's electrical system. I've ripped out nearly all of the old electrics and am coming back at it from scratch. I've had to learn a lot about marine DC electrical systems, which is one of the general points of this whole boat exercise for me (to learn mildly useful stuff). It's been slow, I've been distracted, and I'm starting to get a little grumpy myself for not having the boat up and running back in the winter and spring - Florida's sailing season. <br /><br />That's it for now. I'll probably post a big ole "how i did it" note with pix after I win the battle.T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-61405570466910933262010-01-01T07:59:00.000-08:002010-01-01T08:55:49.457-08:00A New Year<p class="mobile-photo">Misty morning and the marina has climbed to cloud base altitude. We've since rolled into a rainy, cooling day and are all snuggled into the boat with the heater going. Chica's doing lesson planning for her science classes, and I'm snooping around with DC electrics planning. A fine planning day...</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/Sz4cAGx0V0I/AAAAAAAABD4/6yVOyGY5uAw/s1600-h/photo-700879.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421801789545797442" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/Sz4cAGx0V0I/AAAAAAAABD4/6yVOyGY5uAw/s320/photo-700879.jpg" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">New Year's eve festivities were aboard Down Time with Connie, Roger, Mary Beth, Bill, Pat, Joe, Michelle, and Richard. A cozy crowd of dock neighbors...</p><p class="mobile-photo">Pixie the Boat is surprisingly dry and comfortable inside. Of course, it helps that I covered the foredeck with plastic and held it down with gorilla tape yesterday before the rain started. The teak hatch rails appear not to have been bedded adequately or at all, so water drips merrily down the screws and directly onto Chica's side of the v-berth. Before we leave on Sunday morning, I'm going to remove the teak hatch rails, clean the glass on the deck, and gorilla tape everything down. I'll take home the rails and any other wooden pieces involved with the hatch and refinish them. I'm going to try out <a href="http://www.bristolfinish.com/">Bristol Finish</a> - a two part urethane product. Hopefully, this stuff will align nicely with my lazy bone and keep me from messing about often with the little bit of teak that's outside the boat. I'm tired of Cetol and it's drab orange glow.</p><p class="mobile-photo">For the electrics, I'm going simple. I'll rip out all of the scary late 70s AC gear, and only allow AC directly to the battery charger for now. Past the battery charger, it's all DC. I'm investigating AGM batteries primarily because the boat's battery mounting locations are in the cabin. I quite dislike the idea of breathing charging gasses from flooded batteries and the potentials for sulfuric acid to spill when heeling or spray all over us and the living space when exploding. Beyond the batteries, I'm going with new oversized stranded, tinned wiring and <a href="http://bluesea.com/">Blue Sea Systems </a>components. Simpler the better, since this stuff ain't cheap. </p><p class="mobile-photo">I've been having a little trubble with this post as both of you who subscribe might have noticed. I've retrained the notebook to live with Ubuntu 9.10 and am still getting used to the new environment's vagaries. OK, enough finger talking. Time to move along with my little rainy day projects.</p>T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-24028724283158101842009-12-02T18:46:00.001-08:002009-12-02T18:46:54.399-08:00Scrap Teak<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/SxcmngJBWEI/AAAAAAAABDE/GVv7RhZO_04/s1600-h/photo-714400.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/SxcmngJBWEI/AAAAAAAABDE/GVv7RhZO_04/s320/photo-714400.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410835937393465410" /></a></p>so, someone at work was ditching this arrangement of scrap teak for <br>$15. bungs, galley panel, rub rail repair, pilothouse trim, and <br>more... if chica-san doesn't want it in the house.T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-12398084382643728762009-10-21T15:46:00.000-07:002009-10-21T15:48:30.844-07:00sewing lessons<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/St-PvuMX2QI/AAAAAAAABCc/VXksB2p3cQo/s1600-h/photo-710845.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/St-PvuMX2QI/AAAAAAAABCc/VXksB2p3cQo/s320/photo-710845.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395188928629692674" /></a></p>canvas & sails... here i come! don't quiver, you have plenty of time <br>before i get there.T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-6196749464809926632009-10-17T12:34:00.000-07:002009-10-17T12:35:02.974-07:00and...