From: Dudley (dud@Alliant.COM)
Subject: Redwood City Friday Beercan Races
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1990-04-12 09:32:38 PST
Now that the time has changed, we'd like to invite anyone
to join us for friday night beer can races out of Redwood
City (in the south bay). The starting line is usually
somewhere near the salt pile pier with starting time at
about 6:15 - 6:20. No handicap, no prizes, no serious
racers. We usually race around marker #2 to port, but
sometimes go for San Mateo Bridge or the un-numbered marker
across the bay near the "wreck". Drop me an e-mail line
or just show up on friday.
Dudley (from the Hunter 25 Treefort)
Penninsula Marina
Redwood City, CA
dud@alliant.com
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From: Dudley (dudley@treefort.Corp.Sun.COM)
Subject: Re: Chesapeake Bay Net Gathering
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1992-08-27 01:39:50 PST
In article <137@cherise.UUCP> cbnet-request@cherise.sandr.com (Bob Parkinson) writes:
>
>This is the LAST post to rec.boats concerning the Chesapeake Bay Net
>Gathering. I apologize for the wasted(?) bandwidth.
No need to apologize. I'm interested to see how it is going. I sure hope there is
a follow-up report.
So, when are we going to have a San Francisco Bay Net Gathering?
Dudley
Invictus
Pete's Harbor
Redwood City, CA
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From: Dudley (dudley@treefort.Corp.Sun.COM)
Subject: Re: Who's planning a cruise? Where and When?
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1993-01-06 08:28:13 PST
In article @rpi.edu, floydb@rpi.edu () writes:
> Other than the "Bermuda" trip I haven't read any other
> postings about future cruises.
>
> Is anyone planning a cruise/trip for this spring or summer?
>
> Where are you going? What are you doing to get ready? Who is
> going along with you?
The Southbay Slimy Slough Sailors just completed their New Year's
cruise. We had a turnout of 4 boats. Had a wonderful New Year's
Eve in Westpoint Slough in Redwood City. We cooked up a super
feast, downed some grog, and sang in the New Year accompanied by
a guitar and keyboard. About midnight the rain began. We fell
asleep to the pitter-patter of raindrops on our boom tents. We
were late to rise the next morning, but by that time the clouds
had cleared to leave a beautiul blue sky.
SSSS plans a monthly cruise. We limit them to 3-day weekends in
the winter, but are already planning our spring Angel Island-to-
Half Moon Bay-to-Farallon Island trip which we'll probably stretch
out to 4 or 5 days.
I've learned to avoid simultaneous repair/upgrade projects. I keep
my boat ready to go. This minimizes preparation time - load up the
perishables and go...
We usually take our wives, kids, and stray friends. It's always fun
to take newcomers along.
Dudley
SSSS (The Muddies)
Invictus, C-27 #4942
Redwood City, CA
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From: Paul Kamen (pk@well.sf.ca.us)
Subject: Angel Island Raft-Up, April 23-25
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1993-03-16 18:37:31 PST
All readers of rec.boats are invited to join The WELL sailing conference
Openign Day Weekend Raft-Up. It's in Hospital (Ayala) Cove at Angel Island,
Friday April 23 through Sunday April 25. This is not a CyberCruise, but a
*real* face-to-face event!
Opening Day is the traditional start of the "yachting season" here on San
Francisco Bay (huh? does it ever end?) and while the Decorated Boat Parade
and Blessing of the Fleet can generally be done without, the massive
confusion (and free-for-all water fight, on a good year) in The Cove is
worth the trip. Plan is to save a good spot on Friday, assemble the raft
Friday night/Saturday morning, and be "dug in" for the festivities on
Sunday. It would not be smart to attempt to return home until late Sunday,
when all the wrechage has cleared from the central bay!
We ususally do a "tension moor." That is, using four buoys (or two buoys and
two anchors) instead of the usual bow and stern moorings, we can keep all
the boats pulled away from each other by a foot or two. Makes it much more
comfortable and saves wear and tear on the fenders when the fishboat wakes
roll through early in the morning.
