Progress at Westpoint Marina. This project, underway for almost two decades, seems to really be happening, with even a few boats in the water and floating docks installed. Char and I jumped the barbed wire fence to get these exclusive shots!
Below: Westpoint Slough, low tide. Looks inviting! Make sure the depth sounder is working before trying this one.
Channel opening to main basin. Pretty narrow and shallow looking right now, I assume further improvement is on the way.
My guess is that this will be a success, and once the landscaping, shops, and amenities are in place you will be wishing you had got in on the ground floor.
Over the weekend I ripped temporary gunwhales for the Ulua (and got some practice scarfing) and installed spreader sticks to keep the hull in the proper shape while glassing the inside and fitting the decks and other bits. We also squeezed in a backyard project, making a tree-perch per Charlotte’s concept and specifications.
Protestors have blockaded a French port, preventing thirty British yachts from leaving the country.
Over sixty British tourists have been trapped in Cherbourg for a week, and attempts to flee have been met with a barrage of flares and missiles.
French fishermen are protesting over the spiralling costs of diesel by drawing a steel cable across the mouth of Cherbourg harbour. Their actions have threatened to spark a diplomatic incident, with a Conservative MP demanding the French ambassador be called in.
So far British sailors have made two attempts to escape. The first, by a diving boat, was successful, despite the vessel being chased by fishing boats and bombarded with a hail of glass bottles.
“The Dunkirk spirit just caught on and we went for it,” the captain, 43-year-old Steve Johnson, told The Mail on Sunday.
A second attempt was thwarted after a boat was set on fire by a flare launched by protestors. The fire was quickly extinguished, and no-one was injured.
French police have so far made no attempt to quell the protest, according to the trapped sailors.
A Christian group based in San Diego found grounds for outrage over the new retro-style logo.
By PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune
Seems that one person’s smut is another person’s morning latte.
A Christian group based in San Diego found grounds for outrage over the new retro-style logo for Starbucks Coffee.
The Resistance says the new image “has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute,” Mark Dice, founder of the group, said in a news release. “Need I say more? It’s extremely poor taste, and the company might as well call themselves Slutbucks.”
The group, which claims more than 3,000 members nationwide and has found a place on the fringe advancing various conspiracy theories, is calling for a national boycott of the coffee-selling giant. link
Good luck with that, sirenophobes. And they aren’t legs, that’s a bifurcated tail. I’ve got one of these logo cups on my desk right now. MMMMMM… coffee…..
Spotted on March 8, this little yellow sportscar driving down the launch ramp at Redwood City, into the water, and off! In spite of all the spray and noise, she moved very slowly, no more than 3 kts. About 90 min later, the Searavens spotted this vessel headed back to the dock, under tow from a jetski. We had our hands a bit full at the time, reaching at 5 kts and dipping the rail, so sorry there is not photo of that. It was pretty fun to blow past the stinkpotter though!
I did pretty poorly last week backing up the Norseboat to launch, and even scraped a fender. Way out of practice! Here’s a frustating little game to enjoy while getting warmed up for trailer-sailor season:
From the 2008 Americas Cup of Landsailing: Wingnut lll landsailer 59 sq. ft. class 4 solid wing with a slotted flap . 1st place class 4 2nd place class 3.
Roy Lichtenstein, American, 1923-1997 Mermaid, 1994, Painted carbon fiber & epoxy skin over aluminum & honeycomb core, 8′ high x 80′ long (approx.)
In 1995, America’s Cup team was exceptionally lucky to have artist Roy Lichtenstein create the graphics for their racing boat, an 80 ft. long mermaid that covers the sides and bottom of the yacht. This was the first racing sailboat exhibiting a painting by a world-renowned artist. According to John Marshall, President of the Young America Foundation, “Years of work by a high-tech design team gave Young America her shape and speed. Roy Lichtenstein’s “Mermaid” made Young America beautiful beyond the flow of her lines.” It was one of the artist’s largest works and was also one of his last, as he died in 1997.
To preserve the yacht and the painting for future generations to enjoy and not have her forgotten in some run down boat yard, lost forever through neglect, generous major gifts from supporters of Young America, the Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc., and a very special grant from the Ford Foundation, provided the funding to enable Storm King to add it to their permanent collection.
The natural pools on the zambia side of the victoria falls are only accessible during the low season, and are an experience you will never forget! there are two pools, the devils pool (shown) and the much more relaxing angels pool for the timid types!
This has been blogged a lot already, but you can find a good story with pics here on the 1000+ yard-long saltwater pool by the sea. The pool itself is in Chile.
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