The next SF Bay CyberCruise is rapidly approaching.  Check out
the Sea of Anarchy Yacht Club web page for information:

  http://cybercruise.microtech.com

Capt'n Morgan
Commodore, Sea of Anarchy Yacht Club
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In article <61lvbc$edd@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>, capt.morgan@foospam.Eng.Sun.COM
says...
>
>The next SF Bay CyberCruise is rapidly approaching.  Check out
>the Sea of Anarchy Yacht Club web page for information:


 Blimp Shot IV, I'm there!


  Rod McInnis

The SF Bay CyberCruises, which started in rec.boats over five years ago,
is beginning the '99 CyberCruise season.  We meet at a different SF Bay
anchorage every other month (Jan, Mar, ..., etc.).  The next CyberCruise
is scheduled for the weekend of Jan 23-24 in Redwood City (contact me for
up-to-date details).

Check out the FAQ, stories, and pictures of our past adventures (which
even included a round trip sail from SF to Hawaii last Summer) at:

  http://cybercruise.microtech.com/

We hope to see some new faces this year,

dudley
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dudley@Eng.Sun.COM writes:

       >The SF Bay CyberCruises, which started in rec.boats over five 
       >years ago, is beginning the '99 CyberCruise season...



Now hold it right there, Mudley. The CyberCruise actually arose from the
The WELL (Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link) where I host the (not very active
these days) sailing conference. It attained critical mass after
more-or-less merging with the Sea of Anarchy Yacht Club, a group of
unfortunate sailors who (at the time) probably had more miles of furrows
in the South Bay mud under their keels than blue water. 

Anyway, stand by for details on the February CyberCruise, and see the
CyberCruise web page to find out if *you* meet the rigorous requirements
for entry into this exclusive organization. 

-- 
fishmeal@netcom.com   
http://www.well.com/~pk/fishmeal.html

                                              -"Call me Fishmeal"-

In article M5A@netcom.com,  fishmeal@netcom.com (Paul Kamen) writes:
>Now hold it right there, Mudley. The CyberCruise actually arose from the
>The WELL (Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link) where I host the (not very active
>these days) sailing conference. It attained critical mass after
>more-or-less merging with the Sea of Anarchy Yacht Club, a group of
>unfortunate sailors who (at the time) probably had more miles of furrows
>in the South Bay mud under their keels than blue water.

Wait a second ol' vortex shreder, the merger was born of a meeting between
the WELL and the SAYC on rec.boats.  As far as I remember, the idea for a
fender-to-fender meeting of rec.boat posters was actually from someone in the
Chesapeake Bay.  The SAYC and WELL sailors were already CyberCruising as
their own groups, but it was rec.boats that brought them together.

And where you in November?

>Anyway, stand by for details on the February CyberCruise, and see the
>CyberCruise web page to find out if *you* meet the rigorous requirements
>for entry into this exclusive organization.

The first detail is that it is in January, not February.  It will be on the
weekend of Jan 23-24 and, as there have been no major complaints, the
destination shall be Redwood City.

See:  http://cybercruise.microtech.com/

Mark your tide calendars,

dudley
Commodore, Sea of Anarchy Yacth Club
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Paul Kamen wrote:

> It attained critical mass after
> more-or-less merging with the Sea of Anarchy Yacht Club, 

  Hmmmm.   It was rec.boats that got me to my first cybercruise, the
December T.I. cruise some four years ago.  Granted, it was far from the
first cybercruise, but it was the first one that my boat was within
range.

  Dudley was the first person I actually spoke with, when he told me
that I was too big and to go away!   Of course, I didn't pay any more
attention to him them than I do now!  


> Anyway, stand by for details on the February CyberCruise, 


  February?  I thought it was January?  

  So, Captain Morgan, Sir!  It will probably be 6:00 PM before I get
close.  My question is:  how long before the rising tide will allow me
to get off of wherever I happen to run aground?

  Rod McInnis

In article 351E8C9B@TiVo.com,  Rod McInnis <rmcinnis@TiVo.com> writes:
>
>
>Paul Kamen wrote:
>
>> It attained critical mass after
>> more-or-less merging with the Sea of Anarchy Yacht Club, 
>
>  Hmmmm.   It was rec.boats that got me to my first cybercruise

I think fishmeal is into revisionist history...or maybe he's spent too
much time shellacing his teak...but it all began with rec.boats as far
as I'm concerned.  And I maintain the SAYC history page!

