tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903828557671115365.post8434762879157711188..comments2024-03-29T11:55:31.759+11:00Comments on Twice In A Lifetime: StyleMikeAlisaEliasErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902073678760664040noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903828557671115365.post-52870799578047501142022-08-25T14:19:26.539+10:002022-08-25T14:19:26.539+10:00Thannks for posting thisThannks for posting thisFlooring Contractors Lafayettehttps://www.floor-contractors.com/us/flooring-installation-louisiana/flooring-contractors-lafayette.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903828557671115365.post-25759755824236299972017-02-20T22:25:05.051+11:002017-02-20T22:25:05.051+11:00Good one. And, come to think of it, that might be ...Good one. And, come to think of it, that might be how we met you guys!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307788103369409650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903828557671115365.post-72316698530605409402017-02-20T22:08:44.793+11:002017-02-20T22:08:44.793+11:00We do have one style rule: When approaching an anc...We do have one style rule: When approaching an anchorage or berth, never ever shout or gesticulate, however weird it gets.<br />We have too often been embarrassed almost to tears by boats that come in, with (typically) a large strong man standing neatly at the helm, hurling insults at the (typically) smaller and less strong women and children struggling to do all the heavy work.<br />Curiously, we have made good friends simply by arriving quietly and stylishly, like-minded sailors who row over later with a bottle to see who we are and where we have been.Reinhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03518707945938147135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903828557671115365.post-80831068182775931842017-02-14T10:48:31.357+11:002017-02-14T10:48:31.357+11:00yeah, actually, I've heard that the Indonesian...yeah, actually, I've heard that the Indonesian formalities really might be tough enough to justify a rally...If I could just get over the image of the Pacific Puddle Jump people, getting down with the Polynesians who are being paid to be their friends....Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307788103369409650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903828557671115365.post-88921760971979162982017-02-14T10:46:33.383+11:002017-02-14T10:46:33.383+11:00Ha! That's a great story.
And, Providencia! T...Ha! That's a great story.<br /><br />And, Providencia! There's a backstory about the science work I'm finishing, and the boat work we need to complete before the long miles of the Pacific, and the two days that we just spent not getting to Bocas del Toro...I think Providencia will have to struggle along without its obscurity being illuminated by the likes of us for now!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307788103369409650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903828557671115365.post-86859519449470023842017-02-14T07:55:58.168+11:002017-02-14T07:55:58.168+11:00My dad is definitely of the same anti-rally school...My dad is definitely of the same anti-rally school. We did a circumnavigation a million years ago, before the age of rallies. But now? He's done TWO rallies, back to back (Indonesia & Malaysia). His reason? Paperwork. Lol, even he was intimidated by what he heard of the clearing in process for both countries. But he certainly did not depend on them for weather info. And he did have some good things to say about the access to other excursions, once they'd arrived.The Nurturing Piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268305689672587081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903828557671115365.post-52982040773481482362017-02-13T14:22:58.687+11:002017-02-13T14:22:58.687+11:00Hi Mike,
My friend Larry Alexander and his wife sa...Hi Mike,<br />My friend Larry Alexander and his wife sailed around the world twice on wooden boats built by Cecil Lange back in the day. The story he told about the first voyage went as follows:<br /><br />He and his wife were schoolteachers in Southern Cal., working to accumulate a small nest egg for the voyage. In the same marina (that word) there was a boat with the latest in gear and sails --- that would be loran and dacron-- that had been preparing to leave on a circumnavigation for several years. When the school year ended Larry & Twila cast off the dock lines and left. Four years later they sailed back into the same berth in the same marina and went back to herding kids. The marina residents started giving the "only need one more thing" guy such a hard time that he was forced to leave and sail across the bay to a berth in a different marina.<br /><br />ps: Still time to continue on up to Providencia. No marinas there!horizonstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369419258486734900noreply@blogger.com