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regarding Harrison and his clocks - sure wouldn't mind seeing one of them one of these days but don't know how she feels about geeking out THAT much while on vacation....tough sell. http://www.rmg.co.uk/harrison

Norwegian, Russian...clearly memory doesn't serve on something read a long time ago. In a any event suffice to say they were surprised.

and after all that Harrison had to chase down the prize money...good book!

so i put in my cc info and am trying to renew via paypal online and it ONLY comes up with a button that says "review and continue"...which i've hit repeatedly now and it keeps coming up with the SAME screen and that i've "already signed up with this account information" but not that it's actually processed anything...WTF? I'll be the first to admit to cyber impatience and lack of understanding...is there a button i'm missing on this GD thing?

Shackleton - "The boss" a helluva an adventure. Read anything you can about that jaunt - it's amazing and that crossing in an open boat is unbelievable....once they landed they had to cross a mountain range to a Russian whaling station...no one in the station could believe what they were seeing when the gents came down the mountain on their side! For those with a bent towards warmer water - the journey Bligh undertook AFTER being booted off the Bounty is one for the record books for an small boat, big ocean crossing..."Bligh then navigated the 23-foot (7 m) open launch on a 47-day voyage to Timor in the Dutch East Indies. Equipped with a quadrant and a pocket watch and with no charts or compass, he recorded the distance as 3,618 nautical miles (6,701 km; 4,164 mi). He was chased by cannibals in what is now known as Bligh Water, Fiji, and passed through the Torres Strait along the way, landing in Kupang, Timor, on 14 June.[10] Shortly after the launch reached Timor, the cook and botanist died. Three other crewmen died in the coming months." It's pretty cool to think about the different leadership styles folks have...I would surmise Shackleton had some charisma, some mojo that made folks want to succeed, do their best and he certainly seemed to get the most out of folks whereas Bligh...well he got booted off of his own boat, didn't he? AND in a few of the biographies of Cook that I've read, Bligh was the midshipman that chose the bay where Resolution anchored for repairs and Cook subsequently killed...not directly his fault but wow...that's NOT a lucky dude! It's very humbling to think about when we're using our charts, compasses, nav aids, accurate watches, gps, radios...we stand on the shoulders of giants and sometimes still can't see.

Had a fella stay at the house back when we had the first Rough Water Symposium - 2007 - his name is Orlygur Steinn. He speaks english (although for all I know, you speak icelandic). If you can send me your email, I will get you in touch with the last email address I have for him and maybe he can help you out.

North Uist...stupid auto correct.

For the second year in a row, Kayak Waveology is offering a June trip to the Outer Hebrides. Based out of the Isle of North Using for the variety of locations it affords (ie, avoid conditions as the need arises!) we'll paddle a series of day explorations along the rocky shores. There is a day trip out to St Kilda on board but it depends entirely on the conditions - it isn't a transit to be undertaken lightly even if there is a high speed R.I.B. ferrying you and your gear back and forth! Craggy, majestic and "sheepy", the Heb oughta be just about perfect in June and I am looking forward to finally doing a little kayak exploration overseas with my wife Janis - so, ideally, this ISN'T a trip all about training and pushing out to a 4 or 5 star limit ever day! While the conditions can certainly meet or exceed a 5* happy place, the FOCUS of the trip will mostly be scenery, seeing beautiful things and renewing a personal sense of wonder. So mark your calendars, start dreaming about paddling boats in a far away place. http://www.kayakwaveology.com/event/scotlands-outer-hebrides/

I am not a fan of pyrotechnic flares for a variety of reasons - ease of use, access, reliability, efficacy. In the ONE instance of using a flare in an emergency, while in this instance, it fired properly, it received NO attention from the folks on shore. They never saw it. A year later 2 different fellas in the same piece of water and in similar straits used (a) flare(s) and as I recall, they fired and were effective at signalling the CG. As far as firing any flares as a practice and in controlled conditions, the last time I was involved with anything like that the success rate was relatively low, the light pretty dim and overall I was impressed with just how unimpressive a display it was...certainly not something I'd think "wow, sure, yeah, that'll save my bacon"

i'll toss in some banana bread and some fruit squares.

Well she's engaged to Greg so probably "ape-wife" would be more appropriate than entwife but the jist is...yeah, good job!

So bcu 5 star men...we're like ents in the lord of the rings...sure, rare enough (and come to think of it, with John's grooming and the time wizened lankiness thing he has going on, the resemblance is almost uncanny) but you can find us as opposed to the women, the bcu 5 star females...they're almost mythic in their rarity. There are 9 (apologies to anyone I forgot) bcu 5 star men on the east coast...and now, 1 woman. Which makes Paula Riegel's recent accomplishment pretty darn impressive. There are now only 5 women in North America holding the bcu 5 star leadership award. 5. And we have one of the them, right here in our backyard. Congratulations Paula - very well done!

Yeah, the fella did a nice job on it. Complied over the 3 days with Sunday the absolute windiest with quite a few folks opting to stay in the relative lee with Carl Ladd in/around Stonington breakwater and working on moving their boats about in the wind. The rest of us (25+ paddlers I am guessing) worked our way along the coast to up W of Ram Island to surf the way back to Stonington. Gusts were high - helluva downwind run.

