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Rope Boarding Mat
18 August 04 05:15 PM

My mom just bought another house. She keeps doing this. Nurse by day, real-estate mogul by night/weekend. I hope it works out for her. My brother & I were at the hardware store getting stuff to help her fix the place up, and found that they had spools Read More...

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Three days of boats and music
06 July 04 09:17 PM

This weekend was the Wooden Boat Festival on Lake Union . Of course, we had to be there. Saturday Wake up at 6:30am, decide to start getting ready right away, before the family wakes up. End up reading EPAiC# for a 1/2 hour, miss my window; they are up Read More...

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More Knots
12 June 04 09:24 PM

Today I took another knot-tying class at CWB , entitled “ Boarding Mats ”. I was looking forward to it, but it the experience still exceeded my expectations. It turns out there were two rope classes going on. The Dennis teaching boarding mats Read More...

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Knots
11 June 04 08:47 PM

To get my sailing fix while on land, I’ve been learning to tie knots. Somehow I never got into it before. I could tie an overhand knot, but didn’t know the name. I could tie it on a bight if I needed a loop, but didn’t know what a bight Read More...

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Puffin’ along
25 April 04 10:35 PM

I quit smoking years ago, so that’s not what this is about. This is about a steam powered boat at the Center for Wooden Boats , called Puffin . Today we went down to the Center to go sailing. It was a beautiful day, with a good North breeze coming Read More...

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Sloop-a-palooza!
15 March 04 10:24 AM

This past weekend I took the Sloop-a-palooza class at the Center for Wooden Boats . It was a beautiful day. Warm (60 deg F) and sunny. We sat on the docks and talked about sail shape & hull hydrodynamics. The big lesson for me was about overtrimming Read More...

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SailNOW Graduate!
02 March 04 08:54 PM

This entry is a departure from my other entries, in that it has 0 to do with computers. Please comment on whether you liked it or not. I've just completed the SailNOW! program at the Center for Wooden Boats . I've been wanting to sail for about 8 years, Read More...

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