Winter

RT Firefly · Feb 13, 2014

Greetings,
Mr. SD. Well, according to some, 2,992 of those posts are "Welcome aboard".
Also tried to change my profile pic' to celebrate. No luck so far. Mods?

skipperdude · Feb 13, 2014

I have heard about people who stand on the street and wave at passing cars. Greeters I think they are called.
You arn't saying. Naw never mind.

SD

N4712 · Feb 13, 2014

RT Firefly said:
Greetings, Mr. SD. Well, according to some, 2,992 of those posts are "Welcome aboard". Also tried to change my profile pic' to celebrate. No luck so far. Mods?

You have to change your avatar not profile, I scratched my head over this awhile ago trying to figure it out.

RT Firefly · Feb 13, 2014

Greetings,
Mr. O. Thanks

N4712 · Feb 13, 2014

RT Firefly said:
Greetings, Mr. O. Thanks

No problem.

KJ · Feb 13, 2014

Touche'

KJ · Feb 15, 2014

On the lighter side:

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) – for some it’s just a question of When!

Xsbank · Feb 15, 2014

Storm warning today and tomorrow, 50 knots tonight and again tomorrow. Gotta love a Sou'easter, especially as the marina swears the piling I'm next to goes 22 feet into the bottom... We'll see.

magicbus · Feb 15, 2014

Moonstruck said:
The covers are probably on the dinghy and stern.

Don - I stopped by to say hello while we were at the Framer's Market and your covers are on the the dinghy and stern. Luckily a neighbor confirmed it was your boat! Sorry we missed you.

Dave

psneeld · Feb 15, 2014

On "I" dock....for 2 more weeks

Moonstruck · Feb 15, 2014

magicbus said:
Don - I stopped by to say hello while we were at the Framer's Market and your covers are on the the dinghy and stern. Luckily a neighbor confirmed it was your boat! Sorry we missed you.

Dave

Dave, sorry we missed you. We have had to stay in town for a funeral Monday morning. We plan to be in Ft. Pierce Tuesday evening. If you or Scott have not been up to Marine connection, I will be glad to take you. Always fun to browse around up there.

psneeld · Feb 15, 2014

That sound like fun but it will just be a pleasure to meet you...no strings attached.

I do have to ride out to buy something from FF... this could be a record for meeting internet friends in one stop!

magicbus · Feb 16, 2014

Thanks Don, that's on our list of places to visit while here. We're across the river from you and Scott on Hutchinson Island at a funky marina we really like called Nettles Island. We were going to stay here a month but like it so much we cancelled Ft Pierce City Marina and are staying here through March. Since I'm working from the boat we only manage to get over the bridge on weekends!

Dave

BaltimoreLurker · Mar 12, 2014

My boat and 3 sailboats are the only ones left in the water at my marina over the winter. Is it a sailboat thing? Maybe I'm really still a sailor!

DinghyDog · Mar 12, 2014

Interesting observation.

We would try to pull our sailboat out every other winter. The ablative bottom paint was always good for two seasons and a few times lasted three seasons. Fewer zincs to replace also lessened the need to haul. Given the closed nature of sailboats, I suspect they also seem to be better able to "weather" winter conditions.

Another disctinction we noticed is that most sailboats on the hard are not shrink wrapped, hereas many more trawlers/motor yachts are.

KJ · Mar 12, 2014

Today -- hopefully a sign of the times (weather-wise). KJ

markpierce · Mar 12, 2014

It was a beautiful day in Carquinez Strait yesterday. Here is research vessel Polaris seen going eastward, enjoying its passage too:

Later that day, this freighter passed us on its way to Japan, entering a calm San Pablo Bay as we motored across its stern for Mare Island Strait and home berth:

Winter

RT Firefly

Enigma

skipperdude

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N4712

Guru

RT Firefly

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N4712

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KJ

El Capitan

KJ

El Capitan

Xsbank

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psneeld

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Moonstruck

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psneeld

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magicbus

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BaltimoreLurker

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DinghyDog

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KJ

El Capitan

markpierce

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