Gales 2013 went off few weekends past. Great time; good conditions. Sunday was a downwind run folks seemed to have enjoyed - winds were sustained at 20+ and gusted quite high. In addition to the gents taking photo's there was a gentleman taking video - attached is what's compiled. Dates have been set for 2014!

mea maxima culpa...different event. thanks

Can't help but notice the banner ad that is posted promoting the cold water event in Freeport. Since it's a commercial event outside of NSPN...do I assume there is a rate sheet for banner ads promoting commercial events? Fine if we do but never seen anything like that on here before.

for those itching to see what it may be like to have more money than you could possibly know what to do with.... http://www.pressherald.com/news/Tenth-largest-yacht-in-world-docks-in-Portland.html

my spare radio is an icom m2a and either the battery or the electronics have loosed the mortal coil as it either won't charge or....won't do whatever radio's won't do when the battery has a charge and the damn things still don't work. SO....my question is...does anyone have a similar model? maybe we can meet and i can try just switching out the battery with yours for a moment to see if it is indeed the battery (in which case i suppose i just order a new one) or if it's the radio...in which case i suppose i get a new spare. icom model m2a. btw...west marine switched out my m88 again for a new one....ALWAYS buy the INSURANCE on these suckers. thanks

I carry the window flashing tape in a baggie underneath my shirt when I think we may be needing a repair. Keeps it warm, pliable and works.

This has never been a problem before and so I've generally dressed less rather than more so on Friday/Saturday/Sunday it was all Reed Aquatherm Fleece Dry cag and a pair of Aquatherm fleece trousers. Friday night I sported a polartec beneath the top and Saturday I did not. At any damn time had I realized what was going on with me, I could have reached behind me and pulled out a cag to put on over everything and been toasty warm...but again, judgement isn't crisp and things start to spiral. Honestly, I have no recollection if i was wearing a wooly hat.

I blame this all on an utter lack of STRONG, HOT TANG...which, before anyone gets upset, isn't slang for anything, Really, piping hot and mixed strong that powdered drink stuff rocks it. I forgot my damn thermos this weekend.

Looking back yesterday, Saturday had all the symptoms but at the time it was just so insidious...it cascades in little increments...sets on real quiet...you truly do need to keep ahead of it. i don't know about women vs me vs others in regards to susceptibility....it's a physiological response and so I'd suppose that we all have different intrinsic thresholds but would think that everyone is susceptible. Hoping that it hasn't lowered that threshold going forward but only time will tell. Quick google didn't reveal any data in that direction. Marmot made that fleece jumper...don't know if they still do but boy do I love mine.

goat island around the corner on 1B is free. there is however, very limited parking and no facilities.

Paddled out Friday night around 8 or so. Clear, cold, wind outta the SW or so to maybe 10 knots and a fairly level sea....a foot or so? Stopped by House (which is for sale for any of you with a spare buncha millions hanging around) to check out the ferry to Peaks...lotsa time. Crossed the channel to LIttle Diamond....as we cleared the channel, the ferry lit us up with a spotlight...we had apparently shown up on radar (which makes me think they had that bad boy dialed in pretty good - we aren't much of a target)...as we had cleared their channel i think they were doing it more to satisfy their curiosity....called in a securite to let them know there were only two of us, we had cleared the channel, our course, destination, were monitoring the frequency and had light to avoid collision per CG regs. Stopped on Cow to stretch and then the long crossing down to the green can 5 (fl 4 sec) in the channel between Little Chebeague / Long Island. From there a quick trip across to Deer Point (aided by our dear friend red nun 2, fl 2.5 sec) and then upta Crow hand railing along Great Chebeague. Sacked out in the old cabin on Crow. It's very Blair WItch but the forecast was for rain on Saturday night and we didn't really feel like making camp twice. Up saturday morning to a bagel and tea and then paddled into the now stiffened SW wind (sustained 20, higher gusts). The cold, not eating much that morning or the night before combined with the relative strain of paddling into the wind had me in the early stages of hypo well before we hit the launch at Long. I am experienced enough to know I was hypothermic BUT....hypothermic enough to not have done anything about it...so we paddled on to Trefethen, met our friends and turned downwind to surf back to Crow....at this point I was pretty much full on into the "umbles" stage and was more or less drifting back...surfing a bit but not much going on and just...blah. Anytime i am quiet, clearly, there is something wrong. Got back to the island in lousy fashion and shape, got up to the cabin and sat in there rocking a bit trying to find my mouth with trail mix...shivered a bit...knowing the entire time i should be changing, drying off etc., before anything else but....hypothermic...judgement is crap...eventually changed and got myself sorted out and well. I have never loved my wife so much as pulling that pair of fleece one-sie drawers she bought me awhile back...a warm, fuzzy hug. Felt right as rain after getting warm and dry and eating a bit. Great big fire on the beach and lotsa food on Saturday night. A small dram of Ardbeg capped it. Paddle back on Sunday in the sunshine...rain and wind had mostly passed and the wind was W and diminished. It is definitely the season and it definitely bites us all in the arse...dress, eat, conserve. And don't be afraid to make decisions for your friends...you don't have to be RAMBO about, suggest a stop, get warmer, eat, have some tea. Say it's you and not them....believe me, there in no condition to gig to it. Subtlety is lost to a cold paddler...it can be awkward but a hypothermic paddler doesn't have a whole lotta judgement....you have to do that for them...if they get snippity and argue..well, that's the cold talking ain't it? Makes you think you're on the right track.

Gene...they wouldn't do it that way though, would they? They'd make it a registration or a tax. I wouldn't bang that gong if I were you.