I'll be there with my yellow Merit 25 TWILIGHT ZONE, and hope to see a lot
of up-till-now virtual personae in the flesh and fiberglass!
From: Paul Kamen (pk@well.sf.ca.us)
Subject: Re: Rope Halyards ?
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1993-04-27 02:05:48 PST
> figure-8 coiling
"It's all in the wrist" as they say. Actually, it's all in the rotation of
the rope between thumb and index finger as you make the loop.
The really expert touch is to make sure that the shackle ends up securely
buried inside the "frapping turns," so that you can heave the coiled line
down the hatch without fear of scratching any joinerwork if the coil lands
shackle-first (which it always will if the shackle is exposed, as per other
recent postings).
For a hands-on demo, join the next CyberCruise/Merit 25 fleet/WELL sailing
conference/Cal Sailing Club/Berkeley Yacht Club/ raft-up, tentatively
scheduled for May 22 at Treasure Island Cove. Not quite as pretty as Angel
Island, but no ferry wakes, either.
From: Hoover Chan (hchan@well.sf.ca.us)
Subject: Re: Polite request! aka scrounging.
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1993-06-23 10:14:10 PST
re: gathering/sailing
Could this be a convenient excuse to have a SF Bay Area rec.boats
get together?
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From: haggart@ssrl01.slac.stanford.edu (haggart@ssrl01.slac.stanford.edu)
Subject: Rec.boat get-together?
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1993-06-23 19:35:58 PST
hchan@well.sf.ca.us (Hoover Chan) writes:
> re: gathering/sailing
>
> Could this be a convenient excuse to have a SF Bay Area rec.boats
> get together?
A most excellent idea! Where, when, what VHF channel?
--
-Craig Haggart, Ericson 27 "Roxanne"
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lab at SLAC
Menlo Park, California
From: Paul Kamen (fishmeal@netcom.com)
Subject: Re: Rec.boat get-together?
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1993-06-25 01:28:09 PST
>rec.boats get-together
There's a picnic on Angel Island happening on Sunday July 18, which will
involve many of the participants of the sailing conference on The WELL (you
know, that bbs/conferencing system founded by Stewart Brand of Whole Earth
Catalogue fame). There's a fair amount of overlap between sailing WELL users
and Bay Area rec.boaters, so this event might serve for some netters to meet
their non-virtual counterparts.
Look forward to seeing some of you in flesh and fiberglass instead of ASCII!
-"Call me Fishmeal"-
From: William Courington (billc@netcom.com)
Subject: CyberCruise: One Report
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1993-11-07 16:01:42 PST
This weekend's wrecked.boats Cybercruise raftup in
Clipper Cove (San Francisco Bay) is history. So is
the outcome of the crucial voice vote on splitting
the newsgroup. I will let Fishmeal report
the result; for now I can only say that it was
terribly close and a dramatic mandate. Most
importantly, it was short.
Some wreck.boaters raft up to see what the
people at the other ends of the network look
like. Not Cybercruisers. Cellular modems and the
new alt.cybercruise.hamsters.ductape newsgroup
permitted nearly all communication to originate
below the decks of the sailing workstations.
(Just as well, given the abysmal weather--nobody
could recall a heavier dew.) Paper bags and
ski masks sufficed for maintaining the privacy
of userids at the communal dinner.
Although the faces couldn't be identified,
their boats could. From north to south we
had a Venture17, Olson30, Merit25, San Juan28,
Catalina27, and Olson911S. Daytrippers who
didn't stay the night included an Ericson27,
Cal20, and Dash34(?). The average displacement-length
ratio was well under 200; showers, microwaves
and VCRS were not in abundance. The real cruising
boats must have been on their way to Mexico.
BILL
From: Paul Kamen (fishmeal@netcom.com)
Subject: Re: CyberCruise: One Report
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1993-11-08 01:48:52 PST
Yes, the November CyberCruise is history. And the voice vote:
Split the newsgroup: 0
Don't split the newsgroup: 1
We discussed this for about 15 seconds and went on to more important
issues, like frisbee collections (did you know that Dudley's wife was
U.S. Women's Frisbee Champ of 1979?)
