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Mike left Mexico a week ago today and from the email I recieved this
morning, Arabella is about 1100 miles out from Puerto Vallarta,
sailing along in the trades under spinnaker and main (wind too far aft
to use mizzen without blanketing the main), doing 7 knots plus towards
the Marquesas. Whoohoo...

Barb
s/v Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com

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Boy that sounds nice.

Scotty

"ladysailor" wrote in message
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Mike left Mexico a week ago today and from the email I
recieved this
morning, Arabella is about 1100 miles out from Puerto
Vallarta,
sailing along in the trades under spinnaker and main (wind
too far aft
to use mizzen without blanketing the main), doing 7 knots
plus towards
the Marquesas. Whoohoo...

Barb
s/v Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com

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"ladysailor" wrote in message
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Mike left Mexico a week ago today and from the email I recieved this
morning, Arabella is about 1100 miles out from Puerto Vallarta,
sailing along in the trades under spinnaker and main (wind too far aft
to use mizzen without blanketing the main), doing 7 knots plus towards
the Marquesas. Whoohoo...

Barb
s/v Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com



I hope you're going to say hey from us!

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On Apr 9, 1:21 pm, "ladysailor" wrote:
Mike left Mexico a week ago today and from the email I recieved this
morning, Arabella is about 1100 miles out from Puerto Vallarta,
sailing along in the trades under spinnaker and main (wind too far aft
to use mizzen without blanketing the main), doing 7 knots plus towards
the Marquesas. Whoohoo...

Barb
s/v Arabellawww.sailinglinks.com

I hope he gets his share of Kava juice!
http://www.tau.olunga.to/paradise.html

Joe

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"ladysailor" wrote in message
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Mike left Mexico a week ago today and from the email I recieved this
morning, Arabella is about 1100 miles out from Puerto Vallarta,
sailing along in the trades under spinnaker and main (wind too far aft
to use mizzen without blanketing the main), doing 7 knots plus towards
the Marquesas. Whoohoo...

Barb
s/v Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com


Glad it's him and not me! Good luck to you Mike!

Bob Crantz

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"ladysailor" wrote in message
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Mike left Mexico a week ago today and from the email I recieved this
morning, Arabella is about 1100 miles out from Puerto Vallarta,
sailing along in the trades under spinnaker and main (wind too far aft
to use mizzen without blanketing the main), doing 7 knots plus towards
the Marquesas. Whoohoo...

Barb
s/v Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com


Seven knots with a following wind in the trades and a loop current in
his favor??? That's some slow boat. Didn't he put fresh bottom paint on
the pig? BTW a ketch is hard to beat on a reach but downwind you might
as well not bother at all with the mizzen. And what's with the main up?
If the mizzen sail blankets the main then the main blankets the
spinnaker. Good lord tell them to strike the main. The spinnaker is all
they need.

Wilbur Hubbard

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On Apr 9, 11:38 am, "Scotty" wrote:
Boy that sounds nice.

Scotty

He's having the time of his life.

B.

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On Apr 9, 11:38 am, "Capt. JG" wrote:
I hope you're going to say hey from us!

--
"j" ganz

Will do. I love the fact that we can be in contact with each other
while he's out there.

B.

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On Apr 9, 11:52 am, "Joe" wrote:
I hope he gets his share of Kava juice!http://www.tau.olunga.to/paradise.html

Joe

Not to worry, I'm sure we will have our fair share.

B.

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On Apr 9, 1:42 pm, "Bob Crantz" wrote:

Glad it's him and not me! Good luck to you Mike!

Bob Crantz

Ha! I'll send him your good wishes.

B.

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The main would not blanket the spinnaker unless it
was specifically being used to blanket the spinnaker during
a takedown.

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote
as well not bother at all with the mizzen. And what's with the main up? If
the mizzen sail blankets the main then the main blankets the spinnaker.
Good lord tell them to strike the main. The spinnaker is all they need.

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Why aren't you out there too?

"ladysailor" wrote
Mike left Mexico a week ago today and from the email I recieved this
morning, Arabella is about 1100 miles out from Puerto Vallarta,
sailing along in the trades under spinnaker and main (wind too far aft
to use mizzen without blanketing the main), doing 7 knots plus towards
the Marquesas. Whoohoo...

Barb
s/v Arabella

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On Apr 11, 1:53 pm, "Bart Senior" .@. wrote:
Why aren't you out there too?

It's never been my dream to do an ocean crossing but for Mike it has
been. Also, we had our car and dog in Mexico so I am driving back to
Oregon to drop them off with our friend who is taking care of the
house. For me the bonus is being able to spend time with my family on
the way. I'll fly down to Tahiti next month and continue on to New
Zeland with Mike.

Barb
s/v Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com

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ladysailor wrote:
Mike left Mexico a week ago today and from the email I recieved this
morning, Arabella is about 1100 miles out from Puerto Vallarta,
sailing along in the trades under spinnaker and main (wind too far aft
to use mizzen without blanketing the main), doing 7 knots plus towards
the Marquesas. Whoohoo...

