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Old 03-20-2013, 06:50 AM   #1
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Spring is here?

Ah, Maine..."The Way Life Should Be" (State slogan).

12" of snow and I had put the snowblower away. It'll melt. It's Spring.
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Old 03-20-2013, 09:11 AM   #2
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What a winter it's been, another 16" yesterday, I have to shovel it today, O my aching back!!.
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Old 03-20-2013, 10:14 AM   #3
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David you've got a fine boat. Turn it until the lubber line points at the big S and come down for a visit.
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Old 03-21-2013, 08:49 AM   #4
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All I care about it getting warm enough so I can un-winterize the new boat and bring it back up to Maine!

I'm in a state of denial. Snow? What snow? No, that was just 14" of FLURRIES!
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Old 03-21-2013, 09:56 AM   #5
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David you've got a fine boat. Turn it until the lubber line points at the big S and come down for a visit.
He has what I consider to be the finest 32' trawler there is but his compass only points from 270=> N => 090 degrees. There's no "S" on it.
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Greetings,
Well one doesn't want to make an "S" of oneself does one?
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Old 03-21-2013, 10:46 AM   #7
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In the 50s here in the lower Columbia River valley with all the trees blooming and leaves popping out.
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Old 03-21-2013, 03:02 PM   #9
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He has what I consider to be the finest 32' trawler there is but his compass only points from 270=> N => 090 degrees. There's no "S" on it.
But...but, I thought (and still think) that Seahorse II is the finest 32. Or did you mean IG/GC 32's in general?
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Old 03-21-2013, 03:04 PM   #10
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That would be our boat if she wintered in the water rather that shrunk wrapped on the hard.
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Old 03-22-2013, 08:52 PM   #11
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Good maneuvering by the 35yr old captain to get into port at Port-aux-Basques today.
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About 78-80 today, short pants, tee shirt, flip flops. Pool still way to cold to swim in, will winter ever end?
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Good maneuvering by the 35yr old captain to get into port at Port-aux-Basques today.
We took the ferry from Port-aux-Basques to North Sydney on our way back from Newfoundland. Maybe some day I'll be able to take that trip in my own boat.
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Can't wait to see a bird other that a seagull.
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These geese along the banks of the Petaluma River, enjoying the 70-degree weather this last Saturday, didn't appear to be in a hurry to travel north.

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Spring sun and boats growing from the ice... Sure signs that the winter is over...
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Old 03-26-2013, 05:34 PM   #19
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As I posted in another thread, winter (and late fall, early spring) boating is the best boating there is up here. All the wimps are huddled in their houses bemoaning the "harsh" winter weather. Be nice if they stayed there all year, frankly.

Taken this past Saturday, no other boats around or even in sight other than the tankers waiting in their anchorage five or six miles away. It was a very pleasant 47 degrees which is a bit warm for my taste but tolerable.

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Old 03-26-2013, 07:01 PM   #20
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I'll take 47 degrees. Or anything above 32 F.
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