<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/StocZkN5TxI/AAAAAAAABCQ/RNJIdBvajDg/s1600-h/photo-702975.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/StocZkN5TxI/AAAAAAAABCQ/RNJIdBvajDg/s320/photo-702975.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393654729273855762" /></a></p>the quarter berth do over is still underway. new panels partially <br>fitting. more wrassling before i'm done.T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-34084658984012164022009-10-17T12:31:00.000-07:002009-10-17T12:32:31.771-07:00boo!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/Stobzx9r-SI/AAAAAAAABCI/nRImG8FjRbs/s1600-h/photo-751772.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/Stobzx9r-SI/AAAAAAAABCI/nRImG8FjRbs/s320/photo-751772.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393654080128940322" /></a></p>haven't been blogging lately. been feeling quiet and still. here's a <br>shot of $10 spent well on non-skid stickies.T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-64612358458741734752009-05-26T07:14:00.000-07:002009-05-26T07:17:07.113-07:00(fair) maiden voyage<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/Shv548j6XiI/AAAAAAAAAuA/LYiD2z8Md8U/s1600-h/photo-727114.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/Shv548j6XiI/AAAAAAAAAuA/LYiD2z8Md8U/s320/photo-727114.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340136539902598690" /></a></p>Cap'n Chica takes the helm, learns to holler "ready about" and "hard a- <br>lee," and prioritizes some of the next ...how we say... "improvements."T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-42919976937181149722009-05-10T16:52:00.000-07:002009-05-10T16:55:54.350-07:00Shirley D sez...ditch the "adult content" button so she can use RSS. Ok, done! i just figured i was an adult and was tossing content at this thing, so it seemed obvious and logical. what exactly is "adult content?" is it just nekkidity and curse words? i'll never understand these things. no promise here that nekkidity and curse words won't show up...T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-37641312572807184722009-03-31T04:02:00.000-07:002009-05-10T16:51:31.836-07:00Rise<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/SdH4aIYNW-I/AAAAAAAAAtU/QSITUKApP7Q/s1600-h/photo-784502.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/SdH4aIYNW-I/AAAAAAAAAtU/QSITUKApP7Q/s320/photo-784502.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319305762710576098" border="0" /></a></p>Monday morning has a distinctly industrious sound. Looking east-<br />northeast from the foreward hatch after slowly awaking, giggling <br />together, and arising. Good morning, world.T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-83086993690031295842009-03-26T19:30:00.000-07:002009-03-26T19:39:32.084-07:00When the spirit moves me<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/Scw7fUPI5LI/AAAAAAAAAtM/OmJtXZHEGHE/s1600-h/IMG_0038.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/Scw7fUPI5LI/AAAAAAAAAtM/OmJtXZHEGHE/s320/IMG_0038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317690669211903154" border="0" /></a><br />it's amazing what i can do when chica says she's selling the boat. threw it right in, it floated, sailed, and the engine ran with a little coaxing. of course, i wouldn't be home free without Kevin & Tom's help. Kevin and I sailed her over to the Boathouse under the power lines and around Devil's Elbow. She bit Kevin's finger, and we nearly buried the rail a couple of times in gusts up to 20 knots. ok, maybe we weren't that close. chica and i are heading up tomorrow to see if Pixie the Boat still floats and start with the rest of the projects. on the list are moving the engine more toward starting on the first bump, addressing the vberth comfort situation, and measuring for a cockpit bimini. minor poking around will include a good interior washdown, lazy jacks, some temporary cabin lighting, and some wiring along with various odds and ends. maybe even install the grill and cook something on it. having the boat in the water is far nicer than having it in the yard. way cleaner, too!T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-77478869650667251742009-03-20T13:11:00.000-07:002009-03-20T13:13:03.070-07:00Ha!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/ScP4z5cHpmI/AAAAAAAAAtE/KrMF9VWJ_L8/s1600-h/photo-783071.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/ScP4z5cHpmI/AAAAAAAAAtE/KrMF9VWJ_L8/s320/photo-783071.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315365555703096930" /></a></p>T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-18888585912502153492009-03-20T12:05:00.000-07:002009-03-20T12:06:25.104-07:00Soon now<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/ScPpMasPgXI/AAAAAAAAAs8/lIZOucXlNpc/s1600-h/photo-785107.