On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:50:51 -0400, T. Keating
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:58:34 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,
especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast
should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long
Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once
by this time.

Let's hear some on the water reports from you guys.

We're in English Harbour, southern part of Antigua at the moment.
There are lots of exotic old sailboats here this week for the Classic
Boat Regatta, and next week the racing hot shots show up for Antigua
Sailing Week. Everything is good here except the weather - lots of
gusty winds and heavy rain squalls that come and go. The rain and
mist make it look a bit like Maine or the Pacific North Wet at times
but the temperatures are much more agreeable in the upper 70s and low
80s.

http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/

http://www.sailingweek.com/v3/index.php


This occurred this early this morning on the opposite side of canal next to my friend's
house. I arrived in later in the afternoon to feed his cat.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/bro...4,0,5488.story

By the time I had arrived, they had towed away what's left of the cabin cruiser.. The
sailboat is in rough shape(she'll never sail again).. Another cruiser has damage..

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That's bad, lucky everyone got off alive but the burn victims have a
tough road ahead. I'd imagine that it must have been either a
gasoline or propane explosion, quite possibly gasoline since most of
the older Mainship's of that era had 454 big block engines.

An old friend of mine used to live on Hendricks Isle back in the 80s.
He had a big old Irwin ketch named Belaire or something like that
docked at his house.