Barb
s/v Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com

Coool, Barb....hope all stays well with their trip...aren't yuou just a
titch antsy to join them? They could air drop you!

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"katy" wrote:
ladysailor wrote:
Mike left Mexico a week ago today and from the email I recieved this
morning, Arabella is about 1100 miles out from Puerto Vallarta,
sailing along in the trades under spinnaker and main (wind too far aft
to use mizzen without blanketing the main), doing 7 knots plus towards
the Marquesas. Whoohoo...

Coool, Barb....hope all stays well with their trip...aren't yuou just a
titch antsy to join them? They could air drop you!

Air dropping the side of beef in the ocean could cause a tsunami!

She's probably busy taking men's money right under their noses to fund her
lifestyle. How many men was she sleeping with before she got divorced a few
years ago? Is that why they live in their sailboat off the shore in Mexico?
I guess it's hard to prosecute her when they can't find her.

LP

LP

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On Apr 14, 4:09 pm, katy wrote:
Coool, Barb....hope all stays well with their trip...aren't yuou just a
titch antsy to join them? They could air drop you!

So far so good. He crossed the equator yesterday. Yes, I am missing
a great part of this adventure and damn! I'd love to be with him
right now!!! Fact is, I'm giving myself to my family and taking our
little dog and our old van up to Oregon right now.

I saw a skydiving bit on the TV the other day and it really got me
going. I love the feeling of flying down with a graceful landing.
Too bad it can't be done in the middle of the ocean. Never mind the
lift off from a boat in the middle of the ocean. I heard about that
once. Something about a cat in a pillowcase and the humans rummaging
for clothing the next day.....

So glad you are here Katy and give my best to Haggy. I'm on the road
tomorrow and will try to check in before I fly out to meet me hubbin'
in Tahiti.

Barb
s/v Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com

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ladysailor wrote:
On Apr 14, 4:09 pm, katy wrote:

Coool, Barb....hope all stays well with their trip...aren't yuou just a
titch antsy to join them? They could air drop you!


So far so good. He crossed the equator yesterday. Yes, I am missing
a great part of this adventure and damn! I'd love to be with him
right now!!! Fact is, I'm giving myself to my family and taking our
little dog and our old van up to Oregon right now.

I saw a skydiving bit on the TV the other day and it really got me
going. I love the feeling of flying down with a graceful landing.
Too bad it can't be done in the middle of the ocean. Never mind the
lift off from a boat in the middle of the ocean. I heard about that
once. Something about a cat in a pillowcase and the humans rummaging
for clothing the next day.....

So glad you are here Katy and give my best to Haggy. I'm on the road
tomorrow and will try to check in before I fly out to meet me hubbin'
in Tahiti.

Barb
s/v Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com



Ah...Tahiti...will you wear a grass skirt and coconuts?

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"katy" wrote in message
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Ah...Tahiti...will you wear a grass skirt and coconuts?

Forget the coconuts.

Scotty

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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"katy" wrote in message
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Ah...Tahiti...will you wear a grass skirt and coconuts?

Forget the coconuts.

Scotty

Forget the grass skirt, too.

Tahiti.

Max

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OzOne wrote in message ...
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:18:33 GMT, "Maxprop"
scribbled thusly:


"Scotty" wrote in message
m...

"katy" wrote in message
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Ah...Tahiti...will you wear a grass skirt and coconuts?

Forget the coconuts.

Scotty

Forget the grass skirt, too.

Tahiti.

Max

My daughter is going to Bora Bora later this year as an end of high
school gift from us, a wind down after the most idiotic set of
examinations ever devised for high school students.
the dreaded Higher School Certificate....

I hope she and her friends will be properly supervised. Certainly you
haven't forgotten the Aruba incident so soon?

Max

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OzOne wrote in message ...
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:06:50 GMT, "Maxprop"
scribbled thusly:


My daughter is going to Bora Bora later this year as an end of high
school gift from us, a wind down after the most idiotic set of
examinations ever devised for high school students.
the dreaded Higher School Certificate....

I hope she and her friends will be properly supervised. Certainly you
haven't forgotten the Aruba incident so soon?

Max



Max,
Things like that happen every day somewhere in the world.
You cannot spend your entire life in fear of what may happen....hell,
those gang rapes that were so heavily reported here (because Muslims
were the rapists) happened within 5 or 6 km of my home.

Living a life in cotton wool is no life at all, you need to be aware
of and recognise wherever possible when a situation is developing and
get out ...she is pretty savvy.

Almost verbatim what the girl's mother said about her daughter when she went
to Aruba.

I hope she has a wonderful time. Tahiti is ausgezeichnet.

Max

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OzOne wrote in message ...
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:00:26 GMT, "Maxprop"
scribbled thusly:


Almost verbatim what the girl's mother said about her daughter when she
went
to Aruba.

I hope she has a wonderful time. Tahiti is ausgezeichnet.