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/ScPpMasPgXI/AAAAAAAAAs8/lIZOucXlNpc/s320/photo-785107.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315348384759906674" /></a></p>Today's the day. Float.. upright... and all that.T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086307060129225191.post-28917665538035097012009-02-15T12:47:00.001-08:002009-02-15T15:25:40.746-08:00...and nostalgia<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/SZh_V-oBzsI/AAAAAAAAArE/c511UxB6zKY/s1600-h/photo-738989.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303128576793628354" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J0Y_NQ4bgWY/SZh_V-oBzsI/AAAAAAAAArE/c511UxB6zKY/s320/photo-738989.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p>back in '92 (before the turn of the century) john and del were snooping around a chart of the st. johns (http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/11487.shtml) and found rat island. nearby, of course, was polly island which served as a useful euphemism for the gold sailing jewelry motif and white captain outfit approach to boats. john and del let me in on their little club when I handed over beer and agreed to be admiral, commodore, gofer, and bilge boy... and agreed that there could never be any other members. well, you see, john was trying to sell his sailboat to me, so he had to make some concessions. there _was_ the initiation ceremony which required new members to drink a pitcher of beer poured down the ass crack of the current admiral(s) and/or commodore(s). unfortunately, both non-members of the RIYC were admiral(s) or commodore(s) depending on their mood and state of cleanliness. oh, man. must be why i've moved from beer to the wine that's been lurking in the fridge for a month or two. as i recall, herschel was the 4th confirmed non-member. i sense in the making a re-convergence... a re-alignment... a cooler full of beer. at least some sailing and some lying.<br /><br />as all good yacht clubs do, we had races. mostly beating cheaks down the dock to get more beer, but races nonetheless. cheating in any observable manner was highly encouraged. points were awarded for ramming other boats, insulting the skippers, stealing their beer, and stealing their women. note that this was before women were allowed into the club (or would accept an invitation or offer a beer). holing other boats raised the points algorithmically. sinking other boats and drowning their skippers (much to their chagrin) was the stuff for which songs were written in the RIYC verbal history. tussling with non-non-members seemed to happen fairly often, and was a source of great anticipation, joy, and entertainment. tussling with non-members was not out of the question, either. we had to change the points accumulation rules on a daily basis, and immediately lost track of who was ahead. good thing beer was available. the first and only behavioural rule, to which we all were required to sign affidavits (or maybe not) was, "there shall be no rules." time passed, and folks got wind of the RIYC. i remember having to deny the existence of the RIYC and my involvement in it when the Palatka Yacht clubbers started inquiring as to how to join. why do people like to join groups? is it the cool factor? is it an acquisition - a collection - a be here now thang? maybe it's just the chance to drink a beer together. that's alright.<br /><br />that was back in the day.<br /><br />this is now. i have paid membership dues and received a license tag, a momentus event in the history of the RIYC, surely! things have changed. my vehicle has intermittent wipers, windows that roll all the way up, and a/c. it claims "no trouble codes found" on a regular basis. absolute luxuries. the state of florida has heard of the RIYC. i seem to recall that RIYC was told to cease and desist with the "RIYC" thing - a proper throwback to the good old days. i heard the letter threatened something about tarnishing a motif of boat jewelry and white captains' outfits. so now there's a modicum of respectability about the whole venture, if not a website (http://ratisland.com). and rules. oh, the rules. and the insurance! if insurance is not of satan, it is satan itself (you know that satan is "shaitan" which simply means "against, adversary, opponent, etc. " don't you?). so now i have to buy insurance to park my boat. this i will do because it's a rule. the cost of entry to the boat game these days.<br /><br />well, you see the state of the wine glass and the recently enshrined RIYC license tag, don't you? you will surmise what you may surmise. until later, chica says, "don't gleek the cat!"</p><p>ps - if you haven't done it already, go see Slumdog Millionaire at the movies.</p>T Minskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179858900954260251noreply@blogger.com0