The contingent representing The WELL consisted of lizewen@well.ca.sf.us
with her San Juan 28 (and she serves an extremely yummy pot of spaghetti),
hchan@well.ca.sf.us with his Cal 20 for a day visit, and jimkent@well.sf.ca.us
with his Olson 911s. Rec.boaters represented were: billc@netcom.com, Olson
30 (with an inboard, selft-tacking jib, and almost self-furling main!),
dudley.gamman@corp.sun.com (Catalina 27), deering@pixar.com (Macgregor 21,
out for his first overnight trip), haggart@ssrl.01.slac.stanford.edu
(Ericson 27, but didn't stay for the night), and a "Dash 34," very
interesting Laurie Davidson design, I think a friend of lizewen's who
didn't stay for the night either.
My Merit 25 was the only representive of CSC, BYC, or the Merit 25 fleet.
They all decided to stay at BYC for the $16 frozen lobster tail dinner.
A poor choice, by all accounts!
T.I. Cove was as advertised. Calm, spacious, quiet enough, and convenient.
We didn't stay around long enough to check out museums on T.I. or
Vessel Traffic Control visitor tours. Next time! We also failed to
display an anchor light (as far as I know) but nobody seemed to care.
We were *way* over in the south-west corner, a nice work of aggressive
anchoring by lizewen who was first there, and probably unnoticed after
dark.
Thanks again to all the people who brought goodies to share, and lets
do this again real soon.
-"Call me Fishmeal"-
From: Jim Kent (jimkent@well.sf.ca.us)
Subject: Re: CyberCruise: One Report
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1993-11-08 09:19:31 PST
>Re: also failed to display an anchor light
Not so. Since I arrived after dark I had to check out all the raftups
to find the right one. None were showing anchor lights then so I
turned mine on. Later I noticed someone had hung one up in front of
their mast and someone else had a bow light on that was clearly
visible to anyone approaching us from the beach.
Liz promised to get in deeper water for us next time. It was hard to
to sleep with our keel impaled in the mud and unable to rock and roll
with Dudley's boat. Fortunately, about midnight we were afloat again
and slept well to the gentle motion and absence of the sounds the
fenders had been making.
Liz also proved that you can cook spagetti on an alcohol stove. Just
forget waiting for the water to boil. And it passed the stick to the
bulkhead test on the first try.
A great evening!
Jim
From: Greg Bullough (greg@netcom.com)
Subject: Re: CyberCruise: One Report
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1993-11-09 06:42:27 PST
In article jimkent@well.sf.ca.us (Jim Kent) writes:
>
>
>Liz also proved that you can cook spagetti on an alcohol stove. Just
>forget waiting for the water to boil. And it passed the stick to the
>bulkhead test on the first try.
The trick with boiled foods on an alcohol stove is to break the rules...
...cover the pot. This has the dual benefit of keeping the heat in the
pot, where it helps to heat the water below it and preventing the escaping
steam from turning the cabin into something which resembles a tropical
rainforest. The latter effect is particularly annoying when the cabin
cools down, and the precipitation begins.
Greg
From: dudley (dudley@treefort.Corp.Sun.COM)
Subject: Re: CyberCruise: One Report
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1993-11-08 10:14:04 PST
In article C4o@netcom.com, fishmeal@netcom.com (Paul Kamen) writes:
> We also failed to
> display an anchor light (as far as I know) but nobody seemed to care.
> We were *way* over in the south-west corner, a nice work of aggressive
> anchoring by lizewen who was first there, and probably unnoticed after
> dark.
We were legal! Both Fall Line and Invictus displayed anchor lights.
Fall Line had a masthead light, Invictus a portable hung from the
spinnaker halyard. I wanted to make sure that the SPs didn't board
us in the middle of the night.
BTW: Thanks, everyone, for the hospitality and eats.
dudley
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From: Hoover Chan (hchan@well.sf.ca.us)
Subject: Re: CyberCruise: One Report
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: 1993-11-09 00:46:15 PST
re: the only representative of CSC was fishmeal@netcom ...
Don't forget me!
It was fun to see more faces behind the online userid's. I hope we have
more of these gatherings.
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