Bach. Plymouth gin. Sunset. Waiting for Carol.
I can no longer make changes to the main site, www.inthepresentsea.com, which is now frozen in time, as I will be myself soon enough. Anything more will be added here. The contact at the main site has become unreliable, so I have created a new email address and can be reached at webbchiles@yahoo.com. The Yellowbrick tracking page for GANNET when I am at sea is: https://my.yb.tl/gannet
Happy birthday...to a true inspiration
ReplyDelete:):) Dear Webb,
ReplyDeleteIt's not exactly your last evening of your 79th year.
That happened over 20 days ago, as Leap Year's are every 4 years.
Therefore 80/4 = 20 days ago was your last day of your 79th year, excluding Leap Years.
Therefore, you're now 80 years and 20 days old already, although we all know you really live like a younger 44 year old athlete!
Proof:
"2020 was also a leap year, so the last leap day was February 29, 2020.
Leap days are needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the Sun.
It takes the Earth approximately 365.242189 days – or 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45 seconds – to circle once around the Sun. This is called a tropical year.
Without an extra, or intercalary day on February 29 nearly every four years, we would lose almost six hours every year. After only 100 years, a calendar without leap years would be off by approximately 24 days. Seasonal days such as the vernal equinox or the winter solstice would, therefore, shift in relation to the months in the calendar. For example, in 100 years, the Northern Hemisphere's autumnal equinox, which falls in late September, would fall in late August, and in a few centuries, August would become a spring month."
HOPE IT'S A SWEETER DAY FOR YOU WEBB, WITH MANY MORE TO COME!
Especially since most envision you adventuring forever at 44 years young... :):)
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Happy Birthday Webb! Was wondering if you've heard of Sven Yrvind? I know you've said you don't watch too much sailing content anymore but I thought you might find him interesting. He's been sailing small homemade boats in the ocean since the early 60's he's 82 yrs old and is from Sweden. He has a youtube channel.
ReplyDeleteHappy 59th anniversary of your 21st birthday !
ReplyDeleteThank you all for the birthday wishes. Usually I am indifferent to birthdays, but this one is so improbable I am enjoying it.
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