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My Liberty Bay : Only a Hundred seventy-nine years. - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Long ago the North West end of Liberty Bay was the layout for a large Indian village which enjoyed the Eastern sunrise and a general North or South breeze to help keep the flying insects pushed back into the fish bearing headwaters of a large tidal flat.

Sailing Isabella: Tucker - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Tucker seems to have his own drive up window. I almost expect to hear him say "I'll have a Big Mac, Fries & a Coke please"

s/v Full Monty: New Blog - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Please see our new blog site at www.svfullmonty.com

A Young Caribbean Sailor: local rankings - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
The weekend that just passed, Saturday 4th, we had our second TTSA rankings for the year. I race in the laser radial class, with a small fleet of 10 sailors. The wind was blowing that day, and for the past week the wind has been consistent.

Elysium: Cleaning & Painting Deck Vents - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Spent the other day cleaning and painting the inside of the deck vents on Elysium. They came out good.

NY48 CHINOOK: FYI - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
The New York 40 cost the grand total of $10,000 in 1916 and you also had the option of wheel steering for an extra $280. There was also the choice of two different interior layouts but I don't think there were extra charges for that.

Whippersnapper: Less Antilles - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Gosh it's been a while since our last update! We're both still well and everything is grand. We've been cruising an area called the Lesser Antilles stopping at Martinique, Dominica, Guadaloupe, Antigua, Barbuda and Saint Barthelemy (St. Bart's), today we're just arrived to Sint Maartin/Saint Martin (that's actually the proper name!?). I don't have much to say about Martinique, Dominica & Guadeloupe because they were all a bit dull and dirty. In Dominica though, we did have a wonderful tour of the rain forests, Titou Gorge an amazing swim through a very narrow gorge into a cavern with a cascading waterfall was especially beautiful. Some islands just south of Guadeloupe called Les Saints were also very nice. Guadeloupe we fitted some sunshades to our Bimini to keep out the afternoon glare, we did most of the work ourselves with the aid of a sailmaker, they work brilliantly and much neater than others we've seen.

Frannie B goes Sailing: Real Mexico - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
After spending so much time on the coast we decided to get on the bus and head for Guadalajara a lovely inland city in the Northwest Highlands of Mexico. Although a five hour bus ride sounds torturous the buses here are air conditioned, provide movies, and lunch and all seem pretty express. Arrived in time for a brass ensemble in the square and a noisy dinner accompanied by mariachi music. The next few days were filled with lots of walking and great local experiences while viewing art, hearing music and being escorted into a ballroom dance competition at the "teatro delgoddo". We ate plenty of street food and are still alive and feeling all the better. Can't say enough about the hospitality and talent of these wonderful people. The murals of Orozco were a bit dark but once we found a local tour guide to explain it all they came to life. The wholle time we spent in Guadalajara I kept feeling like I was in Spain.

Eva Louise IV Pacific Crossing: Goodbye Panama - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
We are leaving Panama! We have just left La Playita anchorage and are headed for the Las Perlas islands. We finally got all the stuff we needed for the boat and our sail batons turned up 2 days ago. We filled up with water and fuel yesterday at Flamenco Yacht Club and we finished all the provisioning with a couple of big shops yesterday and this morning. There doesn't seem to be much wind out here at the momentand we are hoping that once we get a few miles out from Panama the wind will pick up. It is about a 40mile sail to Las Perlas and we are hoping to be there just after dark or on dark. So with that we say goodbye to Panama and hello to many more adventures.

Elle & I @ Home: It's Official - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Once we get the boat in the water (hopefully in early June) we'll be leaving the lake, travelling down the Hudson, and stopping at our summer home on Northport Bay. We've made payment for Seymour's Boatyard to drop a mooring for us in the Bay near Northport, NY located on the North shore of Long Island. We're still packing up the house and sorting out stuff for the boat. We've got a lot left to do, but a lot less than when we started.

MangoandMe: A WALK TO THE AFRICAN PENGUINS - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
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Taya's Sailing Adventures: Marina Isla Mazatlan Golden Resort - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
We moved Taya yesterday morning to a new marina, where we have signed up for one year from today. We are on slip 12 close to the Restaurant Palapa, the showers, the bridge etc.

sySpringDawn: A month in La Linea and Gibraltar - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
So here we are, still in La Linea. We decided that this was as good a place as any to settle down and stay put for a couple of months and we're now into our fifth week of residency essentially 'over-wintering'. We've had couple of days of rain and a few days with very brisk winds from the North and that really did make the temperature plummet but, of course, nothing like the freezing temperatures back in the UK this last week. On the whole it's been clear, sunny and bright with an average temperature of about 16 degrees during the daytime.

Regenero's Great Escape : A few days of rest in The Bight - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Feb 4th – Sat

The Eventyr Adventure: Back in Wilmington - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Wow – we are finally back on the boat after 2.5 months in Canada. Grandson number 4 arrived during our drive home on Nov. 18.

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