Monday, August 17, 2015

Evanston: Paradox; poded; duo camed; R2AK; quote; side effect




        The photo is my favorite so far of Dave Skafie’s 14’ Paradox.  I thank him for permission to use it.  The light is just right.  Dave and Paradox have made the turn and are heading down Florida’s west coast. 

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     The pod arrived Friday.  Beautifully finished.  I thank Gilles and his workers.
 
        Three weeks tomorrow it and I will be on our way to GANNET.

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      In response to a question I asked, Gilles brought the Harken DuoCam swivel base to my attention.  Some of you will know of this.  I didn’t.  The main sheet runs to the upper cam; the backstay control comes up through the base and runs to the lower cam.  Excellent.  GANNET’s backstay control line is going to remain below deck after all.
 

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        Other than a minute of nonsense with a would-be shaman—you will not be surprised to learn that I don’t make daily sacrifices to the water—here is a good half hour video about the recent race to Alaska.  

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        From Peter comes a quote from Richard Wagner, for which I thank him.
        “Whatever I thought right, to others seemed wrong; what I held to be bad, others approved of.”

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        Little kids like my eye patch.  
        I’m not a good judge of age, but I’d guess those about five years old.   My life’s symmetry:  I’ve found my level again.
        As we walked through a park one evening, Carol heard a boy shout with glee, “That man has an eye patch!”
        In a supermarket one little girl whispered in the ear of another and both turned and stared goggle-eyed.
        And a boy, holding onto his mother’s hand, said to me, “I’ve got one of those.”
        I replied, “You do?”
        “I do.”
        “Then that makes up pirates together.”
        He seemed pleased to have found a shipmate and grinned.