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- Vessel Name
- FlyWright
- Vessel Make
- 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Got the chance to break away for a couple nights with the Admiral, so we headed to Village West Marina for an nice dinner at Garlic Bros and a fresh load of diesel.* Topped off with $3.46/gal fuel, then settled in at the empty guest dock.
After a nice breakfast at Bob's, we checked out the condition of a friend's boat for him since he got the dreaded call from his marina that his boat was listing.* On our way, we found patches of hyacinth covering the full width of the channel near the Hilton House. We spent a good part of the day dodging the larger clusters.(All turned out to be fine.)*
We then headed to a favorite 'lagoon' on the Mokelumne for a quiet evening on the hook. As the sun dusk fell upon us, snowy white egrets flew in to roost in the surrounding trees by the dozens!* By the time it was dark, there must have been 100-150 white birds speckling the dark trees.* Unfortunately, the pics from my cameraphone didn't capture the moment.* The next morning we awoke to a pleasant surprise of unforecast rain showers.* It was a nice change of pace from the warm weather and besides, the boat needed a bath!
With all the discussion of laptops on board lately, I couldn't resist a panorama shot of my hodge-podge of helm* 'instrumentation' and a couple closeups of the 3 main screens taken at approximately the same location.* I really love the 3D bottom contour display on the Maptech software.* Together, they provide me with all the vital nav and depth info I need.
Finally, sharing a Mokelumne River bridge opening with an opposite direction barge.
-- Edited by FlyWright on Wednesday 12th of October 2011 09:51:19 PM
After a nice breakfast at Bob's, we checked out the condition of a friend's boat for him since he got the dreaded call from his marina that his boat was listing.* On our way, we found patches of hyacinth covering the full width of the channel near the Hilton House. We spent a good part of the day dodging the larger clusters.(All turned out to be fine.)*
We then headed to a favorite 'lagoon' on the Mokelumne for a quiet evening on the hook. As the sun dusk fell upon us, snowy white egrets flew in to roost in the surrounding trees by the dozens!* By the time it was dark, there must have been 100-150 white birds speckling the dark trees.* Unfortunately, the pics from my cameraphone didn't capture the moment.* The next morning we awoke to a pleasant surprise of unforecast rain showers.* It was a nice change of pace from the warm weather and besides, the boat needed a bath!
With all the discussion of laptops on board lately, I couldn't resist a panorama shot of my hodge-podge of helm* 'instrumentation' and a couple closeups of the 3 main screens taken at approximately the same location.* I really love the 3D bottom contour display on the Maptech software.* Together, they provide me with all the vital nav and depth info I need.
Finally, sharing a Mokelumne River bridge opening with an opposite direction barge.
-- Edited by FlyWright on Wednesday 12th of October 2011 09:51:19 PM
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