Max


Yeah, I've been a few times, spent a hurricane season in Bora Bora,
beautiful place.

On kids...I've encouraged my kids to get out and enjoy life, as have
most parents.
We've had broken arms, a few chipped teeth and countless cuts and
bruises but they araware of how situations can get out of hand.
Take my daughter at a Chillis concert Tuesday night, front row/centre,
a woman behind was getting agressive about needing to get to the
front...daughter asked security to help..the woman was removed after
they had watched her escalating bad behaviour.

Oh did I mention she's now into rock climbing, using that strength
developed with 6 years of rowing.

Life is all about living after all.

By all means. I'm not hypocritical on this issue. As a technical mountain
climber, avalanche control/explosives coordinator (as a ski patrolman in
Colorado), sky diver, and motorcycle racer, I've not lead a sheltered life.
As for my daughter, I made sure I never sent her into harms way
deliberately, but allowed her to spread her own wings. Example: she and
three of her sorority sisters wished to go to a Florida location for spring
break her sophomore year in college. I declined to fund the trip, and so
did the other parents. All four kids were still terribly naive and prone to
succumb to the peer pressures found in such places. As a senior I paid for
the same trip with the same four girls. By then she was wiser and had
demonstrated to my satisfaction (as had the other girls to their parents)
that they were able to steer clear of the pitfalls. The trip was great for
them all. It likely wouldn't have been two years earlier.

Other countries are a different matter. Most US citizens tend to naively
believe that the same system of justice prevails elsewhere, which simply
isn't the case. The son of a friend was only recently released from prison
in the Philippines, at age 28. He had been incarcerated since his 21st
birthday for simple possession of marijuana. As an American student
studying in the Philippines, he had been informed of the country's policies
on recreational drugs, but chose to ignore them. I spoke with him
recently--a very changed person, to be sure--and he told me that he and the
other American students simply "couldn't believe that the penalties for
simple possession were as severe" as the law stated. His life is ruined,
essentially. He's a mess mentally and probably won't recover to achieve any
of his original goals.

Some of the laws in French Polynesia are arcane and provide for severe
penalties as well. And sexual predators are everywhere, including Tahiti.
As the song said, "Teach your children well . . ."

Max

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OzOne wrote in message ...
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:18:38 GMT, "Maxprop"
scribbled thusly:



By all means. I'm not hypocritical on this issue. As a technical
mountain
climber, avalanche control/explosives coordinator (as a ski patrolman in
Colorado), sky diver, and motorcycle racer, I've not lead a sheltered
life.
As for my daughter, I made sure I never sent her into harms way
deliberately, but allowed her to spread her own wings. Example: she and
three of her sorority sisters wished to go to a Florida location for
spring
break her sophomore year in college. I declined to fund the trip, and so
did the other parents. All four kids were still terribly naive and prone
to
succumb to the peer pressures found in such places. As a senior I paid
for
the same trip with the same four girls. By then she was wiser and had
demonstrated to my satisfaction (as had the other girls to their parents)
that they were able to steer clear of the pitfalls. The trip was great
for
them all. It likely wouldn't have been two years earlier.

You made a wise decision.
They often see themselves as being so aware, so mature but we with
older heads can still see the child within that grown body and often
are "horrible" when we use our parent power to veto an event.

That's life and now I'm getting the "You know when I wanted to go to
,,,, and you didn't let me, well I'm glad I didn't go, It turned out
really bad" or words to that effect.

I've heard that as well.

I love it as they mature and realise that we aren't the fun nazis they
originally thought.

Other countries are a different matter. Most US citizens tend to naively
believe that the same system of justice prevails elsewhere, which simply
isn't the case. The son of a friend was only recently released from
prison
in the Philippines, at age 28. He had been incarcerated since his 21st
birthday for simple possession of marijuana. As an American student
studying in the Philippines, he had been informed of the country's
policies
on recreational drugs, but chose to ignore them. I spoke with him
recently--a very changed person, to be sure--and he told me that he and
the
other American students simply "couldn't believe that the penalties for
simple possession were as severe" as the law stated. His life is ruined,
essentially. He's a mess mentally and probably won't recover to achieve
any
of his original goals.

Yep, seen very similar situations myself...had a friend who rotted
away in a Thai jail ( probably deservedly after being caught smuggling
brown).

Some of the laws in French Polynesia are arcane and provide for severe
penalties as well. And sexual predators are everywhere, including Tahiti.
As the song said, "Teach your children well . . ."

Here here!

That said, I hope she has a wonderful time.

Max

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OzOne wrote in message ...
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:02:16 GMT, "Maxprop"
scribbled thusly:


That said, I hope she has a wonderful time.

Max

She will.
BTW, I just booked tickets for us to see Steely Dan on Sep 15 at a
winery up the coast from here.
Great thing about my kids is they actually like my music...

Playing at Bimbadgen Estate, they are. How could anyone not like their
music? Your kids have great taste.

"They call Alabama the Crimson Tide,
Call me Deacon Blues."

Max