>  Dudley was the first person I actually spoke with, when he told me
>that I was too big and to go away!   Of course, I didn't pay any more
>attention to him them than I do now!

It's funny, but you're not as big any more.  Back then, the average boat
size was about 27 feet.  Now, with Tasherana, La Ardiana, Dragon Lady, etc.,
The MotherShip seems less imposing, but I still remember what that wall of
fiberglass looked like as it came closer and closer to little old Treefort.
But I'm pretty well used to being ignored.

>> Anyway, stand by for details on the February CyberCruise, 
>
>  February?  I thought it was January?  
>
>  So, Captain Morgan, Sir!  It will probably be 6:00 PM before I get
>close.  My question is:  how long before the rising tide will allow me
>to get off of wherever I happen to run aground?

Rod, you've been away too long.  Captain Morgan has been officially declared
dead.  You may refer to me as the Commodore.  As for the mud, I'll be sure
to pick a spot that is easily accessible at low tide and which will not
put you on the mud.  I'll also send out explicit instructions about getting
into Redwood City, but it isn't difficult if you stay between the channel
markers.  Stay tuned.

dudley
Commodore, Sea of Anarchy Yacht Club
CyberCruise Historian
.

dudley@Eng.Sun.COM writes:


           >I think fishmeal is into revisionist history...or maybe 
           >he's spent too much time shellacing his teak...but it all 
           >began with rec.boats as far as I'm concerned...


Teak? On my boat? Well, now that you mention it there are a few splinters
of wood, but anyone who berths on O-dock knows that it hasn't tasted a
drop of varnish (or shellac) since Carter was president. 

The merger of SAYC and the sailors from The WELL took place on rec.boats. 
But The "CyberCruise" meme originated on The WELL, and there are still 
posts there going back to early Spring of '93 announcing cruises as if 
they've already been going on for a while. 

On anonymous approaches to the raft-up: A better one was when an unknown
would-be CyberCruiser tentativley motored towards the raft at dusk, not
sure if they were in the right place. 

          "Are you Dudley?" they hailed to someone on the closest boat. 

          "I'm Dudley!" someone yelled from another boat, standing up in 
           their cockpit. 

          "I'M Dudley!" yelled someone else, from the cabin top.  

          "I'm Dudley!" yelled yet another CyberCruiser. 

And so on. (You had to be there.)

-- 
fishmeal@netcom.com   
http://www.well.com/~pk/fishmeal.html

                                              -"Call me Fishmeal"-

In article C72@netcom.com,  fishmeal@netcom.com (Paul Kamen) writes:
>
>The merger of SAYC and the sailors from The WELL took place on rec.boats. 
>But The "CyberCruise" meme originated on The WELL, and there are still 
>posts there going back to early Spring of '93 announcing cruises as if 
>they've already been going on for a while. 

I'll give you credit for the CyberCruise name (too bad we didn't grab
www.cybercruise.org while we had a chance), and the Muddies of the Sea
of Anarchy Yacht Club were also an active email-connected group during
the early '90s (the Sea of Anarchy name coming from a SF Chronicle story
about life in the Redwood City sloughs), making regular trips to AI, TI,
and Aquatic Park for raft-ups.  But if it weren't for the suggestion on
rec.boats that we meet f2f, we'd probably still be two separate groups.

Do you know the date of our first meeting between SAYC and the WELL at TI?
It was sometime in '93.  I do know that in 3/94 we did the first cruise
to Redwood City.  Everything from that point on is pretty well documented
in the CyberCruise stories pages:

  http://cybercruise.microtech.com/stories.html

In '98, we added our stories about our cruise to Hawaii and back.  Let's see
what adventures we can add in '99.

See you all in Redwood City.  Looks like some will be sailing down on the
night of Jan 22.  Others will be arriving on Saturday the 23rd.  Check out
the web page or contact me for more info.

dudley
Commodore, Sea of Anarchy Yacht Club
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D(M)udley wrote:
>Looks like some will be sailing down on the
>night of Jan 22.  Others will be arriving on Saturday the 23rd.  Check out
>the web page or contact me for more info.
>

Just checked the Cybercruise page.  Still got last year's schedule on it.
Why do you guys always schedule cruises when I have a race?  Jan 23 is the 3
Bridge Fiasco, and I gotta keep going until I get around Red Rock.  If
possible, I may make it after the race (assuming there's wind.)
Bud