THESE KIDS WERE ABSOLUTELY HOONING THROUGH THE ANCHORAGE ON A J24 RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF CONTROL AT TIMES AS THE SQUALLS CAME IN
There are a lot of J24s racing in the Eastern Caribbean now with entries in the teens at some regattas.
Mind you somebody has just nicked one from Trinidad!
NOT EVERYBODY SAILS BIG BOATS
This grey haired gentleman spent the morning canoeing after his model sailboat.
WHAT'S IN A NAME
Did he really raid the coffee jar?
FRIENDSHIP ROSE
Built on the beach here in Elizabeth Harbour by 3 brothers back in the 60s and I think she was the biggest ever traditional Windward island schooner
She started her working life as the mail boat for The Grenadines, a cargo boat and then a ferry, running people and goods between Bequia and St Vincent.
Now that job is done by these much less romantic fellows while after a refit the Friendship Rose takes guests out on day charters.
BEACH BOATYARD
As in Dominica boats of all sizes are hauled up on the beach for fettling. It is wonderful what some rollers, a group of strong island boys and some 151% proof local rum can do.
NOW FOR AN ONLY IN AMERICA MOMENT.
Enter Lauren Rosenberg, a Los Angeles native who found herself in Park City, Utah, on January 19, 2009. Rosenberg wanted to get from Point A to Point B and she chose to walk. Consulting Google Maps on her BlackBerry, she was given a walking route and she followed the directions closely, even though those walking directions included walking on a highway that has no sidewalks. Now Rosenberg is suing Google for her medical expenses and also for punitive damages because she was hit by a car.
She's suing Google because she chose to walk on a highway. Down the middle of it,. Rosenberg is also suing the driver who hit her.
FINALLY A SUNSET and ANOTHER WOODEN SCHOONER BUT THIS ONE BUILT OR RENOVATED AT GREAT COST
The American moment, I think google's defense should be "Read Darwin", however many American schools teach creationism instead of evolution, and the Jury would be from Utah. Maybe they should go for a more conventional defense.
ReplyDeleteWe are having a good summer here, so the word "drought" has come into common usage again. As usual the water companies are leeaking more water than we use and asking for big increases in rates to increase their profits, ops meant to say fix the leaks.
Yes she merits an honourable mention in that years Darwin Awards as a valient attempt to remove herself from the gene pool.
ReplyDeleteThe water shortage seems to be worse in the north. One of my biker mates who has a farm with irrigation wells has been told to stop pumping.
Re leaks did you see this one.
"London's cast iron water pipes, laid between 100 and 150 years ago, have been heavily corroded by the acidic clay that underpins the city's streets.
In some cases, when the workmen dig down they find there are no pipes left at all, and the water is running under pressure through channels in the clay. "
All this talk about water is propting me to see if I CAN START UP MY WATERMAKER! I certainly have lecky to spare just now.