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10-15-2012, 10:52 AM
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Guru
City: Powell River, BC
Vessel Name: Northern Spy
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 26
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,075
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Great time for boating (East of Vancouver Island)
Love watching the storms on the other side though; particularly the Brooks Peninsula.
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10-15-2012, 11:32 AM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Art
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No cat. Just a dog. (not pictured, of course)
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10-15-2012, 02:19 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: San Jose, CA
Vessel Name: Pineapple Girl 3
Vessel Model: Silverton 38c
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,171
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We mentioned to our dock neighbor that we had an appointment with the mechanic this week and he asked if we were getting our boat winterized. After a moment of stunned silence my husband I both laughed and told him nope, just routine maintenance. Though I can appreciate the folks that have other hobbies they indulge in during their off season from boating. Looks like some fun times! I feel very lucky to live in a climate where I can boat year round as I don't have any "winter only" activities I'm into.
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2003 Silverton 38c (not a trawler)
Marina Village, Alameda
San Francisco Bay Area
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10-15-2012, 04:09 PM
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Guru
City: Whittier AK
Vessel Name: Apache II
Vessel Model: 1974 Donald Jones
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,147
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Winter here in Alaska The Prince William sound to be exact is Tanner crab season and sitka deer hunting and time for projects inside the boat. I have to shovel snow off the boat sometimes but hey that ain't gonna stop me.
SD
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10-15-2012, 05:02 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Home Port: Buck's Harbor, Maine
Vessel Name: "Emily Anne"
Vessel Model: 2001 Island Gypsy 32 Europa (Hull #146)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 2,846
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pineapple Girl
I feel very lucky to live in a climate where I can boat year round as I don't have any "winter only" activities I'm into.
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Sigh!
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10-15-2012, 05:34 PM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 13,728
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A question for our friends down under...
Is the upcoming season for you called winter, even though it's warm, or do you call the warm months "summer" as we do in the northern hemisphere?
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10-15-2012, 06:22 PM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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Winter pictures from around the "hood" in Abaco. Glenn Patch is a professional photographer in Hopetown. He has excellent taste as he also owns a Sabre.
Zenfolio | Glenn Patch Photography | Hope Town, Bahamas
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10-15-2012, 07:05 PM
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 12,569
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Moonstruck
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Don - You need a bigger boat! Cool... err, warm... errrr, maybe even Hot! Picts. Thanks!
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10-15-2012, 07:21 PM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Art
Don - You need a bigger boat! Cool... err, warm... errrr, maybe even Hot! Picts. Thanks!
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No, no. I learned from Marin. If you have a bigger boat there will just be more people on it.
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10-15-2012, 07:24 PM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyWright
A question for our friends down under...
Is the upcoming season for you called winter, even though it's warm, or do you call the warm months "summer" as we do in the northern hemisphere?
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Flywright, I don't have an Australian keyboard, but I think they type summer upside down.
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10-15-2012, 07:47 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,567
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Greetings,
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RTF
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10-15-2012, 08:11 PM
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Guru
City: Thibodaux, Louisiana
Vessel Name: Gumbo
Vessel Model: 2003 Monk 36
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,882
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That seems to the same cat, HAYFU II, that Forkliftt reported seeing in Gulfport Mississippi recently.
steve W
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10-15-2012, 08:38 PM
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Senior Member
City: Spring Lake, MI
Vessel Name: Great Laker
Vessel Model: American Tug 34
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 346
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There will be no winterizing for me this year as we are on the Great Loop! We are currently in Chattanooga and will be as far a Mobile by December. Then winter in FL and the Keys etc.
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10-15-2012, 08:57 PM
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Guru
City: Springdale, NL
Vessel Name: Ocean Breeze
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 85OA38
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 526
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Always wonder how our friends keep things in their yachts down there!!!
Elwin
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10-15-2012, 09:00 PM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Great Laker
There will be no winterizing for me this year as we are on the Great Loop! We are currently in Chattanooga and will be as far a Mobile by December. Then winter in FL and the Keys etc.
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Larry, if you are on the waterfront, I'll walk down to meet you. Do you need a lift for groceries or anything?
Edit: Just walked out on the bridge. I think I saw your boat---frist one by the ramp.
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10-15-2012, 09:16 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,559
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Winter here just means putting on a sweater and hat/hood.
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10-16-2012, 01:01 AM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 13,333
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Ok cobbers, spring is here,the pet kangaroo,wallaby,emu,koala, wombat,platypus,and dingo are playing in the back garden (eating each other actually);the great white is "exercising" the humpback in the backyard pool, and my mate the eastern brown* is coiled on my desk giving admiring glances and the odd tongue flick, but can`t understand why I`m typing balanced on my head. I tell him it`s because those in the Americas read backwards, upside down.
Today it`s 30 degrees C ,early spring, sunny,light breeze,blue sky....mind you one day last week was 12 degrees max, it snowed 100Km west of Sydney, and I lit the fire.That`s Spring in Sydney. This may be an El Nino year,dry here, La Nina wet for your West coast. Summer is a coming.
No one here "winterizes" their boats (well maybe in Tasmania where it`s near arctic all year round they might). We get to use them all year round,with due respect to some nasty low pressure systems we sometimes get off the east coast.
So while many of you are freezing your butts off,and the brass monkeys are in search of a welder because some bits froze off,think of us basking in a sunny 30 degrees C plus, but sensibly covered up or smeared with sun cream,we`re the melanoma capital of the world. BruceK
* an eastern brown is an aggressive large highly poisonous brown snake, best avoided.
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