"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
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Just checking in; I'm anchored currently, the reasons thereto (get warmed
up, Wilbur, maybe bob and a few others) to follow in the final post of the
passage later today, in Portland Harbor.

Sailed in, turned upwind and up current, slowed to nought, dropped the
hook and the sail at the same time, and took my wife to bed.

Screw the rest of you, too :{))

For those not responding to my challenge, don't complain if I come too
close to you. For the others, we've already met Roger, and I expect to be
on his mooring tonight or early tomorrow; visitors are welcome.

The balance of the Portland itinerary remains to be set; there currently
isn't one...

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I can't believe the famous Pig is nearby my boat.

How do ya like the weather? Just remember, it is Maine..

Roger's mooring .. ?? Right around the corner..

Now,, if the god's of sailing would stop with the rain, fog, .. etc... maybe
you can
enjoy some coastal sailing in Maine.

On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:52:21 GMT, "Thomas, Spring Point Light"
wrote:

Now,, if the god's of sailing would stop with the rain, fog, .. etc... maybe
you can
enjoy some coastal sailing in Maine.

Oh stop, fog *is* one of the attractions.

I kid you not.

Some of my most vivid memories of cruising Maine are suddenly being
enveloped by a fog bank, feeling your way along for a while, only to
have the mists partially lift to discover that there is a classic
wooden boat sailing near you among the rocky little islands and pine
trees. There's really nothing quite like it in my experience.

"Wayne.B" wrote

Oh stop, fog *is* one of the attractions.


Thanks for that. Now tell us something good about continuous driving rain
with imbedded thunderstorms to cheer us up.

(I agree with you about the fog though. This year however, it reminds me of
the old joke about the Titanic passenger. "I asked for ice but this is
ridiculous!")

--
Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in
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Thanks for that. Now tell us something good about continuous driving
rain with imbedded thunderstorms to cheer us up.



We can take showers as long as we like and STILL have the water tankage
full to the brim without a marina bill?....(c;

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:52:21 GMT, "Thomas, Spring Point Light"
wrote:

Now,, if the god's of sailing would stop with the rain, fog, .. etc...
maybe
you can
enjoy some coastal sailing in Maine.

Oh stop, fog *is* one of the attractions.

I kid you not.

Some of my most vivid memories of cruising Maine are suddenly being
enveloped by a fog bank, feeling your way along for a while, only to
have the mists partially lift to discover that there is a classic
wooden boat sailing near you among the rocky little islands and pine
trees. There's really nothing quite like it in my experience.



This is typical out here....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8IrVcX4El8

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:18:11 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

This is typical out here....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8IrVcX4El8

Obviously taken from the Marin side where you can actually see the sun
and sky.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:18:11 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

This is typical out here....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8IrVcX4El8

Obviously taken from the Marin side where you can actually see the sun
and sky.



Yup... just below where I took the vid, there's Horseshoe Cove, which almost
always has sun when the City is in fog.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:52:21 GMT, "Thomas, Spring Point Light"
wrote:

Now,, if the god's of sailing would stop with the rain, fog, .. etc...
maybe
you can
enjoy some coastal sailing in Maine.

Oh stop, fog *is* one of the attractions.

I kid you not.

Some of my most vivid memories of cruising Maine are suddenly being
enveloped by a fog bank, feeling your way along for a while, only to
have the mists partially lift to discover that there is a classic
wooden boat sailing near you among the rocky little islands and pine
trees. There's really nothing quite like it in my experience.


Yo.. Wayne.. enveloped in a fog bank? Try being enveloped for two months,
the whole summer, by fog, rain, crap.. Nothing is lifting up here,, and the
classic
wooden boats? They are in the harbor, waiting for that mist which has been
here
since June 2 to clear.

The economy is in a shambles. The lobster boat guys are going broke, no
tourists to
buy the lobsters, and with the high fuel prices added on ..

Then just think about the marinas. First the motor boat crowd is parking
the boats, then
2 months of crap weather so even the sailors aren't going out.. the hotels
are not selling
out, the restaurants are empty, the roads are clear, ....

Yaa tell me all about the "really nothing like it" experience..

On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:03:53 GMT, "Thomas, Spring Point Light"
wrote:

Yo.. Wayne.. enveloped in a fog bank? Try being enveloped for two months,
the whole summer, by fog, rain, crap.. Nothing is lifting up here,, and the
classic
wooden boats? They are in the harbor, waiting for that mist which has been
here
since June 2 to clear.

You are making me glad that we decided to stay south this summer and
go to the Bahamas. No fog in the Exuma Islands but they have their
own charm.

For what it's worth, I have usually found August to be better weather
in Maine.

I lost a lot of respect for lobstermen 3 years ago up in Bar Harbor.
We were there four weeks, and they've got quite the group of hard
drinking, loud mouth bozos running around.

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7...nnmainebv0.jpg

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:03:53 GMT, "Thomas, Spring Point Light"
wrote:

Yo.. Wayne.. enveloped in a fog bank? Try being enveloped for two
months,
the whole summer, by fog, rain, crap.. Nothing is lifting up here,, and
the
classic
wooden boats? They are in the harbor, waiting for that mist which has
been
here
since June 2 to clear.

You are making me glad that we decided to stay south this summer and
go to the Bahamas. No fog in the Exuma Islands but they have their
own charm.

For what it's worth, I have usually found August to be better weather
in Maine.

I lost a lot of respect for lobstermen 3 years ago up in Bar Harbor.
We were there four weeks, and they've got quite the group of hard
drinking, loud mouth bozos running around.

===

Let's face it Wayne,, it does not take a degree from Harvard to pull a trap
up onto a boat,
reach in and pull out a bottom eating lobster.

But .. looks like fuel prices, and weather, are about to send the lobster
men back to the
construction sites.

The price of lobster is going down each day. No tourists are going out to
eat, they can't afford to
since they spent all the money on fuel just getting to Maine.

Soon, the few remaining lobster fishermen will be the hard core, the
offshore guys.

Besides, why do folks want to eat a bottom feeding scavenger to begin with
...

I have never understood why anyone would want to pay all kinds of money to
crack open the
shell of a lobster, and then pay for the shell as part of the dish. Why?
Would you order a chicken
with feathers so you can pluck the bird before eating it? It is nuts.

If they are bad in Bar Harbor, you should have been in Potts Harbor for the
lobster boat races.

Talk about a gathering of mentally challenged alcoholics. They had tattoos'
that were spelled
incorrectly. Names of old girlfriends crossed out.. they were out in the
middle of the bay at 9am,
drinking up a strorm with their women. And the women looked more like men.
Quite a site.

Drive inland sometime when visiting Maine. One DNA,, no teeth,,